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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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Published Low-Morale Experience Studies

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This post reflects a record of the published studies I’ve done on low-morale experiences. It will be updated as studies are published, so bookmark this post if you’re following my research agenda on this phenomenon. Kendrick, K.D. (2023). The cornered office: A qualitative study of low-morale experiences in formal library leaders. Journal of Library Administration, 63(3):

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Published: Ethnic & Racial Minority Academic Librarians Study

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My low morale study centering ethnic and racial academic librarians, which was co-authored with Ione T. Damasco  (University of Dayton), has been published in a special issue of Library Trends. The study, titled “Low morale in ethnic and racial minority academic librarians: An experiential study,” can be found on page 174 in volume 68, no.2.  UPDATE

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Further Thoughts: The Low Morale Study

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[This content was originally published on November 6, 2017 at The Ink On The Page.] A few days ago, my latest article – “The low morale experience of academic librarians: A phenomenological study” – was assigned to its Journal of Library Administration (JLA) issue after being in pre-print for a bit over seven weeks. During the pre-print

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