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[ ROLE OF MENTORING IN LIBRARIANSHIP ]


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1. The author in the article has tried to highlight a few major points, which can besummarized as:

Hes claimed that having a strong mentor in the initial years of a librarian is too essentialfor early professionals, as it provides them a safety net of advice to depend on, caution to

be aware of and encouragement to learn. True mentoring for him is not just a piece of

advice delving in questions like Which classes to take,(Stephens) rather true mentoring

is more to do with involvement, psychological encouragement, and thereby improvement

of the overall Educational experience.

Hes believed that a formalized process wherein both Practice and LIScan be balanced isthe best way forward for Librarianship. Most US Profs are out of touch with true

Practice, so its practically impossible for them to impart knowledge which would stand

testified in the current phase of Times. To minimize this rift,Michaelbelieves it should

be ensured that Practice, Admin roles and Teaching should go hand in hand.

Further hes also validated that with so much of Technological interference in daily livesand Social Networking becoming the order of the day, one must be aware of what to

learn and what not to learn from such networking platforms. (Bartlett, 2013)

In all, he wants to check if a formalized process of Mentoring in Librarianship could be a

possibility or is it just an organic bud that grows with time through like-mindedness.
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2. Yes, the article supportsthe mentoring concepts as presented in the text.

The article talks about a formalized mentoring concept where Beginners would not have

to fight for knowledge, rather anyone and everyone would be assisted by a strong mentor. It

talks about a system wherein Institutions would not just garner formal learnings, but would

provide practical applications to its students. (Bartlett, 2013) Furthermore, the text also

speaks about mentoring as a process, which is more encompassing and holistic, and

throughout examples is cited where a Formal Learning seems to be a much better form of

institution as compared to the currently existing looseness in the system.

Thus in this way it can be seen that the claims made is thoroughly validated by the facts

and discussions taken up in the article.

3. The author has failed to establish properlyif Social media could be the next big revolutionin Librarian Mentorship.

On one hand where he has stated that Social sites could be used by institutions to benefit

the formal program of mentoring, he has also claimed that with so much of opinion on net,

mostly dealing with frivolities, the veracity of the learning cant be verified.(Stephens)

Furthermore the claims made by the author, that mentoring is the most essential part of

Librarianship simply defies the very basic reason of the jobs existence.


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4. Yes, I agreewith the authors conclusion.

The author concludes by saying that librarianship has more to do with informality and

like mindedness till date, but things can change for better, and this could right there be

initiated by building connections and formalizing the institution. I indeed believe

formalization would make things more systematic, where everyone would gain from the

association and LIS would look far more practical, (ow.ly/6i5vU) logical and reasonable.

Thus, Formalization should indeed be the next big leap in this field.

5. Yes, Mentoring viasocial sites can be effective but with certain caveats.

Social Sites are the next big revolution in this technological world, and people even if not

an extrovert tends to be social in such platforms. Given such considerations, a social site can

indeed help students to learn from each other and formalize things using Socialization tools.

But again all of this convenience comes at a cost. With so many sites in place, and

plethora of writers available with their frivolities, one need to be aware of the source of

information and the foundation of learning that one builds from such sites.

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