The South Australian Mentoring Group Established in December 1998, by Irene Doskatsch, Christine Clother and Eleanor Whelan from the University of South Australia, after discussions that took place during the student Fringe Conference. ALIA membership is a prerequisite for involvement in the group.
Membership is also limited to graduates.
Although networking and education are undoubted benefits, the overwhelming consensus is that the greatest feature of the mentoring scheme lies in the informal section of the meetings. Meetings are held monthly for two hours and are chaired and run by the group members. Each meeting has a theme. In the first hour guests are invited to speak to this theme. The second hour is reserved for the discussion of employment issues, exchange of information about upcoming events and other issues arising from the running of the group.