The politics of theory and the practice of critical librarianship

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"Over the past fifteen years, librarians have increasingly looked to theory as a means to destablize normative discourses and practices with LIS, to engage in inclusive and non-authoritarian pedagogies, and to organize for social justice. "Critlib", short for "critical librarianship," is variously used to refer to a growing body of scholarship, an intellectual or activist movement within librarianship, an online community that occasionally organizes in-person meetings, and an informal Twitter discussion space active since 2014, identified by the #critlib hashtag. Critlib "aims to engage in discussion about critical perspectives on library practice" but it also seeks to bring 'socal justice principles into our work in libraries' (http://critlib.org/about/)." --Back cover.

subjects: Libraries and society,  Social justice,  Libraries,  Library science,  Social aspects,  Philosophy,  Academic libraries,  Political aspects,  Indigenous research methodology,  Indigenous research ethics,  Indigenous pedagogy,  Indigenous peoples,  Decolonization,  Healing,  First Nations,  Librarians,  Māori,  Students,  Postsecondary