[Lacasis-l] UCLA GSEIS Students Looking for Mentors

[Shafer, Sharon]

Dear LACASIS members,

The UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies IS Mentor
program has three first-year students this year who have requested
mentors in the following areas of interest. We are looking for mentors
for them:

1.       Information architecture/user experience or databasing with an
international/global perspective.

2.       ICTS/Developmental Informatics/International Library
Development/ Digital Divide/Global New Media

3.       UI/UX front-end analyst/designer

Below is information on the program and how it works. If you are
interested in participating or possibly know of someone who is, send me
your name and contact information, as well as where you work and what
you do.

Thank you for your time-

 

Cathy

Catherine M. Brown

Outreach and Communications Coordinator

UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library

12-077 Center for Health Sciences

Box 951798

Los Angeles, CA  90095-1795

office: 310-206-5020

fax: 310-825-0465

cbrown at library.ucla.edu

 

FACTS FOR MENTORS
UCLA IS Mentor Program

What is it and what's its purpose?

*	It pairs first-year students with information specialists from
all over Southern California in an informal, collegial relationship. 
*	It assists students in their adjustment to library school and
introduces them to various aspects of the profession. 
*	It introduces the student to working professionals and gives
them the opportunity to ask questions about "real life" work situations.

 

What actually happens in the program?

*	The mentoring committee will use your questionnaire to match you
with a student or students. 
*	You'll contact your mentee and arrange to meet. Contact between
mentor and student is up to each pair and could include visits to the
mentor's workplace, meeting for a meal or coffee, and chats via phone
and email.
*	Mentors typically provide information about specific aspects of
librarianship and about the profession at large. They offer support and
encouragement to the student and answer the student's questions about
the profession. 

 

Course credit?

This is not a workshop, internship, or formal course. It is purely
voluntary on both the mentor's and student's part.

 

Making the Program a Success

*	Phone or email them; contact information will be given to you.  

*         Keep an open mind. Although we try to pair mentors and
students according to their mutual interests, we are not always able to
make the "perfect" pairing.   

*	Being a part of the program gives you the opportunity to share
about your profession and what it's like to be an information
specialist. 

 

 

 

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