Emotional labour, information literacy instruction, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

The authors of this article, both instruction librarians, have researched the emotional labour that information literacy instruction librarians perform for several years. Several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, they discuss concepts of emotional labour among instruction librarians in that evolvi...

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Autores principales: Karen Sobel, Lorraine Evans
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:726c6ab301854093bd304c18703c431c2021-11-29T14:02:13ZEmotional labour, information literacy instruction, and the COVID-19 Pandemic10.47408/jldhe.vi19.6071759-667Xhttps://doaj.org/article/726c6ab301854093bd304c18703c431c2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://repl.gianfj.com/index.php/jldhe/article/view/607https://doaj.org/toc/1759-667X The authors of this article, both instruction librarians, have researched the emotional labour that information literacy instruction librarians perform for several years. Several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, they discuss concepts of emotional labour among instruction librarians in that evolving context. They outline common aspects of emotional labour that manifest differently during the pandemic, compared to non-pandemic times. They identify and analyse new layers of emotional labour that many instruction librarians currently experience on top of their “normal” lives and emotional labour. They provide a brief overview of aspects of emotional labour that may be easier or lesser during the pandemic. The article concludes with a call for future research on these concepts, particularly using qualitative and mixed-methods research. Karen SobelLorraine EvansAssociation for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE)articleTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENJournal of Learning Development in Higher Education, Iss 19 (2020)
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Emotional labour, information literacy instruction, and the COVID-19 Pandemic
description The authors of this article, both instruction librarians, have researched the emotional labour that information literacy instruction librarians perform for several years. Several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, they discuss concepts of emotional labour among instruction librarians in that evolving context. They outline common aspects of emotional labour that manifest differently during the pandemic, compared to non-pandemic times. They identify and analyse new layers of emotional labour that many instruction librarians currently experience on top of their “normal” lives and emotional labour. They provide a brief overview of aspects of emotional labour that may be easier or lesser during the pandemic. The article concludes with a call for future research on these concepts, particularly using qualitative and mixed-methods research.
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