<span id="docs-internal-guid-6029153c-ec6d-f558-2248-083ac24f62a2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The OLA Mentoring Program is a pilot project designed to help early career librarians grow professionally by being paired with seasoned librarians willing to share their professional experience and guidance. Mentors and mentees will be partnered based on similar interests, professional experience, and/or goals. The mentoring relationship will develop over the course of a year (or nine months) and contact can take place in-person or over phone, email, or web conferencing.</span></p>

<br><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are an early career librarian with less than five years of professional experience, please consider </span><a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_140871" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">applying to be paired up with a mentor</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. As this is a member benefit, membership in OLA is required. For this pilot, mentees must be in a professional position in a library or related information setting. We have a limited number of mentors for this pilot and will pair mentors and mentees based on the order in which mentee applications are received and the availability of mentors to match a mentee's specific goals. Matches between mentors and mentees will be made on a rolling basis, so if you are not paired with a mentor in the first round, we will pair you when a mentor who is a good match becomes available.</span></p>

<br><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Additional links:</span></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.olaweb.org/mentor-program" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Information about the mentoring program and its requirements</span></a></p>

</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_140871" style="text-decoration:none">Mentee application</a></span></p>

</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.olaweb.org/mentoring-guidelines" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Guidelines and best practices for the mentoring relationship</span></a></p>

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<span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Have questions? Contact us at </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:mentor@olaweb.org">mentor@olaweb.org</a></span></p>

<br><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meredith Farkas, Portland State University Library </span></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Shirley Sullivan, Beaverton City Library </span></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Emily Papagni, Multnomah County Library</span></p>

<br><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For the OLA Membership Committee</span></span><div>

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