Published January 11, 2019
University of Louisiana Monroe Library Director and Associate Professor Megan Lowe,
M.A.,M.L.S., B.A., has recently co-written a book published by IGI Global.
“Examining the Emotional Dimensions of Academic Librarianship: Emerging Research and
Opportunities,"studies the emotional experiences of academic librarians.
Library Director Megan Lowe with her new book.
Libraries have made tremendous changes as demand and technology has dictated.At ,
for example, what were the book “stacks”are now student study areas.Many of the
hardback books have migrated to online materials.
“The book grew out of another publication my co-author and I worked on examining the
emotional experiences of librarians. Librarianship is very people-oriented work, making
librarians prone to burnout,” Lowe explained. “We wanted to get a better understanding
of the emotional experiences of academic librarians as a means of identifying solutions
and supporting those librarians in their careers.”
“Examining the Emotional Dimensions of Academic Librarianship: Emerging Research and
Opportunities” is an essential scholarly resource that offers detailed discussion
on the latest crises and challenges for librarians and supplies innovative solutions
to these issues. Highlighting relevant topics such as emotional exhaustion, research
agendas, and deselection, this publication is an ideal resource for librarians, academicians,
students, and researchers who have an interest in the mental and emotional landscape
of modern library environments. It is co-authored by Lindsey M. Reno of the University
ofNew Orleans.
This title is currently available to order on the
IGI Global Bookstoreas well as through the InfoSci® Databases, which offer full-text book chapters and
journal articles from over 3,500 books and 170 scholarly journals. To adopt this book
for use in your courses, please submit an examination request form
here: (
https://bit.ly/2QDhgcy). To request a copy of this book for review, contact ccampbell@igi-global.com.
IGI Global, an international publishing company specializing in high-quality research
publications focusing on the areas of education, social science, library science,
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