Liberatory librarianship : stories of community, connection, and justice / edited by Brian W. Keith, Laurie Taylor, and Shamin Renwick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keith, Brian W., 1969- editor, contributor.

Taylor, Laurie N., 1978- editor, contributor.

Renwick, Shamin, 1961- editor, contributor.

Adeyemi, Clementine, contributor.

Boies, Brian, contributor.

Bryan, Ruth E., contributor.

Corday, Mikaila, contributor.

Dantus, Sabine Jean, contributor.

Dorpinghaus, Sarah, contributor.

Grant, Tiffany J., contributor.

Jones, Christina (Librarian), contributor.

Lear, Bernadette A., contributor.

McKinney, Michelle, contributor.

Patel, Margaux, contributor.

Phillips, Richard F. (Richard Frederick), 1949- contributor.

Pionke, J. J., contributor.

Price, Ludi, contributor.

Qureshi, Farzana, contributor.

Marrero, Tania Marîa Rîos, contributor.

Romero, Ursula, contributor.

Singleton, LaWanda, contributor.

Smith, Felicia A., contributor.

Tansey, Eira, contributor.

Tavernier, Willa Liburd, contributor.

Taylor-Slaughter, June, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Social aspects.

Libraries.

Social justice--Libraries.

Social justice.

Libraries--Aims and objectives.

Librarians--Professional ethics.

Librarians.

Libraries and community.

Libraries and minorities.

Physical Description:

xix, 172 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : ALA Editions, 2024.

Summary:

"How can librarianship be liberatory? How does librarianship help people to be free? How is library capacity and expertise used to increase freedom, justice, and community? This invigorating collected volume from Core unpacks these questions, and many others besides, to reveal the many ways that library workers and their institutions are applying skills, knowledge, abilities, professional ethics, and personal commitment to practice liberatory librarianship. These examples will serve as guideposts and inspiration for readers undertaking their own efforts. With a special emphasis on the voices of non-white practitioners..." -- Publisher

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction to liberatory librarianship Brain W. Keith ; Laurie Taylor ; Shamin Renwick Part I: Liberatory librarians

Dr. Alma Jordan Shamin Renwick

Lilian Marrero: sanctuary and solidarity through libraries Tania Marîa Rîos Marrero

Rosa Quintero Mesa: the University of Florida's librarianship defied global politics Richard Phillips

Judith Rogers: visionary and organic leader Laurie Taylor

Part II: Programs that support liberation

Liberatory librarianship in a public library Brian Boies

the KNOW systemic racism project at Standford University Felicia A. Smith

Part III : the personal as professional

My brother's keeper Tiffany J. Grant ; LaWanda Singleton ; Clementine Adeyemi

Disabled in the library JJ Pionke

Part IV: Histories of libreration

Elevating diverse voices in service Willa Liburd Tavernier ; Ursula Romero ; Christina Jones

Unsiloed, cross-jurisdictional DEI Tiffany J. Grant ; Mikaila Corday ; Michelle McKinney ; Margaux Patel ; Eira Tansey ; June Taylor-Slaughter

Hidden histories and radical reading lists : restorative justice at SOAS library Farzana Qureshi ; Ludi Price

g Part V: Liberatory instruction and training

"We are ... library users!" : developing a liberatory library instruction program for college students with intellectual and developmental disabilities Bernadette A. Lear

Critical reflection on the University of Kentucky's basic archives workshop: status quo or transformation? Sarah Dorpinghaus ; Ruth E. Bryan

Part VI: Imagining and enacting liberation together

Empathy as resistance?: the concept of empathy in liberatory librarianship Sabine Jean Dantus

Appenix: acronyms

About the editors and contributors

Index.

Notes:

"In collaboration with CORE."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780838936610

083893661X

OCLC:

1429311540