Feminists among us : resistance and advocacy in library leadership / edited by Shirley Lew and Baharak Yousefi.

Other author Lew, Shirley, editor.
Other author Yousefi, Baharak, editor.
Format Book
PublicationSacramento, CA : Library Juice Press, 2017.
Copyright Date©2017
Descriptionx, 196 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects

SeriesSeries on gender and sexuality in information studies ; number nine
Series on gender and sexuality in information studies ; no. 9. ^A1179983
Contents Always a novice: feminist learning and leadership practice / Maura A. Smale -- Creating a path to feminist leadership / Shirley Lew -- A feminist critique of servant leadership / Lisa Richmond -- Embracing the feminization of librarianship / Shana Higgins -- On the disparity between what we say and what we do in libraries / Baharak Yousefi -- How we speak, how we think, what we do: leading intersectional feminist conversations in libraries / Rachel Fleming and Kelly McBride -- One library, two cultures / Dale Askey and Jennifer Askey -- Feminist praxis in library leadership / April M. Hathcock and Jennifer Vinopal -- A feminist among us: an interview with Chris Bourg / Tara Robertson.
Abstract Feminists Among Us: Resistance and Advocacy in Library Leadership makes explicit the ways in which a grounding in feminist theory and practice impacts the work of library administrators who identify as feminists. Recent scholarship by LIS researchers and practitioners on the intersections of gender with sexuality, race, class, and other social categories within libraries and other information environments have highlighted the need and desire of this community to engage with these concepts both in theory and praxis. Feminists Among Us adds to this conversation by focusing on a subset of feminist LIS professionals and researchers in leadership roles who engage critically with both management work and librarianship. By collecting these often implicit professional acts, interactions, and dynamics and naming them as explicitly feminist, these accounts both document aspects of an existing community of practice as well as invite fellow feminists, advocates, and resisters to consider library leadership as a career path. -- from back cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formReference sources.
LCCN 2017030857
ISBN1634000277 paperback
ISBN9781634000277 paperback
Standard identifier# 14657636

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