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Common Threads: Personal Reflections and Thoughts about Mentoring

Celebrating the James Partridge Award: Essays Toward the Development of a More Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Field of Library and Information Science

ISBN: 978-1-78635-933-9, eISBN: 978-1-78635-932-2

Publication date: 19 December 2016

Abstract

Purpose

This chapter focuses on strategies for recruiting, retaining, and mentoring librarians of color.

Methodology/approach

Based on her experiences in the libraries and the models and influences provided by her own mentors, the author explores issues and challenges in recruiting, mentoring, and retaining librarians of color.

Findings

The chapter provides suggestions for best practices in recruiting, retaining, and mentoring librarians of color.

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Citation

Simmons, S.E. (2016), "Common Threads: Personal Reflections and Thoughts about Mentoring", Celebrating the James Partridge Award: Essays Toward the Development of a More Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Field of Library and Information Science (Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 42), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 115-120. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020160000042012

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited