Renew Yourself

Catherine Hakala-Ausperk is a 31-year public library veteran with experience in everything from customer service to management and administration. Now an active library planner, speaker, consultant, and trainer, she is also the author of Be a Great Boss: One Year to Success (2011) and Build a Great Team: One Year to Success (2013). Hakala-Ausperk is an adjunct faculty member at Kent (Ohio) State University’s School of Library and Information Science, and she also teaches for the American Library Association’s Certified Public Library Administrator (CPLA) Program, as well as for InfoPeople. Nationally, she keynotes, presents, and facilitates workshops, seminars, leadership academies, and staff days. Hakala-Ausperk’s blog is published by Demco and is entitled Library Advice: That’s a Great Question! She is also the editor of “By the Book,” a professional book review column in Public Libraries magazine. She is the owner of Libraries Thrive Consulting (librariesthrive.com). Hakala-Ausperk’s passion is for supporting, coaching, and developing great libraries with successful team members, and—especially—strong and effective library leaders.

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ISBNs

978-0-8389-1499-1 (paper)

978-0-8389-1518-9 (PDF)

978-0-8389-1519-6 (ePub)

978-0-8389-1520-2 (Kindle)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hakala-Ausperk, Catherine.

Title: Renew yourself : a six-step plan for more meaningful work / Catherine
Hakala-Ausperk.

Description: Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library
Association, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016034630| ISBN 9780838914991 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN
9780838915189 (pdf) | ISBN 9780838915196 (epub) | ISBN 9780838915202 (kindle)

Subjects: LCSH: Vocational guidance. | Vocational guidance—Problems,
exercises, etc. | Job satisfaction. | Self-realization.

Classification: LCC HF5381 .H35 2016 | DDC 650.1—dc23 LC record available at
https://lccn.loc.gov/2016034630