{"product_id":"9780838939413-thriving-as-a-mid-career-librarian","title":"Thriving as a Mid-Career Librarian","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIdentity, Advocacy, and Pathways\u003cbr\u003eIt can feel like everything gets harder, more political, and further under-resourced with each passing year. \u003cem\u003eThriving as a Mid-Career Librarian\u003c\/em\u003e offers strategies of community, support, and advocacy that can help make it possible for us to thrive and help others to thrive.\u003cbr\u003eMid-career librarianship looks different for everyone. Maybe you’ve worked in libraries for ten years, or you’re halfway to retirement. Maybe you’ve reached the highest level of a hierarchy you care to reach. Most of the literature about mid-career librarianship tends to focus on advancing to leadership or administration, but many of us are more concerned with how to continue to grow professionally without moving upward; how to make decisions about staying in an institution (or the profession); sustaining yourself amid burnout, constant change, wage compression, or even boredom; and navigating cultures of white supremacy, patriarchy, and hierarchy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In four sections, \u003ci\u003eThriving as a Mid-Career Librarian \u003c\/i\u003ecollects the experiences of mid-career librarians as they grapple with these questions and the roles that marginalized perspectives, intersectionality, and privilege have played in their careers: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Section 1: Staying Engaged in Your Career \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Section 2: The Role of Identity in Shaping Mid-career Librarianship \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Section 3: Being Your Own Advocate \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Section 4: To Lead or Not to Lead?  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It can feel like everything gets harder, more political, and further under-resourced with each passing year. \u003ci\u003eThriving as a Mid-Career Librarian \u003c\/i\u003eoffers strategies of community, support, and advocacy that can help make it possible for us to thrive and help others to thrive. At mid-career, we may not have the same bright-eyed enthusiasm we possessed as new information professionals, but we have other things: the contributions we make to our communities and the wealth of experience we have built up since those days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55676932653430,"sku":"9780838939413","price":69.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41281001.jpg?v=1779987854","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780838939413-thriving-as-a-mid-career-librarian","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}