[Irtalk] Understanding librarianship, serials, and open access - Gavia Libraria | (the Library Loon)

[Hilton Gibson]

*Why is it so hard for certain portions of the open-access movement to
assimilate that libraries and librarians are not monolithic with respect to
open access (or, indeed, much of anything else) either?*

To be sure, some of the answer to that question is “unconsidered
privilege.” Librarianship is a feminized profession; that has profound
social consequences vis-à-vis voice and silencing as well as political
capital and lack of same. It is hardly coincidence that the loudest voices
either spouting absolute nonsense about libraries and scholarly
communication or erasing libraries’ contributions to open access altogether
have been—universally, as best the Loon can tell—white men.

The Loon can name names if need be. Per her usual practice, she would
vastly prefer not to.

*Anyone can learn, however. To that end, some suggestions for places to
learn about the complex world of libraries, electronic-resource management
(as libraries term it), and open access.*

http://gavialib.com/2015/06/understanding-librarianship-serials-and-open-access/
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