Libraries As Dysfunctional Organizations and Workplaces

Libraries as Dysfunctional Organizations and Workplaces expands the 'dysfunctional' concept in the professional and academic LIS discourse by exposing the internal problematics of libraries, especially at the social and organizational level.

List of contents

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Dysfunction in the Library Workplace; Chapter 2: The Dysfunctional Library and Academic Librarian Turnover; Chapter 3: Improving Dysfunctional Recruitment and Retention in Academic Libraries by Honoring the Whole Person; Chapter 4: Precarity Doesn’t Care: Precarious Employment as a Dysfunctional Practice in Libraries; Chapter 5: Discrimination as Dysfunction: Why do Libraries Have a Problem with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?; Chapter 6: Workplace Dysfunction and Intellectual Freedom in Public Libraries; Chapter 7: The Saboteur in the Academic Library; Chapter 8: "Put the Fucking Salary in the Job Ad!": An Analysis of an Anonymous Corpus of Tweets; Chapter 9: You are Seen: An Analysis of Library Dysfunction Found in Online Memes; Chapter 10: A Descriptive Study of Workplace Bullying in U.S. Libraries during the COVID-19 Pandemic; Chapter 11: Work Alienation in Academic Libraries: A Marxist Analysis of Library Dysfunction; Chapter 12: Bamboo Ceiling Reframed: Exclusion through Social Practices and Structures in Libraries; Chapter 13: Combating Destruction: Organizational Power and Conflict in Academic Libraries; Chapter 14: Dysfunction by (Dis)organization: The Academic Library within University Structure and Organization.

About the author

Spencer Acadia is an assistant professor in the Research Methods and Information Science Department at the University of Denver, U.S.A.

Summary

Libraries as Dysfunctional Organizations and Workplaces expands the ‘dysfunctional’ concept in the professional and academic LIS discourse by exposing the internal problematics of libraries, especially at the social and organizational level.

Product details

• Authors: Spencer (University of Kentucky Libraries Acadia
• Assisted by: Spencer Acadia (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9780367747107
• ISBN: 978-0-367-74710-7
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, Reference works, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Library & Information Sciences, Library and information sciences / Museology