ACRL/NY Presents: “Should I get out of this rat race?” Resiliency Narratives, Crises, and LIS Job Seeking

 *ACRL/NY Presents: “Should I get out of this rat race?” Resiliency
Narratives, Crises, and LIS Job Seeking*

Please join the Mentoring Program and the New Librarians Discussion Group
for a presentation and discussion on the current status of LIS job seeking.
Our guest presenters are the authors of “All I did was get this golden
ticket”: Negative Emotions, Cruel Optimisms, and the Library Job Search
<http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2019/golden-ticket/>.

This event is free and open to all current members of ACRL/NY only. Become
a member <http://acrlny.org/join-us/>! Not sure if you are a current
member? Contact sbaschnikw_at_oldwestbury.edu. NOTE: You do not have to be a
national member to join ACRL/NY. We have reduced rates for students and job
seekers.

Wednesday, May 20, 3:00 – 4:30 pm (EST)

Register HERE!
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtfu6sqz0vHt2ZVGFJb1-uy_veDxP2g1jt>
by May 19

*Summary*:
This presentation will explore research conducted between 2018 and 2019 on
emotions in LIS job seeking, which will give insight into the ongoing and
future employment crises in library work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Defeatist attitudes, anxieties, burnout, resiliency narratives, and
internal struggles are central to librarian job-seeking successes and
failures and will become larger parts of the culture surrounding new
professionals as this crisis deepens. While the emotions of job seeking are
unique to each individual search, there are commonalities that can inform
students, new professionals, and hiring libraries on how the field treats
its newest members and are important topics of discussion necessary in
difficult times.

*Presenter bios:*
Dylan Burns is the Cinema, Media Studies, and Music Librarian at the
University of Washington. His research centers around emotions and
librarianship, mental health and librarianship, digital humanities, open
access, and streaming media in libraries. He tweets at @ForgetTheMaine

Hailley Fargo is the Student Engagement Coordinator at Penn State
University, University Park campus. This role liaises with non-academic
units, collaborates with colleagues to create an aligned approach to
student engagement, and explores ways to enhance library student
employment. Her research interests include the library’s role in student
engagement, peer-to-peer services, information literacy, and undergraduate
research. Hailley received her MLIS from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. Hailley is also a co-founder of The Librarian Parlor (
libparlor.com), a blog dedicated to building community around LIS research.
Check her out on Twitter @hailthefargoats

Register HERE!
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtfu6sqz0vHt2ZVGFJb1-uy_veDxP2g1jt>
by May 19

*Questions?* Contact Linda Miles (lmiles.librarian_at_gmail.com), Sharell
Walker (sharell.walker_at_gmail.com), or Susanne Markgren (
susanne.markgren_at_manhattan.edu)



-- 
Linda Miles
MLS, MA, PhD
lmiles.librarian_at_gmail.com
917-902-6963
http://lindamiles.wordpress.com/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/lindamilesnyc
@lmiles