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"Policies and Training Empowers Staff and Management to Act" Open
Library workers across Canada view library policy, training, and reporting as important interventions to prevent and address patron-perpetrated sexual harassment (PPSH). A nation-wide survey indicates that Canadian public libraries vary wi…
Creating space for climate justice in library and information science Open
Introduction. We already live with the consequences of climate change, although such changes are experienced by humans, non-humans and the more-than-human world in vastly different ways, even within the same geographical regions. Climate c…
View article: Feminisms in the Archives
Feminisms in the Archives Open
The complex relationship between archival records and institutions, power, and history making is a shared concern of both archival and feminist research and praxis. This paper reports key findings of a critical literature review that exami…
Epistemic Injustice In Library Work: A Case Study Of Patron-perpetrated Sexual Harassment Open
We draw on the concept of epistemic injustice to understand (1) how library workers are harmed in their capacity as knowers when their experiences of patron-perpetrated sexual harassment (PPSH) are not believed; and (2) how a lack of herme…
View article: FemiLISm now!: Identifying and exploring feminist theories and methods in CAIS/ACSI and ASIS&T conference proceedings, 1993-2021
FemiLISm now!: Identifying and exploring feminist theories and methods in CAIS/ACSI and ASIS&T conference proceedings, 1993-2021 Open
This paper reports on a systematic literature review of CAIS/ACSI and ASIS&T conference proceedings to identify, analyze, and map the application of feminist theories, methods, and epistemologies across a sample of LIS research. We seek a …
View article: On our own terms
On our own terms Open
This paper reports on a systematic literature review of CAIS/ACSI and ASIS&T conferenceproceedings in order to identify, analyze, and map the presence and application of feministtheories, methods, and epistemologies across a sample of LIS …
‘In a perfect world doctors and the medical profession would accept people for who they are’: women’s heart health information practices Open
Introduction. This exploratory study investigates women’s health information practices by examining how women perceive and interpret heart health information from organizations such as Heart & Stroke Canada that are targeted specifically t…
Naming patron-perpetrated sexual harassment in libraries Open
Patron-perpetrated sexual harassment (PPSH) is increasingly recognized as a significant problem in the field of library and information studies (LIS) but is often described and treated as “unfortunate” and “part of the job.” The results fr…
Addressing Patron-Perpetrated Sexual Harassment: Opportunities for Intersectional Feminist and Critical Race Pedagogy and Praxis in the LIS Classroom Open
It is becoming increasingly clear that sexual harassment is a serious problem within libraries. In particular, patron-perpetrated sexual harassment is the sexual harassment of library staff by the very patrons they endeavor to support. In …
The “Customer” is Not Always Right: Third-Party Sexual Harassment in Libraries Open
Third party sexual harassment is often experienced by frontline library workers and is perpetuated by the very patrons they endeavour to support. This paper reports on the results of an environmental scan designed to delineate the interdis…
The Self and Others: Revisiting Information Needs and Libraries as Public, Social Institutions in a Post-truth World Open
The post-truth era and the increasing ease with which fake news is disseminated and consumed is a wicked problem that invites re-examination of the media environment, algorithmic authority, library and information science (LIS) professiona…
“Doing the courses without stopping my life”: Time in a professional Master’s program Open
This study investigates how time intersects with student learning in Canada’s first, and only, Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) in an online teaching and learning stream. Thirty-two students responded to a survey that asked…
Interpreting mediated quantitative data: Insights from information behaviour research Open
Using climate change as an example, this conceptual paper explores two issues: the difficulties people have in understanding, interpreting, and responding to quantitative data, and the ways in which, if any, information behaviour research …
A Case for Critical Data Studies in Library and Information Studies Open
The proliferation, ubiquity, and growth of data, big data, and digital infrastructure raise a number of questions for library and information studies (LIS) practitioners, researchers, and educators. While some uncritically accept and embra…