The CJCLS Mentoring Program Committee’s new timeline:
Recruit community college mentors February 15 - March 15, 2024
Mid-March, CJCLS Mentoring Program Committee meets and selects 2024-2025 mentors
By the end of March 2024 Mentors receive program participation confirmation email from the Committee
Mentor training from April - May 2024
The call for 2024-2025 Mentee Application will begin in mid to late August 2024
Mentees receive program participation confirmation email from the Committee
Mid-September, CJCLS Mentoring Program Committee meets and begins mentor-mentee pairing
End of September, CJCLS Mentoring Program Committee emails final mentor-mentee pairing to all
October 2024, CJCLS Mentoring Program Kick-Off Meeting
The Committee has also learned that mentees need to be aware of their role as a mentee
Kick-Off meeting will cover the role of the mentee
During September’s 2024 CJCLS Committee Meeting, we will do our best to match prospective mentees with their mentors, and then help you establish goals and expectations with a provided worksheet and share your CV with your mentee and likewise share the mentee’s application with information about their interest in mentorship.
Hello Community College Librarians and Administrators,
Do you consider yourself an experienced community college librarian or administrator? Would you like to share your knowledge and insight about the profession with a colleague working at a community college or a current MLIS/MSLS graduate student interested in community college librarianship?
The CJCLS Mentoring Program Committee is now accepting mentor applications for 2024-2025 (October 2024 - June 2025) Mentoring Program. NOTE: The application form is now closed.
Mentors are not required to be CJCLS members and the minimum requirement for participating in the program includes:
Current employment at a community college library as a librarian or administrator with a minimum of 4 years of library experience.
If you no longer work at a community college library and want to serve as a mentor, the Committee is asking that you have a minimum of 7-10 years of community college experience.
Applications will be accepted from February 15 to March 20, 2024. Be sure to have an updated copy of your CV or resume ready to upload before you begin your application.
During the fall 2023, the CJCLS Mentoring Program Committee has reflected on the program's success and how to improve on the program for future cohorts. Through feedback from mentors and mentees in past and present cohorts, and from attending the University of New Mexico’s Mentoring Institute Annual Conference in October 2023, the Committee has identified mentor training as integral to the success of mentoring relationships. This year’s mentor cohort will receive guidance on the following:
Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Mentorship
Appreciative Inquiry Mentorship Framework
Including an Appreciative Inquiry webinar (1 hour on Monday, April 29, 2024 at 11 a.m. PST/ 12 p.m. MST/ 1 p.m. CST / 2 p.m. EST)
Save the Date - required but we understand if you are not able to attend
Training will take place between April and May 2024. For a more in-depth timeline please see the ACRL/CJCLS Mentoring Program LibGuide box below.
CJCLS Mentoring Program information Welcome - ACRL/CJCLS Mentoring Program Committee - LibGuides at ACRL
Questions? Email co-chairs’ Sandy McCarthy (mccarthy@wccnet.edu) and Kathy Ladell (ladellkn@ucmail.uc.edu)
Sincerely,
CJCLS Mentoring Program Committee
