Beyond accommodation : creating an inclusive workplace for disabled library workers / Jessica Schomberg, Wendy Highby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schomberg, Jessica J., 1975- author.

Highby, Wendy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library employees with disabilities--United States.

Library employees with disabilities.

Diversity in the workplace--United States.

Diversity in the workplace.

Sociology of disability--United States.

Sociology of disability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 pages)

Place of Publication:

Sacramento, California : Library Juice Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Examines issues faced by disabled library workers, through the lens of critical disability theory"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Laying the theoretical groundwork

Fighting stigma, building power

The library as organization

Coming out: Giving voice to our vulnerability and exercising our strength

Accommodations, advocacy and doing what works

Getting help and transgressing borders

Building a caring workplace

Working well with a metabolic disorder

Working well with a movement disorder: I found meaning when our interdependency increased.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-63400-115-X

1-63400-086-2