Abstract The baby penalty is a phenomenon in which having children negatively affects women’s (but not men’s) academic careers. While the baby penalty has been studied considerably in the academe, scant research exists on how it affects career growth in academic librarianship. This article explores how the baby penalty manifests in academic librarianship and how its prevalence contradicts the profession’s espoused values of equity and inclusion. Specifically, an examination of the role library organizations play in perpetuating systemic inequities is conducted through an analysis of their approach to conference childcare. Suggestions to conference organizers about how to make conferences more compatible with caregiving are offered.

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探索学术图书馆学中的托儿会议难题

摘要 婴儿惩罚是一种现象，在这种现象中，生育对女性（但不是男性）的学术生涯产生负面影响。虽然学术界已经对婴儿惩罚进行了大量研究，但关于它如何影响学术图书馆员的职业发展的研究很少。本文探讨了婴儿惩罚如何在学术图书馆中表现出来，以及它的盛行如何与该行业所信奉的公平和包容价值观相矛盾。具体而言，通过分析图书馆组织在会议儿童保育方面的方法，对图书馆组织在使系统性不平等现象长期存在方面所发挥的作用进行了检查。向会议组织者提供了有关如何使会议与护理更兼容的建议。