[Libs-Or] The latest issue of the OLA Quarterly is now available! Critical Librarianship

[Charles Wood]

The latest issue of the OLA Quarterly is now available!

The theme is Critical Librarianship, and the Guest Editor is Elsa Loftis,
Director of Library Services at the Oregon College of Art and Craft and
past president of the Oregon Library Association.  From Elsa’s
introduction, “So, what does critical librarianship mean, exactly, and how
is it practiced? To think about this, we look at librarianship through a
lens of critical theory and understand that there is a certain amount of
activism implied. To embrace critical librarianship means that you believe
that libraries should work for social justice (and figure out ways to
actually do that work). Critical librarianship also invites library workers
to consider how our institutions and our roles have enforced or at least
complied with systems of oppression, both in the past and now.

To read more, see: http://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol23/iss2/
<http://ola.memberclicks.net/message2/link/58320539-f959-423f-8e6a-01a8001ebe25/1>

There are six new articles that cover many aspects regarding Critical
Librarianship.  The cover art is by the original artist of the Libraries
are for Everyone images that have gone viral this past year.  Rebecca
McCorkindale has also made some new Oregon Libraries are for Everyone
images which will be available shortly.

Please read and share this issue widely!  We hope you like it. :)

Usability tips:  The text is clearer if you download the articles to a .pdf
reader.  The table of contents and links are live and clickable, depending
on your .pdf reader.

Thank you,

Charles Wood
OLA Communications
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