Sara Lauren Purifoy, MLIS

Sometimes it feels counterintuitive to lead a team I’m softly empowering to lead themselves. I’ve led library staff before, about five years ago as an Interim Director in academia overseeing a seasoned team of seven, and again just a couple years back as a Services Coordinator at a public library responsible for a constantly rotating group of 18 personalities spanning circulation and reference. The former team was primarily full-time staff with daily face-to-face interaction.

Six months ago, I stepped into my first full-time library director role at the age of 33. I joined a library in transition; like me, many of my teammates were new to the organization...

I've read the books, attended the webinars, and visited the libraries that are doing it right. And what I've learned is library signage,...

As with many librarians in higher education, I never worked from home before March 2020. As an Instructional Services Librarian at a...

As we slowly emerge from the other side of Covid (fingers crossed - I'm writing this as variants spread...) and restrictions are lifted,...