Library Workplace Culture


This research is driven by a desire to make libraries a healthier place to work. I explore topics of burnout, empathy, interpersonal relationships, and other similar factors in many of these studies.

Burnout


Burnt Ends: An Examination of Academic Librarian Burnout Using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory after COVID-19


Rachel Keiko Stark, Maggie Albro, Kelli Kauffroath

Journal of Library Administration, vol. 64(1), 2024, pp. 1-15


Coworker-induced burnout: Firsthand accounts of the impacts of colleagues’ behavior on academic librarians’ and archivists’ well-being


M. H. Albro, Christy Fic

Christina Holm, Ana Guimaraes, Nashieli Marcano, Academic Librarian Burnout: Causes and Responses, ACRL, 2022, pp. 143-160

Workplace Characteristics


Job Engagement and Employee-organization Relationship among Academic Librarians in a Modified Work Environment


Maggie Albro, Jenessa M. McElfresh

The Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 47(5), 2021


LibrariesForward: Strategic planning in an environment of change at Clemson University


K. Megan Sheffield, M. H. Albro

Tammy Nickelson Dearie, Michael Meth, Elaine L. Westbrooks, Academic Library Management: Case Studies, ALA Neal-Schuman, 2017, pp. 17-25

Interpersonal Relationships


Authentic Connection: Engaging with Students through Empathy


LaTiffany Davis, Maggie Albro, Thura Mack, Molly Royse

portal: Libraries and the Academy, vol. 24(4), 2024, pp. 689-703


The Effects of Counterproductive Workplace Behaviors on Academic LIS Professionals’ Health and Well-Being


Christy Fic, Maggie Albro

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, vol. 17(3), 2022, pp. 37-53


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