August 2025

Report: Orbis Cascade Alliance – Alliance Connections (July 2025)

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In late July, the Orbis Cascade Alliance held its annual Alliance Connections event – a three-day virtual professional development conference with plenty of opportunities to learn and meet with affinity practice groups in Orbis Library Alliance’s service/membership area. I was invited to offer a non-concurrent session on the second day – a one-hour keynote I […]

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Report: The Renewals Colloquium @British Columbia Library Association (July 2025)

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Last month, the British Columbia Library Association (BCLA) hosted the first of two Renewals Colloquia to registered attendees. During the 90-minute event, over 100 folks explored aspects of low-morale experiences for public and academic library workers, as well as differentiation for formal library leaders. Before the Colloquium Renewals Colloquium attendees are offered some pre-work that

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Report: Callings, Crises, & Community Library Juice Academy Webinar (July 2025)

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Just under a month ago, Library Juice Academy hosted a free webinar that I led, titled “Callings, Crises, & Community: Considering Critical Hope in 21st-Century Librarianship.”  Over 100 folks registered for the free hour-long event, which introduced Critical Hope practice and gave space to think about how Critical Hope can be applied in librarianship and

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Reflections: Considering Beneficence in LIS Practice (August 2025)

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Imagining the application of beneficence requires exploration of some hard truths in our profession and industry…How might we harness beneficence as a foundational element of our practice, even while we are bombarded with increasing contempt for empathy and compassion? I’ve written a short article sharing my nascent ideas on the principle of Beneficence and how

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Reserved: Various (August – September 2025)

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As we head into a new school/academic year and look forward to Fall, here are some upcoming events where I’ll be speaking and/or teaching! August 7, 2025 | Resident Librarian Retreat – Keynote; 9AM ET (virtual; for retreat attendees) September 11, 2025 | British Columbia Library Association – The Renewals Colloquium for BIPOC (IBPOC); 2PM

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Inaugural Data Collection Brief: Moral Injury During Low-Morale Experiences – Part 3 (August 2025)

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I’ve been sharing initial data revealing the role and impact of moral injury during low-morale experiences. Part 1 shares respondent demographics and details about their low-morale experiences that included moral injury. Part 2 offers qualitative data on the events of moral injury. This final part continues sharing qualitative data, focusing on shifts in emotions, approaches

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