Open AccessCaring for our colleagues: Wellness and support strategies for remote library teams
Author(s) -
Cynthia HudsonVitale,
Rebecca Miller Waltz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
college and research libraries news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2150-6698
pISSN - 0099-0086
DOI - 10.5860/crln.81.10.494
Subject(s) - isolation (microbiology) , work (physics) , covid-19 , public relations , working environment , academic library , psychology , sociology , computer science , medical education , political science , library science , medicine , engineering , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , mechanical engineering
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed many challenges for academic and research libraries and those working within them. Nearly everything that we do has been questioned and re-envisioned, and our days are filled with new work, uncertainty, and isolation. Because of this, one of the areas that library leaders must invest in re-envisioning is how we can best support the well-being and morale of our library colleagues. This article identifies and discusses simple, informal, practical, and easy strategies that library leaders can use to support the physical, emotional, spiritual, professional, social, and mental well-being of their teams in remote and hybrid working environment.