Bobbi L. Newman is Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science, where she teaches graduate courses in public libraries, community engagement, and management. Her scholarship centers on workplace well-being, library staff health, and community health information, areas in which she has published four books, contributed to numerous edited volumes, and presented at conferences across the United States and internationally.
Her most recently edited volume, Well-Being in the Library Workplace: A Handbook for Managers (ALA Editions, 2025), received a starred review from Library Journal, and reviews in Booklist, and Technical Services Quarterly. A forthcoming co-authored volume, The Public Librarian’s Guide to Answering Health Questions (ALA Editions, with Carolyn Martin, MLIS, AHIP), continues her work at the intersection of libraries and community health. Her earlier book, Fostering Wellness in the Workplace: A Handbook for Libraries (ALA Editions, 2022), remains widely cited and reviewed.
Bobbi’s grant work includes co-authoring and managing a federally funded National Library of Medicine grant and contributing to a $531,000 annual Network of the National Library of Medicine training program. Her research and outreach have reached thousands of library workers nationwide through continuing education courses, symposia, and strategic partnerships with the Public Library Association, the American Library Association, and other national organizations.
She is also Director of Bobbi L. Newman Consulting (est. 2008) and author of the long-running professional blog Librarian by Day.
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