research overview
- Professor Gerke's current research focuses on compassionate management, researching how to build sustainable individual and institutional practices and how compassion is valued within libraries.
- Contact Info
Gerke, Jennie
Positions
- Professor, University Libraries
- Associate Dean, University Libraries
Research Areas
Research
keywords
- library mentoring, library spaces, library users
Publications
selected publications
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chapter
- Compassion in Academic Library Leadership and Management 2024
- Not just for the new librarians: mentoring and professional planning at mid-career 2022
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Inorganic is Still Good for You: Building a Structured Group Mentoring Program for Librarians.
19-38.
2017
- Environment and Energy. 277-292. 2011
- A New Route to an Old Resource: Facilitating Access to Library Research Guides for the Self-Serve Generation. 129-152. 2010
- From Useless to Useful: Providing Access to Library Research and Subject Guides 2010
- Government Information in the 21st Century: A New Model for Academic Depository Outreach 2009
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conference proceeding
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journal article
- Once You Get Tenure, You're on Your Own: Mentoring and Career Support for Mid-Career Academic Librarians. College & Research Libraries. 843-861. 2023
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Where Does the Money Go? Creating Transparency in Libraries Operational Budgeting.
Library Leadership and Management.
2021
- Getting into the Club: Existence and Availability of Mentoring for Tenured Librarians in Academic Libraries. College & Research Libraries. 676-700. 2020
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Evaluating reference data accuracy: a mixed methods study.
Reference Services Review.
298-312.
2013
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The Physical and the Virtual: The Relationship between Library as Place and Electronic Collections.
College & Research Libraries.
20-31.
2010
- Web-Based Information and Prospective Students with Disabilities: A Study of Liberal Arts Colleges. Educause Quarterly. 51-59. 2004
Background
education and training
- M.L.S., Indiana University at South Bend 2003
- M.A., Washington University 1999
- B.A., Hollins College 1998