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Student-oriented teaching in the bachelor thesis process

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Published: May 13, 2026 10:44

The bachelor students I work closest with are about to finish their theses. They have two weeks left before deadline, and most of them are working on their discussion or finishing touches right now. I always find it interesting and rewarding, albeit…

Vocational awe and AI

https://karenovern.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/vocational-awe-and-ai/

Published: April 8, 2026 09:56

If you follow my blog, you know that one of my main research interests these days is the vocational awe phenomenon. Vocational awe is: “the set of ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in beliefs…

Article published!

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Published: March 3, 2026 09:54

I had a number of posts in 2025 on emotional labour. I am in a project group that two like-minded librarians and I formed after EAHIL 2023, where it came to light that all three of us were interested in much the same. Elena had a presentation on emotional…

Happy New Year!

https://karenovern.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/happy-new-year-6/

Published: January 2, 2026 10:15

It’s 2026 now, and I’m working a little from home today. Technically, I don’t start work again in full until Monday, but I thought I’d just ease into it by putting in a few hours today. It just feels better to start a new semester when your inbox isn’t…

Information Interactions 2025 (part 2)

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Published: December 5, 2025 13:43

In November, I attended Information Interactions for the first time. I got to go to Bratislava in person, and to present findings on emotional labour. In part one of this series from the conference, I summed up three good presentations, and in this second…

Information Interactions 2025 (part 1)

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Published: December 3, 2025 10:47

Hello from Bratislava! Information Interactions 2025 is coming to an end, and it has been an interesting conference. This is the 11th Information Interactions conference, and this year, the theme was AI. There were different approaches to AI throughout the…

Getting ready for Information Interactions 2025

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Published: November 25, 2025 11:31

The days are just getting away from me a little. We are already moving toward the end of November, and before I know it December is here with its to-do-lists (but also with lovely music, movie nights, great food, family time etc.). Today, in addition to…

ECIL 2025: final thoughts

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Published: October 16, 2025 07:48

This is my last post in my series from ECIL 2025. The habit of writing up my notes from conferences on this blog is helping me while I am writing, to reflect on what I heard and to remember better, but it has sometimes even helped me out years after the…

ECIL 2025: my presentation on emotional labour in the classroom

https://karenovern.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/ecil-2025-my-presentation-on-emotional-labour-in-the-classroom/

Published: October 15, 2025 11:04

I thought I’d dedicate a separate blog post to the presentation I held at ECIL, just to be able to share a little more about the research we have been doing on emotional labour for teaching librarians. My wonderful co-writers and friends could sadly not…

ECIL 2025 Day 3-4

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Published: October 14, 2025 12:58

Ready for more ECIL? Don’t worry.. only a few more to go now 🙂 So – in this post I’ll summarise what I learned and heard on the third and fourth day of the conference. Let me just say that having four full days on a conference is not for the faint-hearted.…