In any profession, as in life, rejection will come. How we handle rejection is important, and Quetzalli Barrientos shares some great thoughts on how to handle professional rejection on a reject ACRLlog post.
Here’s a snippet:
“Rejection comes in many forms, but the rejection that I am talking about is the type you get in this profession. Rejection of a proposal, job-position, book chapter, grant, or article. As a first-year academic librarian, the first year (so far) has been great, stressful, and eye-opening. I would not trade this for the world, but that also means accepting what comes with it.” Read the rest here.