{"product_id":"deconstructing-service-in-libraries-veronica-arellano-douglas-9781634000604","title":"Deconstructing Service in Libraries: Intersections of Identities and Expectations","description":"\u003cp\u003eResearch into the construction of librarians' professional identities indicates a strong emphasis on our work as service providers, from both within the profession and the larger communities in which we exist. This collection of work by practicing librarians offers a historical-cultural context for the ethos of service in libraries and critically examines this professional value as it intersects with gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity, class, and (dis)ability. Deconstructing Service in Libraries: Intersections of Identities and Expectations explores the ways in which an ethic of service creates, stagnates, and destructs librarians' professional identities and sense of self; analyze the power structures, values, and contexts that influence our personal, professional, and institutional conceptions of service in libraries; and deconstruct the the costs and consequences of negotiating personal identity with professional values. Inspired by Roma Harris' \u003cem\u003eLibrarianship: The Erosion of a Woman's Profession\u003c\/em\u003e (1992), this collection seeks to rework the idea of service in libraries into a more feminist, empowering foundation and suggest alternative theories and values in which to ground our professional practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeronica Arellano Douglas is Instruction Coordinator at the University of Houston Libraries. She received an MLS from the University of North Texas and a BA in English from Rice University. Veronica is an ALA Spectrum Scholar. Her research interests include gendered labor in libraries, relational-cultural theory, and critical information literacy and librarianship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoanna Gadsby works as the Instruction Coordinator and a Reference \u0026amp; Instruction Librarian at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She holds a BA in Human Development from St. Mary's College of Maryland, an MEd in Curriculum and Instruction from Loyola University, and an MLIS from University of Maryland, College Park. Her research interests include constructivist pedagogy, librarian and teacher identity, and gendered labor in librarianship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Veronica Arellano Douglas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1634000609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781634000604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Juice Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2021","brand":"Veronica Arellano Douglas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995930820863,"sku":"9781634000604","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01feb5b3-e9de-4b6c-8ca1-fba724e5de84.jpg?v=1683338704","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deconstructing-service-in-libraries-veronica-arellano-douglas-9781634000604","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}