Seeking Social Justice in the ACRL Framework

Andrew Battista, Dave Ellenwood, Lua Gregory, Shana M. Higgins, Yasmin Sokkar Harker, Jeff Lilburn, Chris Sweet

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Abstract

The scope of this article is to address the possibilities and challenges librarians concerned with social justice may face when working with the ACRL Framework. While the Framework recognizes that information emerges from varied contexts that reflect uneven distributions of power, privilege, and authority, it is missing a cogent statement that connects information literacy to social justice. In this article, authors concerned with social justice and civic engagement will share their reflections on the Framework from a critical pedagogical and social justice orientation.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)111-125
Number of pages15
JournalCommunications in Information Literacy
Volume9
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

Keywords

  • ACRL Framework for Information Literacy
  • Civic Engagement
  • Information Literacy
  • Social Justice

Disciplines

  • Library and Information Science
  • Information Literacy

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