Social justice design and implementation in library and information science / edited by Bharat Mehra.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mehra, Bharat, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library science--Social aspects--United States.

Library science.

Information science--Social aspects--United States.

Information science.

Library education--Social aspects--United States.

Library education.

Library science--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.

Information science--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.

Library education--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.

Libraries and society--United States.

Libraries and society.

Libraries and community--United States.

Libraries and community.

Social aspects.

Information science--Social aspects.

Library science--Social aspects.

United States.

Social justice--United States.

Social justice.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 312 pages) : illustrations, maps

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2022]

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Bharat Mehra is EBSCO Endowed Chair in Social Justice and Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama, USA. His many research interests include diversity and inclusion advocacy, intercultural communication and communicative action, social justice in library and information science, community-engaged scholarship, and critical and cross-cultural studies. He has applied action research to further engaged scholarship and community engagement while collaborating with racial/ethnic groups, international diaspora, sexual minorities, rural communities, low-income families, small businesses, and others, to represent their experiences and perspectives in the design of community-based information systems and services.

Contents:

I. Emerging New Responsibilites

Libraries Fighting for Social Justice During the COVID-19 Pandemic / Nicole A. Cooke, Cyndee Sturgis Landrum, and Jocelyn Pettigrew

Role of Rural Libraries in Supporting Social Wellbeing in their Communities: Participatory Research to Promote Social Justice / Eli M. Guinnee and Margo E. Gustina

II. Reflective Case Practices

Understanding the Librarian Identity: The Common Agency Within the Diversity of Public Librarianship / Vanessa Irvin

Wilkes County Public Library's Involvement in the Food Justice Movements in Rural North Carolina / Noah Lenstra and Rebecca Floyd

A Public Library's Response to Substance Abuse Recovery: Blount County Recovery Court Life Skills Program / Kaurri C. Williams-Cockfield

Digital Archives and Inclusion of Underrepresented Groups: Case Studies of the Voices Out Loud and Black in Appalachia Projects / Scott Sikes

III. Reaching Out: New Research Approaches & Strategies

Positioning Social Justice in a Black Feminist Information Activist Community Context: A Case Study of African American Activist-Mothers in Chicago's Public Housing / LaVerne Gray and Yiran Duan

Everyday Information Practices of Migrant Latinas Living in Boston / Mónica Colón-Aguirre and Janet Ceja Alcalá

Conceptualizing Co-mapping Knowledges to Promote Social Justice Outcomes with Aboriginal Communities through Design Pedagogy / Jia Tina Du, Julie Nichols, Stefan Peters, Darren Fong, Angelica Harris-Faull, Ning Gu, Anna Leditschke, and Jannatul Fardous

Multidisciplinary Perspectives for an Integrative Critical Gerontology Information Framework / Joseph Winberry and Bharat Mehra

V. Transforming LIS Education

The Mis-Education of the Librarian: Addressing Curricular Injustice in the LIS Classroom through Social Justice Pedagogy / Beth Patin, Melinda Sebastian, Jieun Yeon, Danielle Bertolini, and Alexandra Grimm

Creating Accessible Learning Environments and Informing: Social Justice through Inclusive Course Design / Clayton A. Copeland and Kim M. Thompson

Social Responsibility of Libraries to Address Community Homelessness: Social Justice Actions in Two LIS Courses / Julie Ann Winkelstein

Indigenous-Engaged Education: A Canadian Case / Toni Samek

Designing of Social Justice in the MLIS Curriculum: A Case Study of the University of Maryland / Morgan Adle, Paul T. Jaeger, & Ursula Gorham

V. Instruments of Action & Change

An Autoethnographic Narrative of Institutional Injustice: Queer Resilience through Use of Evidence and Memory / Donna Braquet

Inspiring Information Communities to Advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Information Action Briefs for Social Transformation / Kendra S. Albright, Clara M. Chu, Jia Tina Du, and Bharat Mehra

Implementation of Social Justice Design in Developing International Guidelines for LGBTQ+ Library Resources, Services, and Programming / Rachel Wexelbaum, Julie Winkelstein, and Michael David Miller.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 04, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Social justice design and implementation in library and information science

ISBN:

9781003129219

1003129218

9781000528213

1000528219

9781000528183

1000528189

Publisher Number:

99989954663

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