Résumés
Abstract
In this article, two librarians reflect on their experience as an intern and supervisor navigating traditional and antiquated norms upheld in academia. The intern, a first-generation Mexican-American student, describes the shift in her values, beliefs, and identity as she confronts the extractive practices embedded in internships, resulting in a collaborative and critical internship. The internship supervisor, a senior librarian, also reflects on her role in resisting these exploitative dynamics by using the community cultural wealth model, which recognizes the knowledge students of colour bring from their homes and communities. The intern and supervisor introduce ideas for improving the internship experience by embracing community cultural wealth, critiquing the role of neoliberal multiculturalism, and addressing the systemic extraction that hinders the professional development of marginalized students.
Keywords:
- academic library internships,
- community cultural wealth,
- LIS education,
- multicultural neoliberalism
Résumé
Dans cet article, deux bibliothécaires réfléchissent à leur expérience en tant que stagiaire et superviseure naviguant dans les normes traditionnelles et désuètes maintenues dans le milieu universitaire. La stagiaire, une étudiante mexicano-américaine de première génération, décrit le changement de ses valeurs, de ses croyances et de son identité alors qu'elle confronte les pratiques extractives intégrées dans les stages, ce qui se traduit par un stage collaboratif et critique. La superviseure de stage, bibliothécaire principale, réfléchit également à son rôle dans la résistance à ces dynamiques d'exploitation en utilisant le modèle de richesse culturelle communautaire, qui reconnaît les connaissances que les étudiant.e.s racisé.e.s rapportent de leurs foyers et de leurs communautés. La stagiaire et la superviseure présentent des idées pour améliorer l'expérience de stage en valorisant la richesse culturelle communautaire, en critiquant le rôle du multiculturalisme néolibéral et en s'attaquant à l'extraction systémique qui entrave le développement professionnel des étudiant.e.s marginalisé.e.s.
Mots-clés :
- éducation en sciences de l'information,
- néolibéralisme multiculturel,
- richesse culturelle communautaire,
- stages en bibliothèque universitaire
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Biographical notes
Karen Tinajero-Vazquez (she/her/ella) is a Reference and Instruction Librarian at CSU San Marcos, where she teaches first-year general education courses surrounding information literacy and research methods. She is currently an early career librarian with research interests in unpaid internships, LIS education, and collective care in academic libraries.
Allison Carr (she/her) is the Academic Transitions Librarian at CSU San Marcos, where she focuses on supporting students as they transition from their high school or community college to CSUSM. Ms. Carr’s current area of research is centered around the sense of belonging of transfer students, and culturally affirming internships for LIS graduate students.
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