Essays about: "Librarian"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the word Librarian.

  1. 1. Investigating The Greek Higher Education Gender Equality Policy Landscape Under an Enhanced Critical Frame Analysis Lens

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Stavroula Sant-Geronikolou; [2023]
    Keywords : gender equality; critical frame analysis; WPR analysis; Greek universities; gender equality plans; neoliberalism; new managerialism; gender mainstreaming; counterhegemonic librarian;

    Abstract : Despite the existence of a formalized set of EU strategies, problems seem to abound when it comes to the implementation of Gender Equality policies in universities. Specifically in the Greek context, the potential of GEPs to generate institutional and cultural change is highly contested. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Magical Library and the Symbolic Representation : Library representation in The Librarian and The Librarians

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Karolina Hermansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Library representation; Librarian representation; Libraries; Librarians; Symbolism; Iconography; Semiotics; The Librarian; The Librarians; Library environments; Biblioteksrepresentation; Bibliotekarierepresentation; Symbolik; Ikonografi; Semiotik; The Librarian; The Librar-ians; Biblioteksmiljö; Bibliotek; Bibliotekarier;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to answer the question of how the library is represented in the Librarian franchise, not only focusing on the films/tv-series but also how it is represented in print. The analysis of the library representation uses a background of the theory and method found in semiotics and iconography, as well as qualitative content analysis, to examine not only the literal/denoted representation, but also the symbolic/connoted, and then compar-ing these findings to the representation of libraries and librarians (with a focus on the stereotypes) found in former research on the subject. READ MORE

  4. 3. Investigating The Greek Higher Education Gender Equality Policy Landscape Under an Enhanced Critical Frame Analysis Lens

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Stavroula Sant-Geronikolou; [2023]
    Keywords : gender equality; critical frame analysis; WPR analysis; Greek universities; gender equality plans; neoliberalism; new managerialism; gender mainstreaming; counterhegemonic librarian;

    Abstract : Despite the existence of a formalized set of EU strategies, problems seem to abound when it comes to the implementation of Gender Equality policies in universities. Specifically in the Greek context, the potential of GEPs to generate institutional and cultural change is highly contested. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sexy Women and Unmanly Men : Representations of Librarians Onscreen

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Camille Nampetch; [2023]
    Keywords : librarian representation; hegemonic masculinity; the male gaze;

    Abstract : This study investigates the representations of librarians in movies spanning from the years 2012 to 2022 from a gender perspective using thematic analysis. Being a female-dominated profession with an increasing use of technology, the goal is to see how librarians are being portrayed today and how that might affect the perceptions of librarianship. READ MORE

  6. 5. Examining the limitations of classification and indexing from a librarian perspective, with a particular view onto library representations of marginalised communities

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

    Author : Anuka Ramischwili-Schäfer; [2022]
    Keywords : classification; indexing; librarian; perspective; cataloguing; neoliberalism; higher education; marginalised communities; representation;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the inconsistencies in classification and indexing present in the University of the Arts Library catalogue, and examines how these relate to the perspectives of qualified librarians through the use of qualitative interviews. We surmise that effective representation of items relating to marginalised communities, within the language of classification and indexing, has a great impact on the findability of these items. READ MORE