Mónica Colón–aguirre, Nicole A. Cooke, Aisha M. Johnson, Anastasia M. Collins

Gebundenes Buch

Critical Race Theory in Lis

Challenging White Supremacy in Libraries

Herausgeber: Colón-Aguirre, Mónica; Collins, Anastasia M; Johnson, Aisha M; Cooke, Nicole A

Beschreibung

This volume of Advances in Librarianship moves beyond providing information related to diversity or multiculturalism and will instead focus on racism, white supremacy, and colorblindness and its effects in the work of librarians and the communities they serve through the theoretical and analytical lens of Critical Race Theory.

Autor

Mónica Colón-Aguirre is Assistant Professor at the School of Information Science at the University of South Carolina. She is an experienced library and information science educator, focusing on information science and LIS education from a social justice perspective. Nicole A. Cooke is Augusta Baker Chair and Professor at the School of Information Science at the University of South Carolina. Her research interests include human information behavior, fake news consumption and resistance, and diversity and social justice in librarianship. Aisha M. Johnson is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Outreach at the Georgia Tech Library, and is a revelator of Southern library history. In 2021, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History recognized her impactful work with the Freedom Scholar Award. Anastasia M. Collins is Instructional Librarian & Geographer-at-Large at Phillips Academy. She developed the Anti-Oppression Guide at Simmons University Library, and delivers talks and workshops on equity work in library and information science.

Produktdetails

• Advances in Librarianship
• Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 158mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9781837970674
• ISBN-10: 183797067X
• Artikelnr.: 72563664