Recording of the July 26, 2021, ACRL University Libraries Section Professional Development Committee: Incorporating Feminist Practice into Library Research, with speakers, Kelsey Cheshire, Hillary Miller, and Pattie Sobczak.

Librarianship has made strides in incorporating feminism into library services, but have you considered how librarians can embrace their personal beliefs as feminists within our scholarly pursuits? In this session, we will start by sharing ways we incorporate feminist theory in our own work (including reference and instruction, collections, and scholarly communication) and invite you to share your own examples. We will then introduce a number of concepts from feminist ethics and theory that inform feminist research practice and showcase how these can be applied in any combination to produce research that is feminist. Finally, we will explore ways that feminism can be incorporated into research at many decision points, including approaches to research methods, citation, and the production and presentation of scholarship. We will conclude the session with a guided discussion regarding next steps for incorporating feminism into your own research practices.