dc.contributor.author	Williams, Ginger Harkey
dc.coverage.spatial	United States	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	2014-2019	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2020-01-23T19:25:16Z
dc.date.available	2020-01-23T19:25:16Z
dc.date.issued	2019-07
dc.identifier.other	551DCD70-ABD5-6A9B-49B5-26999EC82671	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/4086
dc.description.abstract	Currently, mentoring is a topic of vigorous discussion in higher education. This is particularly true among academic librarians. Leaders within the profession, such as Maggie Farrell (2019), actively publish in this area. Conference proceedings of the Association of College and Research Libraries also reflect pervasive interest in researching and discussing this subject. Because the concept of mentoring is ill-defined (Dawson, 2014), few answers have come out of these discussions–rather, more questions are raised. Dawson (2014) finds that “definitional differences of mentoring have been the subject of three decades of mentoring research” (p. 137). Far from resolving the issue, research in this area actually added to the problem by increasing the number of definitions significantly (Dawson, 2014). This study contributes to the conversation around mentoring in academic libraries by describing current practices regarding formal and informal mentoring. Additionally, the potential relationship between mentoring experiences and both career satisfaction and advancement into academic library leadership is considered....[excerpt from introduction].	en_US
dc.format.extent	69	en_US
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.	en_US
dc.subject	Academic theses	en_US
dc.subject	Academic libraries	en_US
dc.subject	Libraries	en_US
dc.subject	Mentoring	en_US
dc.subject	Mentoring in education	en_US
dc.title	The Impact of Mentoring Experiences on Academic Librarians	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of Curriculum, Leadership, and Technology of the James L. and Dorothy H. Dewar College of Education & Human Services	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Archibald, James G.
dc.description.committee	Bernstein, Alan M.
dc.description.committee	Workman, Jamie
dc.description.degree	M.Ed.	en_US
dc.description.major	Higher Education Leadership	en_US