![]() An article from 2018 pegged the average cost per textbook in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system at $125. For many years, increases in the prices of textbooks have significantly outpaced inflation. Credit: Lightspring / © 2022 What We Faced A faculty cohort approach can help overcome obstacles to the adoption of open educational resources. Her professional interests include library instruction, instructional technology, and mentoring new librarians. She earned her MLIS at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013. Mandi Goodsett is Performing Arts & Humanities Librarian at Cleveland State University. Doing so could move us all forward in new and unexpected ways. Perhaps we could work together as librarians to not only nurture our students and patrons, but to also nurture the newest among us. That so many librarians are feeling like imposters in the field which they spent so much money and time preparing to enter seems wrong. In co-leading a roundtable for new librarians at ACRL, I found that many of the participants shared a common experience of “ imposter syndrome.” They felt underprepared for their new positions and lacked the guidance to gain footing to share their exciting, new ideas with their colleagues for the betterment of the field as a whole. These kinds of programs would do a lot to both help new librarians transition more smoothly into the professional world, and to help more experienced librarians understand the perspective of those new to (and overwhelmed by) the profession. This could come in the form of stronger advising in LIS programs, but it could also come from established librarians being more willing to allow (or even encourage) new librarians to catch a glimpse of what they do every day.Ĭould LIS students be given a librarian mentor in the field? Or perhaps have the opportunity to shadow librarians in diverse environments? Could roundtables and divisions in ALA provide more mentoring and coaching opportunities for new librarians? Could library conferences offer chances for new librarians to gain experience presenting? While a number of librarians and professional organizations (NMRT being one) are spearheading these kinds of efforts, it seems the message isn’t always getting through to students, and more could be done. Many of the issues that came up in the study (and that I anecdotally observe frequently), such as confusion about what courses to take or how to acquire the experience necessary to get a job post-graduation, could be alleviated by improving guidance for new librarians.
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