---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Lori Birrell <lori(a)birrell.us> Date: Thu, Nov 7, 2019 Recognizing the demographic shifts in academic libraries, changing nature of job descriptions to be more fluid and responsive to emerging trends, and the ongoing issue of professional burn-out, there is a need to better understand how librarians conceive and perceive the trajectories of their career paths. Principal investigators Lori Birrell and Marcy Strong have adopted the Kaleidoscope Career Model (Mainiero, et al), which uses three phases: *challenge*, *authenticity*, and *balance*, as a non-linear approach to understanding the mapping of career trajectories, agency and decision-making power to the individual, rather than the organization, based on the person’s own values and choices. Applying this model in the academic librarian context, we seek to better understand where those pivot points exist for professionals, and more broadly how these decisions impact their sense of satisfaction with their career trajectories, and sense of support they receive from their employers. This survey contains questions about your experiences and/or feelings concerning how you conceive of and perceive of your career path. All academic librarians currently working in a professional role are invited to participate in this study by responding to the survey linked here: https://uark.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9n2eqWXnJImxEYl. The survey will remain open until November 12th. Please email Lori Birrell at lori(a)birrell.us or Marcy Strong at strongstuff(a)gmail.com with any questions you may have. Additional details about the project can be found in the survey introduction.