Volume 37, Number 2

You Are Not Imagining It

While libraries have a unique mission, we also face the same challenges and successes that any workplace does. This issue, entitled "You Are Not Imagining It," invites reflections and contributions on experienced organizational culture, including vocational awe, imposter syndrome, and more. Articles touch on topics like low morale, reflective workplace habits, summer reading programs, media literacy, and an ALA update.

Alki Editor: Johanna Jacobsen Kiciman

Alki Editorial Committee: Alaina Bull, Katie Brantley, Maggie Crelling, Brianna Hoffman, Ben Horvath, Joan Hua, Kristin Jewell, Claire Murata, Maura Walsh, Caitlin Wheeler

Design: Sonya Kopetz, KB design

Cover attribution: Art by Gwen Kempe, University of Washington Tacoma

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Table of Contents

Up Front

Reenergizing and Reconnecting

by Danielle Miller

From the Editor

 Consent and Libraries

by Johanna Jacobsen Kiciman

Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: An Alki Column

Alki’s Editorial Practices Part II

by The Alki Editorial Committee

Legislative Update

2021 Legislative Session is One for the History Books

by Carolyn Logue

Features

Leaving the Low-Morale Experience: A Qualitative Study

by Kaetrena Davis Kendrick

The Pillars Of The Library Are Crumbling

by Alex Byrne

Reflective Workday Habits

by Sarah O'Hare

Good for One, Good for All: The Case for Simplifying Summer Reading Programs

by Caitlin Hunsaker

Just Show Up

by Sarah Logan

Media Literacy Wins Big this Legislative Session

by Shawn Sheller

Update on the American Library Association

by Steven Bailey

Milestones

New Hires, Transitions, Expansions, Retirements and Remembrances

Read This Book! News and Opinions by Teacher-Librarians

Stamped @Library

by Craig Seasholes

I’d Rather Be Reading

The Stillness of a Long Summer Afternoon

by Emily Calkins

Dispatches from Swellville

Deciphering Library Job Postings

by Darcy McMurtery