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      Librarians of the World Unite? Possibilities and realities from Florida, USA

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            This paper examines the perspectives of academic librarians in Florida's public universities concerning library work and advocacy for workplace rights by professional organisations and the statewide faculty union. An online survey was used to gather responses to closed and open-ended questions from 58 librarians. These data are presented alongside discussions addressing professionalism in library work, the history of US library professional organisations and workplace issues, and Florida's faculty union. The results suggest that, in terms of broader organisation around workplace issues, academic librarians in Florida are stuck between managerial expectations of professional practice and a faculty union slow to understand the significance of librarianship.

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            Journal
            10.13169
            workorgalaboglob
            Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation
            Pluto Journals
            1745641X
            17456428
            Autumn 2010
            : 4
            : 2
            : 96-110
            Article
            workorgalaboglob.4.2.0096
            10.13169/workorgalaboglob.4.2.0096
            46eff2c2-670b-45f5-a16e-7ef2171b78da
            © James F. Tracy and Maris L. Hayashi, 2010

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            Sociology,Labor law,Political science,Labor & Demographic economics,Political economics

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