Feminized Flexibility, One-Shot, and Library Professionalism: Oxymoron or Opportunity?

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Autore principale: Ding, Yi
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Pubblicazione: 2022
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contents Feminized Flexibility, One-Shot, and Library Professionalism: Oxymoron or Opportunity? Ding, Yi Information Literacy Gender Bias Academic Libraries Library Instruction Professionalism Feminism Sex Stereotypes Information Science Librarians Teaching Methods What perceived role do one-shot information literacy sessions play in the professional status of librarianship? In what way is this perception resulting from and contributing to the feminization of instructional labor? How will criticizing and/or changing one-shots disrupt or perpetuate gender and other forms of inequity? All these questions demand historical, theoretical, intersectional, and practical examination to inform equitable instructional models and pedagogies in academic librarianship. In this article, the author discusses one-shots' impact on academic library instruction as feminized labor by theorizing manifestations and perceptions of flexibility. By reimagining professionalism with a feminist and intersectional lens, the author concludes that destigmatizing gender stereotypes in imposed flexibility and embracing practices of autonomous flexibility in one-shots are key for library instructors and administrators to advance both workplace and student equity.
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spellingShingle Feminized Flexibility, One-Shot, and Library Professionalism: Oxymoron or Opportunity?
Ding, Yi
Information Literacy
Gender Bias
Academic Libraries
Library Instruction
Professionalism
Feminism
Sex Stereotypes
Information Science
Librarians
Teaching Methods
Feminized Flexibility, One-Shot, and Library Professionalism: Oxymoron or Opportunity? Ding, Yi Information Literacy Gender Bias Academic Libraries Library Instruction Professionalism Feminism Sex Stereotypes Information Science Librarians Teaching Methods What perceived role do one-shot information literacy sessions play in the professional status of librarianship? In what way is this perception resulting from and contributing to the feminization of instructional labor? How will criticizing and/or changing one-shots disrupt or perpetuate gender and other forms of inequity? All these questions demand historical, theoretical, intersectional, and practical examination to inform equitable instructional models and pedagogies in academic librarianship. In this article, the author discusses one-shots' impact on academic library instruction as feminized labor by theorizing manifestations and perceptions of flexibility. By reimagining professionalism with a feminist and intersectional lens, the author concludes that destigmatizing gender stereotypes in imposed flexibility and embracing practices of autonomous flexibility in one-shots are key for library instructors and administrators to advance both workplace and student equity.
title Feminized Flexibility, One-Shot, and Library Professionalism: Oxymoron or Opportunity?
topic Information Literacy
Gender Bias
Academic Libraries
Library Instruction
Professionalism
Feminism
Sex Stereotypes
Information Science
Librarians
Teaching Methods
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1358978