Grinding the Gears: Academic Librarians and Civic Responsibility

Authors

Lisa Sloniowski, York University
Patti Ryan, York University
Mita Williams, University of WindsorFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2013

Publication Title

Urban Library Journal

Volume

19

Issue

1

Keywords

Open Source, Personal Libraries, Special Collections, Collection Building, Politics of Knowledge Production, Critical Information Literacy, Occupy Movement, Feminist Porn, calibre

Abstract

Corporate encroachments are transforming universities into edu-factories which are designed to produce servants of the state rather than engaged citizens. Academic librarians have a duty to resist the machineries of the institution. This panel will survey the revolutionary potential inherent in the open source movement, feminist porn collections, and critical information literacy.

Recommended Citation

Sloniowski, Lisa; Ryan, Patti; and Williams, Mita. (2013). Grinding the Gears: Academic Librarians and Civic Responsibility. Urban Library Journal, 19 (1).
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/leddylibrarypub/34