Description: In Our Own Voices, ReduxThe Faces of Librarianship Today Author(s): Teresa Y. Neely, Jorge R. L?pez-McKnight, Camila A. Alire Format: Paperback Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, United States Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN-13: 9781538115374, 978-1538115374 Synopsis In the 20-year reboot of Neely and Abif?s 1996 In Our Own Voices, fifteen of the original contributors revisit their stories alongside the fifteen new voices that have been added. This Collective represents a wide range of life and library experiences, gender fluidities, sexualities, races, and other visible, and invisible identities. In addition to reflections on lives and experiences since the 1996 volume, chapters cover the representation of librarians of color in the profession at large, and more specifically, those among them who are still the ?only one?; the specter of ?us serving them?still;? and migrations from libraries to other information providing professions. These authors reflect on their careers and lives in libraries and other school and workplace settings, as activists, administrators, archivists, library students and information professionals. They share stories of personal and professional abuse, attempts to find and secure gainful employment, navigating the profession, and how they overcame decades of normalized discrimination to complete their educational and career pursuits. They write about the need for support systems, work-life balance, self-care, communities of support, and the importance of mentoring and being mentored. And above all, they persist, and continue to disrupt systems. These essays are from contributors from a variety of libraries and library related environments, and provide answers to questions professionals new to LIS haven?t even asked yet. The inclusion of a new group of librarian his-, her-, and their-stories provides a voice for those currently finding their way through this profession. These essays bring honesty, vulnerability, authenticity, and impactfulness to the ?diversity? conversation in libraries and beyond. And more importantly, these voices, from a variety of races, ethnicities, genders and sexualities, matter.
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Book Title: In Our Own Voices, Redux
Subject Area: Information Management
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Width: 152 mm
Author: Jorge R. Lopez-Mcknight, Teresa Y. Neely
Publication Name: In Our Own Voices, Redux: the Faces of Librarianship Today
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 490 g
Number of Pages: 328 Pages
