Posts Tagged ‘burnout’
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It’s Not Imposter Syndrome: Resisting Self-Doubt as Normal For Library Workers
2020–06–10 | 4 commentsIn Brief Library workers, as with other professions, are quick to diagnose ourselves and others with imposter syndrome when we doubt or devalue our everyday work. However, methods of coping with imposter syndrome have changed little in the forty years since the term was first theorized, and often centre on feel-good fixes which do not…
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When Does Burnout Begin? The Relationship Between Graduate School Employment and Burnout Amongst Librarians
2019–10–16 | 3 commentsIn Brief Burnout issues are of increasing concern for many service professionals, including Library and Information Science (LIS) workers; however, the majority of articles addressing burnout in the LIS field describe methods of coping with burnout, but do not ascertain trends and preventable factors. The purpose of this study was to identify the percentage of…
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Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
2018–01–10 | 52 commentsIn Brief Vocational awe describes the set of ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in notions that libraries as institutions are inherently good, sacred notions, and therefore beyond critique. I argue that the concept of vocational awe directly correlates to problems within librarianship like burnout and low salary….
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Tryin’ to Get My Mojo Workin’
2010–07–07 | 14 commentsMuddy Waters, can you help me get my mojo working? by Emily Ford I have a problem. Several months ago I realized I’d lost my librarian mojo and since that time I’ve been struggling to reclaim it. Being the person that I am, I have been hyper-analyzing my mojo loss. I have been disenchanted at…