Charlottesville Virginia tragedy and historical artifacts: an essay reviewing public culture and libraries' responsibility in changing the narrative for antiracism / Epistemicide and anti-blackness in libraries, archives, and museums: working toward equity through epistemic justice practices / Briana Christensen. Antiracism and spiritual practice: an exegesis of race and LIS / Kimberly Black ; [Reflection essay] Unearthing racism in the soil: developing collective anti-racist consciousness in a library and information science classroom / LaVerne Gray ; [Reflection essay] Dismantling the myths: evidence-based antiracist school librarianship / Janice Moore Newsum -- Dimensions of the problem of race in LIS and community. Beyond the diversity audit: uncovering whiteness in our collections / Amanda Rybin Koob, Arthur Aguilera, Frederick C. Carey, Xiang Li, Natalia Tingle Dolan and Alexander Watkins ; Shutting down the tent revival: the call for inclusive leadership in LIS / Nicole A. Cooke and Lucy Santos Green ; Slave cases and ingrained racism in legal information infrastructures / Jennifer Elisa Chapman ; Collegiality as a weapon to maintain status quo in a white-privileged and entrenched LIS academy / Bharat Mehra, Laurie Bonnici, and Steven L. MacCall ; [Reflection essay] Bad things keep happening in our town / Ferial Pearson, Sandra Rodriquez-Arroyo and Gabriel Gutiérrez ; [Reflection essay] Antiracism cultural humility and black males in the library / Conrad Pegues ; [Reflection essay] With head and heart: exploring autoethnographic antiracist research in pediatric cancer communities / Shalonda Capers ; [Reflection essay] Publishing while Latina: my journey as an LIS scholar in search of the academic stool's third leg / Mónica Colón-Aguirre -- Developing antiracist LIS and creating the "beloved community." Black librarians and racial and informational justice for the Brazilian black population / Franciéle Carneiro Garcés-da-Silva, Dirnele Carneiro Garcez and Leyde Klebia Rodrigues da Silva ; Immigrants in Alabama: community-engaged scholarship as a lens for racial justice / Baheya S.J. Jaber ; "White pricks" (A.K.A. inoculations against racialized trauma) to decenter white privilege in a professional association's leadership networks of LIS educators / Bharat Mehra ; [Reflection essay] Engaging antiracist conversations: foregrounding Twitter feeds in library guides as a way to critically promote discussions of racial justice / Anders Tobiason ; [Reflection essay] "We the people" an essay on the survival of America / Robert E. Johnson ; [Reflection essay] Charlottesville Virginia tragedy and historical artifacts: an essay reviewing public culture and libraries' responsibility in changing the narrative for antiracism / Briana Christensen.
Summary:
"Antiracist Library and Information Science: Racial Justice and Community presents the scholarship and insights of seasoned academic researchers and experienced practitioners as well as emerging scholars, graduate students, new professionals and activists in the field of LIS on the topic of antiracism. The chapters represent a combination of critical, scholarly, and reflective perspectives on the theory, practice, and progress made towards the actualization of antiracism in LIS and the creation of racially just communities. This volume has been divided into three main sections. The first section, "Theoretical Groundings," addresses the philosophical, ontological, axiological, theoretical and epistemological perspectives on race-based oppression, racial justice, and antiracist values and ethics. The second section, "Dimensions of the Problem of Race in LIS and Community," presents explorations of the specific problems of racism in LIS practice - racism embedded in the tools and technologies of the profession and its services, in social relations and in the practices of LIS workplaces. The final section, "Developing Antiracist LIS and Creating the Beloved Community," presents the practical solutions for realizing the vision of an antiracist LIS and the creation of racially justice communities. The contributors have provided a response and initial solutions for how the LIS professions can meet their espoused ideals for providing the best services for their communities. This work provides scholarship, food for thought, frameworks, and proposals for discussions for achieving the end of racism in LIS and the creation of a just world."-- Cover page 4.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.