Thriving as a Mid-Career Librarian: A Three-Part Webinar Series
Friday, October 20 | Friday, October 27 | Friday, November 3, 2023
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Central
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Mountain
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pacific
During this interactive three-part webcast series, the editors and authors of Thriving as a Mid-Career Librarian: Identity, Advocacy, and Pathways (ACRL 2023) take a deep dive into the realities of being a mid-career librarian through the perspectives of how identity, advocacy, and leadership manifest themselves in this stage of a librarian’s career. The webcasts will be presented as interactive panels with chapter authors and help librarians reflect on sustaining themselves in their careers.
Webinar One: The Role of Identity and Advocacy in Your Mid-Career
Friday, October 20, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Central
In this webinar, panelists will discuss the ways in which identity intersects with their careers and will offer suggestions on how to overcome barriers. They will also focus on steps that can be taken in order to better advocate for yourself in the long-term.
Series moderators: Brandon K. West (he/him) is the head of Research Instruction
Services and liaison to the social sciences at the State University of New York at
Geneseo’s Milne Library.; Elizabeth Galoozis (she/her) is head of Information Literacy
and Student Engagement at the Claremont Colleges Library.
Webinar Two: To Lead or Not to Lead
Friday, October 27, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Central
In this webinar, panelists will discuss the many, very individualized factors that led them to seek leadership roles, step down from them, or not pursue them. They will provide participants with guiding questions about whether, when, and how to pursue leadership in libraries.
Series moderators: Brandon K. West (he/him) is the head of Research Instruction Services and liaison to the social sciences at the State University of New York at Geneseo’s Milne Library.; Elizabeth Galoozis (she/her) is head of Information Literacy and Student Engagement at the Claremont Colleges Library.
Presenters: Linda Miles (she/her) is assistant professor, head of Library Reference, OER librarian, and liaison librarian to the faculty of Early Childhood Education and the Visual and Performing Art at Hostos Community College, City University of New York. Susanne Markgren (she/her) is the assistant director of the library for technical services at Manhattan College in the Bronx, where she oversees acquisitions, electronic resources, cataloging, interlibrary loan, and systems, and serves as the subject librarian for the English department. Kacy Lundstrom is Interim Head of Patron Services at Utah State University.
Webinar Three: Staying Engaged in Your Career
Friday, November 3, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Central
In this webinar, panelists will discuss varied strategies for staying engaged throughout mid-career and beyond. They will explore how to manage feelings of plateauing and the unexpected places they’ve found to engage, advocate, and give back. Participants will come away with ideas for ways to sustain their interest and professional development in the next phase in their careers.
Series moderators: Brandon K. West (he/him) is the head of Research Instruction Services and liaison to the social sciences at the State University of New York at Geneseo’s Milne Library.; Elizabeth Galoozis (she/her) is head of Information Literacy and Student Engagement at the Claremont Colleges Library.
Presenters: Eamon Tewell (he/him) is head of Research Support and Outreach for Columbia University’s Science, Engineering, & Social Science Libraries, where he supervises a team of subject librarians and identifies ways to support the research and learning needs of students and faculty. Sophie Leveque (she/her) is health and human services reference librarian at the Boston Public Library. Amanda Nichols Hess (she/her) is the coordinator of Instruction and Research Help at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.Learning Outcomes
- Describe ways in which identity influences their work as librarians
- Identify strategies for sustainable career longevity through growth and self-advocacy
- Generate ideas for staying engaged in their library careers
Target Audience
The target audience can be broadly defined as mainly academic librarians; there are a variety of library jobs that fall into this umbrella category, including archivists and paraprofessionals. However, other librarians at public, special, or corporate libraries may find interest in the particular topic of mid-career librarianship. While the focus is on folks with 7-15 years of library experience, we believe that the topic will interest early career librarians and library school students as well, as the webinars will offer advice that they can apply to their career planning process.Registration
Pricing is listed to the right on this page. To register, use the register button to checkout. You can register a group by specifying the number of people who will be accessing the webcast during checkout. If you are an ACRL member, you can purchase seats for yourself and your colleagues at the ACRL discount rate.
| Number of Seats | Discount |
|---|---|
| 2-5 | 15% |
| 6-9 | 25% |
| 10+ | If you are registering 10 or more individuals for a webcast, please email mconahan@ala.org for special discounted pricing. |