TY - JOUR AU - Sobel, Karen AU - Evans, Lorraine PY - 2020/12/14 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Emotional labour, information literacy instruction, and the COVID-19 Pandemic JF - Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education JA - JLDHE VL - IS - 19 SE - Opinion Pieces DO - 10.47408/jldhe.vi19.607 UR - https://journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jldhe/article/view/607 SP - AB - <p>The authors of this article, both instruction librarians, have researched the emotional labour that information literacy instruction librarians perform for several years. Several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, they discuss concepts of emotional labour among instruction librarians in that evolving context. They outline common aspects of emotional labour that manifest differently during the pandemic, compared to non-pandemic times. They identify and analyse new layers of emotional labour that many instruction librarians currently experience on top of their “normal” lives and emotional labour. They provide a brief overview of aspects of emotional labour that may be easier or lesser during the pandemic. The article concludes with a call for future research on these concepts, particularly using qualitative and mixed-methods research.</p> ER -