When Treading Water Isn’t Enough: What Academic Librarian Parents Need to Thrive

Jodie Borgerding; Joyce Garczynski; John Jackson; Jennifer Peters

When Treading Water Isn’t Enough: What Academic Librarian Parents Need to Thrive

Jodie Borgerding, Joyce Garczynski, John Jackson, Jennifer Peters

William H. Hannon Library

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Abstract

How do you balance the demands of parenthood with the workload of academic librarianship? What institutional policies contribute to or hinder our ability to be productive academics and full-time caregivers? This panel identified common themes, questions, and frustrations experienced by academic librarians who are also parents. Participants were invited to share their own struggles in order to create a larger conversation about institutional changes needed to further work/life balance for academic librarians.

Original language	American English
State	Published - 2017
Event	Association of College & Research Libraries 2017 Conference - Baltimore, United States Duration: Mar 27 2017 → …

Conference

Conference	Association of College & Research Libraries 2017 Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore
Period	3/27/17 → …

Keywords

parenting
Work-life balance
academia

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