{"title":"A Survey on Mentorship in the Library Profession in Trinidad and Tobago","authors":"Unika Omowale, Dionne Spears-Frontin","doi":"10.1080/10572317.2021.1888038","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Mentorship is not a novel concept to professional institutions of which libraries are a part. Programs have been either formal or informal based on institutional needs. Globally in libraries mentorship programs are seemingly commonplace. It is seen as important in succession planning and equipping the next generation of librarians with the tools necessary to ensure the survival of the profession. It is the view that knowledge gained from classroom study is insufficient for early career librarians to function effectively in the workplace. It is believed therefore that there are particular skill sets that can only be learned from practical experience. Hence the need for a mentor to pass on this knowledge. There is little information on mentorship among Caribbean Library professionals, and even less is known about the practice of mentorship in Trinidad and Tobago. How prevalent is mentorship in Caribbean Libraries and more specifically among Trinidad and Tobago library professionals?","PeriodicalId":39917,"journal":{"name":"International Information and Library Review","volume":"17 1","pages":"171 - 181"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Information and Library Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10572317.2021.1888038","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract Mentorship is not a novel concept to professional institutions of which libraries are a part. Programs have been either formal or informal based on institutional needs. Globally in libraries mentorship programs are seemingly commonplace. It is seen as important in succession planning and equipping the next generation of librarians with the tools necessary to ensure the survival of the profession. It is the view that knowledge gained from classroom study is insufficient for early career librarians to function effectively in the workplace. It is believed therefore that there are particular skill sets that can only be learned from practical experience. Hence the need for a mentor to pass on this knowledge. There is little information on mentorship among Caribbean Library professionals, and even less is known about the practice of mentorship in Trinidad and Tobago. How prevalent is mentorship in Caribbean Libraries and more specifically among Trinidad and Tobago library professionals?
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For more than twenty years, the International Information and Library Review has been welcomed by information scientists, librarians and other scholars and practitioners all over the world for its timely articles on research and development in international and comparative librarianship, information sciences, information policy and information ethics, digital values and digital libraries. Contributions to the journal have come from staff or members of many different international organizations, including the United Nations, UNESCO, IFLA, and INTAMEL, and from library and information scientists in academia, government, industry, and other organizations.
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