2019/01/01 by Tatiana Bryant, Hilary Bussell, Rebecca Halpern
Social Sciences · #Library Science and Administration
paper · pdf · doi:10.5860/crl.80.6.805
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While much of the literature on gender in librarianship approaches this issue at an organizational level, this qualitative study investigates how individuals working in libraries perceive their gender identities as a resource for their professional goals and how this intersects with other social identities including race and sexuality. Using a constructivist grounded theory approach to analyze in-depth interviews with 29 librarians from a variety of backgrounds, we develop four overarching themes: Visibility and Connection to Library Users , Credibility and Presumed Competence , Lack of Awareness and Hyperawareness , and Being Your Authentic Self and Concealing Yourself .