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Gain insight into ways you can center equity in your hiring, attract job seekers, and support both candidates and search committees in our latest book - "Toward Inclusive Academic Librarian Hiring Practices," edited by Kathryn Houk, Jordan Nielsen, and Jenny Wong-Welch. Learn more in an excerpt on ACRL Insider and pick up your copy today. https://bit.ly/4fUOhhi

The American Library Association (ALA) is profoundly disappointed in today's vote in the House to strip Title IX nondiscrimination protections from LGBTQ+ library workers & patrons

But library advocates will keep standing up for civil rights & the right to read

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Thinking about a new and attending the American Library Association Annual Conference or live in SoCal? Be sure to check out the activities at the
ALA JobLIST Placement center, including the open house Sunday morning with more than a dozen employers. Full list of
activities and services at https://ala.org/educationcareers/employment/placement.

The ALA JobLIST Placement and Career Development Center will be open from 9 to 5, Saturday and Sunday. Participate in career guidance workshops, mentoring-on-the-fly, résumé reviews, professional headshots, and more! Conference registration is NOT required to visit the placement center.

Placement Center Events and activities related to jobs and career development held in conjunction with American Library Association's meetings and conferences are listed.

"In the past four decades, we’ve come a long way in recognizing the prevalence of burnout among librarians—from 'Are Librarians Burning Out' to 'The Librarians Are Not Okay.' However, library leaders need to activate this recognition to develop meaningful solutions."

The latest edition of our Keeping Up With… series - featuring an examination of "Burnout" by Matthew Weirick Johnson - is now freely available on our website. https://bit.ly/4cvf5Cp

In "Overnight College Historian: Historical Whiplash and the Flexibility of New Archivists," Louise LoBello reflects on starting their first full-time archivist job with the additional challenge of an ongoing pandemic.

The Spring 2024 issue of "RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage" features a ton of great content including using knitting to bridge collections and communities, preservation assessment for digital manuscripts, an anthology of papers from “The Power of New Voices,” reviews, and more! It's now freely available on the journal website for your reading pleasure. https://bit.ly/4aRFGIH

Working for Well-Being | American Libraries Magazine Institutions continue to innovate while meeting community needs, piloting targeted tools, dedicating roles and spaces to well-being, and investing in specialty programming and services for both patrons and staff. American Libraries spoke with workers from four libraries that are pioneering mental he...

Looking for work is challenging, and you don't have to do it alone. Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures hosts the classroom "Your Supported Job Search" May 20 to June 14, 2024! Emily Weak of hiringlibrarians.com will provide a thorough foundation to both the practical and psychological elements of finding a job in library and information science, laid out in four sessions.
https://alacore.org/go/to/ala-fb-24-your-supported-job-search

In this month's guest editorial "Re-Managing the Library" Ann Dyer explores the value of management: "too often we see examples where the library’s organizational structure within the university adds not stability, but uncertainty and opacity, to the library’s mission and goals." Read it online for free at https://bit.ly/crl-853-1

New from In the Library with the Lead Pipe: "Not All Staying Is the Same: Unpacking Retention and Turnover in Academic Libraries"

"The library literature has established that toxic leadership and organizational culture can cause or contribute to individuals leaving their organizations. Our study suggests that organizational culture also influences whether an employee is voluntarily or involuntarily staying at the organization, and whether their coping strategies are functional or dysfunctional. We can also see, just as all employees participate in organizational culture in some way, that employees’ dysfunctional coping strategies can feed into and reinforce toxic culture, creating a feedback loop."

Not All Staying is the Same: Unpacking Retention and Turnover in Academic Libraries – In the Library with the Lead Pipe 2024 10 Apr Samantha Guss, Sojourna Cunningham and Jennifer Stout /0 Comments Not All Staying is the Same: Unpacking Retention and Turnover in Academic Libraries In Brief: Although the academic libraries profession recognizes that retention is a complex and important issue, especially for advancing....

Happy National Library Workers Day!
A huge shoutout to all the hard-working, dedicated, and often underpaid library professionals who keep our libraries thriving, especially during these challenging times. Thank you for all that you do!
Please take a moment to appreciate the library worker in your life today!

You can honor the library worker in your life by submitting a star for them on the ALA-APA Galaxy of Stars. https://ala-apa.org/nlwd/

The PSLF Coalition is holding their next public service loan forgiveness webinar soon, on April 24 at 1pm ET!

Recent changes to PSLF administration have enabled thousands of applicants, including many library workers, to achieve loan forgiveness. Register to learn more:

pslfcoalition.org/pslf-updates

PSLF Updates - PSLF Coalition Support public service loan forgiveness

Important conversation in "The Library is NOT for Everyone (Yet)," reflecting on the experiences of people with disabilities working in academic libraries in this month's issue of ACRL's C&RL News magazine.

Articles on disability, accommodations, and working in libraries; pairing texts and podcasts in instruction; fostering connections in virtual cohorts; and more await you in the February issue of "C&RL News." It's now freely available online as always! https://bit.ly/495vX1b

Free webinar on January 11th about salary equity for library workers, "Salary Equity and Library Workers: Experiences from the Field on How to Make it Happen," cosponsored by the ALA Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL) and the American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA) Salaries & Status of Library Workers committee.

More info at https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2024/01/salary-equity-and-library-workers-free-webinar-january-11.

Salary Equity and Library Workers Free Webinar January 11 The ALA Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL) and the ALA-APA Standing Committee on the Salaries and Status of Library Workers (SSLW) will host a complimentary webinar entitled Salary Equity and Library Workers: Experiences from the Field on How to Make it Happen on January 11, 2...

Researcher’s Corner: Identifying Barriers to Application in Academic Librarian Job Postings While these suggested changes are likely to be helpful for anyone, my hope is that they will be especially impactful for BIPOC applicants who already face enough barriers entering this profession.

Contract Positions and Leave Coverage for Academic Librarians Contract and term positions are all too common for early-career academic librarians. Shrinking post-secondary budgets, demand for academic librarian positions, doing more with less, and persistent vacant positions means landing a permanent and continuing position can be challenging. Job precarity is

Employers, when is the last time you stepped back and really reviewed your recruitment practices? Great opportunity tomorrow to attend a webinar from HiringLibrarians and ALA's Core division to update your approach!
https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1016

Hiring Librarians Webinar Tomorrow! Interested in improving your recruitment practices? This talk will highlight practical steps managers can take to make the search process kinder, gentler, and more inclusive.

Here's What Students Miss Out on When Their Schools Lack Librarians Read more.

Researcher’s Corner: Black and Non-Black Library Workers’ Perceptions of Hiring, Retention, and Promotion Racial Equity Practices Non-Black participants were more likely to be unsure if their libraries hire BIPOC employees at 26.9% compared to Black participants at 16.2%.

Five librarians discuss the unique challenges of solo librarianship: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2023/11/01/one-of-a-kind/

Relevant to academic librarian careers, see the articles "Once You Get Tenure, You’re on Your Own: Mentoring and Career Support for Mid-Career Academic Librarians;" "Community College Librarians’ Research and Publication Practices;" and "Reframing the Library Residency Narrative" in the new issue of College & Research Libraries - C&RL.

The November issue of College & Research Libraries is now available!

Read the editorial, articles, and book reviews for free online: https://bit.ly/47cC5n5

This issue's editorial is "The Evolution of Library Workplaces and Workflows via Generative AI" by Mohammad Hosseini and Kristi Holmes. "Libraries play a central role on campus and will remain an indispensable partner and catalyst for universities’ research and educational endeavors. Therefore, it is no surprise that libraries are actively guiding the consideration and use of generative AI on their campuses."

The issue also includes reviews of the following books:
📖 Media Literacy for Justice: Lessons for Changing the World (reviewed by Hannah Cole)
📖 Embracing Change: Alternatives to Traditional Research Writing Assignments (reviewed by Nicole Doro)
📖 Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians (reviewed by David Durant)
📖 Academic Librarian Burnout: Causes and Responses (reviewed by Joanna Gadsby)
📖 Academic Librarian Faculty Status (reviewed by MaryAlice Wade)

"The results of this study demonstrate that invisible illness or disability does impact the ability of many respondents to do their work. More respondents indicated their illness or disability does impact their daily responsibilities and their decisions to take on new projects than did not"

Read "Hidden Barriers: The Experience of Academic Librarians and Archivists with Invisible Illnesses and/or Disabilities" by Katelyn Quirin Manwiller, Amelia Anderson, Heather Crozier, and Samantha Peter online for free in the most recent issue of College & Research Libraries: https://bit.ly/3QikpAX

"What Candidates Want: Revamping your Recruitment" Webinar for library recruiters / employers coming up on Dec. 13, from ALA Core.

What Candidates Want: Revamping your Recruitment What Candidates Want: Revamping your Recruitment

Scared, but In a Good Way: Navigating My First Few Weeks as an Academic Librarian Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Katie Kuipers, Assistant Professor and Affordability & Digital Initiatives Librarian at St. Cloud State University, as a new First Year Academic Librarian Experience blogger for the 2023-2024 year here at ACRLog. I spent the weeks following graduatio

Building on the popular recent book from the Association of College & Research Libraries, "Thriving as a Mid-Career Librarian: Identity, Advocacy, and Pathways," the editors and authors will present a three-part Webinar series this October and November.
https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1000

Our latest book, "Thriving as a Mid-Career Librarian: Identity, Advocacy, and Pathways," is now available. Edited by Brandon K. West and Elizabeth Galoozis, this new book collects strategies, experiences, and advice to help you thrive in mid-career. 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. Learn more in an excerpt on ACRL Insider and pick up your copy today! https://bit.ly/3Y6xeyW

What to Say When Negotiating Salary in a Job Offer: Remember that you’re in your most powerful negotiating position before you’ve been hired. (U.S. News & World Report, 9/8/23)

What to Say When Negotiating Salary in a Job Offer Remember that you’re in your most powerful negotiating position before you’ve been hired.

The biennial update of the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) is out from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics . The number of positions for librarians and library media specialists projected to grow 3% by 2032 (as fast as average for all occupations). Employment of library technicians and assistants is projected to fall by 6%. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/librarians.htm

New BLS Employment Projections: 3 Charts Employment projections give us a good idea of how the labor force will change, how fast occupations will grow and more. Here are some highlights from the latest BLS data.

Archival Outlook July/August 2023 Page 4 Improvisation and Three Archivists on the Value of in the Archives Profession DiAnna Hemsath, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Jessica Kowalski, Adam Matthew Quartex; and Caroline J. White, University of Massachusetts Amherst here are many roads to becoming an archivist. The three of us came t...

LGBTQIA+ library workers play a vital role in promoting diverse perspectives and ensuring equitable access to information for all users. ALA vehemently condemns any form of discrimination against these valued members of the library workforce and announces steps to support them. Read our full statement: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/ala-announces-steps-to-support-lgbtqia-library-workers/

In the new issue of ACRL's C&RL journal: "Inclusive Hiring in Academic Libraries: A Qualitative Analysis of Attitudes and Reflections of Search Committee Members"

"Academic librarian hiring processes are designed to allow hiring institutions to learn about candidates through a multiple-round process, but often these processes are not designed with the candidates in mind...."

https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/25981/33920

Perspectives on , poster competitions in the library, student learning in one-shots, inclusive hiring, author contracts, a variety of book reviews, and more are waiting for you in the July issue of "College & Research Libraries." Now freely available on the journal website! https://bit.ly/44BkSm6

Thinking about a new library or other LIS job and attending the 2023 ALA Annual Conference or in the Chicagoland area? Be sure to check out the activities at the ALA JobLIST Placement Center, including the open house Sunday morning with more than a dozen employers, with current openings like these https://joblist.ala.org/jobs/?careerfairs=848!