CUL Mentoring Resources to Get Started
These forms can be helpful in starting up your mentoring relationship and setting expectations.
Strategies for Mentors & Mentees
Mentors and mentees can do a variety of things to make and strengthen their connection. As Webster's states, a mentor is a "trusted counselor or guide", so the focus of any activity should be the conveyance of that counsel and guidance. Time and space for discussion is key. Thus, mentoring pairs may want to:
- Have coffee or lunch in a quiet place
- Read a text on mentoring and discuss each person's takeaway
- Watch a relevant TED talk together and discuss
- Enjoy casual conversation on a scenic walk through Ithaca
Remember, the important point is for each party to leverage the benefits of the relationship.
Mentoring Tools
Coaching Resources
Articles:
Dearstyne, Bruce W., "Coaching for Professional Development", Information Management 44, no. 4 (2010): 36-40.
Meister, Jeanne C. and Karie Willyerd, "Mentoring Millenials", Harvard Business Review 88, no. 5 (2010): 68-72.
Serrat, Olivier, "Coaching and Mentoring" (2009) In DigitalCommons@ILR
Sketch, Edward, "Mentoring and Coaching Help Employees Grow", HR Focus 78, no. 9 (2001): 1, 11-14.
Books:
Liz Hall. Mindful Coaching: How Mindfulness Can Transform Coaching Practice, (Kogan Page, 2013).
Simon Western. Coaching and Mentoring: A Critical Text, (SAGE Publications, 2012).
Personality Assessments
Naomi L. Quenk. Essentials of Myers-BriggsType Indicator Assessment, (J. Wiley and Sons, 2000).
Team & Leadership Resources
Building Teams from KnowHow NonProfit
Mentoring Resources
Readings
Included here are articles and books for those wishing to explore mentoring in more depth.
Articles:
Freedman, Shin, "Effective Mentoring", IFLA Journal 35, no.2 (2009): 171-182.
Ghouse, Nikhat, "And Mentoring for All: The KU Libraries' Experience", portal: Libraries and the Academy 8, no.4 (2008): 373-386.
Murphy, Sarah Anne, "Developmental Relationships in the Dynamic Library Environment: Re-conceptualizing Mentoring for the Future", Journal of Academic Librarianship 34, no.5 (2008): 434-437.
Mavrinac, Mary Ann, "Transformational Leadership: Peer Mentoring as a Values-Based Learning Process", portal: Libraries and the Academy 5, no. 3 (2005): 391-404.
Syma, Carrye, "Sharing Program--The Big-Boy Boomeroo of Mentoring", College and Research Libraries News 70, no. 3 (2009): 178-181.
Books:
John C. Maxwell. Mentoring 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know, (Thomas Nelson, 2008).
Mentoring Through Volunteering
Volunteering is a great way to develop skills sets and network. It is also a great way to find mentors or mentor others.
Connect with CUL Volunteers
Volunteering is another great way to get involved in a mentor or mentee capacity. Are you interested in volunteering for an organization? Below is a list of CUL staff & librarians who volunteer with local non-profits. Contact them to learn more about their volunteer work or to join them serving the Ithaca and Tompkins-Cortland communities!
- Nina Scholtz (nes78@cornell.edu): Nina is the Research & Instruction Librarian in the Law Library. She also an active member of the Friends of Tompkins Public Library and volunteers at their semi-annual book sales/
- Elizabeth Teskey (et14@cornell.edu): Elizabeth is an Information Management & Communications Associate in the Law Library. She is also heavily involved in Cornell's United Way Campaign.
More Volunteer Opportunities
Below find links to help you get you started in your own search for volunteer opportunities in the area: