
Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice
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Editors Gorham, Taylor, and Jaeger present readers with a collection of academic and working professional perspectives on contemporary and emerging trends in the field of library science and what it means to be a librarian. The contributions are focused on conceptualizing libraries as institutions of human rights and social justice, providing library services to marginalized populations, and human rights and social justice issues in the library professions and library education. Ursula Gorham, Natalie Greene Taylor, and Paul T. Jaeger are faculty members of the University of Maryland. -- Annotation * (protoview.com) *More details
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John Carlo Bertot, University of Maryland, Series Co-Editor
Karen Kettnich, University of Maryland, Series Managing Editor
Content
Social Justice Concepts and Public Libraries: A Case Study - Punit Dadlani
Privacy, Intellectual Freedom, and Self-Respect: Technological and Philosophical Lessons for Libraries - Anna Lauren Hoffmann
Libraries and Human Rights-Working Together to Reach Our Full Potential - Vivianne Fogarty
Library Services to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs): Strategies for More Proactive Approach by Public Libraries in Nigeria - Vicki Lawal
Public Libraries and Social Inclusion: An Update from South Africa - Christine Stilwell
Libraries as Agents of Human Rights Protection and Social Justice on Behalf of Sexual Minorities in India: An Action-Based Manifesto for Progressive Change - Bharat Mehra and Lisette Hernandez
Libraries "Coming Out" in Support of LGBTQIA+? Human Rights and Social Justice - Peggy McEachreon
The Prison Law Library: A Fourteenth Amendment Necessity - Brandon Nichole Wright
The Role of the Union in Promoting Social Justice - Sarah Barriage
Critical Reflection on Librarianship and Human Rights: A Book and Continuing Endeavor - Toni Samek
Human Rights without Cultural Imperialism - Kay Mathiesen
Archives and Human Rights: Questioning Notions of Information and Access - Michelle Caswell and Ricardo Punzalan
The Social Justice Collaboratorium: Illuminating Research Pathways between Social Justice and Library and Information Studies - RaShauna Brannon, LaVerne Gray, Miraida Morales, Myrna E. Morales, Mario H. Ram?rez and Elnora Kelly Tayag
Counter-Storytelling in the LIS Curriculum - Nicole A. Cooke
Open Access, Privacy, and Human Rights: A Case Study on Ethics in Library and Information Sciences Education - Joachim Schopfel
Raranga te kete aronui: Weaving Social and Cultural Inclusion into New Zealand Library and Information Science Education - Nicole M. Gaston, Alison Fields, Philip Calvert and Spencer Lilley
The Role of Students in Diversity and Inclusion in Library and Information Science - Fiona Jardine
Human Rights, Social Justice, and the Activist Future of Libraries - Ursula Gorham, Natalie Greene Taylor and Paul T. Jaeger
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