Deconstructing service in libraries : intersections of identities and expectations / edited by Veronica Arellano Douglas and Joanna Gadsby

bibliogr. p.373-374. Index

La 4e de couverture indique : "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."

Introduction / Veronica Arellano Douglas and Joanna Gadsby Service, gender, and liaison librarianship / Megan Browndorf and Maura Seale Bottoms up : a queer Asian perspective on service in academic librarianship / Andrew Wang Fat, fit, and fem : exploring performative femininity for fat Female librarians / Ali Versluis, Carli Agostino, and Melanie Cassidy Access services : not waving, but drowning / Max Bowman and Monica Samsky Disservice: disabled library staff and service expectations / Kelsey George Four Legs make a table : service and identity in academic librarianship / Maura A. Smale The weight of service : librarianship and mental health / Siân Evans Read, write, sing, and...mutually empower: creating support systems and engaging inclusive service / Lalitha Nataraj and Kristine Macalalad We're Not Libraries ; we're people : identity and Emotional Labor in Providing Face-to-Face Services in Libraries / Carolina Hernandez and Mary K. Oberlies Uneven expectations : gender, whiteness, and the wobbly tripod / Hailley Fargo, Chelsea Heinbach, and Charissa Powell A gendered legacy : librarianship and the social value of women's work / Christina Neigel Insert instruction here : the impact of the service model on authentic teaching / Christine M. Moeller You know how to do this : caring service in librarianship and midwifery / Elizabeth Galoozis Situating service : care and equity in academic libraries / Shana Higgins Radicalizing librarian service through vulnerability practice / Jessica Denke Reframing and reimagining the Value of Service / Emily Puckett Rodgers, Rachel Vacek, and Meghan Sitar Shared service in the archives : the Johns Hopkins University First-generation Students Oral History Project / Jennifer Kinniff and Annie Tang Redefining library service through embedded critical reflective practice / Silvia Vong "We gave them songs about taking your own damn stand :" A Blueprint For De / Reconstructing Metadata creation as A public service / Erin Leach