This is an interesting article about vocational awe and libraries from the In the Library with the Lead Pipe online journal.
Lisa
"In this article, I would like to dismantle the idea that librarianship is a sacred calling; thus requiring absolute obedience to a prescribed set of rules and behaviors, regardless of any negative effect on librarians’ own lives. I will do this by demonstrating the ways vocational awe manifests. First, I will describe the institutional mythologies surrounding libraries and librarians. Second, I will dismantle these mythologies by demonstrating the role libraries play in institutional oppression. Lastly, I will discuss how vocational awe disenfranchises librarians and librarianship. By deconstructing some of these assumptions and values so integrally woven into the field, librarianship can hopefully evolve into a field that supports and advocates for the people who work in libraries as much as it does for physical buildings and resources."
https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CVocational%20awe%E2%80%9D%20refers%20to%20the,sacred%2C%20and%20therefore%20beyond%20critique.
