[studentsuccesslibrarians] Welcome!

[Melody Rood]

Hello!

My name is Melody Rood (she/her/hers). I am the Student Success Librarian
at UNCG--a new position in our library. I've been in this role for about 6
months now, so I'm still very new! I must admit, when I first started, I
felt both anxious and excited to be the first person in this position. I
spent a lot of time thinking about how to define my job. When folks asked,
I would inevitably find myself in a circumlocutory speech about
nontraditional students or retention rates, never really answering the
question. I knew what I was expected to do based on the job description, so
technically, I could explain what a Student Success Librarian does.
However, I found myself wanting to have conversations about what "student
success" means in the library--not just the institution's definition. Who
decides what is success? How are we measuring it? Are we benchmarking just
to prove the library's worth? Who is being left out? So, I looked for
associations and potential listservs where I could connect with people who
were also in this fairly new position in librarianship. Unfortunately, I
did not have a lot of luck. I was able to connect with a couple of people
in the Southeast, but I knew there were more of us out there! I told myself
if I couldn't find an avenue to connect with other S.S. Librarians by the
end my first semester, I would make it happen myself. That led to the
creation of this listserv!

I hope that we can use this space to have conversations, make connections,
share CFPs and other professional opportunities, etc. Please feel free to
share this listserv with other Student Success Librarians or folks doing
similar work. Anybody is welcomed! If you feel inclined to introduce
yourself, that would be great, but no pressure! Thank you!

To share the link to join:
https://wiw.org/mailman/listinfo/studentsuccesslibrarians

Best Wishes,
Melody

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Melody Rood (she/her/hers)
<https://intercultural.uncg.edu/student-advocacy-outreach/lgbt-community/lgbtq-resources/trans-resources/why-pronouns-matter>
Assistant Professor & Student Success Librarian
Liaison to International & Global Studies
Jackson Library, UNCG
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