Librarians With Spines

226 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The editors behind the Librarian with Spines series have releasedthe third volume in this popular series. Volume III of LWS is anotheranthology-this time, 5 essays on radical librarianship and aSpanglish interview with Oregon Library Superstar Star Khan-thatengages with critical topics and themes that explore what it meansto "librarian" on behalf of marginalized and under-representedcommunities. From Andrew Barber and Michelle Gohr's indictmentof the Neoliberal Academic Library to Oleg Kagan's championingof the library as a space for immigrant empowerment to YeseniaVillar's courageous essay confronting racism and oppression in publiclibrarianship to Jason Alston's decimation of armchair advocacyvis-a-vis delusions of grandeur common in librarianship to RolandBarksdale-Hall's refl ections on creating empowerment curriculumfor residents in public housing. The five chapters and interview arenot only singular and innovative, but they exert ideas in librarianshipthat are generative, dynamic, far-reaching, community-centered,and resonate with BIPOC Librarians and allies alike. Edited by MaxMacias, Yago Cura and co-edited by Westley Reason, volume 3 seeksto resuscitate the radical breath and inspiration that was put out intothe world with Librarians with Spines, volumes 1 and 2.

• Reihe: Volume
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Politische Kontrolle, Propaganda und Freiheitsrechte Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• ISBN: 9781954640054
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.09.2022
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Hinchas Press, DBA Yago Cura
• Herausgegeben von: Max Macias, Westley Reason, Yago S. Cura