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ERIC Number: EJ1148869
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-1933-5954
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Connecting Information Literacy and Social Justice: Why and How
Saunders, Laura
Communications in Information Literacy, v11 n1 p55-75 2017
Libraries have a long, though not uncomplicated, history with social justice and social advocacy. The new ACRL "Framework for Information Literacy," which is more conceptual and flexible than the original Standards, offers an opportunity for librarians to approach teaching and learning from a social justice perspective. Indeed, the Framework integrates social justice and anti-oppression into some of its frames. This essay will examine the reasons for approaching information literacy from a social justice perspective and will analyze the opportunities and limitations of the new "Framework" with regard to social justice issues. It concludes with a proposal for a new frame, "information social justice," that could be added to the existing "Framework."
Communications in Information Literacy. Director, University of Oklahoma-Tulsa Library, Schusterman Center, 4502 East 41st Street, Tulsa, OK 74135. Tel: 918-660-3222; Fax: 918-660-3215; e-mail: editors@comminfolit.org; Web site: http://www.comminfolit.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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