Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Full-time:
Sarah Koczan – Information Resources and Services Support Specialist, Penn State Behrend

Last year, Libraries HR started sharing quarterly reports about climate- and civility-related issues that are reported.

Issues included in the report are those that involved conduct contrary to the Libraries’ Civility Statement, incidents of bullying, concerns about work climate, and similar issues. Concerns brought directly to Libraries HR or Libraries Administration are included, as well as concerns shared through other reporting mechanisms that are brought to our attention (such as the Employee Relations department, Affirmative Action, or the Ethics Hotline).

Outcomes are categorized as:

• Corrective Action/Performance Discussion – the employee committing the action is advised that their behavior is unacceptable. Expectations for the future are shared. Consequences of further inappropriate behavior are explained.
• Coaching and/or Counseling – the employee committing the action is provided with coaching and advice on how to improve their interactions with others
• Provided advice/support for employee to take action – some employees bring issues seeking advice on how they can take action themselves to address and improve the situation
• No action desired/required – this could include situations in which the employee expressing the concern has asked that no action be taken at this time, where there is a lack of supporting information to substantiate that the concern is valid, or where there is not enough information to act on.

Additional categories may be added if needed in the future.

– submitted by Rob Harris, Human Resources

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Part-time:
Andrea Puzycki – Annex

Wishing the following employees well as they leave us:
Trish Notartomas – Access Services

Internal Moves:
Sarah Billman, Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library to Life Sciences Library

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Full-time:
Michael Sechrist, IT Support Specialist, I-Tech

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Part-time:
Siddharth Yelwande – Welcome Desk, Knowledge Commons

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Full-time:
Beth Thomsett-Scott, Head, Engineering Library

Part-time:
Sarah Rossino – Penn State Berks
Nadia Porter – Penn State Berks

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Full-time:
Meghan Hill, Information Resources and Services Support Specialist, Penn State Fayette

Part-time:
Dwight Landis – Access Services (Annex)
Luis Lopez – Penn State Hazleton
Gregory Tapia – Penn State Worthington Scranton

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Part-time:
Bryan Gallagher – Penn State Worthington Scranton
Hannah Conroy – Welcome Desk, Knowledge Commons
Zackary Rider – Welcome Desk, Knowledge Commons

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Full-time:
Nathan Tallman, Digital Preservation Librarian

Part-time:
Matt Agboola – Earth and Mineral Sciences Library
Amanda Toll – Penn State Abington

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Full-time:
Julia Proctor, Collections Services and Strategies Librarian

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Part-time:
Joanna Charles – Interlibrary Loan
Harrison Fetter – Intern, Public Relations and Marketing
Kendra Hepler – Intern, Public Relations and Marketing
Bailey Hursh – Welcome Desk, Knowledge Commons
Arazi Lubis – Welcome Desk, Knowledge Commons
Aimee Pizarchik – Interlibrary Loan
Ruiqi Zhang – Commons Services

Full-time employees should add eight hours of personal holiday time (for 2017) when submitting the January attendance records at the end of this month. This is done on the accruals page that comes up when you click “Submit.”

New employees must wait until they have completed their first two full months of employment before they may add in the 2017 personal holiday time. Please keep in mind, if not used, the
personal holiday shall be carried over into the next calendar year but not thereafter.

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Part-time:
Hyeo Heo – Welcome Desk, Knowledge Commons
Hope Wilson – Interlibrary Loan Lending
Siddharth Yelwanda – Commons Services

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Full-time:
Susanna Cronin, Associate Director, Development

Part-time:
Alonso Alzua – Earth and Mineral Sciences Library
Sujata Chhetri – Penn State Behrend
Sudesh Kesarkar – Commons Services
Sakthi Kumar Arul Prakash – Commons Services
Cassandra McCowin – Penn State Shenango
Kevin Mechlenburg – Peer Educator Intern, Schreyer Business Library
Luke Nero – Penn State Behrend
Douglas Uhazie – Peer Educator Intern, Schreyer Business Library

In July 2016, Libraries HR started sharing quarterly reports about climate-and civility-related issues that are reported. Below is a summary of issues reported in 2016, by quarter.

Issues included in the report are those that involved conduct contrary to the Libraries’ Civility Statement, incidents of bullying, concerns about work climate, and similar issues. Concerns brought directly to Libraries HR or Libraries Administration are included, as well as concerns shared through other reporting mechanisms that are brought to our attention (such as the Employee Relations department, Affirmative Action, or the Ethics Hotline).

Outcomes are categorized as:

• Corrective Action/Performance Discussion – the employee committing the action is advised that their behavior is unacceptable. Expectations for the future are shared. Consequences of further inappropriate behavior are explained.
• Coaching and/or Counseling – the employee committing the action is provided with coaching and advice on how to improve their interactions with others
• Provided advice/support for employee to take action – some employees bring issues seeking advice on how they can take action themselves to address and improve the situation
• No action desired/required – this could include situations in which the employee expressing the concern has asked that no action be taken at this time, where there is a lack of supporting information to substantiate that the concern is valid, or where there is not enough information to act on. Additional categories may be added if needed in the future.

– submitted by Rob Harris, Human Resources

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Part-time:
Arrick Lanfranchi – Pattee/Paterno Welcome Desk
Addeson McAninch – Penn State Behrend
Laura Presby – Penn State Great Valley