This report offers an update of the qualitative data in my open survey focusing on the impact factor of deauthentication,“a cognitive process that People of Color (PoC) traverse to prepare for or navigate predominantly White workplace environments, resulting in decisions that hide or reduce aspects of the influence of their ethnic, racial, or cultural identity, and Continue reading “Report Update: How Deauthentication Impacts BIPOC Academic Librarians’ Library Practice (February 2022)”
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Red Flag: Insularity
In my low morale studies, participants shared observations that their organization’s culture included the characteristic of insularity. Employees exhibited insularity in several ways – from being obviously suspicious of new employees (e.g., “outsiders”) to actively performing disinterest in updated practices or promoting behaviors that invite cronyism. In addition to making conditions ripe for a plethoraContinue reading “Red Flag: Insularity”
Report: Barriers to Authenticity for PoC Academic Librarians (May 2019)
[This content was originally published on May 20, 2019 at The Ink On The Page.] This is the second of two blogposts sharing some of the qualitative data offered by respondents to my ongoing survey on deauthenticity in racial and ethnic minority academic librarians (read the initial qualitative report on deauthentication and library practice impactsContinue reading “Report: Barriers to Authenticity for PoC Academic Librarians (May 2019)”
Report: How Deauthentication Impacts PoC Academic Librarians’ Library Practice (May 2019)
[This content was originally published on May 14, 2019 at The Ink On The Page.] After sharing my thoughts on the theme of deauthenticity that arose in my PoC academic librarian low-morale study data, I created a quick survey and reported the initial results via TIOTP last June. As a review, deauthentication is defined as “a cognitive processContinue reading “Report: How Deauthentication Impacts PoC Academic Librarians’ Library Practice (May 2019)”