Many undergraduates begin their college careers in a new city, surrounded by new people, and for those who find employment while they study, working at a new job. During these formative years, a job in a campus library offers a wealth of opportunities to begin building their sense of self, community, and career. This presentation will look at ways student employers can help undergraduate employees connect their personal and academic interests to the workplace and build relationships with supervisors and colleagues. Strategies presented are not particularly difficult or expensive, but have an outsized effect when implemented cumulatively and are flexible enough to be applied in nearly any library to some degree.
About Jesse Bethany Jesse Bethany currently serves as the Public Services Manager at the Undergraduate Library at UNC Chapel Hill. In this position he hires, trains, and supervises library assistants, most of whom are undergraduates. Jesse has his MSLS from UNC-Chapel Hill, as well as a M.A. in Philosophy of Religion and a M.Div. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. When he is not managing the library assistants he is attempting to manage his four kids, ages 5, 2, and 3 months (twins!) and prepare for his weekly game of Dungeons and Dragons.
