“Just Like the Library”: Exploring the experiences of former library student assistants' post-graduation careers and perceptions of job preparedness as impacted by library work

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dc.contributor.advisorO'Grady, Ryanen_US
dc.contributor.authorOfsthun, Franklinen_US
dc.contributor.departmentLibrary & Information Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-01T06:30:33Z
dc.date.available2023-02-01T06:30:33Z
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.description.abstractCareer success is a major component of assessing student success, and at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG), a small campus supporting nine state universities, post-graduation success is understudied. Students employed by USG’s Priddy Library are subject to a professional development (PD) program that emphasizes skill building, professional experiences, and career competencies. This thesis uses interviews from seven former student employees to determine what students retain from the program a year after graduation, to explore their feelings on early career experiences, and to determine what Priddy Library and USG can do to better prepare students for their post-graduation careers. Job satisfaction was most positively correlated with workplace social support and most negatively correlated with overwork. Participants felt overall positively about their experiences at USG and the library, and emphasized the role that social support played in their success. Participants identified many career competencies developed at the library that they continue to use in their post-graduation careers, most notably, customer service, communication, critical thinking, time management, and professionalism. Participants shared feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy despite degree and skill acquisition, indicating that more effort should be made to build students’ professional confidence.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/xqxi-gsp0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/29535
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLibrary scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHigher educationen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledManagementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcareer competenciesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledjob preparednessen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlibrary student employmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledprofessional developmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledstudent employmenten_US
dc.title“Just Like the Library”: Exploring the experiences of former library student assistants' post-graduation careers and perceptions of job preparedness as impacted by library worken_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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