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Job stress and the librarian [electronic book] : coping strategies from the professionals / edited by Carol Smallwood and Linda Burkey Wade ; foreword by Julia L. Eisenstein.

Contributor(s): Smallwood, Carol, 1939- | Wade, Linda Burkey, 1967-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 2013Description: online resource (ix, 201 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780786471805 (paperback); 9781476605654 (e-book).Subject(s): Librarians -- Job stress | Library personnel management | Stress management | Conflict managementDDC classification: 020.92 Online resources: Access eBook
Contents:
Dealing with impossible co-workers -- Let's work it out : managing conflict in libraries -- Gender specific stress management strategies -- Laughter in the library -- Shelving stress through self-care and nutrition -- The active librarian : the importance of physical activity for mental and physical well-being -- Leave me alone! : the value of solitude -- Planning library programs for patrons -- The benefit and implementation of an employee yoga program -- Librarians helping each other : a staff stressbusters program -- De-stressing : conscious choices at work and home -- Journaling your professional life : appreciate the journey -- Avoiding and recovering from burnout -- The real cost of doing more with less -- Meeting the demands of teaching -- Employee empowerment as a strategy for supervisors -- Affordable library makeovers -- Funding your media program in lean times -- Downsizing stress : dealing with budgetary and staff cuts -- Done in a day : effective use of volunteer labor -- Being an "only one" : the sole minority on staff -- The trailing spouse : a portable career -- So you've been laid off, now what? -- The over-underemployed librarian : the full-time stress of multiple part-time jobs -- Stuck in security : the mid-career frustrations of the tenured academic librarian -- No time like the present : proactive retirement planning.
Summary: "Practical how-to essays on managing stress as working librarians. Creative methods of diffusing stress are emphasized, adaptive to various types of libraries and job descriptions. Facing budget and staff cuts, increasingly diverse patrons, and rapidly changing technology, librarians have stressful jobs and this collection helps meet a concrete need"--Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Self-Care Collection
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Practicing academic, public, school and special librarians and LIS faculty in the United States offer practical how-to essays on managing stress as working librarians. Creative methods of diffusing stress are emphasized, adaptive to various types of libraries and job descriptions.

The book is divided into several parts: Defusing and Reducing Conflict at Work; Stress Management; Library Programs for Patrons and Staff; Balancing the Professional and the Personal; Juggling Responsibilities; Easing Stress on a Budget; Overcoming Challenges; and Navigating Career Transitions.

Facing budget and staff cuts, increasingly diverse patrons, and rapidly changing technology, librarians have stressful jobs and this collection helps meet a concrete need.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dealing with impossible co-workers -- Let's work it out : managing conflict in libraries -- Gender specific stress management strategies -- Laughter in the library -- Shelving stress through self-care and nutrition -- The active librarian : the importance of physical activity for mental and physical well-being -- Leave me alone! : the value of solitude -- Planning library programs for patrons -- The benefit and implementation of an employee yoga program -- Librarians helping each other : a staff stressbusters program -- De-stressing : conscious choices at work and home -- Journaling your professional life : appreciate the journey -- Avoiding and recovering from burnout -- The real cost of doing more with less -- Meeting the demands of teaching -- Employee empowerment as a strategy for supervisors -- Affordable library makeovers -- Funding your media program in lean times -- Downsizing stress : dealing with budgetary and staff cuts -- Done in a day : effective use of volunteer labor -- Being an "only one" : the sole minority on staff -- The trailing spouse : a portable career -- So you've been laid off, now what? -- The over-underemployed librarian : the full-time stress of multiple part-time jobs -- Stuck in security : the mid-career frustrations of the tenured academic librarian -- No time like the present : proactive retirement planning.

"Practical how-to essays on managing stress as working librarians. Creative methods of diffusing stress are emphasized, adaptive to various types of libraries and job descriptions. Facing budget and staff cuts, increasingly diverse patrons, and rapidly changing technology, librarians have stressful jobs and this collection helps meet a concrete need"--Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Self-Care Collection

Author notes provided by Syndetics

A Michigan resident, Carol Smallwood has practiced in school, public and special libraries. Her primary interest is practical librarianship, and she is the author of journal articles and editor of numerous books. Linda Burkey Wade is the Digitization Unit Coordinator at Western Illinois University Libraries and has published several articles.