Librarianship has always had links with critical theory. As a public service, libraries cannot be separated from the society they exist in, and investigating the aspects of the culture they exist in is an important responsibility for all library and information professionals. In this exciting exploration of critical librarianship, expert authors from different walks of life investigate a variety of areas of librarianship in regards to critical theory. With chapters on feminist theory, sustainability and social justice, inclusivity, autism, and new motherhood, among others, this volume of Advances in Librarianship focuses on some of the most relevant issues of the 21st Century. With rigorous scholarship and diverse voices, Critical Librarianship is an unmissable volume of current research for all library and information professionals and researchers.
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1. Introduction: Critical Librarianship; David H. Ketchum
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2. Theoretical and Practical Implications of Power Dynamics in
Academic Libraries; Lilian Ingutia Oyieke
Chapter 3. Widening Participation Praxis and Library Leadership; Andrew
Preater
Chapter 4. Feminists at Work: Organizational Leadership in Academic
Libraries; Freeda Brook and Martinique Hallerduff
Chapter 5. From Street-Level Bureaucracy to Sustainable Communities:
Librarianship for Social Justice in Times of Limited Resources; Yolanda
Patrice Jones
Chapter 6. Looking Beyond Libraries for Inclusive Recruitment and Retention
Practices: Four Successful Approaches; Jade Alburo, Agnes K. Bradshaw, Laura
Lillard, Ariana E. Santiago, Bonnie Smith, and Jennifer Vinopal
Chapter 7. Countering Conformity: Embracing the Other and Supporting
Employees with High-Functioning Autism in Canadian Academic Libraries; Lori
Giles-Smith and Emma Popowich
Chapter 8. Going Back to Work: How Supervisors Can Support New Mothers as
They Transition Back to the Library; Emily A. B. Swanson
Chapter 9. Teamwork, Emotional Intelligence, and the Skills Organizations
Need Now; John A. Lehner
Samantha Schmehl Hines got her MS in Library Science from University of Illinois in 2003 and has worked in a variety of libraries in higher education institutions across the US. She is currently the Associate Dean of Instructional Resources for Peninsula College in Port Angeles, WA. A prolific scholar and frequent conference presenter on issues of library instruction, copyright and publishing, and management, Samantha is also a PhD candidate in Ethical and Creative Leadership at Union Institute and University.
David Ketchum (he/him) is the Head of Access Services at the University of Oregon Libraries. David earned his BA in Liberal Studies from the University of Montana where he focused on intersections of Buddhism and psychology, and his MLIS from the University of Southern Mississippi. David has twenty years of experience in academic libraries, and his professional interests include public services, collection development, and library management.
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