Tracy Nectoux
Autor(a) de Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for LGBTQ Librarians
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Nectoux, Tracy
- Nome de batismo
- Nectoux, Tracy Marie
- Data de nascimento
- 1965-08-08
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
- Locais de residência
- Champaign, Illinois, USA
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK
Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Louisiana, USA
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
Naples, Florida, USA - Educação
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (MLIS|Library Science)
University of Saint Andrews (Fife, Scotland|MPhil, English)
St. John's College Graduate Institute (Annapolis, Maryland, MA|Liberal Arts)
Louisiana State University in Shreveport (BA|English) - Ocupação
- Housewife
Retired Librarian
Cataloger/Metadata and Quality Control Specialist (2004-2015) - Relacionamentos
- Rath, Sura P. (student)
Mallett, Phillip (student) - Organizações
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
American Library Association
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table of the American Library Association
Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association
Beta Phi Mu
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- 1
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- 1
- Membros
- 38
- Popularidade
- #383,442
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Resenhas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 2
I also enjoyed the essay "Patricia's Child, Patrick's Penis & the Sex of Reference: A Lesbian Librarian's Log of Perverse Patronage". The premis of her essay is that as a young, Black-Carib, lesbian she was sexually harassed at the reference desk more than librarians of other demographics. Whether her premise is correct isn't really the point for me, it's the idea that the reference desk is a sexualized space because of the very nature of the work that is done there (service) and how it's done (with a smile and request for more). Harassment by patrons was never addressed in my reference classes, and judging from the information in this article it is a topic that should absolutely be discussed with future librarians.… (mais)