Monday, 5 August 2019

Job Precarity, Contract Work, and Self-Care

an article by Sajni Lacey (UBC Okanagan) published in PARTNERSIP: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research Volume 14 Number 1 (2019)

Abstract

Job precarity is an active and real issue in the libraries.

This piece will explore job precarity as it applies libraries and the financial and emotional strain attached to it, with some strategies for self-care while applying to precarious work and in the positions themselves.

Full text (PDF 8pp)

Hazel’s comment:
The author is specifically writing about precarity in libraries but her suggestions for coping will apply to anyone who is working precariously.



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