Local Music Collectors in Cultural Heritage Organizations: Finding Joy through Occupational Devotion

Luyk, Sean; Doi, Carolyn

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Title

Local Music Collectors in Cultural Heritage Organizations: Finding Joy through Occupational Devotion

Author(s)

• Luyk, Sean
• Doi, Carolyn

Issue Date

2022

Keyword(s)

• joy of information
• music
• cultural heritage
• occupational devotion

Abstract

Local music collecting in cultural heritage organizations is a rich practice for the study of joy and information. This article examines the joyful and personally meaningful experiences of local music collectors, as drawn from interviews with twenty-two individuals at eighteen cultural heritage organizations conducted from 2018 to 2020. Collectors describe their work with local music collections to be personally meaningful, positive, and even joyful. For many, the positive affective experiences found through the blending of personal interests and professional projects is a key factor in their workplace well-being, motivation, and personal fulfillment. Collectors apply a community-engaged approach to their professional practice, finding self-fulfillment through their work and connection to the local music community. These findings are discussed within the context of the serious leisure perspective, and the pleasurable and the profound in library and information science research.

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press and the Illinois School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Series/Report Name or Number

Library Trends 70 (4). Spring 2022

ISSN

0024-2594

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2022.0019

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