Mentoring Survey - Analysis of Results

Mentors

Number of responses received	11
Location	Adelaide - 10 responses (91%) Port Pirie - 1 response (9%)
Skills & experience	Broad range
Time commitment	Monthly - 6 responses (55%) Bimonthly - 2 responses (18%) Other; mutual agreement during working hours etc - 3 responses (27%)
Type of mentoring	Mixture - 23 responses (77%) One-on-one - 5 responses (17%) Specific subject area - 1 response (4%) Group - 1 response (4%)
ALIA members	Members - 8 responses (73%) Non-members - 3 responses (27%)

Mentorees

Number of responses received	30
Location	Adelaide - 30 responses (100%)
Qualifications	BA Diploma of Information Studies Certificate III - Tafe Certificate IV - Tafe Graduate Diploma of Information Studies
Skills & experience	Broad range - none/not much to very experienced - various - voluntary - casual - library assistant - special library - public library - academic library - school library
Type of mentoring	Mixture - 23 responses (77%) One-on-one - 5 responses (17%) Specific (RM & IM) - 1 response (3%) Group - 1 response (3%)
Sector	Public - 17 responses Special - 10 responses Academic - 8 responses School - 6 responses Any - 4 responses State Library - 1 response
Technical Services	Systems - 14 responses Any - 12 responses Acquisitions - 5 responses Cataloguing - 4 responses Circulation - 1 response ILL - 1 response Knowledge management - 1 response
Client Services	Any - 9 responses Reference - 8 responses Computer systems - 2 responses Career applications - 2 responses ILL - 2 responses Children and youth services - 1 response General management - 1 response Circulation - 1 response Customer service - 1 response
Other	All - 11 responses Professional career management - 9 responses Management - 2 responses How to get employment in SA - 1 response
How could mentoring help	Gain other experiences, skills & knowledge - 10 responses Confidence building - 4 responses Developing career goals - 3 responses Find work - 2 responses Networking - 2 responses Broaden outlook - 2 responses Practical training - 1 response Focus on research & publication process - 1 response
Time commitment	Monthly - 22 responses Bimonthly - 3 responses As manage as possible - 1 response Quarterly - 1 response Once per week - 1 Any - 1 response Other - 1 response
Previous mentoring experience	No - 13 responses (43%) Yes - 12 responses (40%) No response - 5 responses (17%)
ALIA members	Yes - 14 responses (47%) No - 13 response (43%) No response - 3 responses (10%)

Comments

Majority responses from people in Adelaide.
Mentorees are librarians and library technicians.
Type of mentoring required by both mentors and mentorees is mixture. This provides wide scope for group activities as well as a one-on-one mentoring program.
Mentorees are looking for increased experience, skills and knowledge from both a librarianship perspective (IT/Systems skills being the most requested) as well as career development.
People seeking mentoring in all sectors, public libraries being the predominant.
Most requested time commitment is monthly.

Catherine Hunt
Convenor ALIA SA Mentoring
6 March 2006

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