The implementation and development of effective mentoring is
crucial to the growth and success of Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) librarianship and staffing. Mentoring is necessary to fill
the gaps for all staff members, especially students. I propose that
mentoring can assuage many of the staffi ng obstacles to successful
GIS programs. Effective mentoring will create a healthy and productive
work environment as well as nurture future GIS librarians and
staff members. Although mentoring within librarianship has been
discussed in library literature, unfortunately work on the area of GIS
mentoring is lacking. This article discusses the benefits of mentoring
and demonstrates how the need for GIS mentoring is different
from other library mentoring, specifically because of staffing. It also
offers strategies for effective GIS mentoring.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/3686
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