Author: Samantha Schmehl Hines
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1839094842
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This book offers a timely mix of thought-provoking chapters bringing together national and global studies on critical librarianship, and conveying the kind of research which current library managers and researchers need, mixing theory with a good dose of pragmatism.
Critical Librarianship
Author: Samantha Schmehl Hines
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1839094842
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This book offers a timely mix of thought-provoking chapters bringing together national and global studies on critical librarianship, and conveying the kind of research which current library managers and researchers need, mixing theory with a good dose of pragmatism.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1839094842
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This book offers a timely mix of thought-provoking chapters bringing together national and global studies on critical librarianship, and conveying the kind of research which current library managers and researchers need, mixing theory with a good dose of pragmatism.
Comics and Critical Librarianship
Author: Olivia Piepmeier
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634000802
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
"Highlights the use and focus of comics by librarians and library workers who practice critical librarianship"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634000802
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
"Highlights the use and focus of comics by librarians and library workers who practice critical librarianship"--
The Politics of Theory and the Practice of Critical Librarianship
Author: Karen P. Nicholson
Publisher: Library Juice Press
ISBN: 9781634000307
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book features original research, reflective essays and conversations, and dialogues that consider the relationships between theory, practice, and critical librarianship through the lenses of the histories of librarianship, intellectual and activist communities, professional practices, and underexplored epistemologies and ways of knowing.
Publisher: Library Juice Press
ISBN: 9781634000307
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book features original research, reflective essays and conversations, and dialogues that consider the relationships between theory, practice, and critical librarianship through the lenses of the histories of librarianship, intellectual and activist communities, professional practices, and underexplored epistemologies and ways of knowing.
Knowledge Justice
Author: Sofia Y. Leung
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262043505
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color--reimagine library and information science through the lens of critical race theory. In Knowledge Justice, Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color scholars use critical race theory (CRT) to challenge the foundational principles, values, and assumptions of Library and Information Science and Studies (LIS) in the United States. They propel CRT to center stage in LIS, to push the profession to understand and reckon with how white supremacy affects practices, services, curriculum, spaces, and policies.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262043505
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color--reimagine library and information science through the lens of critical race theory. In Knowledge Justice, Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color scholars use critical race theory (CRT) to challenge the foundational principles, values, and assumptions of Library and Information Science and Studies (LIS) in the United States. They propel CRT to center stage in LIS, to push the profession to understand and reckon with how white supremacy affects practices, services, curriculum, spaces, and policies.
Critical Information Literacy
Author: Annie Downey
Publisher: Library Juice Press
ISBN: 9781634000246
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
"Provides a snapshot of the current state of critical information literacy as it is enacted and understood by academic librarians"--
Publisher: Library Juice Press
ISBN: 9781634000246
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
"Provides a snapshot of the current state of critical information literacy as it is enacted and understood by academic librarians"--
The Dialectic of Academic Librarianship
Author: Stephen Bales
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936117895
Category : Academic librarians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Examines the academic library's position as a culturally and historically situated producer and curator of knowledge and its instrumental role in driving social reproduction and the status quo"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936117895
Category : Academic librarians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Examines the academic library's position as a culturally and historically situated producer and curator of knowledge and its instrumental role in driving social reproduction and the status quo"--
Confronting the Democratic Discourse of Librarianship
Author: Sam Popowich
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634000871
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Taking a broadly Marxist approach, Confronting the Democratic Discourse of Librarianship traces the connections between library history and the larger history of capitalist development.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634000871
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Taking a broadly Marxist approach, Confronting the Democratic Discourse of Librarianship traces the connections between library history and the larger history of capitalist development.
Masked by Trust
Author: Matthew Reidsma
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634000833
Category : Electronic information resource searching
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Examines library discovery systems to show how the algorithms that power them are not the neutral and unbiased systems that they are claimed to be, but are affected by the human biases of programmers and the commercial influences of their production"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634000833
Category : Electronic information resource searching
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Examines library discovery systems to show how the algorithms that power them are not the neutral and unbiased systems that they are claimed to be, but are affected by the human biases of programmers and the commercial influences of their production"--
Reference Librarianship & Justice
Author: Kate Adler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634000512
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
"Explores the praxis, history and practice of reference librarianship in the context of social justice"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634000512
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
"Explores the praxis, history and practice of reference librarianship in the context of social justice"--
Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook
Author: Nicole Pagowsky
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 9780838988466
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
-A collection designed by instruction librarians to promote critical thinking and engaged learning, this volume provides teaching librarians detailed, ready-to-use, and easily adaptable lesson ideas to help students understand and be transformed by information literacy threshold concepts. The lessons in this book, created by teaching librarians across the country, are categorized according to the six information literacy frames identified in the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education---
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 9780838988466
Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
-A collection designed by instruction librarians to promote critical thinking and engaged learning, this volume provides teaching librarians detailed, ready-to-use, and easily adaptable lesson ideas to help students understand and be transformed by information literacy threshold concepts. The lessons in this book, created by teaching librarians across the country, are categorized according to the six information literacy frames identified in the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education---