Currently, I am not formally involved in mentoring anybody. However that doesn't mean that I am not not a mentor in my day to day professional and private life.
As an Information Librarian, it is my role to provide the resources required for the staff and students of the Faculty of Advanced Technology. These resources include books, journals, e books, e journals, databases, standards, reports conference proceedings etc. It is my role also to ensure that my staff and students know how to get the best from these resources. This is often done on a one-to-one basis whereby I am building on the skills and knowledge of the individual. It is possibly not described as mentoring but I see that this as mentoring - it is offering advice, guidance and a direction. I am rewarded when I know that because of my assistance an individula has improved themselves.
In my private life I consider that I mentor my 3 children. It's supporting, steering and educating them to realize their potential. It's not something that I aim to do consciously, it is instinctive.
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