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Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey book cover
Posted incommunity college libraries instruction librarianship mid-career slow librarianship Work Work-life balance

Stop normalizing overwork

In the years that I have been trying my best to avoid overwork, I've become more attuned to the signs that I am indeed overworking. I usually notice one of…
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Posted incommunity college libraries instruction librarianship

The ballad of the sad instruction librarian

It's been a busy Fall term so far and I haven't had much time to spend on Twitter, but I usually check it first thing every morning. When I did…
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Framework Freakout presentation and Questions Answered
Posted incommunity college libraries instruction librarianship

Framework Freakout presentation and Questions Answered

Last week, I gave an online presentation about the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for the ACRL Student Learning & Information Literacy Committee. It was entitled Framework Freakout: How to Stop…
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You could learn a lot from us: community college librarians at ACRL
Posted inassessment community college libraries community colleges free the information! instruction librarianship libraries open access

You could learn a lot from us: community college librarians at ACRL

ACRL was ridiculously amazing this year. I feel energized, affirmed, and hopeful (and completely exhausted and sick since it ended). The programming was so high-quality and relevant that, in most…
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