Thriving as a mid-career librarian : identity, advocacy, and pathways / edited by Brandon K. West & Elizabeth Galoozis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

West, Brandon, editor.

Galoozis, Elizabeth, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Librarians--Vocational guidance.

Librarians.

Career development.

Library science.

Physical Description:

xi, 345 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Association of College and Research Libraries, 2023.

Summary:

"Mid-career librarianship looks different for everyone. Maybe you've worked in libraries for ten years, or you're halfway to retirement. Maybe you've reached the highest level of a hierarchy you care to reach. Most of the literature about mid-career librarianship tends to focus on advancing to leadership or administration, but many of us are more concerned with how to continue to grow professionally without moving upward; how to make decisions about staying in an institution (or the profession); sustaining yourself amid burnout, constant change, wage compression, or even boredom; and navigating cultures of white supremacy, patriarchy, and hierarchy. In four sections, Thriving as a Mid-Career Librarian collects the experiences of mid-career librarians as they grapple with these questions and the roles that marginalized perspectives, intersectionality, and privilege have played in their careers: Section 1: Staying Engaged in Your Career ; Section 2: The Role of Identity in Shaping Mid-career Librarianship ; Section 3: Being Your Own Advocate ; Section 4: To Lead or Not to Lead? Chapters explore maintaining engagement and avoiding burnout; informal mentorships; the doctorate; union stewardship; addressing incivility; post-tenure fatigue; balancing ambition, personal fulfillment, and life; and much more. It can feel like everything gets harder, more political, and further under-resourced with each passing year. Thriving as a Mid-Career Librarian offers strategies of community, support, and advocacy that can help make it possible for us to thrive and help others to thrive. At mid-career, we may not have the same bright-eyed enthusiasm we possessed as new information professionals, but we have other things: the contributions we make to our communities and the wealth of experience we have built up since those days."-- Publisher description.

Contents:

Staying engaged by giving back : the librarian parlor / Hailley Fargo, Nimisha Bhat, and Charissa Powell

Boundaries and breakthroughs : a conversation on maintaining engagement and avoiding burnout in reference and instruction / Sophie Leveque and Eamon Tewell

The service of others : providing and growing from informal mentorships at mid-career / Amanda Nichols Hess

Choosing a different wall : reimagining the ladders in your life at mid-career / Caro Pinto and Elizabeth Galoozis

An academic systems librarian reflects at mid-career and shares advice / Christina Hennessey

The doctorate : the next educational step in librarianship / Logan Rath and Carol Anne Germain

Boredom and the tenured academic librarian : how being bored is an essential component of a successful career / Andrew Weiss

We didn't know : how a mid-career research project taught us about disability, advocacy, and ourselves / Lee Ann Fullington and Jill Cirasella

A community cultural wealth model for recognizing strengths in our lived experiences / Silvia Vong

Working toward promotion to full professor : strategies, time management, and habits for academic librarian mothers / Marta Bladek

Self-determination at mid-career : perils and possibilities / Julie Adamo

Learning to thrive

not just survive

as a librarian with mental illness / Andy Hickner

Taking care of yourself when your job is taking care of others : self-care in a service-oriented profession / Justin de la Cruz

Considering a change in mid-career / Kathryn Machin and Danielle S. Apfelbaum

Union stewardship : a space for mid-career librarian leadership / Kate Thornhill, Ann Shaffer, and Elizabeth Peterson

The middle path : dealing with boredom, burnout, and expectations through daily meditation practice / Khue Duong

Addressing incivility as a mid-career librarian : how to advocate for a bully-free library / Megan Palmer, Rachel Keiko Stark, Maggie Albro, and Jenessa McElfresh

Don't go it alone : the restorative power of peer relationships in mid-career librarianship / Jamie L. Emery, Rebecca C. Hyde, Amanda B. Albert, and Sarah E. Fancher

The benefits and drawbacks of moving into management at mid-career / Danya Leebaw and Carissa Tomlinson

Fighting post-tenure fatigue : reclaiming your time and redefining leadership / Nia Lam and Michelle McKinney

Mid-career decisions : sharing power, promoting new voices, and moving forward / Kacy Lundstrom

Frustration, exhaustion, determination : why I'm not backing down from library leadership / Emily Mitchell

Taking advantage of opportunities for informal leadership / Linda Miles and Susanne Markgren

The career choices we make : balancing ambition, personal fulfillment, and life as an academic librarian / Lis Pankl and Jason Coleman

Leading from between : finding meaning as a third space librarian / Heather Campbell

Up and out : how a mid-career librarian advanced, then left academic librarianship / Anonymous.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Thriving as a mid-career librarian.

ISBN:

0838939414

9780838939413

OCLC:

1369998915