Mentoring & managing students in the academic library /
The time it takes to train a student in all of the various aspects of technology and customer service must be weighed against the benefits of inspiring and influencing current patrons-- and creating a group of future library supporters and/or employees.
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association,
2013.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Mentoring students in the library setting
- Hiring students : not business as usual
- The nuts and bolts of hiring and training students
- Cultural and other considerations : many and varied
- Partnering with the educational process
- Engaging students : the library as learning lab
- How students see their place in the library; or, What is work, anyway?
- Teaching professional behavior; or, "Cruel to be kind!"
- Motivation is a muscle
- They will carry you far : emphasizing soft skills
- When things derail (as they sometimes will)
- When all is said and done
- What difference four years makes!; or, The inevitable disengagement.