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Library Research Forum 2013 – Concordia Libraries

Professional Partnerships for New Librarians: Making a Case for Mentoring Nikki Tummon McGill University Library. Library Research Forum 2013 – Concordia Libraries . Motivation.

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Library Research Forum 2013 – Concordia Libraries

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  1. Professional Partnerships for New Librarians:Making a Case for MentoringNikki TummonMcGill University Library Library Research Forum 2013 – Concordia Libraries

  2. Motivation • The purpose of this study is to find out more about current mentoring perceptions and practices at Canadian academic libraries, and to promote a mentorship model (formal or informal) as a key component to help an entry-level academic librarian’s organizational socialization

  3. What is organizational socialization? “Learning the Ropes”

  4. Organizational socialization and mentoring “In a nutshell, we know [mentoring] works; we are still grappling with the why, when, and how.” - Belle Rose Ragins and Kathy E. Kram

  5. New academic librarians adjusting to the workplace OR woman!

  6. Organizational culture • How to deal with library politics • How to work with a difficult supervisor • How to speak in meetings • How to manage conflict • Most different from new librarians’ expectations • Most difficult for them to learn

  7. What’s left for me to discover?

  8. Methodology > survey • Informal scan on Canadian library listservs? • Preliminary interviews with a sample of new academic librarians? • Dissemination of a web-based survey in multiple parts to get at all of the data I am interested in

  9. Next steps Research… Discuss… Collaborate?

  10. Feedback and questions? • Does this study sound too unwieldy? • What do you think of the population I have chosen? • Any suggestions with regard to the methodology for a qualitative study like this?

  11. References • Ballard, Angela, and Laura Blessing. "Organizational Socialization through Employee Orientations at North Carolina State University Libraries." College & Research Libraries 67, no. 3 (2006): 240-48. • Black, William K, and Joan M Leysen. "Fostering Success: The Socialization of Entry-Level Librarians in Arl Libraries." Journal of Library Administration 36, no. 4 (2002): 3-27. • Chao, Georgia T. Mentoring and Organizational Socialization: Networks for Work Adjustment. The Handbook of Mentoring at Work: Theory, Research, and Practice. Sage Publications, Inc [in English]. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. • Chapman, Connie. "Retention Begins before Day One: Orientation and Socialization in Libraries." New Library World 110, no. 3/4 (2009): 122-35. • Fiegen, Ann Manning. "Mentoring and Academic Librarians: Personally Designed for Results." College & Undergraduate Libraries 9, no. 1 (2002): 23-32. • Graybill, Jolie O, Maria Taesil Hudson Carpenter, Jerome OffordJr, Mary Piorun, and Gary Shaffer. "Employee Onboarding: Identification of Best Practices in Acrl Libraries." Library Management 34, no. 3 (2013): 200-18. • Munde, Gail. "Beyond Mentoring: Toward the Rejuvenation of Academic Libraries." The Journal of Academic Librarianship 26, no. 3 (2000): 171-75. • Neyer, Linda, and Kathryn Yelinek. "Beyond Boomer Meets Nextgen: Examining Mentoring Practices among Pennsylvania Academic Librarians." [In English]. By Linda Neyer. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 37, no. 3 (2011): 215-21. • Nofsinger, Mary M, and Angela SW Lee. "Beyond Orientation: The Roles of Senior Librarians in Training Entry-Level Reference Colleagues." College and Research Libraries 55, no. 2 (1994): 161-70. • Oud, Joanne. "Adjusting to the Workplace: Transitions Faced by New Academic Librarians." College & Research Libraries 69, no. 3 (2008): 252-67.

  12. Image credits • Rope photo from Wikimedia Commons • Telemachus and Mentor in the Odysseyfrom Wikimedia Commons • The new man needs your help from Wikimedia Commons • By Yathin S Krishnappa (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANamib-Naukluft_Sand_Dunes_(2011).jpg • By Jtneill (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASurvey_administration_symbol.svg • By J Alves (http://www.openclipart.org/detail/60247) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABookstack.svg

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