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
1. Chapter one. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter two. Organize: transformative libraries and archives - p. 7 3. Chapter three. Advocate: transformative library and information projects reaching out - p. 61 4. Chapter four. Connect and transmit: organizations for professional support and outlets for professional communication - p. 123 5. Chapter five. CODA - p. 147 6. Index - p. 149
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
1. Chapter one. Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter two. Organize: transformative libraries and archives - p. 7 3. Chapter three. Advocate: transformative library and information projects reaching out - p. 61 4. Chapter four. Connect and transmit: organizations for professional support and outlets for professional communication - p. 123 5. Chapter five. CODA - p. 147 6. Index - p. 149
