Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: We must reframe deficit-based residency narratives and provide welcoming, inclusive, and productive working environments to make library residencies an enriching experience for our new colleagues. This research reports survey responses asking how residency supervisors and coordinators communicate with stakeholders to ensure residents work in a welcoming and inclusive environment. We also asked how staff concerns are mitigated and how conversations are framed to avoid miscommunications and microaggressions. Responses echoed issues raised in existing literature, such as suggesting residents’ titles be changed to ones that more accurately describe their job duties and make it clear that residents are not students.
Source: College & Research Libraries
DOI: 10.5860/crl.84.6.907
Authors: LaTesha Velez, Michelle Rosquillo
Institution: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4388145189