Meredith Farkas writes: “I began my journey in the profession in the aughts, a time that was chock-full of rhetoric about innovation and the fear of libraries’ growing irrelevance. Rather than basing their services on the unique needs of their communities, so many libraries were just copying whatever the cool, innovative, and well-resourced libraries highlighted in articles and conference talks were doing. I believe that chasing innovation is toxic and keeps us from really getting to know our patrons and meeting their most pressing needs. Slow librarianship can provide a route toward more meaningful and impactful technology work in libraries.”