Free Online Presentation: Embracing Slow Library Management: Reflections On Leading With Care
Presenter: Alyssa Brissett
Live Session: Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 1pm-2pm CT
Register for Embracing Slow Library Management
Sponsored by the ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee
Drawing on research and frameworks from scholars across disciplines, including Tricia Hersey and Meredith Farkas, this workshop addresses how slow librarianship principles can be applied to library management. The presentation will explore practical strategies for effective management, leading with care, and integrating slow librarianship principles into the day-to-day work of library management. The presentation will lead with examples from a department head navigating managing multiple aspects of a large library service under established organizational goals, incorporating self-reflection exercises to gain clarity on feelings of complicity, and performativity, and challenging traditional expectations of a library manager and department head.
Presenter Bio:
Alyssa Brissett is the Head of Reference and an Assistant Librarian of Practice at Bobst Library, New York University (NYU) Libraries. She manages the Reference Services Department, steers the general research workshops program at Bobst, and provides vision and strategy for reference services across NYU Libraries in partnership with colleagues across NYU's global and local campuses. She provides information literacy support and research consultations to undergraduate and graduate students across disciplines and subject areas at NYU. Alyssa has extensive experience in public services in academic libraries, with previous roles including access services and course reserves supervisor at Lehman Library, Columbia University, and Head of Education, Social Work, and Gerontology Library Services, and Social Work Librarian at University of Southern California (USC) Libraries. She also serves as an adjunct professor in the Pratt Institute Library and Information Science, and the USC Master of Management in Library and Information Science programs. Her research interests include the intersection of slow librarianship and library leadership, organizational change and culture, and relationship-building in reference and user services.
This free presentation is sponsored by the ACRL University Libraries Section Professional Development Committee. It will take place on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 1pm-2pm CT via Zoom. Register: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RAkObf7yRuagCQSiRdc5uQ
If you can't make this session but wish to view a recording later, please register so that you'll receive an email that includes a link to the video of the presentation.
Please direct questions and concerns to Matty Johnson (matthewjohnson@usf.edu) Co-Chair of the ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee. A full list of the committee's past programs is available on the ULS website.
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Jason Kruse
Undergraduate Engagement Librarian
Northwestern University
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