Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice
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Volume Editors’ Introduction: “Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice” - Ursula Gorham, Natalie Greene Taylor and Paul T. Jaeger 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
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.