Librarians interact with their work environments in different ways. No one-size-fits-all mentoring model can be applied to every librarian. Depending on their background, people have different needs and strengths they bring to the workforce. Despite the range of differences, new librarians clearly benefit from mentoring relationships. Mentoring increases a new librarian's sense of connection with the community and with the profession. Given that mentoring often fulfills the universal need of feeling a connection, it is essential to create a mentoring system that adjusts to every librarian; one that seeks out the needs of the mentee and assigns appropriate mentors that can connect with their mentee.
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