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This is a page for the DLF [https://www.diglib.org/groups/dlf-working-group-on-labor-in-digital-libraries/ Working Group on Labor in Digital Libraries].
This is a page for the DLF [https://www.diglib.org/groups/dlf-working-group-on-labor-in-digital-libraries/ Working Group on Labor in Digital Libraries]. Read [https://www.diglib.org/proposal-for-a-dlf-working-group-on-labor-in-digital-libraries-archives-and-museums/ an announcement] on the group's formation, by Ruth Tillman.  


== Working Group on Labor in Digital Libraries, Archives, and Museums ==
== Communication and Shared Working Spaces ==


Read [https://www.diglib.org/proposal-for-a-dlf-working-group-on-labor-in-digital-libraries-archives-and-museums/ an announcement] on the group's formation, by Ruth Tillman.  
* Listserv: Google Group dlf-labor-working-group. [https://groups.google.com/g/dlf-labor-working-group Ask to join.]
* Zotero: Find citations and materials relevant to our work in [https://www.zotero.org/groups/dlf-labor-wg 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


TO JOIN: please [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/dlf-labor-working-group/ sign up for the Google Group].  
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.


As of April, 2017, this group is forming two smaller working groups with two facilitators each, based on themes pulled from member introductions and responses to the initial interest survey (now closed). Join a sub-group by filling out [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOHRLXfTLn2B-quqLbrVLS_JHsnsHAGrX_867BYthEKr9cSw/viewform this form].
== Resources ==


Both subgroups are collecting citations, related groups and initiatives, and materials relevant to their work in [https://www.zotero.org/groups/dlf-labor-wg/items a Zotero group] and [[Labor/Resources|resource table]] ([[Labor/Resources-Mobile|also available as a list]]).
* This wiki page collects information about groups and campaigns working on labor issues in and adjacent to libraries, archives, and museums: [[Labor/Resources|resource table]] and ([[Labor/Resources-Mobile|also available as a list]]). (ongoing)
* [https://toolkit.dobetterlabor.com/ Collective Responsibility Labor Advocacy Toolkit] (2020)
* [https://dobetterlabor.com/ "Do Better" -Love(,) Us: Guidelines for Developing and Supporting Grant-Funded Positions in Digital Libraries, Archives, and Museums] (2020)
* [https://osf.io/m6gn2/ White paper from Collective Responsibility Phase 1] (2019)
* [https://osf.io/af9hz/ Survey results and project documents] (2019-2020)
* ''[[Labor/Valuing-Labor/Research-Agenda|Research Agenda: Valuing Labor in Digital Libraries]]'' (August 2018)


== Contingency and Precarity ==
== SubGroups ==
Facilitators: Ruth Tillman, Sandy Rodriguez
 
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
Topics: Grant-funded & term positions, organizing workers, digitization & labor (including labor of incarcerated workers), labor and digital scholarship, internships, credential creep/credentialism


=== Goals 2020 ===
==== Goals 2020 ====
* Develop toolkit for labor advocacy
* Develop [https://toolkit.dobetterlabor.com/ Collective Responsibility Labor Advocacy Toolkit]
* Promote publication [https://dobetterlabor.com/ "Do Better" -Love(,) Us: Guidelines for Developing and Supporting Grant-Funded Positions in Digital Libraries, Archives, and Museums] and explore next steps toward adoption.
* Promote publication [https://dobetterlabor.com/ "Do Better" -Love(,) Us: Guidelines for Developing and Supporting Grant-Funded Positions in Digital Libraries, Archives, and Museums] and explore next steps toward adoption.


=== Goals 2019 ===
==== Activities ====
As part of the Collective Responsibility Labor Forum:
* performing a literature review on contingency and precarity (2017)
* developing a collective understanding of the experiences of grant-funded digital LAM workers
* drafting guidelines for designing grant-funded positions (2018-2019)
* constructing best practices, recommendations, and benchmarks appropriate to participating institutions and funders
* applying for IMLS National Leadership in Libraries forum grant (2018)
 
* As part of the Collective Responsibility Labor Forum (2018-2020):
=== Deliverables ===
** conducting a survey to develop a collective understanding of the experiences of grant-funded digital LAM workers
* [https://osf.io/m6gn2/ White paper from Collective Responsibility Phase 1]
** constructing best practices, recommendations, and benchmarks appropriate to participating institutions and funders
* [https://osf.io/af9hz/ Survey results and project documents]
 
=== Goals 2018 ===
* finalizing the guidelines for grant-funded positions
* applying for IMLS National Leadership in Libraries forum grant
* conducting a survey on the experiences of grant-funded digital LAM workers
 
=== Deliverables ===
* guideline publication through DLF


=== Goals 2017 ===
==== [[Labor/Contingency-Precarity/Minutes | Minutes page]] ====
* organizing and setting up logistics for communication;
* performing a literature review on contingency and precarity;
* analyzing and sharing readings to determine scope of work;
* drafting guidelines for designing grant-funded positions


=== Deliverables ===
=== Valuing Labor ===
* [https://dobetterlabor.com/ "Do Better" -Love(,) Us: Guidelines for Developing and Supporting Grant-Funded Positions in Digital Libraries, Archives, and Museums]
Facilitators: Stephanie Bennett, Leanne Finnigan, Ellen LeClere
* [https://www.zotero.org/groups/1235192/dlf-labor-wg List of readings on contingency and precarity]
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MVt7JhlRZapZdk4jefOsi9gLxuj1OOEZXAznoeLeYrA/ First working draft of the guidelines (comment period closed)]
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C0VSpyM4z5co9BrrhgQX0Jtvhc79Wtmlq_va4kQYiR0/edit?usp=sharing Second working draft of the guidelines (comment period closed)]
 
=== [[Labor/Contingency-Precarity/Minutes | Minutes page]] ===
 
== Valuing Labor ==
Facilitators: Amy Wickner (Melissa Chalmers, on leave)


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
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 ===
==== Activities ====
* Collaborate on a research agenda for valuing labor in digital libraries (2018)
* 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)
* Host working conversations to highlight advocacy, research, and skills of relevance to working group members (2019)
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** What organizing and advocacy tactics can be effective while minimizing risk for workers?
** 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?
** 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)


=== Outputs ===
==== Meetings ====
* ''[[Labor/Valuing-Labor/Research-Agenda|Research Agenda: Valuing Labor in Digital Libraries]]'' (August 2018)
* Related Groups, Initiatives, and Resources: [[Labor/Resources|Table]] / [[Labor/Resources-Mobile|List]] (November 2019 with ongoing updates)
 
=== Meetings ===
* [[Labor/Valuing-Labor/2019-Calls | 2019 Schedule]]
* [[Labor/Valuing-Labor/2019-Calls | 2019 Schedule]]
* '''[[Labor/Valuing-Labor/Minutes | Minutes]]'''
* '''[[Labor/Valuing-Labor/Minutes | Minutes]]'''

Latest revision as of 11:25, 10 February 2021

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

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

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

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