SPEC Kit 323: Socializing New Hires · 31
Meetings with other relevant, individual staff members begin at about two weeks &last from two to six months.
New employee meeting held every 18 to 24 months.
Ongoing: professional development.
Other activities can happen sometime between the first two to six months.
Reception: first two weeks after hire.
Reference creates a training schedule for each new hire.
Review of the newbie notebook is three to six months along with probationary cycle for classified staff. Performance
management and promotion &continuing status system are ongoing. There are luncheons for the “junior (assistant)”
librarians about every six weeks with the Dean of Libraries. She discusses issues facing librarians here or nationally she
may send out articles. There is no specific staff development per se except some funding for professional workshop
attendance.
Staff development session: within four months. Annual new employee luncheon: within one year.
Supervisors and department heads are encouraged to orient new employees to the home department within the first 3
months of hire.
Three years: Group meetings of new librarians and professionals who have been at library for three years or less.
Throughout the year, the Chief Information Officer/Chief Librarian hosts several events for all staff members as a means
of building community: Welcome back coffee break (Fall) Bar-b-que/Tail Gate Party (Fall) Long Service Recognition
Celebration (Fall) Holiday Party (Winter) Ice Cream Day (Summer).
Until faculty librarians reach tenure: Informal get-togethers of untenured faculty quarterly one-on-one meetings with
the Deputy Dean throughout tenure process.
Within first 3 weeks: Meeting with safety coordinators for the work area.
11. Please indicate what kinds of resources your library offers new hires to support socialization
programs/activities, and whether they are targeted to all newly hired, paid employees or to
specific categories of staff. Check all that apply. N=57
N All New Hires
N=55
Librarians
N=11
Other Professionals
N=2
Support Staff
N=5
Orientation checklists 51 47 1 2 3
Website/intranet resources 50 49 1 — 1
Policy manuals 42 35 7 — 3
Brochures 26 23 3 — —
Audiovisual resources 11 11 — — —
Other resources 9 9 — — —
Meetings with other relevant, individual staff members begin at about two weeks &last from two to six months.
New employee meeting held every 18 to 24 months.
Ongoing: professional development.
Other activities can happen sometime between the first two to six months.
Reception: first two weeks after hire.
Reference creates a training schedule for each new hire.
Review of the newbie notebook is three to six months along with probationary cycle for classified staff. Performance
management and promotion &continuing status system are ongoing. There are luncheons for the “junior (assistant)”
librarians about every six weeks with the Dean of Libraries. She discusses issues facing librarians here or nationally she
may send out articles. There is no specific staff development per se except some funding for professional workshop
attendance.
Staff development session: within four months. Annual new employee luncheon: within one year.
Supervisors and department heads are encouraged to orient new employees to the home department within the first 3
months of hire.
Three years: Group meetings of new librarians and professionals who have been at library for three years or less.
Throughout the year, the Chief Information Officer/Chief Librarian hosts several events for all staff members as a means
of building community: Welcome back coffee break (Fall) Bar-b-que/Tail Gate Party (Fall) Long Service Recognition
Celebration (Fall) Holiday Party (Winter) Ice Cream Day (Summer).
Until faculty librarians reach tenure: Informal get-togethers of untenured faculty quarterly one-on-one meetings with
the Deputy Dean throughout tenure process.
Within first 3 weeks: Meeting with safety coordinators for the work area.
11. Please indicate what kinds of resources your library offers new hires to support socialization
programs/activities, and whether they are targeted to all newly hired, paid employees or to
specific categories of staff. Check all that apply. N=57
N All New Hires
N=55
Librarians
N=11
Other Professionals
N=2
Support Staff
N=5
Orientation checklists 51 47 1 2 3
Website/intranet resources 50 49 1 — 1
Policy manuals 42 35 7 — 3
Brochures 26 23 3 — —
Audiovisual resources 11 11 — — —
Other resources 9 9 — — —
