[studentsuccesslibrarians] Welcome!

Fri Dec 13 16:47:34 UTC 2019

Hi Reanna and Ruth!

I'm glad to see more people joining in on the conversation, and that
there's a variety of job titles with an emphasis on Student Success. Just
out of curiosity, are any of you planning to go to conferences in 2020?
Luckily, we're given a limited travel budget, but definitely not enough to
attend all the ones I'm interested in. Some are SO expensive. The AACU has
a DEI/Student Success conference next March in New Orleans, but I think
registration is like $600? Anyway, please feel free to post any interesting
conferences to the listserv--doesn't have to be specifically student
success related. Happy Friday (the thirteenth)!

Best,
Melody

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 11:59 AM Ruth Monnier <rmonnier at pittstate.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Melody, Reanna, Nicky, and all!
>
> My name is Ruth Monnier (she/her/hers). Like Reanna, student success and
> first-year experience are not in my job title and I have a similar
> ambiguous title to explain. I am the Learning Outreach Librarian at
> Pittsburg State University. In this role, I work with our Student Success
> Programs on library orientation for all incoming students and as the job
> description said "demonstrate a strong commitment to library user services
> and programs that support student success."  I am new to my role and
> southest Kansas as I started about 7 months ago. I am the second
> individual at the library with this title. However, like Melody mentioned
> it seems to be hard to give a quick overview of what I do to other
> individuals. I am curious how others are fulfilling this mission of
> supporting student success and as Melody said, what is the definition for
> student success.
>
> I graduated from Kent State in August 2018 and previously worked in public
> libraries. I would consider myself an early career professional, but
> otherwise break the pattern of first-gen and POC.
>
> Look forward to learning and hearing from everyone,
> Ruth
>
> Ps. Thanks again for starting the listserv, Melody!
>
> Ruth Monnier, MLIS
> she/her/hers
> Learning Outreach Librarian and Assistant Professor
> Leonard H. Axe Library
> Pittsburg State University
> rmonnier at pittstate.edu
> Office: 620-235-4885 <callto:620-235-4885>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* studentsuccesslibrarians <studentsuccesslibrarians-bounces at wiw.org>
> on behalf of Reanna Esmail <rke24 at cornell.edu>
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 12, 2019 10:11 AM
> *To:* Melody Rood <mlrood at uncg.edu>; Nicola Andrews <nandrews at uw.edu>;
> studentsuccesslibrarians at wiw.org <studentsuccesslibrarians at wiw.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [studentsuccesslibrarians] Welcome!
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Thank you, Melody, for putting this together!
>
> I'd like to also introduce myself. My name is Reanna Esmail. While student
> success and first-year experience are not in my job title, it is similarly
> open-ended, subjective, and ambiguous. I am the Outreach and Engagement
> Librarian at Cornell University. Part of my position includes planning
> first year (undergraduate and graduate) library orientation, developing
> learning materials, and creating programs for first-generation students.
> Thus, I feel that student success falls under the purvue on job
> responsibilities.
>
> I am also a recent librarian. I received my MSLIS this past May and
> started my librarian position in June. I am also a POC and first-gen
> college student, so perhaps there is a pattern here?
>
> Otherwise, I'm excited to be part of this group!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Reanna
>
> P.S. I'm actually originally from the SF Bay Area. I will be in the Bay
> for the winter break (12/24-1/4). If anyone wanted to meet for a coffee or
> something, please reach out!
>
> *Reanna Esmail*
>
> Outreach and Engagement Librarian
>
> Research & Learning Services
>
> she/her/hers
>
>
>
> 106 Olin Library
>
> Cornell University
>
> Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* studentsuccesslibrarians <studentsuccesslibrarians-bounces at wiw.org>
> on behalf of Melody Rood <mlrood at uncg.edu>
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 12, 2019 10:48 AM
> *To:* Nicola Andrews <nandrews at uw.edu>
> *Cc:* studentsuccesslibrarians at wiw.org <studentsuccesslibrarians at wiw.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [studentsuccesslibrarians] Welcome!
>
> Hi Nicola!
> Thank you for the introduction! Your research goals sound really
> interesting! Now that you mention it, the Student Success librarians that
> I've met (only a few) fit that description--myself included. I'm early
> career and mixed POC/ first gen. I went to a conference earlier this year
> that talked about how Diversity Residents often move on to jobs like
> FYE/Student Success positions, so I definitely think there's something
> there. I actually have some research goals that similarly align with this
> topic, so we should keep in touch in the future.
>
> Well, it's nice to meet you! I hope others will join in on the
> conversations. I was told listservs are commonly marked as spam, which is
> what I believe is happening here. So hopefully folks will eventually
> realize it and mark the listserv address otherwise. Good luck to you and
> everybody else during final exam season!
>
> Best,
> Melody
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 5:11 PM Nicola Andrews <nandrews at uw.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi folks - I just thought I would introduce myself.  My name is Nicky
> Andrews, and I am the First-Year Experience Librarian at the University of
> San Francisco, a role I started in September.  This is a brand-new role,
> and I am considering ways to eventually do research or to present on what I
> perceive as being a trend of "Student Success/Undergraduate
> Success/First-Year Experience" type roles being created - and typically
> filled by young, relatively early career professionals from minority
> backgrounds; and what that means in terms of power dynamics within
> academia/the impact we can have on students/our profession.
>
> So anyway - hello!  Thank you Melody for starting this listserv, and I
> hope it leads to some fruitful and supportive conversations.
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 6:56 AM Melody Rood <mlrood at uncg.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I'm resending this email since 1) Several people have signed up since I
> first wrote this and 2) it seems that these emails are going to spam boxes
> for a lot of people, so please make sure to mark it as NOT spam for future
> emails!
>
> 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
>
> --
> 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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> --
> *Nicola Andrews, Ngāti Paoa*
> University of Washington MLIS 2017
> http://nicolaandrews.net/
>
>
>
> --
> 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
>

-- 
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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