tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post1832206473855994081..comments2024-03-27T05:00:00.090-04:00Comments on Letters to a Young Librarian: Preventing Librarian BurnoutJessica Olinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282500023825318766noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-22446111377942122592015-06-06T20:59:34.839-04:002015-06-06T20:59:34.839-04:00I wanted to commend you on this post. While I am n...I wanted to commend you on this post. While I am no librarian, I am very grateful for the work you do (for school AND for reading for pleasure, I rely heavily on you) and mental health and its effect on physical health is a topic close to my heart. I can only second the recommendation for meditation. It's definitely a skill that should be taught to anyone who works in a stressful environment. Scratch that, it should be taught to everyone if they are open to it. UndisclosedDesirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01303171328030478350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-57434208279681973792015-06-05T19:09:50.017-04:002015-06-05T19:09:50.017-04:00Thanks for this! I'm a tenure track librarian ...Thanks for this! I'm a tenure track librarian at a community college without any designated off-desk time. :-O I keep advocating it with my campus dean, but I'm the only librarian on duty M-F until 5. We JUST got evening help in April. I was pretty miserable this past spring term, but what kept me going was having lunch with the student services office staff pretty regularly. As the only full-time faculty member in my discipline, I was also feeling very isolated at an already isolated "satellite" campus (it's actually a full-service campus, but we're tiny). I also found that if I focus on achieving one small goal a week, it helped boost my morale. Even something as simple as cleaning out a drawer of old pamphlets or weeding five books helped because I got to see some kind of visual outcome. A lot of what I have been working on is changing the library culture, which is slow. Lindsay Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08097948797057159944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-69701009658154819832015-06-05T12:43:09.012-04:002015-06-05T12:43:09.012-04:00I would like to learn more about compassion burnou...I would like to learn more about compassion burnout in particular. I work at a mental health hospital; in addition to clinicians and researchers we help clients, families, and the public. Many questions have some sort of heartbreak as context and it's hard not to feel compassion without engaging too fully (safety, privacy issues) or, well, just feeling really bad at the end of the day and beyond. Plus guilt that maybe you didn't do enough.<br /><br />I know from experience that this definitely isn't exclusive to hospital libraries. Would love to hear your thoughts. Coincidentally, a copy of "Overcoming Compassion Fatigue" is sitting on my desk but it's definitely meant more for health care providers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-28524461658726658712015-06-03T20:21:35.576-04:002015-06-03T20:21:35.576-04:00I try to find small projects that are different th...I try to find small projects that are different than my every day duties. I also volunteer on committees for YALSA and LITA. It gives me something different, but still library related to do. It also introduces me to other people who are as excited about libraries as I am. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-76445838298022431982015-06-02T10:34:34.492-04:002015-06-02T10:34:34.492-04:00I eat lunch in our break room nearly every day, bu...I eat lunch in our break room nearly every day, but over the past year I realized the importance of getting out of the building. Now, my dinner break on my night shift night I treat myself to dinner at Panera or another local eatery. Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251183515325373718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-48404435670081252192015-06-02T09:49:15.985-04:002015-06-02T09:49:15.985-04:00i really like this post. going into my third schoo...i really like this post. going into my third school year as a librarian i can relate. i have big, gorgeous windows steps from my office (that i can see from my desk--what a luxury!) but i really need to get out of the building more. great post.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02585106507978300501noreply@blogger.com