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I'm re-posting this notice as I know all of us get a lot of e-mail and sometimes gloss over them or ignore them completely.  So I'm hoping that seeing it here might catch somebody's attention a bit more than it might otherwise by just arriving in their in-box. 

The work that the Peer Mentorship Committee do, both in arranging peer and professional mentors, is incredibly valuable and we need people in the January 2006 (and the new Summer 2006 cohort) to take the initiative to make sure great programs like these go forward.  As they say, there's not a lot of work involved and the more people who volunteer, the easier it will be so if you have a friend or two in the program, sign them up too! 

As much as I hate the term “networking”, a position like this also gives you something important – the opportunity to communicate with working librarians across the country in all types of libraries, something that could really set you apart when it's time to send out the resume. 

Finally, whoever takes it over will have the opportunity to take a couple great programs and put their stamps on them to make them even better.  Maybe because of you the initial discussions about automating these programs online will come to fruition?  Maybe you can make change so that peer matching is based on areas of interest (library or otherwise) rather than the random matches that happen now so that peer mentors/mentees are more likely to have something in common initially.  Maybe you'll come up with a great idea of your own that will rock the socks of everybody involved. 

If you're at all interested, I strongly encourage you to contact the organizers today!

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Attention MLISers!

 

The CLA student chapter Mentorship Program Committee is recruiting
people interested in learning about the organization and implementation
of the program.

The time commitment involved is
minimal; volunteers' sole responsibility will be attending committee
meetings which are held approximately once per month. The volunteer(s)
will gain first hand knowledge of the operation of both the
Peer-to-Peer and Professional Mentorship Programs.

It is hoped that the volunteer(s) will take on responsibility
of the programs in the fall, and/or pass on the knowledge gained to
other people interested in becoming involved.  It is therefore required
that volunteer(s) be returning students to FIMS next term.

 

We believe the Mentorship programs are important for MLIS
students, and we wish to ensure that they continue to be offered to
the MLIS student body.  If you are interested in taking advantage of
the opportunity to assist fellow students, by connecting them with
mentors who are willing to share their knowledge and experience, please
email the committee at westernmentorship@gmail.com.

 

Thanks in advance for considering this opportunity.

 

Allison, Susanna and Elizabeth  
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Mentorship Program
CLA Student Chapter
Faculty of Information and Media Studies
University of Western Ontario