What It Means to Be a Protégé

Protégés are expected to:

Get supervisory approval to participate;

Meet your mentor in-person for at least the initial and ending meetings;

Meet with your mentor a minimum of once a month (either in-person or by phone);

Have frank discussions with your mentor about career goals, professional issues, and hopes for mentorship outcomes;

Encourage an onsite library visit with your mentor (this may take the shape of a job-shadowing experience);

Make contacts with academic librarians; and,

Increase your knowledge of and exposure to academic librarianship.