Onboarding and Orientation Working Group
The Library Managers Group formed a working group to improve activities related to new staff orientation, onboarding, and welcoming new staff to the Library. This is an area where improvements are needed, as shown in the Self Study report, University Climate Study, and identified in a recent all-staff meeting.
Our plans focus on the period prior to a new employee’s first day through the first 12 months on the job, with several checkpoints along the way. Other groups in the Library, including the Diversity and Inclusion Group and the Professional Program Committee, are also addressing related topics beyond the first few months of employment.
We are actively working on the following goals, and hope to launch all of them in the coming months:
- Update the LHR and Supervisor checklist of tasks to complete before staff arrival, on the first day, and in the first month.
- Revise the Library’s New Hire Orientation program and PowerPoint presentation.
- Implement a 12-month program, “Getting to Know the Library.” These 12 sessions will introduce new Library staff members to the Library’s numerous departments and the critical functions and services that are provided in each location.
- Identify a “buddy” for each new hire.
- Prepare welcome packets, including local information, basic Library FAQs, and a few Brown Library-related items.
- Create a photo directory of Library staff (participation is voluntary; photos are able to be viewed by Library staff only on the intranet).
If you have any comments or suggestions, please get in touch with any member of the working group.
Date: May 9, 2017