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[How] Can there be non-compliance in UK HE librarianship? Or, in defence of ‘’68, or something’: A post-conference reflection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2019

Katherine Quinn
Katherine Quinn*
Affiliation:
Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper explores differing notions and possibilities for non-compliance in UK HE librarianship. It considers the landscape of UK HE, different notions of non-compliance, and how they relate to questions of power and possibility, the individual and the collective. The author argues that in contrast to a ‘refusal of work’ definition, non-compliance can be considered softly and expansively, as everyday actions and critical reflections. In addition to collective organisation, these actions are reflected upon as vital for keeping optimism in radical, progressive change alive.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 44 , Special Issue 2: Critical Art Librarianship , April 2019 , pp. 58 - 60
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© ARLIS, 2019 

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