Mentor Program

The Michigan Chapter of the Special Libraries Association sponsors a program on mentoring. The purpose of this program is to bring experienced librarians and information professionals together with students and those new to the field in order to help them become integrated into the profession. All will benefit from this interpersonal contact. Librarians and information professionals who are willing to volunteer their time and are interested in sharing their expertise with another in a supportive relationship can be mentors. Mentees will be primarily School of Library and Information Science students at Wayne State University and School of Information students at the University of Michigan.

Mentors and mentees will be “matched” according to their fields of interest, geographic location, and type of library. Each will be given the name and telephone number/e-mail address of their mentor/mentee. We hope that this experience will be rewarding to all involved. Thank you for your participation.

Career Guidance Liaisons

• Jim Van Loon, Career Guidance – Wayne State University
  wsu-career@michigan.sla.org
• Sara Samuel, Career Guidance – University of Michigan
  uofm-career@michigan.sla.org

If you are interested in becoming a mentor, please e-mail the following information to both Career Guidance liaisons:

• Name & Contact information
• Type/description of work (reference, technical processing, electronic resources, etc.)
• Subject specialization, if applicable
• Type of institutional environment (public, academic, corporate, library, archive, museum, etc.)