Librarians as Mentors in an Undergraduate Research Program |
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| Authors: | Jon R Hufford |
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| Institution: | Engineering Librarian, Texas Tech University Library, Lubbock, TX, USA |
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| Abstract: | Projects in undergraduate research programs differ from assignments in courses in that they are independent of an institution's curriculum, and faculty mentoring plays a more important role. These programs can be fertile ground for librarians interested in participating. Whether such librarians would make good mentors for undergraduate researchers depends largely on their experience and education. Texas Tech University has two of these programs, but library support for them has been sporadic. The time is overdue for librarians involved in campus outreach and instruction to examine how they can best support Texas Tech's undergraduate research activities, and, in particular, whether they are adequately prepared to provide effective mentoring to undergraduate research students. This article reports on such an examination. |
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| Keywords: | academic librarians mentoring undergraduate research programs |
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