...Tochukwu Victor Nwankwo; Chika Patricia Ike; Chinedu Obinna Anozie Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of mentoring of young librarians in South East Nigeria so as to improve their research and scholarly publications. Design/methodology/approach The study confined its...

... Publishing Limited 2009 Leadership Management development Mentoring Libraries Australia New Zealand The leader's primary contribution is in the recognition of good ideas, the support of those ideas, and the willingness to challenge the system in order to get new products, processes...

...Gillian Hallam; Carol Newton‐Smith Purpose To present the findings of the comparative evaluation of two transitional mentoring programs developed for new library and information professionals in Australia, one as a group program and the other with pairs of mentors/mentees. Design/methodology...

...Ann Ritchie; Paul Genoni This evaluative research represents the first report in the literature to date in which a group mentoring programme has been evaluated using a quasi‐experimental research design. Results indicated that the programme was effective in one domain of professionalism, the main...

... industry sectors. The research aimed to target and examine these skills so that professionals would focus on their continuing professional development, thereby enhancing their strengths and topping up skills in areas of identified weakness. This project was carried out using a mentoring or “learning...

... Afolabi is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Library Science at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Job satisfaction Libraries Management Mentoring Morale ...