Raymond Pun interviewed me about my survey on low morale experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic (see more results here, here, and here). In this short discussion, I share the most concerning emerging data and how I hope the data will be applied in library decision-making as we move through the pandemic (and beyond). Read theContinue reading “Interview: Infobase/Credo Reference (April 2020)”
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Considering: Oppressed Group Behavior
[This content was originally published on October 15, 2018 at The Ink On The Page.] While analyzing data for my PoC academic librarians low morale study, I came across behaviors that seemed to fall under the realm of oppressed group behavior (OGB) – known more colloquially as “eating one’s young” the “one” being the profession and theContinue reading “Considering: Oppressed Group Behavior”
From the May 2019 Course: Suggested Readings from Students
This post is the first of a two-part series of items I’m sharing from the second session of my course, “Deconstructing the Low-Morale Experience in Academic Libraries,” which was offered via Library Juice Academy in May 2019. Throughout the course, students shared readings that are helping them change their work culture or better understand issuesContinue reading “From the May 2019 Course: Suggested Readings from Students”
Renewals Reach: Documentation and practice
The 2017 low morale study was mentioned as a resource in Mirza and Currier’s Digital Libraries Forum presentation, “Towards a praxis of library documentation.” The information was shared last October. The study is noted in connection to their discussion of the American Library Association’s Code of Ethics, specifically, Principles V and VIII, which focus onContinue reading “Renewals Reach: Documentation and practice”
Can We Talk?
[This content was originally published on December 4, 2017 at The Ink On The Page.] As a lurking/functional member of social media society, I have recently come across several threads in closed and open LIS online communities that prompt the following thought: Librarians need assertive communication training. I remember in library school, classroom conversations about applyingContinue reading “Can We Talk?”