Community Care for Burned-Out Library Workers
June 4, 2026; 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern
Librarians and library workers enable members of our community to take care of themselves and each other. But research shows that we often end up trying to care for our own well-being alone. The struggles and burnout that many library workers face have systemic causes, yet we may feel compelled to address them with purely individual solutions. This webinar will explore how we can move to a paradigm of community care, where organizations and people work together to support us all.
In this webinar, you will learn:
- How to recognize the underlying, systemic factors that lead to burnout
- Practical tips for how organizations, teams, managers, and individuals can participate in community care to reduce burnout and to proactively support wellbeing
- How community and self-care can work together to support library worker wellbeing
Presenter: Dr. Audrey Barbakoff is the CEO of Co/Lab Capacity, which helps libraries grow and develop through community-centered consulting. She brings more than a decade of experience in public library leadership and innovation rooted in community engagement. In addition to her M.L.I.S., she holds a doctorate in organizational change and leadership; her research focused on building capacity for equity, diversity, and inclusion in public libraries through community-led planning. Her contributions have been recognized by Library Journal Mover & Shakers, Urban Libraries Council Top Innovators, the Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal “20 Under 40” and the Freedom to Read Foundation.
Community Care for Burned-Out Library Workers
$25 per person for 4+registrations
If you are registering 2 or more people, please upload each person's first name, last name, job title, and e-mail address here, so that we can send them a link to access the webinar.
Register ($49 per person, $25 each if registering 4 or more)
