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Transformative Library and Information Work: Profiles in Social Justice: Chandos Information Professional Series

Autor Stephen Bales, Tina Budzise-Weaver
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 mar 2020
Intended to be an accessible guide to transformational information work, the book collects approximately thirty brief case studies of information related organizations, initiatives, and/or projects that focus on social justice related activities. Each case is a short narrative account of its particular subject’s history, objectives, accomplishments, and challenges faced. It also describes the material realities involved in the subjects’ day-to-day operation. Furthermore, cases include pertinent excerpts from interviews conducted with individuals directly involved with the information organization and will conclude with three-to-five bulleted takeaway points for information workers to consider when developing their own praxis

  • Present useful guidance on transformative library and information science
  • Gathers real-world case studies of library and information practice relating to social justice
  • Gives takeaway points for readers to quickly apply in their own situation
  • Provides inspiration for the development of progressive library and information practice
  • Considers radical library and information science at a high level, offering recommendations for the future
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780081030110
ISBN-10: 0081030118
Pagini: 162
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Seria Chandos Information Professional Series


Public țintă

Academic librarians, information professionals, public librarians, school and college librarians; paraprofessionals in the library space; postgraduate students on MLIS (Master of Library and Information Science) programs; researchers in library and information science; library managers; library administrators

Cuprins

1. Introduction 2. Organize: Transformative Libraries and Archives 3. Advocate: Transformative Library and Information Projects Reaching Out 4. Connect and Transmit: Organizations for Professional Support and Outlets for Professional Communication

Recenzii

"This book gathers together thirty profiles of radical, progressive, and alternative information organizations and libraries, initiatives, and programs. The authors refer to these initiatives and organizations as transformative library and information projects. ....A book of this caliber and focus is long overdue for our profession, and the authors have done a tremendous job of providing relevant and timely research and information on these transformative groups and projects." --E-RESOURCES REVIEWS
"Honing in on a multiplicity of bodies for smaller groups and sub-groups in society may seem divisive, but the purpose is to ensure that the targeted groups receive library- and information-related specialised services. The providers may indeed be libraries for their local communities, or the initiatives of non-librarians employing information and support service techniques. The value of this stimulating collection exists in the ‘snack-size’ reports about these case studies, and often the interviews with those who have instigated them. There is no survey of users’ comments on these transformative projects, so that success may only be measured by the longevity of some and the thriving of others, which suggest that the concepts are worth considering. The descriptions of the various projects are easy to read and to consider – to adopt and adapt or reject by the reader – but well worth the effort of seeing what is happening elsewhere." --Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association