Critical Librarianship
“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 “social justice principles into our work in libraries” (http://critlib.org/about/).
Resources
Critical Librarianship: Moving from Practice to Praxis Presentation (LISRA)
The materials from the session are now available: recording (40 mins, audio only or audio & video options available) and PowerPoint Slides.
Why Library Leaders should care about Critical Librarianship
Article from Better Library Leaders around the importance of Critical Librarianship
Keeping Up With....Critical Librarianship
Article fromAssociation of College and Resaerch Libraries
But How Do We Do Critical Librarianship?
Critical librarianship asks us to look more closely at the sociopolitical world both inside and out of our libraries. (Article OLAQ, 2017)
Critical Librarianship in Australia (01/05/18)
May’s edition of #auslibchat is just around the corner with a chance for us to examine critical librarianship in the Australian context.
A Decade of Critical Information: A Decade of Critical Information Literacy (Communications in Information Literacy)
This review explores the research into critical information literacy, including critical pedagogy and critiques of information literacy, in order to provide an entry point for this emerging approach to information literacy.
The Politics of Theory and the Practice of Critical Librarianship
This book features original research, reflective essays and conversations, and dialogues that consider the relationships between theory, practice, and critical librarianship through the lenses of the histories of librarianship and critical librarianship, intellectual and activist communities, professional practices, information literacy, library technologies, library education, specific theoretical approaches, and under-explored epistemologies and ways of knowing.
Resources
Critical Librarianship: Moving from Practice to Praxis Presentation (LISRA)
The materials from the session are now available: recording (40 mins, audio only or audio & video options available) and PowerPoint Slides.
Why Library Leaders should care about Critical Librarianship
Article from Better Library Leaders around the importance of Critical Librarianship
Keeping Up With....Critical Librarianship
Article fromAssociation of College and Resaerch Libraries
But How Do We Do Critical Librarianship?
Critical librarianship asks us to look more closely at the sociopolitical world both inside and out of our libraries. (Article OLAQ, 2017)
Critical Librarianship in Australia (01/05/18)
May’s edition of #auslibchat is just around the corner with a chance for us to examine critical librarianship in the Australian context.
A Decade of Critical Information: A Decade of Critical Information Literacy (Communications in Information Literacy)
This review explores the research into critical information literacy, including critical pedagogy and critiques of information literacy, in order to provide an entry point for this emerging approach to information literacy.
The Politics of Theory and the Practice of Critical Librarianship
This book features original research, reflective essays and conversations, and dialogues that consider the relationships between theory, practice, and critical librarianship through the lenses of the histories of librarianship and critical librarianship, intellectual and activist communities, professional practices, information literacy, library technologies, library education, specific theoretical approaches, and under-explored epistemologies and ways of knowing.
