Leaving Libraryland

Moving on from years of toxicity

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I recently had an experience that sparked another realization about just how much dealing with years of toxicity in the workplace has skewed my perceptions. Almost 2 years ago, I realized I wasn’t happy where I was in my career, and needed to make a change. Since then, I spent a lot of time reflecting … Read more

Leaving Libraryland

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In January of last year, I decided to leave academic librarianship. A huge part of that was due to factors that were particularly bad at my university, but that were part of a larger trend in academia – attacks on tenure, attacks on academic freedom, enrollment declines leading to budget cuts leading to understaffing, etc. … Read more