The official last day of my Library Juice Academy course, “Deconstructing the Low-Morale Experience in Academic Libraries,” was yesterday. In the next few days, I’ll be reviewing last assignments and computing final “grades” (it’s a Pass/Fail course). I’m reading my students’ final responses and I am so very happy for them – they’ve learned a […]
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My next study – focusing on the low morale experiences of North American employees working in corporations and nonprofit organizations – has been approved by my Institutional Review Board. The participant invitation will be available soon – watch this blog for more details.
Launching Soon: A New Low Morale Study Read More »
The Digital Libraries Federation (DLF) has a Working Group (WG) on Labor in Digital Libraries, Archives, and Museums. The WG’s sub-group, Valuing Labor, met in Fall of 2017 and discussed several aspects of their charge, including faculty status of librarians, Workplace climate tools, Student employees, Impacts of strategic planning on employees, and Labor right-sizing The
Renewals Reach: DLF Working Group on Library Labor Value Read More »
In the Renewers Facebook group, I often share books that I think may be helpful. I’ve created a virtual shelf for browsing anytime, and I’ll add items occasionally. Enjoy it here. UPDATE: our library has moved to Goodreads
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I am in the third week of my Library Juice Academy course, “Deconstructing the Low-Morale Experience in Academic Libraries.” I asked students enrolled in the course to participate in a quick Low-Morale Experience Assessment survey, just so we could get a quick gauge on what the landscape is. Course attendees agreed I could share the
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Around the same time I began collecting data for the Low Morale Spot-Check survey, I also created another survey to ask people who have dealt with low morale to share their strategies for reducing the occurrence of low morale or its effects. In short, this survey takes a closer look at how people engage in
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