CoP - Information Matters

Studies on library worker burnout have experienced a resurgence – and with good reason. Unchecked public health emergencies, increases in intellectual freedom challenges and legislation, and general values abandonment within our broader cultural landscape have caused deep shifts in how library workers meet community needs. As they do so, library workers also contend with industrial narratives that tout service at all costs, even while facing workplace dysfunction and harm. These impacts have long-standing mental health and somatic impacts that interrupt library workers’ mental health, well-being, and career outlook and practice.