Transformative library and information work : profiles in social justice /

Intended to be an accessible guide to transformational information work, the book collects approximately thirty brief case studies of information related organizations, initiatives, and/or projects that focus on social justice related activities. Each case is a short narrative account of its particu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bales, Stephen
Otros Autores: Budzise-Weaver, Tina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Chandos, 2020.
Colección:Chandos information professional series.
Temas:
Social justice > Data processing > Case studies.
Information organization > Case studies.
Information science > Case studies.
Justice sociale > Informatique > �Etudes de cas.
Organisation de l'information > �Etudes de cas.
Sciences de l'information > �Etudes de cas.
Information organization.
Information science.
Library science.
Case studies.
�Etudes de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Intended to be an accessible guide to transformational information work, the book collects approximately thirty brief case studies of information related organizations, initiatives, and/or projects that focus on social justice related activities. Each case is a short narrative account of its particular subject's history, objectives, accomplishments, and challenges faced. It also describes the material realities involved in the subjects' day-to-day operation. Furthermore, cases include pertinent excerpts from interviews conducted with individuals directly involved with the information organization and will conclude with three-to-five bulleted takeaway points for information workers to consider when developing their own praxis.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 152 pages)
ISBN:9780081030127
0081030126

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