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The Five Labours of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-racism Work of Racialized Academic Librarians Vong, Silvia; Cho, Allan; Norlin, Elaina
Abstract
This study unpacks the experiences of academic librarians who identify as racialized, a concept that refers to actions and processes rather than an identity, to better understand the weight of equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism work. The themes that emerged from the interviews with the librarians were emotional labour, interpretive labour, identity labour, racialized labour, and aspirational labour. These forms of labour are often oversimplified, unacknowledged, or unquantifiable. For one line on a curriculum vitae, committee, advisory, or working group, equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism work may not be compensated or financially supported to reflect the intensity and expertise needed for the work. It is essential to unpack the complexity of the work to demonstrate how to better support racialized librarians who engage with this work that contributes to changes in the academic library and profession.
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The Five Labours of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-racism Work of Racialized Academic Librarians
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2023
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| Description |
This study unpacks the experiences of academic librarians who identify as racialized, a concept
that refers to actions and processes rather than an identity, to better understand the weight of
equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism work. The themes that emerged from the interviews
with the librarians were emotional labour, interpretive labour, identity labour, racialized labour,
and aspirational labour. These forms of labour are often oversimplified, unacknowledged, or
unquantifiable. For one line on a curriculum vitae, committee, advisory, or working group,
equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism work may not be compensated or financially
supported to reflect the intensity and expertise needed for the work. It is essential to unpack
the complexity of the work to demonstrate how to better support racialized librarians who
engage with this work that contributes to changes in the academic library and profession.
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eng
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2024-10-09
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0445521
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Silvia Vong, Allan Cho, and Elaina Norlin. “The Five Labours of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-racism Work of Racialized Academic Librarians. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 7(3/4), 2023.
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10.33137/ijidi.v7i3/4.41002
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| Peer Review Status |
Reviewed
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| Scholarly Level |
Faculty; Researcher
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International