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Best Practices for Onboarding New Staff
New library workers face the challenge of learning a job as well as integrating into a workplace culture and environment. Part of onboarding is showing how the library as an institution supports and encourages employees, and engaged employees are a significant marker of an organization’s success. How do you ensure each new employee has a consistent and positive experience? Concrete tools and workflows will provide every person involved with a smooth and collaborative outcome.
As a result of this program, participants will:
- Discuss the essential parts of onboarding and how the process interacts with hiring and training
- Explore ways to organize incoming employees’ action items and how to ensure that all employees complete the onboarding process successfully
- Learn how to design a workflow that meets their library’s needs
Who will benefit from this program:
- Managers/supervisors; administrative and human resources professionals.
Instructor: Cari Dubiel
After serving in many different capacities as a library worker, Cari is now the Assistant Director at Twinsburg Public Library in Ohio. She is also an author and the lead editor of a small press.
PCI Webinars are recorded and available to members of the Michigan library community in the Library of Michigan's Niche Staff Skills Academy about a week after they air. New webinars will be in the New category for several weeks. You do not need to register for a webinar in order to view it later in the Staff Skills Academy.
This project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.
Start: November 19, 2025 2:00 PM
End: November 19, 2025 3:00 PM
New library workers face the challenge of learning a job as well as integrating into a workplace culture and environment. Part of onboarding is showing how the library as an institution supports and encourages employees, and engaged employees are a significant marker of an organization’s success. How do you ensure each new employee has a consistent and positive experience? Concrete tools and workflows will provide every person involved with a smooth and collaborative outcome.
As a result of this program, participants will:
- Discuss the essential parts of onboarding and how the process interacts with hiring and training
- Explore ways to organize incoming employees’ action items and how to ensure that all employees complete the onboarding process successfully
- Learn how to design a workflow that meets their library’s needs
Who will benefit from this program:
- Managers/supervisors; administrative and human resources professionals.
Instructor: Cari Dubiel
After serving in many different capacities as a library worker, Cari is now the Assistant Director at Twinsburg Public Library in Ohio. She is also an author and the lead editor of a small press.
PCI Webinars are recorded and available to members of the Michigan library community in the Library of Michigan's Niche Staff Skills Academy about a week after they air. New webinars will be in the New category for several weeks. You do not need to register for a webinar in order to view it later in the Staff Skills Academy.
This project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.