October 2019

Report: The Renewals Workshop @ the NCLA Conference (October 2019)

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Last week I facilitated The Renewals Workshop at the North Carolina Library Association’s Conference in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The workshop was sponsored by NCLA’s Roundtable for Ethnic and Minority Concerns (REMCo), and I am thankful for their support.  Twelve folks (the maximum registrant limit for this event) registered, and there was a short waiting list; ultimately, […]

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Enrollment Open for January 2020 Low Morale Course

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https://twitter.com/AzacMonster/status/1135611233401417728 The third session of my course, “Deconstructing the Low-Morale Experience in Academic Libraries,” is now open for enrollment. The asynchronous course begins January 6 and runs through January 31, 2020. This course is hosted via Library Juice Academy. NOTE: this course is open to anyone facing or recovering from low morale while working in

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Data Collection Brief: Public Libraries Low Morale Spot-Check (October 2019)

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Soon after presenting my work on low morale in academic libraries, public librarians began sharing their experiences with me. I decided to expand my work to this group of information professionals, and last year I received a grant to complete that study. recently completed my draft , and I hope will be published next year. 

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Renewals Reach: Diversity residencies

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The 2017 low morale study and a presentation focusing on the Diversity Rhetoric Enabling System (connected to the low-morale experience for racial/ethnic minority academic librarians) is cited in a new book edited by Lorelei Rutledge, Jay L. Colbert, Anastasia Chiu, and Jason Alston. These editors have had direct experience with residencies designed to address persistent racial

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