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My colleague Brian Lym and I co-edited an ACRL publication, “Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: A Handbook for Academic Libraries,” a process made

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It is amazing to me how everything in my life seems to find its way into my librarianship and, conversely, how my librarianship seeps into

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The desire to help people is first and foremost in my mind when I think about what I do, and I think that would be

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As I approach my graduation in December, I become more aware of the responsibilities that fall on the shoulders of all librarians. It is daunting

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I have always held a deep love for libraries and felt a calling to be librarian. I feel so fortunate each day that I get

We in higher education are privileged to spend our daily work lives in an environment that values curiosity, discovery and lifelong learning. I know how

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I have been really enjoying the multifaceted aspect of subject librarianship. Each day brings endless possibilities of learning or trying something new. Whether it is

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I’ve often talked about archives as a profession where we are always walking with people through grief and loss, as well as experiencing it ourselves

Librarianship can lead you in many directions in your career. With ACRL I have been able to grow and learn in my career to build

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What I do daily is stand at the gap. Some days I stand symbolically, but most days, I stand literally. I assist colleagues, students, and

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I love being an academic librarian. My day-to-day work ranges all across the board, and I get to connect with students and faculty in a

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I believe that librarianship is a human-centered praxis and I approach my work through that lens. Stories are a huge part of what we do

I am the mother of two toddlers and who amaze, marvel, and startle me each day. I enjoy how visible, and at times, how quick

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Within my role, I often feel that I have a foot in two different worlds of librarianship--the traditional and the emerging, the general and the

As I finish up my first year in the profession, I’m starting to notice and appreciate how much I am challenged to learn and adapt

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When I was in high school, I actually got "librarian" on one of those career quizzes you take in freshman year or so. It's also

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Not to sound corny, but being a librarian is the bee’s knees. When I decided to change careers to academia, I did not think I

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While getting my PhD in Art History, I realized pretty quickly that the fun part for me was doing the research, organizing the information, and

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My grandmother was a librarian, spending parts of her long career in both public and academic libraries before ending up in special libraries. She always

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I’m very fortunate to be able to see positive outcomes in the community that are related to my efforts in the workplace. Not every job

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Academic librarians are needed more than ever before. What was once seen as a dying profession has become, in the eyes of many, a profession

Working in academic research libraries for the better part of the last fourteen years has taught me that the only constant is change. Much of

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Listen to students! Make space for them to tell you what they need. Make space for them to help each other. Be suspicious of anyone

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I changed careers in my 40's which was scary and also exciting! I am so happy I made the plunge because as an academic librarian

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Being an academic librarian isn’t glamorous, and the profession has its problems (its overwhelming whiteness being one) but it’s allowed me to interact with really

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I’ve only been a degreed, official librarian for a year now, and since my current position is temporary I’m still trying to find my place

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I appreciate variety in my day-to-day work and academic librarianship has given me the opportunity to explore interests from instruction to project management to various

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I like to think that I stumbled upon librarianship by accident because when I went to library school, I did not have a clear goal

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I might suffer from a mild case of what Fobazi Ettarh describes as vocational awe, but I'm trying to show our undergraduates the magic of

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Becoming an academic librarian has taught me a lot about myself as a librarian as well as what type of person I am. It has