“Who says I am coping”: The emotional affect of New Jersey academic librarians during the COVID-19 pandemic

Salvesen, Linda; Berg, Cara

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2021.102422

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“…The commonality of experiences of public library staff during the pandemic-related closures with those of academic library staff (Salvesen and Berg, 2021) is striking. Salvesen and Berg's study of academic librarians in New Jersey also found that academic library staff experienced difficulties when working from home during the pandemic-related closures.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, not all the impact was negative. Academic librarians showed resilience, innovation and adaptability (Salvesen and Berg, 2021) and used the pandemic as an opportunity to expand services and find ways to improve communication between colleagues using online tools and flexible work settings (Todorinova, 2021; Yu et al. , 2022).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has been suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic added to burnout and low morale across all library sectors (Corrado, 2022). The pandemic added to these issues by increasing day-to-day anxiety, concerns for personal health and jobs, feelings of being overworked, overwhelmed and underappreciated (Salvesen and Berg, 2021). COVID-19 also affected academic librarians at a personal level, increasing stress and dissatisfaction and hurting their abilities to interact with users (Todorinova, 2021).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The lived experience of Australian public library staff during the COVID-19 library closures

Garner

Wakeling

Hider

et al. 2022

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the lived experiences of Australian public library staff during the COVID-19 library closures. The study examines the effect of mandated physical library closures on staff well-being, along with the challenges they faced as library operations moved to a remotely delivered model. The paper includes an examination of staff perceptions of their library's value in the lives of their users.Design/methodology/approachSemi-structured interviews were undertaken with 15 Australian library staff from three library networks. A process of inductive coding resulted in a thematic description of the participants' experiences of continuing to work during a period of where their libraries were closed due to COVID-19 restrictions.FindingsAustralian public library workers experienced many challenges that affected their well-being during the period of library closures. These included challenges relating to moving library programming to a virtual delivery model, managing significant change in their work lives, managing the emotions of self and others, and concern for the well-being of library users. Positive outcomes relating to skill development and innovative thinking were also reported.Originality/valueThe operational responses to the COVID-19 library closures in Australia and elsewhere have been well reported. This paper takes a different approach by examining the emotional and well-being outcomes for public library staff during these periods of closure.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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The lived experience of Australian public library staff during the COVID-19 library closures

Garner

Wakeling

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“…Then, a transition from reopening (from partial reopening, modified opening, and full open status) with COVID-era restrictions, and/or individual institutions closing and reopening again. Librarians' workflows needed to be adjusted during a period of high uncertainty and stress ( Salvesen & Berg, 2021 ). Also, libraries responded to space and access issues in a variety of ways (see details for the subsection on Physical space and precautionary measures and Table 2 ).…”

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COVID-19 impact on the Chinese top academic libraries: Libraries' response to space, collection and services

Kang

Song

et al. 2022

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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“…This raised concerns in particular for Level B (Lecturers) and Level C (Senior Lecturers) academics. This is unsurprising given that a large proportion of teaching is allocated to early career academics, generating increased stress and reduced coping (Salvesen and Berg, 2021). Interestingly, teaching in hybrid modes that required both face-to-face, on-site and online delivery was most concerning to academics as compared to the extended lockdowns of 2020 when most of the work occurred online.…”

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Under the sword of Damocles: Exploring the well-being of university academics during a crisis

Subban

Laletas²,

Creely³

et al. 2022

Front. Educ.

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Prompted by the wide-spread impact of the global pandemic on the higher education sector in Australia, this study explores the wellbeing and mental health of university academics who were caught in this altering landscape. This mixed-methods study has three objectives. Firstly, the study involved the design and development of an instrument to measure the wellbeing of university teachers. Secondly, the new instrument was administered to a randomly drawn sample of university academics, in order to validate its use. Thirdly, the study sought to identify possible strategies utilized by participants during times of high pressure, conflict and stress. As an initial validation study, the project involved scale design, generating a tool which measures the wellbeing of university academics, especially during times of crisis. The measurement tool was constructed in four parts drawing on the established formula of academic workload: Teaching, Research, Service/Engagement, with Part 4 seeking out demographic variables for analysis. Findings suggested that most academics were concerned about the maintenance of their research output and teaching workloads. Maintaining responsibilities as care-givers and parents of school-going children proved challenging. Many conceded that maintaining equilibrium was complex. It is anticipated that the scale will be an effective means of quantifying academic wellbeing especially during a crisis, thereby offering a valid instrument to university leaders, when considering staff security and comfort, in the contemporary context.

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“Who says I am coping”: The emotional affect of New Jersey academic librarians during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 24 publications

References 11 publications

The lived experience of Australian public library staff during the COVID-19 library closures

The lived experience of Australian public library staff during the COVID-19 library closures

COVID-19 impact on the Chinese top academic libraries: Libraries' response to space, collection and services

Under the sword of Damocles: Exploring the well-being of university academics during a crisis

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