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Deconstructing Service in Libraries: Intersections of Identities and Expectations

Deconstructing Service in Libraries: Intersections of Identities and Expectations

Arellano Douglas, Veronica
Gadsby, Joanna

Paperback

General ReferenceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1634000609
ISBN13: 9781634000604
Publisher: Lib Juice Pr
Published: Dec 1 2020
Pages: 404
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.83 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Research into the construction of librarians' professional identities indicates a strong emphasis on our work as service providers, from both within the profession and the larger communities in which we exist. This collection of work by practicing librarians offers a historical-cultural context for the ethos of service in libraries and critically examines this professional value as it intersects with gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity, class, and (dis)ability. Deconstructing Service in Libraries: Intersections of Identities and Expectations explores the ways in which an ethic of service creates, stagnates, and destructs librarians' professional identities and sense of self; analyze the power structures, values, and contexts that influence our personal, professional, and institutional conceptions of service in libraries; and deconstruct the the costs and consequences of negotiating personal identity with professional values. Inspired by Roma Harris' Librarianship: The Erosion of a Woman's Profession (1992), this collection seeks to rework the idea of service in libraries into a more feminist, empowering foundation and suggest alternative theories and values in which to ground our professional practice.

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