Libraries, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Enabling Access and Promoting Inclusion

Libraries, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Enabling Access and Promoting Inclusion

Collective memory

The authors of this book argue that libraries are institutions of human rights and social justice and should fully embrace this role. They outline ways in which preservation institutions can integrate social justice and human rights in their practice and policies. Jaeger et al. start out by introducing the notions of social justice and human rights, and historically trace how the two concepts intersect with information and literacy. Then, they examine how policies and regulations for library and preservation institutions implement human rights today. Examples of current practices illustrate what that entails. The authors also address reasons why libraries have struggled with incorporating social justice in some ways, and finally propose ways in which such obstacles can be overcome.

Jaeger, Paul T., Natalie Greene Taylor, and Ursula Gorham

2015

Moeller, Laura

Book

ISBN 10-1442250518

7. Jaeger, Paul T., Natalie Greene Taylor, and Ursula Gorham. Libraries, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Enabling Access and Promoting Inclusion. Lanham, MD: Rowanman & Littlefield, 2015