Less money, less children, and less prestige: differences between women and men academic librarians

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dc.contributor.authorEva, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorLe, M. L.
dc.contributor.authorSheriff, John
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-28T19:05:17Z
dc.date.available2021-05-28T19:05:17Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionPermission to archive original author manuscript (preprint)en_US
dc.description.abstractAcademic librarianship is a heavily feminized profession, with women making up between 72-74% of the workforce based on statistics from Canada and the US (American Library Association, 2012; Canadian Association of University Teachers, 2017). As a result, gendered issues such as salary discrepancies and a glass ceiling phenomenon might be expected to be magnified in such an environment. The authors analyzed linked data from a 2018 census of academic librarians to uncover and examine the experience of motherhood and librarianship, specifically by looking at potential connections between gender, salary, number of dependents, and academic rank. Results demonstrate that women earn, on average, $10,000CDN/year less, are less likely to become a parent as their career progresses, and are overly represented at the lower ranks (e.g., Assistant Librarian) than their men counterparts. Drawing upon the literature on motherhood, salary differences, and career progression in academia, we demonstrate that issues long standing in the profession have yet to be resolved.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewNoen_US
dc.identifier.citationEva, N., M. L. Le, Sheriff, J. (2021). Less money, less children, and less prestige : Differences between women and men academic librarians. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 47(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2021.102392en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5896
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.publisher.departmentLibraryen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Mathematics & Computer Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Manitobaen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2021.102392en_US
dc.subjectAcademic librarianshipen_US
dc.subjectGendered professionsen_US
dc.subjectAcademic parenthooden_US
dc.subjectAcademic motherhooden_US
dc.subjectSalary inequalityen_US
dc.subjectGlass ceilingen_US
dc.subjectWork and gender
dc.subjectWage gaps
dc.subjectProfessional status
dc.subject.lcshAcademic librarians--Employment
dc.subject.lcshAcademic librarians--Salary
dc.subject.lcshAcademic librarians--Faculty status
dc.subject.lcshWork-life balance
dc.subject.lcshWork and family
dc.subject.lcshGlass ceiling (Employment discrimination)
dc.titleLess money, less children, and less prestige: differences between women and men academic librariansen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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