This editorial calls for social justice actions in libraries and discusses possible ways the
library and information science (LIS) professions (including practitioners, educators …

Library managers in Iran have always been concerned with a low level of knowledge
sharing among librarians. Identifying effective factors on librarians' knowledge sharing …

Censorshipis an act of control, driven by a combustible mix of power, privilege, and fear.
Large pro-censorship movements historically occur in response to social changesthat …

As of this writing, the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and a capstone edited book
that defines the narrative tradition of libraries and democracy have come and gone. They are …

The data librarianship as a profession produces on workloads can't give us the answers we
seek. The library and information science literature wants two irreconcilable things out of its …

This article argues for the concept of public library as contemplative space. Public libraries,
beyond their information access and public sphere functions, have an important role to play …

El presente artículo tiene por objeto el análisis de lo que significa la biblioteca como
organización orientada al servicio e intensiva en conocimiento. El supuesto del que se parte …

Public libraries are trusted community hubs that foster connections with individuals of
different socioeconomic statuses; ages; ethnic, linguistic, religious, and cultural …

Public libraries have been rhetorically cast as being in crisis for decades as an outmoded,
unaffordable institution in high-profile venues. However, when challenged as such, public …

Core values of librarianship are being fundamentally challenged and have been for some
time. It is a time for reflection on and clarification of them because how they are understood …