Academic Librarian Burnout

Causes and Responses
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-8389-4856-9
Verlag: American Library Association

Buch, Englisch, 398 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Librarianship has been conceptualized as a vocation or calling—rather than a profession—since the 1800s. Within this historical context, librarians are encouraged to think of ourselves as possessing a natural disposition to showing perpetual engagement, enthusiasm, and self-regulation in pursuit of our shared vocation. These assumptions about the profession can sometimes shield us from introspective criticism, but they can also prevent us from recognizing and managing the systemic occupational issues that afflict us.
 
Academic Librarian Burnout can help librarians develop the agency to challenge the assumptions and practices that have led to so much professional burnout. In five thorough parts, it offers ways to discuss burnout in our work environments, studies burnout’s nature and causes, and provides preventative intervention and mitigation strategies: - Reframing Burnout
- Conditions that Promote Burnout
- Lived Experiences
- Individual Responses to Burnout
- Organizational Responses to Burnout
Chapters explore the relationship of burnout in academic libraries and illness, intersectionality, workload, managerial approaches, and more, while offering real-life stories and ways for both individuals and organizations to address the symptoms and causes of burnout. The emotional, physical, and mental investment we require of librarianship—to go above and beyond to serve the ever-evolving needs of our patrons while perennially justifying our existence to library stakeholders—can come at the expense of our well-being. Academic Librarian Burnout addresses unsustainable work environments and preserves and celebrates the unique contributions of librarians.

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Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften, Archivwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Dedication
- Acknowledgement
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- X, Y, Zzzzzz: Generational Differences in Academic Librarian Burnout
- Thomas C. Weeks, Josette M. Kubicki, Rod Bustos, and Melissa E. Johnson
- Chapter 2
- Burnout and Chronic Illness in Academic Libraries
- Mary Snyder Broussard
- Chapter 3
- “I Just Feel Like I’m Not Doing Enough:” Experiences of Feminist Library Leaders
- Martinique Hallerduff and Freeda Brook
- Chapter 4
- What’s in a Workload? Affect, Burnout, and Complicating Capacity in Academic Librarians
- Matthew Weirick Johnson and Sylvia Page
- Chapter 5
- Distinguishing Depression from Burnout: Implications for Impactful Interventions for Long-Term Improvement
- Dawn Behrend
- Chapter 6
- “I Can’t Keep Doing This:” Contingent Labor and its Impact on Archivists
- Courtney Dean and Angel Diaz
- Chapter 7
- Where Burnout and Leadership Intersect: Implications From, and for, Academic Library (and Other Higher Education) Stakeholders
- Joyce Garczynski, Karlene Noel Jennings, and Kathleen L. Schmand
- Chapter 8
- Burning the Candle at Both Ends: How and Why Academic Librarians Who Are Parents Experience and Combat Burnout at Work
- Michael Holt, Jessica Lee, Amy Chew, and Robert Griggs-Taylor
- Chapter 9
- The Effect of Dysfunctional Organizational Culture on Burnout in Academic Libraries
- Lora Del Rio, Juliet Kerico Gray, and Lis Pankl
- Chapter 10
- Coworker-Induced Burnout: Firsthand Accounts of the Impacts of Colleagues’ Behavior on Academic Librarians’ and Archivists’ Well-Being
- Marguerite H. Albro and Christy Fic
- Chapter 11
- To Err Is Human: Academic Librarians and the Fear of Making Mistakes
- Lindsey Reno
- Chapter 12
- Publish or Perish: Conditional Burnout for Tenure-Track Faculty Librarians
- Courtney Stine
- Chapter 13
- Professional Service Expectations: Causes and Prevention of Librarian Burnout
- Sarah K. Kantor
- Chapter 14
- Intersectionality, ICD-11, and Black Women Librarians in the Midst of a Pandemic
- Vivian Bynoe and Kay Coates
- Chapter 15
- Is It Burnout or Mental Illness? Searching for Understanding When the Answer Is “Both”
- Megan L. Toups
- Chapter 16
- Radical Empathy and the Managerial Ethic of Care
- Sarah E. Fancher
- Chapter 17
- Reframing Occupational Stress to Mitigate Burnout: A Trauma-Informed Care and Constructive Living Approach to Foster Lifelong Resiliency and Self-Directed Life Management within Academic Libraries
- Wendy C. Doucette and Rebecca L. Tolley
- Chapter 18
- Time: The Secret Ingredient for Work–Life Balance Among Academic Librarians
- MÓnica ColÓn-Aguirre and Katy Kavanagh Webb
- Chapter 19
- Managing Leadership Burnout: A Case Study of a Multicampus Consolidation Followed by a Prolonged Dean Search
- Timothy Daniels and Austina McFarland Jordan
- Chapter 20
- Building a Seat at the Table: Organizing Labor in Libraries to Alleviate Burnout
- Carolyn M. Caffrey and Joanna Messer Kimmitt
- Chapter 21
- Combating Burnout: Positive/Transformational Leadership and Organizational Culture
- Linda Miles and Susanne Markgren
- Chapter 22
- Preventing Burnout in New Hires: Importance of Onboarding Support for Employees at All Experience Levels
- Michaela C. Keating and Ilda M. Cardenas
- Chapter 23
- Understanding and Mitigating Employee Burnout Due to Role Conflict and Incivility in Merged Departments
- Andrea Boehme
- Chapter 24
- Burnout Among Academic Library Deans and Directors
- Elizabeth Batte and Megan Lowe
- About the Editors and Authors