The Post-Graduation Transition: Building Relationships with Faculty in a World with Unspoken Rules

Abstract

Academic Library Workers in Conversation is a C&RL News series focused on elevating
the everyday conversations of library professionals. The wisdom of the watercooler has
long been heralded, but this series hopes to go further by minimizing barriers to traditional
publishing with an accessible format. Each of the topics in the series were proposed by
the authors, and they were given space to explore. This issue’s conversation discusses the
transition from graduate student to librarian, building relationships, and the unspoken
rules that shape libraries