Information Literacy and Social Justice

Information Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis extends the discussion of information literacy and its social justice aspects begun by James Elmborg Heidi L.M. Jacobs Cushla Kapitzke Maria T. Accardi Emily Drabinski and Alana Kumbier and Maura Seale. Chapters address the democratizing values implicit in librarianship's professional ethics such as intellectual freedom social responsibility and democracy in relation to the sociopolitical context of information literacy. Contributors ranging from practicing librarians to scholars of related disciplines demonstrate how they construct intentional connections between theoretical perspectives and professional advocacy to curriculum and pedagogy. The book contributes to professional discourse on libraries in their social context through a re-activation of the library neutrality debate as well as through an investigation of what it means for a global citizen to be information literate in late capitalism.