The Mentorship Committee has created a Skills Directory Survey that will be comprised of participating ALI members and their associated skills and areas of expertise. The directory will be a way for ALI members to connect with colleagues across the state, providing contacts for support, discussion, feedback or collaboration in a particular area of interest. This survey will also be emailed via the ALI Mentorship Committee listserv and the ALI Connect listserv every fall, so it will be updated yearly with the most current information of those who choose to participate in sharing their information.
View the published directory here: ALI Annual Skills Directory
The ALI Mentorship Committee welcomes applicants for the 2024-25 Peer Mentorship Circle for early career librarians and library staff (within the first 3 years). Upcoming library school graduates are also welcome to participate. Our first PMC was successful, with all five 23-24 participants stating that the experience met their career goals, and they would participate in this type of program again.
A Peer Mentoring Circle (PMC) is a group of colleagues/peers who meet regularly to exchange professional experiences, challenges, interests, and goals for the purpose of sharing and discussing strategies or resources, and creating a collegial, supportive community to mentor and learn from each other.
Each mentorship circle will be composed of 4-6 members and should plan to meet monthly between October 2024 through May 2025. Members of the ALI Mentorship Committee will facilitate the initial one-hour orientation session in October.
Participants are expected to:
• Attend the meetings regularly and participate equitably.
• Respect confidentiality - what is said in this circle stays confidential.
• Listen to each other with curiosity and compassion.
• Abide by the ALI Mentorship Committee’s Code of Conduct.
If you are interested in joining, please fill out an application and an ALI MC member will reach out with the details once circles are formed. Please apply here by October 1st: https://forms.gle/YfA22Xiid4MfLYVx5.
