The Joy of Combining Librarianship and Motherhood

It's A Marathon, Not A Sprint, and Other Lessons for Supporting Librarianship and Motherhood

“…The springboard for this article was a qualitative, phenomenological study of the lived experiences of 21 full-time academic librarians who are mothers of young children (age 4 and younger) from across the United States and from a variety of four-year institutions (Gallin-Parisi 2015). In semi-structured, in-depth interviews, these librarian-mothers spoke about a wide range of topics related to their dual role as librarian and mother.…”