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Post: missing narratives (update #1)

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@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ Some things that I've thought of so far:
- Librarianship is still perceived as a feminine profession, with all the expectations of quiet uncomplaining service that go along with that; this was neatly captured by the wonderful [[https://twitter.com/Fobettarh][Fobazi Ettarh (@Fobettarh)]] in the concept of [[https://fobaziettarh.com/2017/05/30/vocational-awe/][Vocational Awe]] (see also [[http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/][Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves – In the Library with the Lead Pipe]])
- Because of that, we're often used only to provide transactional services, but that makes very limited use of our professional knowledge and experience: we're much more effective as collaborators
- Librarianship itself is subject to many of the privileges and oppressions you might expect: while more gender-balanced (for example) than many professions, there are way too few librarians of colour, and it gets maler and whiter the closer you get to senior leadership
- Some university libraries have gone down the route of employing RSEs themselves. I know that St Andrews did at one point but I'm not sure if that's still the case
- The British Library certainly /does/ employ RSEs, as well as collaborating with RSEs in the [[https://www.turing.ac.uk/][Alan Turing Institute]], for projects like [[https://livingwithmachines.ac.uk/][Living With Machines]] (though we're hardly typical in having active research projects within the Library compared with most academic libraries)
- Some (many) dedicated RSE groups are actually really good at collaborating with library colleagues: I was always treated as a peer and collaborator by the RSE team at Sheffield, for example
*Please let me know what other perspectives on this I'm missing*, I don't want this to just be based on my own biased view. You can chime in via the usual methods: the comments below, via [[https://twitter.com/jezcope][Twitter]] or [[https://scholar.social/@petrichor][Mastodon]], via [[https://matrix.to/#/@jez:petrichor.me][Matrix]] or by email if you know it. I'll put the video somewhere public when it's done, and try to credit anyone who contributes either in the video or in a followup post.