Area studies librarians and international book fairs: the Hong Kong Book Fair experience

Atwill, Yurong Y.; Hickey, C. David

doi:10.1080/14649055.2003.10765898

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“…The last decade has seen minimal research on overseas fieldwork undertaken by librarians. Peer-reviewed works from 2003 share the experiences of 10 US-based librarians traveling as a group to the Hong Kong Book Fair (Atwill and Hickey, 2003) and one librarian traveling solo on a buying trip to Benin (Kistler, 2003). The value of these trips is reiterated in Thacker’s (2017) article on the opportunities, challenges, and best practices in overseas buying trips to South Asia.…”

Section: Overseas Fieldwork In Library and Information Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Collections, care, and the collective: Experiments in collaborative fieldwork in area studies librarianship

2022

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While scholarship in library science continues to expand understanding of collaboration and its potential to transform the collective collection, librarian acquisitions trips have been largely absent from the conversation. In early 2020, three US-based South Asian studies librarians traveled together to India, jettisoning solo travel in favor of a model of collaborative fieldwork. Using this trip as a case study, the authors draw on interdisciplinary literature to explore how intersecting identities and the embodied nature of fieldwork shape outcomes for the collective collection. They reflect on how foregrounding care in the field can converge with efforts to build more ethical collections. Finally, the authors consider the possibilities of a shift toward collaboration beyond mere coordination, and offer suggestions for how a relational perspective might be advocated for in their work. At the intersection of theory and practice, this article helps readers understand the holistic work behind area studies librarianship, and offers a vision of improved practice in the field.

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Section: Overseas Fieldwork In Library and Information Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%