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Reading Workplace Dynamics : A Post-Pandemic Professional Ethos in Public Libraries.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Irvin, Vanessa.
- Series:
- Advances in Librarianship Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public libraries.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leeds : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
- Summary:
- Reading Workplace Dynamics offers a renewed ethos for public librarianship synthesizing frontline practitioner outcomes with scholarship via a blend of chapters presenting innovative and bold testimony on ways in which COVID-19 forever changed public librarianship.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Half title Page
- Editorial board
- Title page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Series Editor's Introduction
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
- Managing in Uncertain Times
- Envisioning a Discursive Grace
- Ethics for the Library Workplace
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Symbiosis of Public Librarianship - Praxis and Ethos for a Post-Pandemic Identity
- Public Librarianship's Covid Shift
- The Reading of Reading Workplace Dynamics
- Toward a Renewed Ethos in Public Librarianship
- Section 1: Dynamics: Theoretical Lenses
- Chapter 1: Public Libraries in Brazil: Conceptual Review in the Post-Pandemic Era
- Spatialities and Power
- Rhizomatic Place: Transformation and Mixing
- Public Library: Anthropological Place or Non-Place?
- Public Library: Third Place
- Possible Considerations
- Chapter 2: "Reading" The Room in the Covid-19 Era as Womanist Canonical Praxis: Black Motherhood and Public Librarianship
- "Reading" Motherhood as a Racialized Institution
- Positionality, Motherhood, and the Privileged Library
- "Reading" Intersectional Experiences as Womanist Canonical Praxis
- Snip 1: Radical Subjectivity
- Snip 2: Traditional Communalism
- Snip 3: Redemptive Self-Love
- Snip 4: Critical Engagement
- Toward a Womanist Maternal Praxis
- Chapter 3: Voices in the (Information)Wilderness: Black Feminism(S) and Informational Practices
- Culture: Information Practices Context
- The Information Behavior/Practices Split
- Why the Split Matters
- Explicating Culture
- The Culturally Centered Perspective of Information Practices
- Centering Black Women
- Gendered Perspective
- Voice &
- Information
- References.
- Chapter 4: "When They Go Low": Preparing Information Professionals for Threats of Violence in Library Workplaces
- Epistemic Injustice and the Harms of Epistemicide
- Workplace Dynamics and the Rhetoric of Violence
- Zooming in on Zoombombing
- Methodology
- Threat Model of Zoombombing
- Call for Attack &
- Coordination
- Attack
- Harm
- Interrupting the Interrupters
- Conclusion &
- Next Steps
- Acknowledgment
- Section 2: Practices: Operationalizing Protocols and Policies
- Chapter 5: Commitment to Justice, Empathy, and Community During Covid-19: Results from a Three-Phase Study of Public Libraries
- Introduction
- A Mixed-Methods Study: Discovering Commitment to Justice, Empathy, &
- Community During Covid-19
- Phase 1: Survey
- Phase 2: Interviews
- Phase 3: Environmental Scan
- Discussion
- Chapter 6: Equipping Librarians for Programming During and Post-Pandemic: A Turning Point for the Free Library of Philadelphia
- The World is Shaken
- Administrative Response: Free Library's First Response to Covid-19
- Operational Response: The Free Library's Operations During the Closure
- Staff Response: Flp Staff Provide Services
- Interruption of Regular Programs for Children and Teens
- Concerned Black Workers and Issues with DEI
- Equipping Staff to Restart Programs During the Pandemic
- New Challenges Emerge - Short Staffing and Vaccine Quotas
- Conclusion: A Promising, Fresh Start Post-Pandemic
- Chapter 7: Exploring the Information Experiences of Immigrants Toward Public Libraries in New York City
- Problem Statement
- Purpose of the Study
- Significance of the Study
- Research Questions
- Research Design
- Data Collection Strategies
- Pilot Studies
- Questionnaires
- Interviews
- Focus Groups.
- Impact of Covid-19 on this Research and in New York City
- Characteristics of Immigrant Participants
- Characteristics of Librarian Participants
- Librarian Participants in Questionnaires
- Librarian Participants in Interviews and Focus Group
- Open Coding
- Immigration-Related Opportunities
- Community Life-Integrated Opportunities
- Immigrant Interaction with Librarians
- Public Librarians Facilitating Information Access to Immigrants
- Public Librarians Providing Intangible Support to Immigrants
- Public Library Services to Immigrants, Librarians, and Institutional Issues
- Public Librarian Issues and Services to Immigrants
- Limitations of the Research
- Chapter 8: Blount County Public Library's Response to COVID-19: A Library Director's Pandemic Story
- Covid's Impact on Public Libraries
- Authorial Agency
- Bearing Witness: COVID-19 Impacts on BCPL
- BCPL's Organizational Structure
- Library Governance
- Library Support Organizations
- Before COVID: BCPL, 2018-2019
- Library Use Data
- Methodology: Processing the Personal/Professional
- During COVID: Early BCPL Responses
- Building Closure Implementations
- Staffing Assignments
- During COVID: The Pandemic Cracks Local Governance
- Beyond COVID: Re-Opening the Library Building During COVID-19
- Beyond COVID: Operational Impacts
- Staffing Impacts
- Programs, Services, and Resources Impacts
- Positive COVID-19 Outcomes
- Reflections
- Section 3: Connections: Inside/Outside Library Partnerships
- Chapter 9: Partnerships and the COVID-19 Pandemic: From Threat to Opportunity
- Context for the Studies
- The Studies
- Study #1: A Survey of Library Workplace Experiences During the Pandemic
- Study #2: Interviews with Library Workers and their Collaborators During the Pandemic
- Results.
- Study #1: A Survey of Library Workplace Experiences During the Pandemic
- Finding: Loss of Knowledge or Information During the Pandemic
- Summary of Results from Study #1
- Study #2: Interviews with Library Workers and Their Collaborators During the Pandemic
- Finding: Close Collaboration or No Collaboration
- No Collaboration
- Summary of Results from Study #2
- Limitations
- Implications
- Chapter 10: Queer Reads and Resistance in Turbulent Times
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Marking Fabulous Milestones
- It is the Best of Times, It is the Worst of Times
- Show Up, Organize, and Engage!
- Looking to the Future
- Chapter 11: Weaving Resilience: The Pandemic's Tapestry of Librarianship in New Mexico
- Research Design and Methodology
- Results and Discussion: Weaving a Tapestry of Librarian Knowledge and Experience
- Personal Sustainability
- Identifying Vulnerable Groups
- A Holistic View
- Partnerships and Sustainability
- Libraries and Community Resilience
- Customizing Information Access
- Outreach and Inclusion in Difficult Times
- Epilogue: Chasing the Long Tail of Covid: Envisioning a Renewed Ethos for Public Librarianship
- The Nuance of Public Library Services
- Toward an Ethos for Public Libraries in a Post-Covid World
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Irvin, Vanessa Reading Workplace Dynamics
- ISBN:
- 9781837970728
- OCLC:
- 1446799109
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