The politics of theory and the practice of critical librarianship / edited by Karen P. Nicholson and Maura Seale

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Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-1-6340-0030-7

EAN : 9781634000307

Bibliothéconomie

Justice sociale

Bibliothèques et société

Littératie

Culture de l'information

Bibliothèques -- Technologies de l'information et de la communication

Classification Dewey : 020.1

Nicholson, Karen (19..-....) (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Seale, Maura (19..-....) (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Résumé / Abstract : Over the past fifteen years, librarians have increasingly looked to theory as a means to destabilize normative discourses and practices within LIS, to engage in inclusive and non-authoritarian pedagogies, and to organize for social justice. “Critlib,” short for “critical librarianship,” is variously used to refer to a growing body of scholarship, an intellectual or activist movement within librarianship, an online community that occasionally organizes in-person meetings, and an informal Twitter discussion space active since 2014, identified by the #critlib hashtag. Critlib “aims to engage in discussion about critical perspectives on library practice” but it also seeks to bring “social justice principles into our work in libraries” (http://critlib.org/about/) [...]