Drafts by Lina M A R I E Harper
Is Creative Commons dead? Academic author rights in the age of open access publishing
School of Information Studies -- uOttawa, 2019
An infographic looking at the state of divorce in Canada, using 2004 statistics corpus as a case ... more An infographic looking at the state of divorce in Canada, using 2004 statistics corpus as a case studies. Questions asked of the data include: How long do most marriages last? Marital status at time of DEATH (m/f). Where are the highest rates of divorce? Average ages at divorce by m/f gender.
Libraries have historically served different purposes and clientele — whether as place... more Libraries have historically served different purposes and clientele — whether as places for storing archival material, for displaying private collections of curiosities, and for accessing leisure, knowledge, and so much more. From antiquity to the renaissance and the enlightenment age until today, public library services are often a reflection of the communities they serve, but grosso modo, they exist to provide information access to all. However we know this not to be the case in practice. In a study looking at accessibility to diverse populations in Leeds, U.K. public libraries, researchers found that, in general, public libraries portend to be “open to all” but their “service priorities and resourcing strategies [...] work in favor of existing library users rather than excluded or disadvantaged communities or groups” (Linley, et al, 2001, p. 11). This notion of access to all is one that needs to be studied more closely and in context with communities of traditionally marginalized groups of people in which those libraries are embedded. Drawing on the core values of equity cited by the ALA, Buschman and Warner state that reducing inequities needs to be part of a “sustained, profession-wide campaign that can only be led by the ALA” (2016, p. 161). This paper argues that social justice needs to be defined explicitly, and be integrated in the fabric of the profession in every facet of librarianship – through collections management, governance, programming, hiring practices, outreach, information systems and technology, research, information literacy, cataloguing and classification, preservation, and reference services. Public libraries in Canada are institutions governed by provincial and municipal legal frameworks (guided by internal policies and procedures) but as public institutions they should also be reflective of the local communities they serve.
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