1. Stanley J. Wilder, The Age Demographics of Academic Librarians: A Profession Apart (Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 1995), p. 41.
2. As examples of significant studies of the benefits of mentoring, see Kathy E. Kram, Mentoring at Work: Developmental Relationships in Organizational Life (Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, and Company, 1985); Jerry Wilbur, “Does Mentoring Breed Success?” Training and Development Journal 41 (November 1987): 38–41; Ralph E. Viator & Terri A. Scandura, “A Study of Mentor-Protégé Relationships in Large Public Accounting Firms,” Accounting Horizons 5 (September 1991): 20–31; Terri A. Scandura, “Mentorship and Career Mobility: An Empirical Investigation,” Journal of Organizational Behavior 13 (1992): 169–174; Georgia T. Chao, “Mentoring Phases and Outcomes,” Journal of Vocational Behavior 51 (August 1997): 15–28.
3. Clare Nankivell & Michael Shoolbred, “Mentoring in Library and Information Services: A Literature Review and Report on Recent Research at Academic Libraries in Great Britain,” in The New Review of Academic Librarianship 3, edited by Colin Harris (London: Taylor Graham, 1997): 91–114.
4. As examples of positive reports on mentoring, see David S. Ferriero, “ARL Directors as Proteges and Mentors,” Journal of Academic Librarianship 7 (January 1982): 358–365; Deanna L. Roberts, “Mentoring in the Academic Library,” College & Research Libraries News (February 1986), pp. 117–119; Jennifer Cargill, “Developing Library Leaders: The Role of Mentorship,” Library Administration & Management 3 (Winter 1989): 12–15.
5. As examples of reports detailing specific benefits of mentoring for women, see Elizabeth J. McNeer, “The Mentoring Influence in the Careers of Women ARL Directors,” Journal of Library Administration 9 (1988): 23–33; Mary Niles Maack & Joanne Passet, Aspirations and Mentoring in an Academic Environment: Women Faculty in Library and Information Science (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994).