"Becoming a More Confident Librarian: Practical and Spiritual Steps for Battling Imposter Phenomenon"

New librarians often feel as though they have something to prove. This desire can lead feelings of inadequacy and failure in the workplace that manifest anxiety fear. The idea someone is a fraud or only succeeding by luck called Imposter Phenomenon Syndrome. As early career instruction librarians, authors set out find tools for dealing with their Phenomenon. paper outlines faith-based like exercise, counseling, prayer managing Practical such professional development, mentoring, communities practice are explained solutions lessening effects