Surviving Not Thriving... Yet: Utilizing Lived Experiences to Improve Onboarding in an Academic Library.

Starting a new job as a academic librarian is tough. It can be more so whenever the new liaison librarian doesn't have the resources they need to be successful. In this article, the authors discuss using reflective narratives to not only critique a previous onboarding document within the Research and Instruction Services Department at Louisiana State University but to also offer suggestions on ways to improve a system in which they are new hires. Authors anonymized responses from a newly hired cohort of librarians and working alongside the department head, evaluated best practices, and offered evidence-based recommendations on ways to improve the system for all future hires. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]