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Abstract
This paper explores tensions faced by Indigenous librarians in Canadian academic libraries and gives a voice to the newer generation of Indigenous librarians. Indigenous librarians deal with varying expectations while navigating academia, such as serving on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) committees and pursuing promotion in a colonial structure that may not appreciate how their time is spent in non-quantifiable ways like relationship building. This leads to the implementation of various coping strategies such as community-seeking outside of the workplace.
Keywords:
- academic libarianship,
- academic promotion,
- Indigenous,
- librarianship,
- tenure
Résumé
Cet article explore les tensions confrontées par les bibliothécaires autochtones dans les bibliothèques universitaires canadiennes et donne la parole à la nouvelle génération de bibliothécaires autochtones. Les bibliothécaires autochtones doivent faire face à des attentes diverses lorsqu'ielles naviguent dans le monde universitaire, notamment en siégeant dans des comités sur l'équité, la diversité et l'inclusion (EDI) et en cherchant à avancer professionnellement dans des structures coloniales qui n'apprécient pas toujours le temps qu'ielles consacrent à des activités non quantifiables telles que le tissage de relations interpersonnelles. Cela conduit à la mise en oeuvre de diverses stratégies d'adaptation telles que la recherche d'une communauté en dehors du lieu de travail.
Mots-clés :
- Autochtone,
- bibliothéconomie,
- bibliothéconomie universitaire,
- permanence,
- promotion académique
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