Academic libraries are in a period of rapid organizational change, which can be engaging and stimulating and can also arouse strong emotion as a result of perceived losses and conflicting values; librarians are experiencing a range of emotion including optimism, cynicism, anxiety and apathy. On university campuses libraries have traditionally been highly valued, but the changes occurring in academic libraries now may seem to call libraries' role into question. Individuals facing reorganizations, budget cuts, and altered job duties and anticipating or experiencing change, especially change that is outside their control, will likely have feelings of wariness, anxiety, or concern-variations of fear. Unmanaged emotion can be contagious to others and detrimental to the change process and to the individual.
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