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Application to Be an Internationally Focused Mentor to an IMLS-IFLA Fellow

Thank you for your interest in being an internationally focused mentor to one of the 50 new career librarians in the U.S. from diverse backgrounds that received a grant to attend the IFLA Congress in Columbus in August 2016. Part of the IMLS grant is to connect the fellows with mentors over the next year to help further their connectivity to the global community. Mentors will be expected to connect at least once a month from November 2016 to August 2017 to provide advice, recommend resources, facilitate contacts, etc.
1.Background Information
2.Please list all professional associations of which you are an active member (including divisions of ALA).
3.Please list all countries or regions where you have connections or expertise.
4.Please briefly describe your international engagement, professional and non-professional (active first).
5.Please describe any characteristics you would like to have considered in matching you with a mentee. Characteristics can be related to professional or personal identity, such as library type, areas of professional interest, ethnicity, gender, or sexual identity.
6.Is there anything else you would like to add? Or do you have any questions about the mentorship?