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Abstract This Libraries and Policy essay explores the interrelationships between the public
library goals of supporting democracy and remaining an apolitical institution and the …

Drawing on two decades of original research conducted by the authors, as well as existing
research about the intersection of public policy, political discourse, and public libraries, this …

A cursory glance at much of the Library and Information Science (LIS) literature written about
Information Literacy (IL) reveals its importance to LIS as a discipline. It also illuminates the …

Despite quantities of popular rhetoric, democratic theory holds an aposiopetic place within
library and information science (LIS) in both senses of that word: It is both in a stasis holding …

In the current economic climate, public libraries find themselves in the position of defending
and justifying their funding and continued existence to their stakeholders. Many of these …

Purpose To provide a close, detailed analysis of the frequency, nature, and depth of visible
use of Michel Foucault's works by library and information science/studies (LIS) scholars …

Abstract The phrase Information Practice is relatively new to Library and Information Science
(LIS). Grounded in the works of individuals such as Foucault, Vygotsky, and Garfinkel, the …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide a close, detailed analysis of the frequency,
nature, and depth of visible use of two of Foucault's classic early works, The Archaeology of …

This study explores the extent to whichFrench theory'(Bourdieu, Derrida, Foucault et al.) has
left its mark on the scholarly literature of information studies. A bibliometric analysis reveals …