Female articulation and the librarian (or, so hard to say) / Michelle Reale -- Part I. Emotional work and ethics of care -- Behavioral expectations for the mommy librarian : the successful reference transaction as emotional labor / Celia Emmelhainz, Erin Pappas, and Maura Seale -- Nothing more than a gear in your car : neutrality and feminist reference in the academic library / Nina Clements -- Purposeful and productive care : the feminist ethic of care and the reference desk / Sara Howard -- Feminist reference services : transforming relationships through an ethic of care / Sharon Ladenson -- A woman's work is never done : reference outside the library / Kelly McElroy -- Part II. Ways of doing and rethinking the work -- Seeing writing center practices through a feminist lens & applying the lessons learned to reference desk practice / Dory Cochran -- Margaret Fuller's legacy interpreted for the postmodern library / Mellissa J. Hinton -- Proceed with care : reviewing reference services through the feminist lens / Elizabeth Hoppe and Karen Jung -- Feminist pedagogy and special collections reference : shifting the balance / Melanie J. Meyers -- Filling in the gaps : using zines to amplify the voices of people who are silenced in academic research / Dawn Stahura -- Information of my own : peer reference and feminist pedagogy / Lauren Wallis -- Social justice in the stacks : opening the borders of feminism in libraries / Gina Watts -- Part III. Intersectional and collaborative work -- Intersectionality at the reference desk : lived experiences of women of color librarians / Rose L. Chou and Annie Pho -- Reference and beyond : aspiring librarians and intersectional feminist strategies / Nicole A. Cooke, Jennifer Margolis Jacobs, Katrina Spencer, Chloe Collins, and Rebekah Loyd -- Feminist pedagogy and the critical catalog / Katherine Crowe and Erin Elzi -- Feminist LibGuides : towards inclusive practices in guide creation, use, and reference interactions / Amanda Meeks -- Exploring a feminist disability studies reference desk / Brian A. Sullivan and Malia Willey -- LIS graduate student workers, feminist pedagogy, and the reference desk : praxis and a narrative / Raina Bloom -- Feminist pedagogy and the reference desk : a conversation / Jeremy McGinniss and Angela Pashia -- The creature questions its reflection : lyrical feminist explorations of reference desk interactions / Corinne Gilroy and Alexandrina Hanam.
Summary:
"This edited collection considers how feminist strategies and philosophies might initiate, reshape, and critique approaches to library reference services"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Gender and sexuality in information studies ; number eight
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.