Our 2025 Beta Phi Mu Initiation and Dessert Reception will be held on Friday May 16th at Pratt Manhattan Center starting at 2 pm.
Dean Anthony Cicciolo will give an overview of the School of Information and our Guest Speaker, Loida Garcia-Febo will present on Balancing the Books and Yourself: Wellness Strategies for Future Librarians. The Initiation Ceremony will follow.
About the talk: In the evolving world of librarianship, your most valuable resource is you. Loida Garcia-Febo brings a talk exploring practical ways Library and Information Science (LIS) students can maintain wellness, manage stress, and create healthy boundaries. Learn evidence-based strategies to support your mental, emotional, and physical well-being—both now as a student and later as a library professional. From daily habits to long-term work-life balance, you’ll leave with tools to help you thrive, not just survive, in your career. You can’t care for others or serve your community well if you’re burned out—prioritizing your own wellness is not a luxury, it’s a professional necessity.
About Loida Garcia-Febo: Loida Garcia-Febo is a Puerto Rican American librarian and International Library Consultant expert in library services to diverse populations and human rights. President of the American Library Association 2018-2019. Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 46 countries. In her job, she helps libraries, companies and organizations strategize programs, services and strategies in areas related to these topics and many others. Currently she also serves as the Health and Wellness Ambassador at the San Jose State University School of Information. Garcia-Febo has researched wellness for librarians for 25 years, she is the first Health and Wellness Ambassador at San Jose State University School of Information, and recently launched The Wellness Hub For You Podcast: https://thewellnesshubforyou.com/podcast/
If you have not received an invitation or have questions, please contact betaphimutheta@gmail.com