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Author:   Jason Martin (Florida Institute of Technology, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Libraries Unlimited Inc
ISBN:  

9798216190103

Pages:   264
Publication Date:   05 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Culture and Work Environment 1. Identifying and Addressing Toxic Workplaces in Libraries, Erin DeWitt-Miller and Laurel Sammonds Crawford 2. Just Listen: Using Listening Tours to Improve Workplace Culture, Emily Mross and Carmen Cole 3. Reinventing Workplace Culture in a Changing Digital Academic Library Environment, Jamie Diermier, Tammy Ivins, Stephanie Johnson, and Laura Thompson 4. Patron-Perpetrated Sexual Harassment: Is There an End? Olivia Radbill 5. Answering the Identity Questions: The Struggles of Library Workers to Be Themselves at Work, Darin Freeburg 6. Creating an Inclusive Work Environment for Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Staff in Your Library, Jameka Lewis 7. From Hire to Welcome: A Comprehensive Approach to Inclusive Onboarding, Tarida Anantachai, Robin Davis, Adebola Fabiku, and Nellie Maurer 8. Seeking Affinity: Fostering Spaces for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Peers in Libraries, Jeanie Pai and Miriam Tuliao Part 2: Leadership 9. The Reflexive Library Leader, Julia Davis 10. A Foundation Built on Trust: Psychological Safety in Library Supervisor-Employee Relationships, Laura Thompson, Tammy Ivins, Jamie Diermier, and Stephanie Johnson 11. Deep Listening: A Key to Unlocking Leadership Responsiveness and Fostering a Healthy Workplace, Jennifer McKinnell 12. Healing with Trauma-Informed Leadership, Lauren Slingluff 13. How Academic Library Leaders Can Positively Influence Librarian Retention, Amy F. Fyn and Amanda Foster Kaufman Part 3: Workload and Work Expectations 14. Slow Librarianship and Slow Productivity: Complementary Approaches to Sustainable Work, Julie Tedjeske Crane 15. Job Control and Librarian Engagement: Considerations of Workplace Agency for Crafting Meaningful Work Experiences, Matthew Weirick Johnson 16. Crafting Professional Standards: Navigating Ambiguity in Library Environments, LaCharmine Jefferson and Katie Perry 17. A Collaborative and Equitable Approach to Managing Your Team’s Workload, Ashley Riordan, Elizabeth Galoozis, and Kendra Macomber 18. Support in All the Right Places: An Empathic Approach to Tenure, Katherine Hanz and Sandy Hervieux 19. Incorporating Neurodivergent Workplace Adjustments to Reduce Burnout in the Library Setting: Disrupting the American Obsession with Work, Maggie Albro and Niki Cobb Part 4: Recognition 20. Eye on the Prize: Leveraging the Power of Recognition to Create a More Successful and Fulfilling Workplace, Megan Gilpin 21. Leading From Where You Are: Taking Ownership in Improving Departmental Culture, Cara M. Calabrese and Masha L. Stepanova Part 5: Meaning 22. Beyond “Follow Your Passion”: Cultivating Meaning and Purpose in Library Work, Julie Tedjeske Crane 23. Feeling Imposter Syndrome and Burnout? Time to Burn It Down and Get Back to Basics, Jordan Ruud and Jason D. Phillips Index

Reviews

With fresh perspectives, rigorously researched insights and blending examples from both academic and public libraries, this book explores the challenges and opportunities facing libraries today. Whether confronting toxic work environments, workplace safety, stress and burnout, or striving to build a more equitable and energized team, the authors present a dynamic framework for creating supportive, inclusive, and resilient library cultures. Each chapter is thoroughly researched and annotated, providing a wealth of resources to explore further and strengthen understanding. This book bridges the gap between theory and practice, focusing on five factors to help build a healthier, engaging and more fulfilling library workplace wanted by all. -- Phyllis Gorshe * Library Director/Dunedin Public Library * This collection provides practical and compelling examples to help make your library a healthy workplace. Straightforward and diverse, Martin’s work is a welcome addition to the growing literature on a topic that organizations must address to be successful and keep their employees engaged. -- Christopher Cox * Dean of Libraries, Clemson University * Editor Jason Martin, well-known to library workplace researchers, offers what is sure to become a core resource in this impressive book. Based on his own research on library worker engagement and job satisfaction, he suggests five important themes related to library work: culture and work environment; leadership; workload and work expectations; recognition; and meaning. These provide a strong scaffolding for chapters on a range of aspects of the library, and in fact all, workplaces. The chapters are research-based, rich, and varied. From literature reviews to case studies to survey data and analysis, there are new and helpful insights in each one, and even recommended reading lists that go beyond the references. The practical, solution-oriented focus of this collection means that readers will gain useful ideas and solutions for the issues they are dealing with, and since the authors come from many different library types, those solutions are applicable to a wide range of readers: leaders, librarians, and library staff alike. At a time when the flow of literature around healthy library workplaces is increasing, this is the perfect resource for taking the discourse to the next level, realistic and yet presenting a positive vision. I’d recommend this book to anyone interested in a reset of their relationship to their work in libraries, and to libraries themselves. Now, I’m excited to dive into the new-to-me list of articles I developed from reading this book! -- Ann Glusker * Social Sciences and Research Methods Librarian, University of California, Berkeley Library * This unique, and timely work offers insights, learnings and practical guidance for librarians, managers and leaders. If you want to lead effectively, and be an example for our profession, I highly recommend this work to leaders at all stages of their development! -- Jon Cawthorne * former Library Dean, West Virginia and Wayne State Universities *

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Jason Martin is the Dean of the Evans Library at Florida Institute of Technology, USA.

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