getting to know you academic community
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Getting to Know Your Academic community; the Approach of New Science Librarians Figuring It Out!
Anna Stoute and Natalie Waters 2006
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Welcome to McGill University
Large research-intensive university 13 branch libraries Macdonald Campus Library Schulich Library of Science and
Engineering
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Melting of hiring freeze
1993-2001 number of librarians dropped from 85 to 59
2001 “Contrat de Performance” Hiring resumes
Hiring gap occurs
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Hiring Gap Consequences
Experienced librarians retiring New librarians taking over positions
with no one to train them Everyone knows that approach
New librarians expected to know university structure and procedures
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Our expectations versus reality
Formal orientation Informal Self-orientation
Faculty Support Old habits are hard to break Very minimal awareness of library
services
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Making our own path
Introducing ourselves to our departments
Talking to students Implementing new programs New approach to advertising
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So, in retrospect…
Lack of formal training program Lack of faculty support Our lack of professional experience
More outreach Open to ideas Eager to learn Always looking for ways to improve
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Where are we today ? Strong relations with faculty and
students Familiar with university and library
structure and procedures But, as we all know
A librarian’s ultimate goal is to provide anytime, anywhere service to their clients.
Therefore, our job is never ending!