Comments for In the Library with the Lead Pipe http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org An open access, peer reviewed journal Sun, 14 Jan 2018 07:42:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1 Comment on Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves by Anon http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/#comment-41093 Sun, 14 Jan 2018 07:42:43 +0000 /?p=8690#comment-41093 ” If you recognize institutional racism and oppression in librarianship, you must think all white librarians are racists. That’s b.s.”

Can you elaborate on this comment? Thank you.

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Comment on Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves by An introduction! – Pursuing it with Eager Feet http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/#comment-41092 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 20:55:48 +0000 /?p=8690#comment-41092 […] recently read an excellent article that, for me, brought to light some problematic notions about public librarianship and the way […]

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Comment on Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves by Alyn http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/#comment-41091 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 21:18:32 +0000 /?p=8690#comment-41091 I was so happy when, post-LIS, I came across the phrase “vocational awe.” It perfectly captures a sense of disillusionment I experienced entering the field and discovering that the idealized vision of libraries I learned about just didn’t exist. While we did cover lots of issues surrounding equity and freedom of access (i.e. convos about digital divide, looking at library policies and who they protected/targeted), I’m pretty ashamed that we spent very little time talking about the history of segregation and libraries.

I’ve never actually felt any inclination toward martyrdom. Part of it’s personality, and part of it’s growing up with a mom who’s a part-time librarian and full-time martyr. Even with that disinclination, I still feel the pressure to try to live up to that whole-self librarianship. I see librarians post about skipping lunch or using their days off to prep for programs, and I feel like I am somehow underperforming by not “going above and beyond” or “giving it my all.”

This feeling is exacerbated somehow by my own sense of gender identity, particularly considering that I’m a children’s librarian. For the most part I’m a cis woman, though I occasionally experience some degree of disconnect with that identity (but not enough identify as nonbinary or trans*). For whatever reason, I’m pretty good at maintating work-life boundaries. But I know how many womyn struggle with that, which makes me feel both guilty and lacking somehow – as though my inability to put the needs of the children before my own, even during off-the-job time, makes me not nurturing/caring enough for either my profession or my gender.

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Comment on Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves by Vocational Awe and Professional Identity | ACRLog http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/#comment-41090 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:49:36 +0000 /?p=8690#comment-41090 […] few days ago, In the Library with the Lead Pipe published an article by Fobazi Ettarh titled Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves. Ettarh uses the term “vocational awe” to “refer to the set of ideas, values, and assumptions […]

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Comment on Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves by Meredith Farkas http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/#comment-41089 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 04:11:41 +0000 /?p=8690#comment-41089 This is a terrific article! Thank you for it. Having previously come from social work which also has a lot of image-related baggage (you’re either a selfless martyr giving your whole life to others or you’re a soulless bureaucrat who takes people’s kids), I’ve seen how people can get trapped by that and experience burnout because they either don’t fit or are trying too hard to live up to an unrealistic image of their profession. I feel like we are in such a polarized society now that people immediately jump to the conclusion that if you critique something you’re a hater. If you recognize institutional racism and oppression in librarianship, you must think all white librarians are racists. That’s b.s. To me, seeing one’s work or profession through a critical lens is an act of love, and that is what you did here. I believe that we can care our work without deifying it. We can do good work without being martyrs and losing sight of own needs. I really enjoy my job, but, at the end of the day, it’s just a job — not a sacred mission. I teach LIS students and I’ve been really happy to see them in recent years talking more and more about labor issues in our profession whereas when I was in school 14 years ago, the idea of considering our needs was unthinkable. Hopefully we’re moving to a more critical and aware and less awe-struck vision of what we do. I think our profession will be better for it.

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Comment on Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves by Correction http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/#comment-41088 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 18:41:35 +0000 /?p=8690#comment-41088 Patrick Maloney of New York is not a Senator.

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Comment on Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves by Lizzybell http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/#comment-41087 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 19:56:50 +0000 /?p=8690#comment-41087 This is really what I needed to read today. Thank you for writing what I have struggled with mentally and emotionally for the last few months in particular.

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Comment on Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves by My Vocational Awe Article is Out! – WTF is a Radical Librarian, Anyway? http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/#comment-41086 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 18:32:26 +0000 /?p=8690#comment-41086 […] my vocational awe article has been published in In the Library with the Lead Pipe. It is titled “Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies we Tell Ourselves,” and it further develops the concept of vocational awe! I hope everyone enjoys […]

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Comment on Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves by Max Macias http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/#comment-41085 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:59:02 +0000 /?p=8690#comment-41085 Rad! Your writing is so smart and not all academically boring! Thank you!

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Comment on Neurodiversity in the Library: One Librarian’s Experience by Guest Post: Graduate Research Intern, Ada van Tine, on Libraries & Neurodiversity | Program on Information Science Blog http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2017/neurodiversity-in-the-library/#comment-41073 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 17:40:18 +0000 /?p=8394#comment-41073 […] Loud Hands in the Library, Neurodiversity in the Library). […]

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