Thriving as a mid-career librarian : identity, advocacy, and pathways /

Mid-career librarianship looks different for everyone. Maybe you’ve worked in libraries for ten years, or you’re halfway to retirement. Maybe you’ve reached the highest level of a hierarchy you care to reach. Most of the literature about mid-career librarianship tends to focus on advancing to leader...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: West, Brandon (Editor), Galoozis, Elizabeth (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Association of College and Research Libraries, [2023].
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Table of Contents:
  • Staying engaged by giving back : the librarian parlor / Hailley Fargo, Nimisha Bhat, and Charissa Powell
  • Boundaries and breakthroughs : a conversation on maintaining engagement and avoiding burnout in reference and instruction / Sophie Leveque and Eamon Tewell
  • The service of others : providing and growing from informal mentorships at mid-career / Amanda Nichols Hess
  • Choosing a different wall : reimagining the ladders in your life at mid-career / Caro Pinto and Elizabeth Galoozis
  • An academic systems librarian reflects at mid-career and shares advice / Christina Hennessey
  • The doctorate : the next educational step in librarianship / Logan Rath and Carol Anne Germain
  • Boredom and the tenured academic librarian : how being bored is an essential component of a successful career / Andrew Weiss
  • We didn't know : how a mid-career research project taught us about disability, advocacy, and ourselves / Lee Ann Fullington and Jill Cirasella
  • A community cultural wealth model for recognizing strengths in our lived experiences / Silvia Vong
  • Working toward promotion to full professor : strategies, time management, and habits for academic librarian mothers / Marta Bladek
  • Self-determination at mid-career : perils and possibilities / Julie Adamo
  • Learning to thrive--not just survive--as a librarian with mental illness / Andy Hickner
  • Taking care of yourself when your job is taking care of others : self-care in a service-oriented profession / Justin de la Cruz
  • Considering a change in mid-career / Kathryn Machin and Danielle S. Apfelbaum
  • Union stewardship : a space for mid-career librarian leadership / Kate Thornhill, Ann Shaffer, and Elizabeth Peterson
  • The middle path : dealing with boredom, burnout, and expectations through daily meditation practice / Khue Duong
  • Addressing incivility as a mid-career librarian : how to advocate for a bully-free library / Megan Palmer, Rachel Keiko Stark, Maggie Albro, and Jenessa McElfresh
  • Don't go it alone : the restorative power of peer relationships in mid-career librarianship / Jamie L. Emery, Rebecca C. Hyde, Amanda B. Albert, and Sarah E. Fancher
  • The benefits and drawbacks of moving into management at mid-career / Danya Leebaw and Carissa Tomlinson
  • Fighting post-tenure fatigue : reclaiming your time and redefining leadership / Nia Lam and Michelle McKinney
  • Mid-career decisions : sharing power, promoting new voices, and moving forward / Kacy Lundstrom
  • Frustration, exhaustion, determination : why I'm not backing down from library leadership / Emily Mitchell
  • Taking advantage of opportunities for informal leadership / Linda Miles and Susanne Markgren
  • The career choices we make : balancing ambition, personal fulfillment, and life as an academic librarian / Lis Pankl and Jason Coleman
  • Leading from between : finding meaning as a third space librarian / Heather Campbell
  • Up and out : how a mid-career librarian advanced, then left academic librarianship / Anonymous.