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Addressing Psychosocial Factors with Library Mentoring
- portal: Libraries and the Academy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 17, Number 1, January 2017
- pp. 51-69
- 10.1353/pla.2017.0004
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The majority of articles on mentoring in the library and information science field address career development by emphasizing the orientation process for new librarians and building the requisite skills for a specific job. Few articles deal with the psychological and social challenges that many early-career and minority librarians face, which can affect their satisfaction with their work. This paper argues that a more personal approach to mentoring—one that addresses such issues as racial microaggressions, the impostor phenomenon, and burnout—is needed to create a more welcoming, inclusive organizational and professional culture.