About

My mission is to inspire authentic collegiality, and to promote well-being, share the gifts of creativity, and cultivate empathetic, engaged leadership in the workplace.

I am a graduate of the historic Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies. My research interests include professionalism, ethics, racial and ethnic diversity in the LIS field, and the role of communities of practice in practical academic librarianship. I am co-editor of The Small and Rural Academic Library: Leveraging Resources and Overcoming Limitations (Chicago: ACRL 2016) and author of Kaleidoscopic Concern: An Annotated, Chronological Bibliography of Diversity, Recruitment, Retention, and Other Concerns Regarding African American and Ethnic Library Professionals and Global Evolution: An Annotated, Chronological Bibliography of International Students in U.S. Academic Libraries (ACRL 2009, 2007).

In 2019 I was named the Association of College & Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. Learn more about the award.

My most recent formally published work is “The Cornered Office: A Qualitative Study of Low-Morale Experiences in Formal Library Leaders.” Journal of Library Administration. 

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Through my work with Renewals, I offer coaching and career support to people facing or recovering from low-morale experiences, and I also offer consultation and public speaking to organizations who want to reduce or eradicate low morale. Additionally, I invite people to engage in ongoing data collection projects that surface various aspects of low-morale experiences. Review Renewals’ data collection project listing, or browse periodic updates.

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