The Kind Librarian

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This book is relevant to the broad library community because it offers practical tools and strategies that can be used by librarians in different types of libraries, as well as leaders in the library sector to create a better work environment. -- Nikolina Strbac * Zagreb Library Association * Overall, this book demonstrates that each chapter shows the author's thoughtfulness and consideration to the learners. I highly recommend this to librarians, and even future librarians who would like to understand how learners learn and ways we can creatively adapt and engage as IL champions. -- Maria Preshaw * Journal of Information Literacy * Through a beautifully balanced array of research, case studies, and advice, it offers tools to help transform any library into a space where kindness and wellbeing underpin the day-to-day routines. As insightful as it is innovative, the book guides the reader through a variety of strategies designed to foster collaboration, communication, and respect. Packed with advice informed by the writer's extensive experience within the library and education sector, The Kind Librarian is incredibly accessible, an indispensable toolkit that can be returned to at any time -- Alison King * TSL The School Librarian The Quarterly Journal of the School Library Association * This book deserves a place in collections supporting study of library institutional culture and indeed of that of other institutions in the GLAM sector. Librarians in management positions will find useful ideas for in-service training in the abundance of team exercises provided. It is a book that readers sympathetic to motivational writing will find a source of stimulating ideas. -- John Kennedy * Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association * Drawing on positive psychology and organizational behaviour theory, Rimmer champions kindness as a resource accessible to both individuals and organizations. Rimmer posits that kindness must be meaningfully integrated in libraries through both personal effort and structural change. This book welcomes readers to reflect: what is kindness to library workers, and how might it be embedded holistically in the work? -- Michelle Pettis * Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship * Ultimately, The Kind Librarian is a valuable guide full of applicable reflection questions and activities for incorporating kindness, empathy, and holistic wellness into a library work environment. All these concepts can be applied by anyone on any level at any kind of library, which is the book's most appealing point. -- Clarissa Ihssen, American University * College & Research Libraries *