A commitment to mentoring.(American Library Association)

Whatever success I have enjoyed to date in this profession is due, in part, to the development of strong and lasting mentoring relationships, which began even before I enrolled in library school. While still an undergraduate, I met E. J. Josey, who was then a professor at what is now the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. He gave me a vision of how I can achieve success, by my own definition, in librarianship.

"The MLS degree will provide you with the credentials to run an institution in your own community," he said. That statement sold me on a career in librarianship; I had been searching for a path that would allow me to continue working with children …