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Lived Experiences in Librarianship

Voices from an Inhospitable Profession

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvChristina Holm,Nashieli Marcano,Ana B. Guimaraes

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This book presents the lived experiences of library workers in evocative and vulnerable accounts of the inhospitable norms within librarianship in the globalized 21st century. Rigorously researched, this book promotes critical examinations of librarianship and solidarity among library workers.The nature of library work is constantly being transformed by forces in our environmental landscape such as war, reduced budgets, global pandemics, mass-disinformation, censorship demands, social work-based job functions, and shifting understandings of what it means to be a librarian. Amid this tumult, librarians are engaging both themselves and their communities in the transformation of libraries. Central to this monograph is the idea that individuals can find validation and paths to recovery through voicing our lived experiences. Lived Experiences in Librarianship gives library workers the space to self-advocate and find paths to recovery from dysfunctional library workplaces by cultivating positive norms for future workers. Through inclusive and embodied qualitative research methods (e.g., autoethnography, autobiography, storytelling, reflection) and theoretical lenses (e.g., emotional labor, critical race theory, anti-oppression, decolonial feminism, intersectionality) this book will present a shared and holistic understanding of dysfunctional library structures.This book will appeal to library sciences practitioners who are interested in understanding the professional and personal challenges faced by their peers. Readers may find value in comparing their experiences with other workers and they may find value in the insights into the shared challenges and unique circumstances of library workers.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-11-20
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCritical Issues in Library and Information Sciences and Services
Antal sidor288
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041195962

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Christina Holm, MLIS, works in academic libraries where she focuses on supporting students and faculty in their research endeavours. Since joining the library profession over 15 years ago, Christina has been an advocate for library employee well-being and critical investigations of our profession’s norms. She has authored multiple works regarding librarian burnout, workplace wellbeing, and student success.Nashieli Marcano (PhD, MLIS) coordinates existing digital archival efforts related to her institution’s history and in response to educational and research needs. Nashieli's current scholarly interests include critical librarianship and digital preservation. She brings over 15 years of experience in academic libraries, in areas ranging from doctoral library research support, instruction, and collection development, to outreach, project management, peer mentoring, and cross-campus partnership-building.Ana B. Guimaraes (MSLIS) is currently working for an academic publishing company, where she serves as a librarian for librarians and part of an Engagement Team whose mission is to support and advocate for libraries. With 20 years of library public services and collection management experience, she is passionate about library resources, process improvement, and promoting employee well-being and the needs of library workers.

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section One: Identity, Exclusion, and Othering – Chapter 1: It Became the Library: Vocational Envelopment and the Embodied Costs of Library Work; Chapter 2: Libraries Aren’t for Everyone: Navigating Toxic Organizations as a Neurodivergent Librarian; Chapter 3: Minority Report: Intersectional Barriers for Academic Librarians in the United States; Chapter 4: An Introvert Explores Her Place in Academic Librarianship; Chapter 5: Birth-Trauma Informed Librarianship: The Autoethnography of an Academic Librarian Healing from Postpartum PTSD While on the Tenure Track; Section Two: Toxic and Maladaptive Workplace Norms – Chapter 6: Forged in Fire: Professional and Personal Recovery after Workplace Trauma; Chapter 7: Quiet Despair: The Impact of Dysfunctional Workplaces on Academic Library Employees; Chapter 8: Addressing Workplace Trauma: Strategies for Maintaining Autonomy and Growth; Chapter 9: From Vocational Awe to Sustainable Practice: Organizational Culture, Power, and Early-Career Librarianship; Section Three: Societal Drivers of Dysfunction – Chapter 10: This Is What Happens When You Are the Only Game in Town: Public Libraries and Social Services; Chapter 11: Burning my draft card into the culture wars: A trans perspective on anti-library activism in the United States; Chapter 12: (In)hospitality in the Book Warehouse: Deconstructing the Expectations of a High School Library Media Clerk (and Reimagining Deprofessionalization in School Libraries); Chapter 13: Standards Complaint: ACRL, CUNY, and Faculty Status for Librarians; Section Four: Cultivating Communities of Care – Chapter 14: What’s the Tea? The Power of Good Gossip; Chapter 15: White Tears for the Brown Sister: A Testimonio on Navigating Librarianship; Chapter 16: “Wait, we’re in charge now?”: An Autoethnographic Study of Early Career Librarians Redesigning Hiring During a Staffing Crisis; Chapter 17: The Inhospitable Waters of Academic Librarianship Leadership for Women of Color; Chapter 18: Overcoming Library Faculty Intransigence; Index.