Goals from the former CPD Mentorship Program Goals (for revision): 

  1. Ensure new librarians feel welcomed and supported as they begin their Cornell careers.
  2. Provide non-academic staff pursuing library science degrees with support and guidance as they embark on a career in librarianship.
  3. Foster collegiality by encouraging all librarians to participate in the mentoring program and thereby share their knowledge and expertise with newer staff.
  4. Provide a mechanism for assisting librarians through the promotion process.
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5 Comments

  1. Lynn M. Thitchener

    In our meeting, there was some ambivalence about whether CDC, with its much larger charge, could take on the role of ensuring that ALL new hires feel welcomed and supported as they begin their Cornell careers. On the other hand, HR, or supervisors, might recommend the Mentorship Program as one option for new hires. With that in mind...

    1. Provide interested CUL staff members with career guidance and support

    2. Pair more experienced staff members with newer staff to share knowledge and expertise and foster collegiality

    3. Provide a mechanism for any library staff member to discuss career paths and opportunities

    4. Provide a mechanism for assisting librarians through the academic promotion process

  2. user-7193a

    I like and agree with the four key that Lynn outlines. They seem on point yet don't overly perscribe how these activties will happen. I also like frameing the mentorship program as ONE avenue for career developmen support. I also like articulating the roles of HR and supervisors in supporting the career development of CUL employees. Thanks! Linda

  3. Neely J. Tang

    Where does the committee stand on welcoming new staff to CUL?

    I'm also a little fuzzy on the differences between objective 1 and 3.  I think 3 falls under the domain of the mentoring committee, but the first objective seems like it might be more at home with HR.  Thanks for your thoughts/clarification on the matter(smile)

    1. Lynn M. Thitchener

      Maybe 1 and 3 should be one bullet point.

      There was something, I think, from the Inclusiveness Task Force about ensuring that all staff have the opportunity to have a career discussion with someone other than their direct supervisor. I didn't want to be that specific in our "goals"  but I wanted to include the possibility of that with bullet point 3. 

      Also, in last Monday's discussion, we wanted something like bullet 3, to come before the statement about assisting librarians through the promotion review process, in order to be clear that career guidance was being offered to both academic and non-academic staff.

  4. Lynn M. Thitchener

    So....

    1. Pair more experienced staff members with newer staff to share knowledge and expertise and foster collegiality

    2. Provide a mechanism for any library staff member to discuss career paths and opportunities

    3.  Provide a mechanism for assisting librarians through the academic promotion process