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Explore what responsible #AI adoption looks like in our next webinar, To AI or Not to AI: The Ethics of AI Use (Mar 11)!
@rsmichalak.bsky.social will lead the discussion w/ @danielayala.com Merredith McFadden, Katie Shilton & Sharesly Rodriguez. FREE for NISO members: www.niso.org/events/ai-or...
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What does responsible #AI adoption look like in practice?
Join us Wed. March 11 at 11:00 am ET for "To AI or Not to AI: The Ethics of AI use" with @rsmichalak.bsky.social Meredith McFadden (Northeastern Univ) and Katie Shilton (UMd). FREE for NISO members: www.niso.org/events/ai-or...
We have differentiated vocabulary for literacy: reading critically, reading for pleasure, reading for research. We don't have that yet for AI. That absence isn't neutral: laurenpressley.com/library/2026...
If we want academic librarianship to reflect its full diversity — across institution type, geography, and career stage — we must design for both.
🔗👉https://www.inclusiveknowledgesolutions.com/3019653_from-inclusion-to-belonging-designing-leadership-pathways-in-higher-education-organizations
Inclusion invites members in.
Belonging sustains the profession.
Leadership development connects the two.
Ask:
Who gets nominated?
Who gets sponsored?
Who gets encouraged to run?
That’s where equity lives.
Leadership development isn’t neutral.
It either reinforces existing hierarchies —
or redistributes access to power.
The middle is where belonging lives.
Entry → Engagement → Influence → Leadership
If engagement doesn’t lead to influence, people disengage.
Many organizations design for:
Entry ✅
Top leadership ✅
But forget the middle.
It’s the difference between:
• Doing logistical work
• And influencing direction
You can be included and still feel peripheral.
Belonging happens when your voice shapes agendas — not just minutes.
In academic librarianship:
Inclusion = structure
Belonging = culture
Leadership development = the bridge
Higher ed organizations love to talk about belonging.
But belonging doesn’t start there.
It starts with inclusion.
New post from IKS:
“When You’re Not Calm: Leading as a Library Manager in Unsettled Moments.”
For anyone leading in higher education or academic libraries.
🔗 www.inclusiveknowledgesolutions.com/3017648_when...
#Leadership #HigherEd #AcademicLibraries #PsychologicalSafety
Being upset doesn’t disqualify you from leading.
Staying stuck there does.
Regulation isn’t about suppressing emotion.
It’s about choosing not to pass your instability down the line.
One of the most dangerous places for a leader?
An internal echo chamber.
Replaying events.
Seeking validation.
Building a case.
That’s survival leadership.
It’s not sustainable leadership.
When leaders are dysregulated:
Feedback feels like attack.
Institutional challenges feel personal.
Curiosity collapses into blame.
Psychological safety begins with regulation.
There are seasons in leadership when you’re frustrated.
Mentally looping.
Defensive.
Resentful.
You may still be “professional.”
But your team feels your headspace.
We talk about psychological safety in higher ed.
But here’s the uncomfortable question:
What happens when the leader isn’t psychologically safe in their own head?
ACRL has shaped my career through mentorship, collaboration, and shared leadership. Grateful for this community and the conversations ahead.
🔗https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/27183/35017
Well… it’s finally happening.
I’m honored to be a candidate for ACRL vice-president/president-elect. Seeing the C&RL News article makes it feel very real.
🔗 Submit here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Let’s broaden what counts as success in academic librarianship!
7/ 🔗 Full call details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
6/ 📅 Timeline:
• Proposals due: March 30, 2026
5/ Contributors may include librarians, paraprofessionals, technologists, administrators, students, and collaborators. EDIA-integrated and solution-oriented proposals are especially encouraged.
4/ We welcome diverse formats:
Reflective essays | Qualitative & quantitative studies | Mixed methods | Case studies | Creative and hybrid formats
3/ Themes include:
• Reconsidering Success
• Professional Lives Across Roles & Career Paths
• Sustainability, Well-Being & Collective Contexts
2/ What does professional success mean for library workers — beyond titles, promotion, and prestige? This volume explores success as contribution, sustainability, impact, and meaning.
🧵 Call for Proposals
1/ 📣 We’re seeking chapter proposals for an edited collection:
Cultivating Personal Meaning: Reframing Success and Thriving in Academic Librarianship (ACRL Press)
Edited by Russell Michalak & Trevor A. Dawes
More than anything, I’m interested in listening. What do you value most about ACRL? What do you hope the association continues to nurture as our field changes?
