Open AccessVirtual cohorts: Peer support and problem-solving at a distance
Author(s) -
Amy Tureen,
Erick Lemon,
Joyce Martin,
Starr Hoffman,
Mindy Thuna,
Willie Miller
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
college and research libraries news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2150-6698
pISSN - 0099-0086
DOI - 10.5860/crln.81.5.232
Subject(s) - transformative learning , cohort , public relations , peer support , peer review , political science , computer science , sociology , psychology , pedagogy , mathematics , statistics , psychiatry , law
A common challenge for administrative leaders in academic libraries is that we often have few peers within our organizations, and those that we do have may not be able to provide the dispassionate, unbiased feedback we need. The authors of this article, library leaders from across the United States and Canada, formed a virtual cohort for peer leader support and have found it to be transformative in approaching leadership challenges at our home institutions.