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Objective – This study seeks to investigate the degree of counterproductive workplace behaviors (CWB) experienced by library and information science (LIS) professionals and how these behaviors contribute to physical, mental, and chronic health outcomes. While health outcomes may be present independent of CWB, this study seeks to explore the relationship between the two to provide context to the growing incidence of burnout among academic LIS professionals. Methods – This quantitative study analyzed 327 responses to a survey about colleague behavior and health sent to LIS professionals through library community electronic mailing lists. The survey contained demographic questions, questions about CWB, questions about health experiences, and questions about the perceived relationship between work and health. Counterproductive workplace behaviors were rated on a seven-point Likert scale. A behavior score was calculated by adding the Likert values of the 12 behavior questions. This score was used when comparisons about CWB were compared by demographics and health responses. Statistical analysis of survey results was performed using RStudio. Results – The mean total behavior score was 39. 107 respondents’ total behavior scores fell in the low range, 202 in the moderate range, and 18 in the high range. There was no significant relationship found between demographic factors and behavior score. A negative relationship was observed between duration of employment in an academic library and presence of mental health issues (F(5, 310) = 10.114, p = 5.5e-09). A similar relationship was observed between duration of employment in the respondents’ current library and presence of mental health issues (F(5, 311) = 9.748, p = 1.15e-08). Level of CWB experienced was found to have a relationship with the perceived ability to maintain good mental (F(2, 324) = 36.34, p = 5.75e-15), physical (F(2, 324) = 23.82, p = 2.24e-10), and chronic health (F(2, 323) = 13.04, p = 3.57e-06). Generally speaking, lower levels of CWB were associated with fewer challenges maintaining health. Conclusion – Low to moderate levels of CWB are common in academic libraries. These behavior levels are associated with an increase in health challenges. LIS professionals perceive work as being a factor that contributes to having trouble maintaining good mental and physical health and toward successfully managing chronic health conditions. Further study is needed to determine the degree to which experiencing CWB in the workplace affects health. Further study is also needed to determine if certain behaviors impact health outcomes more than others.

Keywords: burnout, counterproductive workplace behavior, academic libraries

Presented as a missing link between the police and social workers outside the walls, night correspondents have recently appeared in French-speaking Switzerland. This study, conducted in two urban locations, describes the interweaving of the work of these street actors. It shows that the arrival of the latter has raised questions about their legitimacy in relation to the former, already present, both from the point of view of their activities (the conduct of projects) and the space invested (the neighbourhoods). It also indicates that a number of activities help to draw professional boundaries between the two types of actors, particularly with regard to the different way of exchanging information or interacting with the police. Finally, it highlights that each system is based on a local logic, the actors maintaining peaceful relations in the peripheral city while their collaboration is more strained in the central city. Thus, the professional boundaries remain blurred between the two groups of actors while the process of professionalizing their work is underway.

Keywords: mediación social, social mediation, médiation sociale, corresponsal nocturno, night correspondent, correspondant de nuit, travailleur social, social worker, trabajador social, professionalization, professionnalisation, profesionalización, Suisse romande, Suiza francófona, French-speaking Switzerland

“Making” is used to engage young people into ways of collaborative learning using materials, resources, and equipment in makerspace environments. In this paper we attempt to interrogate the popular maker movement’s “state-of-the-actual” in education with respect to its criticality. We begin by conceptually clarifying the movement with respect to its semantic disarray. Next, we situate maker and production pedagogies philosophically, and discuss how their thrust and emphasis create both hidden and overt curricula that can either cultivate or silence criticality. Finally, we problematize the effects of uncritical exuberance for educational making, and propose concrete strategies in which educators can nudge their own makerspaces into more state-of-the-art environments that promote criticality.

Keywords: makerspaces, maker movement, critical education, praxis, poesis, production pedagogies, makerspaces, mouvement maker, éducation critique, praxis, poesis, pédagogies de production, makerspaces, movimiento de creadores, educación crítica, praxis, poesis, pedagogías de producción

In Spain, in the 1950s, informal social agents lacking in most cases of theoretical background and technical instruments, developed sociocultural work in the community. They were the forerunners of many current sociocultural professionals. Over the years, there have been fundamental changes in lifestyles and relationships. Sociocultural professionals are a response to those changes, but they are also the result of colonization of everyday life spaces by professionals? Do they adapt to sociocultural issues that appear along with these sociocultural changes, or are they a creative response from the institutions or the professionals themselves? Analysis suggest that sociocultural professionals have been an adapted response to the problems appeared in developed societies over recent decades, using creativity in their actions.

Keywords: Profesiones socioculturales, Sociocultural professionals, Professionnels du socioculturel, sociocultural intervention, intervention socioculturelle, intervención sociocultural, sociocultural changes, cambios socioculturales, changements socioculturels

Objective – This paper reports on a study which assessed the preferences and behaviors of overnight library users at a major state university. The findings were used to guide the design and improvement of overnight library resources and services, and the selection of a future overnight library site. Methods – A multi-method design used descriptive and correlational statistics to analyze data produced by a multi-sample survey of overnight library users. These statistical methods included rankings, percentages, and multiple regression. Results – Results showed a strong consistency across statistical methods and samples. Overnight library users consistently prioritized facilities like power outlets for electronic devices, and group and quiet study spaces, and placed far less emphasis on assistance from library staff. Conclusions – By employing more advanced statistical and sampling procedures than had been found in previous research, this paper strengthens the validity of findings on overnight user preferences and behaviors. The multi-method research design can also serve to guide future work in this area.

Keywords: academic librarianship, user behavior, overnight, multimethodology

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted relationships between people in academia following the implementation of health measures. This study aims to better understand the reality experienced and expressed by undergraduate and graduate social work students during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. The qualitative research applies to a larger survey of 621 participants and is supplemented by quantitative research involving 90 social work students. The results show a negative emotional perception, caused by virtual teaching and work overload during this pandemic. The results of this study suggest a need for students support during periods of confinement, provide a caution concerning teaching methods, and raise concerns about how virtual learning may affect the quality of social work education.

Keywords: COVID-19, étudiantes et étudiants, travail social, santé mentale, enseignement virtuel, surcharge de travail, COVID-19, students, social work, mental health, virtual learning, work overload