Making a Mark in the First Year: Initiating and Implementing Large-Scale Projects as a New Librarian

Amber Willenborg, University of Louisville
Teagan Eastman, Utah State University

This article was originally published in Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table, Volume 9, Issue 1, in 2018.

Published by the American Library Association © Retained by the Authors

Abstract

New librarians are in a position to bring innovative ideas to their organization, but are often unsure of how to go about implementing big projects. This article presents a case study of two online learning librarians in their first year of librarianship, outlining how they initiated and implemented large-scale projects and discussing challenges they faced and lessons they learned.