University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Technology and identity in the public library: An audio diary study of workers with underrepresented identities

Freeburg, Darin; Klein, Katie

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/126220

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Title
Technology and identity in the public library: An audio diary study of workers with underrepresented identities
Author(s)
  • Freeburg, Darin
  • Klein, Katie
Issue Date
2025-03-11
Keyword(s)
  • Actor-network theory
  • Routine dynamics
  • Identity threats
  • Work
Abstract
Workplace technology has significantly changed the nature of work, including where and when work is performed and what tasks a worker is responsible for. Less is known, however, about the impact of these technologies on the identities of workers—particularly the ways in which technology threatens these identities. Through an analysis of audio diaries from 22 public library workers, this study considered the impact of technology in public libraries on the identities of library workers. Findings revealed several ways in which library workers perceive technology as threatening to the competency-based, value-based, and authenticity-based self-esteem they derived from their role, group, and personal identities.
Publisher
iSchools
Series/Report Name or Number
iConference 2025 Proceedings
Type of Resource
Other
Genre of Resource
Conference Poster
Language
eng
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/126220
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2025 is held by Darin Freeburg and Katie Klein. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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