ERIC Number: EJ1358978
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Publication Date: 2022-Sep
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Feminized Flexibility, One-Shot, and Library Professionalism: Oxymoron or Opportunity?
Ding, Yi
College & Research Libraries, v83 n5 p795-806 Sep 2022
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.
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Gender Bias, Academic Libraries, Library Instruction, Professionalism, Feminism, Sex Stereotypes, Information Science, Librarians, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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