If your job feels heavier than it used to, you're not alone. More library workers than ever are experiencing burnout and trying to power through it.

But burnout doesn't go away on its own. In Managing Workplace Stress and Burnout, starting September 25, join Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, MSLS, on a deep dive into teaching you how to take care of your own needs while supporting your communities and fulfilling your job requirements.The course blends expert instruction with time for reflection and planning.

Course Advisor and Instructor

Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, MSLS, Researcher, Leader, Consultant and Coach

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

She is a graduate of the historic Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies. Her research interests include professionalism, ethics, racial and ethnic diversity in the LIS field, and the role of communities of practice in practical academic librarianship. She is 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).
Kaetrena is the 2024-2025 Follett Chair with the Dominican University School of Information Studies. In 2019 she was named the Association of College & Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. Learn more about the award. Kaetrena's 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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Join as a Group

Burnout doesn’t just affect individuals—it spreads across teams. Enroll a few staff members or your whole department to help everyone reset, recharge, and build healthier habits together. Group discounts start with just 3 learners and increase with the size of your group.

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