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This is a page for the DLF
Working Group on Labor in Digital Libraries
. Read
an announcement
on the group's formation, by Ruth Tillman.
Communication and Shared Working Spaces
Listserv: Google Group dlf-labor-working-group.
Ask to join.
Zotero: Find citations and materials relevant to our work in
our Zotero group
Slack: To join our Slack, contact Ruth at rkt6 at psu.edu.
Twitter: Join the conversation with these hashtags #DLFLabor, #LaborWG, #LibLabor, #LAMLabor, #PrecarityIs
Most of our collaborative writing and meeting minutes are now done using Google Drive. We have also used RiseUpPad for occasions when we want to create a more anonymous context.
Resources
This wiki page collects information about groups and campaigns working on labor issues in and adjacent to libraries, archives, and museums:
resource table
and (
also available as a list
). (ongoing)
Collective Responsibility Labor Advocacy Toolkit
(2020)
"Do Better" -Love(,) Us: Guidelines for Developing and Supporting Grant-Funded Positions in Digital Libraries, Archives, and Museums
(2020)
White paper from Collective Responsibility Phase 1
(2019)
Survey results and project documents
(2019-2020)
Research Agenda: Valuing Labor in Digital Libraries
(August 2018)
SubGroups
Note: as of Feb 2021, Amy Wickner has transitioned off the Valuing Labor subgroup and we're welcoming three new co-facilitators for Valuing Labor. We're planning a whole group meeting to discuss possible new subgroups and one-off projects.
Contingency and Precarity
Facilitators: Sandy Rodriguez, Ruth Tillman
Topics: Grant-funded & term positions, organizing workers, digitization & labor (including labor of incarcerated workers), labor and digital scholarship, internships, credential creep/credentialism
Goals 2020
Develop
Collective Responsibility Labor Advocacy Toolkit
Promote publication
"Do Better" -Love(,) Us: Guidelines for Developing and Supporting Grant-Funded Positions in Digital Libraries, Archives, and Museums
and explore next steps toward adoption.
Activities
performing a literature review on contingency and precarity (2017)
drafting guidelines for designing grant-funded positions (2018-2019)
applying for IMLS National Leadership in Libraries forum grant (2018)
As part of the Collective Responsibility Labor Forum (2018-2020):
conducting a survey to develop a collective understanding of the experiences of grant-funded digital LAM workers
constructing best practices, recommendations, and benchmarks appropriate to participating institutions and funders
Minutes page
Valuing Labor
Facilitators: Stephanie Bennett, Leanne Finnigan, Ellen LeClere
Topics: Organiz(ed/ing) labor, (in)visibility, maintenance, emotional labor, classification of labor, transitions across categories of labor, worker-centered assessment, hiring and retention practices especially re: members of marginalized communities
Activities
Collaborate on a research agenda for valuing labor in digital libraries (2018)
Host working conversations to highlight advocacy, research, and skills of relevance to working group members (2019)
Create a list of groups and campaigns also working on labor issues (2019)
Research projects (2020)
To what extent and how are digital LAM workers organized?
What organizing and advocacy tactics can be effective while minimizing risk for workers?
What are creative and effective ways to share data about digital LAM labor?
Bibliography & resource-building: library labor news and organizing resources during covid-19 (2020)
Meetings
2019 Schedule
Minutes
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