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This latest volume of the Advances in Librarianship series presents
original research exploring the modern state of democracies and
social institutions, the contributions of libraries to the health
and progress of democracies, and the political problems currently
facing libraries as institutions. It details the best practices of
library programs that provide political literacy education and
promote civic engagement within communities. These practices
include ways in which libraries can help diffuse political
polarization, address significant policy issues of our day, promote
political information literacy, support civic engagement, and
facilitate participation in democratic processes. Libraries and the
Global Retreat of Democracy: Confronting Polarization,
Misinformation, and Suppression is structured in three sections -
questions of personal and state democracy, investigations of how
the information infrastructure shapes these democracies, and
explorations of the ways that libraries can and do contribute to
democracy. Situating libraries within political conversations,
highlighting their centrality to these discussions, Libraries and
the Global Retreat of Democracy focuses on how libraries coordinate
their work in political and information literacy and how these
efforts can be improved, he recommendations and examples within
which will serve as inspiration and motivation to its readers.
Academic, public, school, and special libraries are all
institutions of human rights and social justice, with an
increasingly apparent commitment to equality, to ethical principles
based on rights and justice, and to programs that meet needs
related to human rights and social justice. Key topics at the
intersection of information, human rights, social justice, and
technology include information access and literacy, digital
inclusion, education, and social services, among many others.
Edited by Ursula Gorham, Natalie Greene Taylor, and Paul T. Jaeger,
this volume is devoted to the ideals, activities, and programs in
libraries that protect human rights and promote social justice.
With contributions from researchers, educators, and practitioners
from a range of fields, this book is an important resource for
library professionals in all types of libraries, a reference for
researchers and educators about all types of libraries, and an
introduction to those in other fields about the contributions of
libraries to human rights and social justice.
Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion: Information Policy and the
Public Library examines the interrelationships between digital
literacy, digital inclusion, and public policy, emphasizing the
impacts of these policy decisions on the ability of individuals and
communities to successfully participate in the information society.
The ability to use the Internet to meet information needs is often
labeled digital literacy, while access to the Internet in order to
apply the skills of digital literacy is often discussed in terms of
digital inclusion; while both are widely recognized as central to
participation in contemporary society, they are rarely considered
as policy issues. This book is the first detailed consideration of
digital literacy and digital inclusion as policy problems and as
core issues in information policy and libraries.The unique features
of this book include: *Drawing together the key themes and findings
from the discourse on digital literacy and digital inclusion widely
spread among many fields; *Analyzing digital literacy and digital
inclusion as policy issues, both being driven and regulated by
policy; *Building on a wealth of original research conducted by the
authors using different quantitative and qualitative data
collection approaches on four different continents when analyzing
these issues, providing unique examples, case studies, and
perspectives; *Using information behavior theory to provide
important insights about these issues at individual, community, and
political levels; *Providing recommendations to inform practice in
libraries and help libraries to frame their advocacy for public
policies that support literacy and inclusion; and *Providing policy
recommendations to improve the creation and implementation of
policy instruments that promote digital literacy and digital
inclusion. The authors of this book have been involved in this
research space for many years and their experience provides a broad
view across the literature and problems, as well as across national
perspectives.This breadth allows the book to offer comprehensive
policy recommendations, solutions, and best practices for an area
that is currently extremely fragmented in discourse, practice, and
policy.
Foreword by Alan S. Inouye; Afterword by Nancy Kranich This
important new text provides a much-needed introduction to the
myriad information policy issues that impact information
professionals, information institutions, and the users and
communities served by those institutions. In this key textbook for
LIS students and reference text for practitioners, noted scholars
Jaeger and Taylor draw from current, authoritative sources to
familiarize readers with the history of information policy; discuss
the broader societal issues shaped by policy, including access to
infrastructure, digital literacy and inclusion, accessibility, and
security; elucidate the specific laws, regulations, and policies
that impact information, including net neutrality, filtering,
privacy, openness, and much more; use case studies from a range of
institutions to examine the issues, bolstered by discussion
questions that encourage readers to delve more deeply; explore the
intersections of information policy with human rights, civil
rights, and professional ethics; and prepare readers to turn their
growing understanding of information policy into action, through
activism, advocacy, and education. This book will help future and
current information professionals better understand the impacts of
information policy on their activities, improving their ability to
serve as effective advocates on behalf of their institutions,
patrons, and communities.
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Information in Contemporary Society - 14th International Conference, iConference 2019, Washington, DC, USA, March 31-April 3, 2019, Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
Natalie Greene Taylor, Caitlin Christian-Lamb, Michelle H Martin, Bonnie Nardi
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International
Conference on Information in Contemporary Society, iConference
2019, held in Washington, DC, USA, in March/April 2019. The 44 full
papers and 33 short papers presented in this volume were carefully
reviewed and selected from 133 submitted full papers and 88
submitted short papers. The papers are organized in the following
topical sections: Scientific work and data practices;
methodological concerns in (big) data research; concerns about
"smart" interactions and privacy; identity questions in online
communities; measuring and tracking scientific literature; limits
and affordances of automation; collecting data about vulnerable
populations; supporting communities through public libraries and
infrastructure; information behaviors in academic environments;
data-driven storytelling and modeling; online activism; digital
libraries, curation and preservation; social-media text mining and
sentiment analysis; data and information in the public sphere;
engaging with multi-media content; understanding online behaviors
and experiences; algorithms at work; innovation and
professionalization in technology communities; information
behaviors on Twitter; data mining and NLP; informing technology
design through offline experiences; digital tools for health
management; environmental and visual literacy; and addressing
social problems in iSchool research.
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Foundations of Information Law
Paul T. Jaeger, Jonathan Lazar, Ursula Gorham, Natalie Greene Taylor
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It's not hyperbole to conclude that in today's world, information
literacy is essential for survival and success; and also that, if
left unchecked, the social consequences of widespread
misinformation and information illiteracy will only continue to
grow more dire. Thus its study must be at the core of every LIS
education. While many books have been written on information
literacy, this text is the first to examine information literacy
from a cross-national, cross-cultural, and cross-institutional
perspective. The ideal resource for introducing students to this
important subject, in this book the authors also explore key
related issues such as technology, public policy, human rights,
community engagement, and advocacy. Drawing upon both the latest
research and best practices, they address information literacy in
ways relevant for all types of libraries, providing both the
broader context and a range of applied strategies and programs for
promoting and teaching information literacy.
The first of its kind, this important new text provides a
much-needed introduction to the myriad information policy issues
that impact information professionals, information institutions,
and the patrons and communities served by those institutions. In
this key textbook for LIS students and reference text for
practitioners, noted scholars Jaeger and Taylor: draw from current,
authoritative sources to familiarize readers with the history of
information policy, discuss the broader societal issues shaped by
policy, including access to infrastructure, digital literacy and
inclusion, accessibility, and security, elucidate the specific
laws, regulations, and policies that impact information, including
net neutrality, filtering, privacy, openness, and much more, use
case studies from a range of institutions to examine the issues,
bolstered by discussion questions that encourage readers to delve
more deeply, explore the intersections of information policy with
human rights, civil rights, and professional ethics, and prepare
readers to turn their growing understanding of information policy
into action, through activism, advocacy, and education.
Libraries, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Enabling Access and
Promoting Inclusion examines the interrelationships between digital
literacy, digital inclusion, and public policy, emphasizing the
impacts of these policy decisions on the ability of individuals and
communities to successfully participate in the information society.
It is the first large-scale consideration of digital literacy and
digital inclusion as policy problems and provides policy
recommendations to promote digital literacy and digital inclusion.
This book is intended to help librarians better understand and
articulate their roles in promoting human rights and social
justice, as well as to educate policymakers, government officials,
professionals in other fields, and researchers in other disciplines
about the contributions of libraries to human rights and social
justice. It explores the intersections of information, human
rights, and social justice from a range of perspectives and
addresses the differing roles of library institutions (public,
school, academic, and special libraries), library professionals,
professional organizations, governments, and library patrons.
Discussion focuses on the practical side of human rights and avoids
most of the philosophical discussions of the term. Similarly, this
book emphasizes the practical nature of social justice and the
social and societal structures that foster equality. Related issues
of digital literacy and digital inclusion are considered as
essential to providing information in human rights and social
justice contexts. Digital literacy, the ability to use the Internet
to meet information, combines with access to the Internet in order
to successfully apply the skills of digital literacy is discussed
under the topic of digital inclusion. These topics are discussed
through legal, policy, social, cultural, and economic lenses.
Issues are examined both in terms of efforts to support equity in
communities as a whole and the efforts intended to promote equity
in specific disadvantaged or marginalized populations, such as the
homeless, immigrants, people with disabilities, and the
socioeconomically disadvantaged. Many examples of the issues
discussed are drawn from the original research that the authors
have conducted. The ideas and suggestions in this book should help
members of the library community understand where their roles
related to human rights and social justice originate, how they fit
within the broader policy context, how to improve their related
services and practices, and how to advocate for better support of
these roles. The authors of this book have been involved in this
research for many years and this breadth allows the book to offer
comprehensive policy recommendations, solutions, and best practices
for an area that is currently extremely fragmented. The writing is
at a level to make it useful to undergraduate and postgraduate
students, researchers, and policy makers.
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