Setting the Stage for Success: Developing an Orientation Program for Academic Library Faculty

A multi-faceted orientation program can provide a strong foundation for self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and retention of academic librarians. At many colleges and universities, academic librarians have faculty status. Becoming a member of a faculty involves an extensive process of socialization. Th...

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Published in:Library leadership & management 2015-11, Vol.30 (1), p.1
Main Author: Weiner, Sharon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Colleges & universities
Employees
Employment
Graduate students
Instructional design
Job satisfaction
Leadership training
Learning
Librarians
Literature reviews
Orientations
Professional relationships
Role models
Roles
Socialization
Studies
Tenure
Work environment
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Summary:A multi-faceted orientation program can provide a strong foundation for self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and retention of academic librarians. At many colleges and universities, academic librarians have faculty status. Becoming a member of a faculty involves an extensive process of socialization. This paper examines the literature of higher education and library science on the topic. It identifies the characteristics of effective orientation from that literature. Incorporating an organizational socialization model with the findings from both bodies of literature resulted in a flexible, multi-dimensional model for the orientation of academic library faculty. One university library is an example that can be readily adapted in any academic library.
ISSN:1945-8851
1945-886X
DOI:10.5860/llm.v30i1.7128