Fitzpatrick, Joanne and Walsh, Andrew (2023) Neurospicy Libraries: No. 2 Workload Management Report. [Report]
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This report details the findings of the second survey conducted as part of the Neurospicy Libraries project. This project has involved several activities, one of which is surveying people within a peer support network of neurodivergent library employees across three different areas of difficulty in the workplace. This second survey and report focusses on workload in terms of amount of work, but also the type and structure, and on productivity, organisation and what is generally termed ‘executive function’ as it related to assigned work. This was identified as the second most important area of concern in an initial survey which asked about different potential areas of focus. The focus of these reports is not to go through a full objective research process with shared data, comprehensive literature reviews and systematic analysis. The approach is much more informal, and can be thought of as a collection of anonymous lived experiences that are communicated through the Neurospicy Project leads who are acting as ‘cover’ for the respondents who engaged. Participants would not necessarily disclose their neurodivergency publicly or even within a closed workplace, and even further than this would not submit responses of this nature to a formal research project even if anonymity was offered and prefer to offer information to grass roots, practicality focussed projects lead by peers only. Responses do however act as evidence to support communication from the Neurospicy Libraries project leads – this is not just us, this is the voice of many individuals working in libraries now who are struggling in private.