{"title":"Recognising the Gaps: A Study on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment and Representation in Australian Libraries","authors":"K. Thorpe","doi":"10.1080/24750158.2023.2204548","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article discusses the outcomes of the research project National Survey on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment in Australian Libraries, conducted from 2020 to 2021. The research provided a snapshot of the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people employed in Australian libraries and identifies the current employment types across various library settings. It describes trends in current employment roles, and identifies gaps to understand more about the experiences of Indigenous people working in libraries across Australia.","PeriodicalId":53976,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association","volume":"72 1","pages":"120 - 134"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24750158.2023.2204548","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT This article discusses the outcomes of the research project National Survey on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment in Australian Libraries, conducted from 2020 to 2021. The research provided a snapshot of the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people employed in Australian libraries and identifies the current employment types across various library settings. It describes trends in current employment roles, and identifies gaps to understand more about the experiences of Indigenous people working in libraries across Australia.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association is the flagship journal of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). It is a quarterly publication for information science researchers, information professionals, related disciplines and industries. The Journal aims to stimulate discussion and inform practice by showcasing original peer reviewed research articles and other scholarly papers about, or relevant to, the Australian and Southern Asia Pacific regions. Authors from the full range of information professions and areas of scholarship are invited to contribute their work to the Journal.