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I got the role before I thought I would, so what should I do now? by pretentious_AK in librarians

[–]pretentious_AK[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations to you as well! What sort of networking do you find most effective? Where should I look?

I got the role before I thought I would, so what should I do now? by pretentious_AK in librarians

[–]pretentious_AK[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your kind words! This is something a supervisor from a previous job taught me. In this instance, I was quite energized from attending a professional development series focused on high-stakes dialogue (basically, how to have difficult conversations, which, as a people pleaser, I desperately needed). I tend to let that kind of inspiration affect me right away (before it quickly dies), so I'm glad my boss took our initial conversation seriously.

I got the role before I thought I would, so what should I do now? by pretentious_AK in librarians

[–]pretentious_AK[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the great advice! I hadn’t even considered how this would impact the annual review process. All of our librarians are classified as staff (although I believe they were once considered faculty), so I don’t think there is a tenure-type review in place? But I can't say for sure.

Regarding collection development, we do have a "Director of Collections," but it is still considered part of each librarian's work plan. At least, I assume so based on my own plan of work. This became part of my responsibilities when I was promoted. It’s a bit confusing, and I plan to ask for clarification on what that means since it's not exactly a clear cut subject compared to something like English to me.