This week I had some initial difficulties collaborating with my remaining two mentees, I experienced frustration and very minimal communication with one and the other was quite successful. I met with the 'successful' one on Friday and felt as though my knowledge base and confidence level had increased dramatically since my last mentee meeting a week ago. Just from those two guest speakers and the wonderful discussions in class I had gained a broader insight regarding tips on the mentee-mentor dynamic, and library resources that are available. The mentee I had met with is a sophomore and was very eager to absorb the information I had for her. She had not delved too far into the library and was very appreciative of what I shared with her. I very much look forward to the progression of my relationship with her.
How has our thinking about information resources evolved? What tools and techniques have we found useful working with our mentees?
Our thinking about information resources has evolved in way in such that almost everything seems to be instantaneous, with the internet, information is pervasive and very accessible. This changes a lot about how we do our research, one being there is more room to procrastinate because of the ability to obtain information is easier and it's more plausible to represent all angles of any such story/event. So I suppose technology can be a double edge sword.
I have found that as far as contacting my mentees that using texting is very effective, which I think is a common theme throughout my peers. When I met with my last mentee, she was really interested in using the library website to locate materials. Website navigation skills seemed to be of highest intrigue to her.
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