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Data Collection Brief Update: Low Morale and COVID-19, Part 2 (March 2020)

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This is the second of a two-part report summarizing the latest results of my ongoing survey on the impact of COVID-19 on ongoing low-morale experiences. This second part centers qualitative data. Please view the first part focusing on quantitative data. Please share your experience(s) of increased abuse/neglect during the COVID-19 pandemic: “Critical questions and emails […]

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Data Collection Brief Update: Low Morale and COVID-19, Part 1 (March 2020)

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It’s been about two weeks since I launched my survey tracking COVID-19’s (Novel Coronavirus) impact on ongoing low-morale experiences. Check this Tweet thread for nascent results, which reflected all participants at that time (n=46). This study focuses on people who were already dealing with low-morale before the discovery and development of the COVID-19 pandemic in

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Recorded: Southeast Online Collaborative Conference

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The Southeast Collaborative Online Conference organizers invited me to present for their inaugural virtual conference. The group includes the state libraries of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. This webinar offers a review of low morale and shares data from all three of my low morale studies (the published study on academic librarians, the

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Data Collection Brief Update: Academic Library Low Morale Spot-Check Survey Results (March 2020)

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In 2018, I shared the initial results of my quick survey on low-morale concerns and experiences. The goal of the survey is to keep on-the-pulse on what’s going on with people who are currently experiencing low morale, and to offer people a place to share anonymously their immediate concerns about their low-morale experience or offer

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Study Invitation: Leaving a Low-Morale Experience

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UPDATE 7/29/21: This study has been published Open Access in Alki. UPDATE 1/20/18: This invitation is now closed. Thank you for your interest. Be sure to monitor this blog for study updates. Recent studies reveals that low morale is the result of repeated and protracted exposure to emotional, verbal/written, and systemic abuse or neglect in

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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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FAQ about the Low Morale Study

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Q:  What is low morale? A: Low morale is the result of repeated and protracted exposure to abuse or neglect in the workplace. Q:  What kinds of abuse are people exposed to during low-morale experiences? A: During low-morale experiences, employees are exposed to one or more of the following: emotional abuse, verbal/written abuse, system abuse, and negligence.

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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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Renewals Reach: Abuse in the (LIS) Academy.

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Dr. Nicole A. Cooke continues her discussion of and personal challenges facing experiences of workplace abuse and neglect as an African-American Library and Information Science (LIS) faculty member educator. She cites the 2017 low morale study while noting the coverage of workplace abuse and neglect in academic librarianship. She continues her counter-narrative, sharing a trajectory

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