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Ett intellektuellt proletariat : Fackliga strategier bland svenska folkbibliotekarier

Risberg, Olof LU orcid (2023) In Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek 2023(1-2). p.78-87
Abstract (Swedish)
The Swedish public librarians’ union (SFF) was founded in 1938 and joined the larger DIK union in 1972. SFF’s roots can be traced back to a union of library assistants at Stockholm’s library. From its start, SFF fought for higher wages and improved status for public librarians.

SFF’s repertoire for collective confrontations consists of methods inspired by the
workers’ and civil servants’ movements. SFF also initiated enquiries in the workplace to separate the qualified librarian’s work from ”non-qualified” clerk work. The goal was to improve the librarian’s status as well as wages. During this
process, SFF turned from being critical of ”arbitrary” hierarchies at the libraries to
legitimising hierarchies in the name of... (More)
The Swedish public librarians’ union (SFF) was founded in 1938 and joined the larger DIK union in 1972. SFF’s roots can be traced back to a union of library assistants at Stockholm’s library. From its start, SFF fought for higher wages and improved status for public librarians.

SFF’s repertoire for collective confrontations consists of methods inspired by the
workers’ and civil servants’ movements. SFF also initiated enquiries in the workplace to separate the qualified librarian’s work from ”non-qualified” clerk work. The goal was to improve the librarian’s status as well as wages. During this
process, SFF turned from being critical of ”arbitrary” hierarchies at the libraries to
legitimising hierarchies in the name of rationality. (Less)
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Arbetarhistoria, biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap, Bibliotekshistoria
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Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek
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2023
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1-2
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10 pages
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Arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek
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0281-7446
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Swedish
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  author       = {{Risberg, Olof}},
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  keywords     = {{Arbetarhistoria; biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; Bibliotekshistoria}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  number       = {{1-2}},
  pages        = {{78--87}},
  publisher    = {{Arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek}},
  series       = {{Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek}},
  title        = {{Ett intellektuellt proletariat : Fackliga strategier bland svenska folkbibliotekarier}},
  volume       = {{2023}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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