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Managing burnout in the workplace : a guide for information professionals

Information professionals are under constant stress. Libraries are ushering in sweeping changes that involve the closing of branches and reference desks, wholesale dumping of print, disappearing space, and employment of non-professional staff to fill what have traditionally been the roles of librarians. Increasing workloads, constant interruptions, ceaseless change, continual downsizing, budget cuts, repetitive work, and the pressures of public services have caused burnout in many information professionals. Managing Burnout in the Workplace concentrates on the problem of burnout, what it is and how it differs from chronic stress, low morale, and depression. The book addresses burnout from psychological, legal, and human resources perspectives. The chapters also cover how burnout is defined, symptom recognition, managing and overcoming burnout and how to avoid career derailment while coping with burnout. Readership: Information professionals at all levels, and students in various disciplines including (but not limited to) library, information and archives studies, psychology, sociology, human resources, business, and gender studies courses. About the authors: Nancy McCormack is a librarian and Associate Professor of Law at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. She teaches legal research to upper year and graduate students in the Law Faculty. Nancy has co-authored the Practical Guide to Canadian Legal Research and Updating Statutes and Regulations for All Canadian Jurisdictions. Catherine Cotter is the Reference and Instruction Librarian at the University of New Brunswick's Faculty of Law Library, and is a member of the Bar of Manitoba. She is responsible for reference and instruction services for law library patrons and teaching legal research to all first year law students. Catherine has co-authored the Canadian Law Dictionary and the Practical Guide to Canadian Legal Research. Contents: What is burnout?; Factors contributing to burnout; Burnout and information professionals: how we got this way; Are information professionals burned out? Research and opinion; How burnout is measured in the workplace; Burnout: the legal perspective; Gender, burnout and work- related stress; Symptom recognition and preventing burnout; Managing and overcoming burnout.

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