Mentoring and Managing Students in the Academic Library
Most academic libraries could not operate without a host of part-time student workers. But employing students is different from filling a professional position with an experienced worker; often their library employment will be their first job experience. Since many student positions make them the public face of the library, effective mentoring of such student employees is vital. In this book Reale explores the challenges and opportunities involved in recruitment. Her guideShows how a library job can be more than just employment, teaching students important responsibilities and life-skillsCovers the entire scope of a student’s tenure at an academic library, from bringing new hires on board and training them to disciplining student employees and the unpleasant but sometimes necessary task of firingOffers mentoring advice for helping students navigate the cultural contrasts, irregular hours, and other day-to-day issues faced by young people away from home for the first timeWith Reale’s guidance, supervising academic librarians can effectively mentor students while maintaining an enjoyable, productive workplace that functions efficiently in support of the institution.
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Mentoring and Managing Students in the Academic Library
Most academic libraries could not operate without a host of part-time student workers. But employing students is different from filling a professional position with an experienced worker; often their library employment will be their first job experience. Since many student positions make them the public face of the library, effective mentoring of such student employees is vital. In this book Reale explores the challenges and opportunities involved in recruitment. Her guideShows how a library job can be more than just employment, teaching students important responsibilities and life-skillsCovers the entire scope of a student’s tenure at an academic library, from bringing new hires on board and training them to disciplining student employees and the unpleasant but sometimes necessary task of firingOffers mentoring advice for helping students navigate the cultural contrasts, irregular hours, and other day-to-day issues faced by young people away from home for the first timeWith Reale’s guidance, supervising academic librarians can effectively mentor students while maintaining an enjoyable, productive workplace that functions efficiently in support of the institution.
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Mentoring and Managing Students in the Academic Library

Mentoring and Managing Students in the Academic Library

by Michelle Reale
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Mentoring and Managing Students in the Academic Library

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Overview

Most academic libraries could not operate without a host of part-time student workers. But employing students is different from filling a professional position with an experienced worker; often their library employment will be their first job experience. Since many student positions make them the public face of the library, effective mentoring of such student employees is vital. In this book Reale explores the challenges and opportunities involved in recruitment. Her guideShows how a library job can be more than just employment, teaching students important responsibilities and life-skillsCovers the entire scope of a student’s tenure at an academic library, from bringing new hires on board and training them to disciplining student employees and the unpleasant but sometimes necessary task of firingOffers mentoring advice for helping students navigate the cultural contrasts, irregular hours, and other day-to-day issues faced by young people away from home for the first timeWith Reale’s guidance, supervising academic librarians can effectively mentor students while maintaining an enjoyable, productive workplace that functions efficiently in support of the institution.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780838996768
Publisher: American Library Association
Publication date: 07/26/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 120
File size: 503 KB

About the Author

Michelle Reale is an associate professor at Arcadia University near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the author of Mentoring and Managing Students in the Academic Library (2013) and Becoming an Embedded Librarian (2015). Her research interests include embedded librarianship, mentoring, narrative inquiry, and reflective practice.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction 1 Mentoring Students in the Library Setting 2 Hiring Students: Not Business as Usual 3 The Nuts and Bolts of Hiring and Training Students 4 Cultural and Other Considerations: Many and Varied 5 Partnering with the Educational Process 6 Engaging Students: The Library as Learning Lab 7 How Students See Their Place in the Library; or, What Is Work, Anyway? 8 Teaching Professional Behavior; or, “Cruel to Be Kind!” 9 Motivation Is a Muscle 10 They Will Carry You Far: Emphasizing Soft Skills 11 When Things Derail (as They Sometimes Will) 12 When All Is Said and Done 13 What a Difference Four Years Makes!; or, The Inevitable Disengagement Afterword: One Student's Experience Index
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