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Review of “The Librarian Stereotype; Deconstructing Perceptions & Presentations of Information Workâ€
Get PDFBook review of the Pagowsky and Rigby, (2014), The Librarian Stereotype. 
The digital divide in the post-Snowden era
Get PDFEdward Snowden's disclosure of mass surveillance of the internet has necessitated a re-examining of our relationship with the internet. Rather than a tool that broadens democratic engagement, the internet is increasingly used as a tool to manage and direct citizens, particularly via the mass collection of personal data by both the state and large multi-national corporations. Although online tools are available to protect intellectual privacy and ensure individuals can fully engage in the democratic process, they are subject to the same limitations as other aspects of the digital divide in terms of social, economic and cultural capital. Regarding online intellectual privacy, the evidence suggests there are more efforts by the library profession to protect the rights of the individual in the United States, the home of the NSA, than in the United Kingdom. This paper seeks to investigate the state of this aspect of the digital divide and what is being done to address it
The Core Competencies for 21st Century CARL (Canadian Association of Research Libraries) Librarians: through a neoliberal lens
Get PDFLibrarians are noted for their defense of others but not themselves or even their profession, thus there is a lack of consideration with respect to our roles within our own institutions and within our profession. The Core Competencies for 21st Century CARL Librarians statement developed by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is investigated as an expression of what our role should be, using a neoliberal lens and with reference to the work of Foucault, poststructuralists, and as an expression of critical inquiry, to discover the statement’s potential role as a tool for delivering ideology. Language and concepts associated with neoliberalism are identified throughout the statement and potential impacts on professional identity are addressed
Review of ‘A Guide to Civil Resistance: A Bibliography of Social Movements and Nonviolent Action. Volume 2’
Get PDFReview of Carter, A., Clark, H., and Randle, M. A Guide to Civil Resistance: A Bibliography of Social Movements and Nonviolent Action. Volume 2. London: Merlin Press, 2015
Review of 'Protest on the Page: Essays on Print and the Culture of Dissent Since 1865'
Get PDFReview of Baughman, James L., Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jennifer and Danky, James P., eds. Protest on the Page: Essays on Print and the Culture of Dissent Since 1865. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2015
Review of 'Intellectual freedom for teens: A practical guide for young adult & school librarians'
Get PDFReview of Fletcher-Spear, Kristin and Tyler, Kelly, eds. Intellectual freedom for teens: A practical guide for young adult & school librarians. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions, 2014
Radical Librarian-Technologists
Get PDFLibrarians may be finding themselves in the role of the technologist that supports students and faculty in Internet security, censorship circumvention, and supports whistleblowers and journalists. This paper looks at three cases where librarians present and teach technologies with these aims: the Tor anonymity network, secure communication in the field of journalism, and the librarian’s place in the maker/hackerspace movement
Review of 'Informed agitation: library and information skills in social justice movements and beyond'
Get PDFReview of Morrone, Melissa, ed. Informed agitation: library and information skills in social justice movements and beyond. Sacramento, CA: Library Juice Press, 2014
Editorial - Journal of Radical Librarianship
Get PDFoai:ojs.journal.radicallibrarianship.org:article/1The Journal of Radical Librarianship began as an idea at a meeting of Radical Librarians Collective, a group of library and information workers who aim to challenge the influence of neoliberal policy on the profession, as a way to bring theory and practice together. The journal will publish high-quality work that contributes to a discourse around critical library and information theory and practice. It is international in scope and part of a broader community of researchers and practitioners in this area