Hi folks,
In case you missed these fantastic sessions by current and former residents at the POCinLIS 2025 Summit on July 25, 2025, I am sharing their slides here with presenters' permission.
- Courtney Shareef, "Fulfilling Work with a Sufficient Salary: Resident Librarians' Perceptions on Compensation", https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1104&context=pocinlis
Shareef's lightning talk presented preliminary findings from a mixed-methods study exploring how resident librarians perceive their compensation and how those perceptions influence their residency experience and decision to remain in the profession. The session aimed to inform best practices around compensation and support broader efforts to recruit and retain academic librarians. More info on her talk: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/pocinlis/2025/schedule/20/
- Nada Abdelrahim and Haley Norris, "Diversity Residencies: Making the Most of It", https://hdl.handle.net/2022/33682.
Abdelrahim & Norris offered a candid discussion between a current and former diversity resident from the same R1 academic library, examining the ongoing challenges and limited institutional accountability in making diversity residencies truly transformative. Presenters shared personal insights, critiqued systemic issues many residents past and present area dealing with such as defunding and performative practices, and highlighted both the benefits and shortcomings of the residency model. More info on their presentation: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/pocinlis/2025/schedule/11/
Thank you Courtney Shareef, Nada Badelrahim, and Halley Norris for putting such excellent and important work out there related to residents/residency programs!
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Natalia Umaña
Education Librarian
University of Colorado Boulder
She/Her/Hers,Ella
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