This initiative will establish a lasting professional development group that spends dedicated time to creating, providing, and facilitating professional development opportunities library-wide. Through programming and sub-committee work this group hopes to enhance professional development across the Libraries. The group will send out a yearly survey to assess professional development interests and needs throughout the library and plan out action-oriented steps to fill those gaps.
Strategic Alignment
Initiative Leads
Nikki Morse, former Event and Marketing Manager
Kelly Grove, GIS and Earth Sciences Librarian
Susannah Miller, Associate Dean of Administrative Services
Kelly Grove, GIS and Earth Sciences Librarian
Susannah Miller, Associate Dean of Administrative Services
Updates
2023
*We held several programming and development opportunities despite obstacles presented by the pandemic, limited budget and time constraints. Those opportunities included revived Lunch and Learns, several successful Staff Mentoring Cohorts and our first library-wide team building activity, the Holiday Office Decor Contest.
*We elected new staff and faculty co-chairs to lead the group (Shaundra Lee, Staff Co-Chair and Alex Chisum, Faculty Co-Chair).
*Restructured some of the sub-committees (i.e. OPS/FWS Professional Development) for productivity and new leadership throughout."
*Mentor/Mentee program is still going strong after nearly three years. Spring 2023 class had 12 matches which is highly significant especially for our non-faculty library employees.
*Hosted a special talk on Academic Library Burnout that was very successful, with over 60 library employees attending and providing positive feedback
*Held the first Holiday Office Decor contest with a pizza party and donut party for the prize. The contest fostered camaraderie, teamwork and a sense of pride in work area and accomplishment.
2022
*Multiple Professional Development Days (2020 and 2021 virtually) and other professional development programs have been hosted in partnership with Faculty Professional Development Research and Travel committee, Diversity and Inclusion committee, and the Internal Communication Team.
*A staff mentorship program has been established and is available to all Libraries employees.
*A line of communication has been established between all professional development-related programming in the library. Semesterly meetings are held with leadership of multiply committees to unify professional development programming throughout the Libraries.
*We held several programming and development opportunities despite obstacles presented by the pandemic, limited budget and time constraints. Those opportunities included revived Lunch and Learns, several successful Staff Mentoring Cohorts and our first library-wide team building activity, the Holiday Office Decor Contest.
*We elected new staff and faculty co-chairs to lead the group (Shaundra Lee, Staff Co-Chair and Alex Chisum, Faculty Co-Chair).
*Restructured some of the sub-committees (i.e. OPS/FWS Professional Development) for productivity and new leadership throughout."
*Mentor/Mentee program is still going strong after nearly three years. Spring 2023 class had 12 matches which is highly significant especially for our non-faculty library employees.
*Hosted a special talk on Academic Library Burnout that was very successful, with over 60 library employees attending and providing positive feedback
*Held the first Holiday Office Decor contest with a pizza party and donut party for the prize. The contest fostered camaraderie, teamwork and a sense of pride in work area and accomplishment.
2022
*Multiple Professional Development Days (2020 and 2021 virtually) and other professional development programs have been hosted in partnership with Faculty Professional Development Research and Travel committee, Diversity and Inclusion committee, and the Internal Communication Team.
*A staff mentorship program has been established and is available to all Libraries employees.
*A line of communication has been established between all professional development-related programming in the library. Semesterly meetings are held with leadership of multiply committees to unify professional development programming throughout the Libraries.