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TO JOIN: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZFHPau0SXuGs3pqzY74yltw3yhRt9x8zCnunZrC4xpKilMQ/viewform?usp=sf_link request an invitation to the google group]. | TO JOIN: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZFHPau0SXuGs3pqzY74yltw3yhRt9x8zCnunZrC4xpKilMQ/viewform?usp=sf_link request an invitation to the google group]. | ||
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) | 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). | ||
Both subgroups are collecting citations, related groups and initiatives, and materials relevant to their work in [https://www.zotero.org/groups/dlf-labor-wg | Both subgroups are collecting citations, related groups and initiatives, and materials relevant to their work in [https://www.zotero.org/groups/dlf-labor-wg a Zotero group] and [[Labor/Resources|resource table]] ([[Labor/Resources-Mobile|also available as a list]]). | ||
== Contingency and Precarity == | == Contingency and Precarity == | ||
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=== Goals 2020 === | === Goals 2020 === | ||
* Develop toolkit | * 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. | ||
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* applying for IMLS National Leadership in Libraries forum grant (2018) | * applying for IMLS National Leadership in Libraries forum grant (2018) | ||
* As part of the Collective Responsibility Labor Forum (2018-2020): | * 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 | |||
=== Deliverables === | === Deliverables === | ||
* [https://toolkit.dobetterlabor.com/ Collective Responsibility Labor Advocacy Toolkit] | |||
* [https://dobetterlabor.com/ "Do Better" -Love(,) Us: Guidelines for Developing and Supporting Grant-Funded Positions in Digital Libraries, Archives, and Museums] (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/m6gn2/ White paper from Collective Responsibility Phase 1] (2019) | ||
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== Valuing Labor == | == Valuing Labor == | ||
Facilitators: Amy Wickner | Facilitators: Amy Wickner | ||
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 | ||
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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 === | === Outputs === | ||
Revision as of 17:01, 2 November 2020
This is a page for the DLF Working Group on Labor in Digital Libraries.
Working Group on Labor in Digital Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Read an announcement on the group's formation, by Ruth Tillman.
TO JOIN: request an invitation to the google group.
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).
Both subgroups are collecting citations, related groups and initiatives, and materials relevant to their work in a Zotero group and resource table (also available as a list).
Contingency and Precarity
Facilitators: Ruth Tillman, Sandy Rodriguez
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
Deliverables
- Collective Responsibility Labor Advocacy Toolkit
- "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)
- List of readings on contingency and precarity (2017- )
Minutes page
Valuing Labor
Facilitators: Amy Wickner
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)
Outputs
- Research Agenda: Valuing Labor in Digital Libraries (August 2018)
- Related Groups, Initiatives, and Resources: Table / List (November 2019 with ongoing updates)