Library and Information Studies

Synthesizing the literature on AI, machine learning, and librarianship, the authors provide the requisite background to evaluate the impact of these technologies on the information ecosystem.

A "how to" guide for evaluating and crafting collection development policies that will help create equity in library collections.

Offers broad awareness of DEI-related issues in metadata creation and management; techniques for retroactively reviewing and updating existing metadata to address these issues; and strategies to create metadata that better meets DEI needs.

Traces the global emergence of information practices and technologies across pivotal epochs and regions, providing invaluable historical perspectives on the ways information has shaped and been shaped by societies.

Contains a thorough literature review and bibliography, analysis and discussion of survey results, and sample library collection development policies; diversity, equity, and justice statements; and a harmful content policy.

Integrates significant new understandings about the role dispositions play in how well students embrace and utilize skill-based knowledge. The book provides conceptual knowledge and learning activities that support writing teachers as they help students learn throughout the research or inquiry process of asking questions, finding information, and sharing their learning purposefully and ethically

Presents a path from an educational problem to a solution in a way that students, design practitioners, and researchers can understand and easily use.

Provides practical solutions for confronting complex issues and innovative ways to promote a healthy and sustainable work culture. It addresses critical and timely challenges such as faculty versus staff or us versus them mentality, unionization, gendered labor, organizational change, self-care, tenure, and promotion.

Chapters include looks at UDL and U.S. law and policy; working with student disability services to create accessible research services; UDL and the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education and the Reference and User Services Association's "Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Service Providers"; making open educational resources equitable and accessible; and much more.