Name: From Data to Dialogue: Understanding Burnout, Coping, and Support in Library Settings
Start: 2026-09-10T10:45:00-0600
End: 2026-09-10T11:45:00-0600

From Data to Dialogue: Understanding Burnout, Coping, and Support in Library Settings

Thursday September 10, 2026 10:45am - 11:45am MDT

Tome Raider Breakout Room 1

More than 800 library workers from across the country responded to a survey exploring the relationship between burnout and mental health practices. Follow up interviews with 50 library employees created a more robust and nuanced understanding of how library workers are faring in today’s complicated world. This presentation will share results from both the survey and interviews, exploring how work-place, patron, and personal burnout rates are influenced by personal coping strategies, including the value of employer-provided counseling (EAP), individual therapy, or other activities focused on stress reduction. This interactive session will also provide attendees with the opportunity for discussion and strategizing about how to address burnout vulnerabilities, such as compassion fatigue, secondary (or primary) trauma, and organizational friction, as well as interventions to reduce the impact of burnout when it happens.

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CALCON 2026 Courageous Libraries Resilient Communities

Annie Epperson

Jayne Blodgett

Kristin Kang

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