Building A Cloud-based Onboarding Guide for New Academic Librarians

Authors

  • Adam H. Lisbon University of Colorado Boulder
  • Megan E. Welsh University of Colorado Boulder

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/llm.v31i4.7219

Keywords:

Onboarding, Organizational Socialization, Professional Development, Academic Libraries

Abstract

The authors evaluate the onboarding process at their academic library by testing a new onboarding manual that emphasizes building connections with colleagues at the institution and professional development. As a cloud-based document, all Library colleagues could comment and make suggestions, creating buy-in. Through further interviews and focus groups the authors discovered the some of the most difficult challenges of starting a new job in a new library. The study reveals what new Librarians want to see in an onboarding manual, and how they would like their introductions to their new institution to be structured.

Author Biographies

Adam H. Lisbon, University of Colorado Boulder

Assistant Professor

Megan E. Welsh, University of Colorado Boulder

Assistant Professor

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Published

2017-07-26

How to Cite

Lisbon, A. H., & Welsh, M. E. (2017). Building A Cloud-based Onboarding Guide for New Academic Librarians. Library Leadership & Management, 31(4). https://doi.org/10.5860/llm.v31i4.7219

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 4 (2017)

Section

Peer Reviewed

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Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.