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  • A Critical Look at Information Science and Libra – Constellation of Insanity: Constellation of Insanity

    A Critical Look at Information Science and Libra – Constellation of Insanity by Bishop, Wade; Chancellor, Renate L.; Sánchez, Joe;

    Constellation of Insanity

    Series: Advances in Librarianship; 60;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
    • Date of Publication 15 April 2026

    • ISBN 9781836086574
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages248 pages
    • Size 229x152x18 mm
    • Weight 666 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    What sets this book apart is its direct confrontation of the status quo and aggressively re/claims intellectual space for "others". This is the only book to critique the entire discipline of Information Science from as many angles as possible in one volume and as far outside of the traditional organizations.

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    Long description:

    A Critical Look at Information Science and Librarianship in a New Age: Constellation of Insanity fosters a platform for information scientists to engage in reflection and contemplation regarding the profound questions of our era. By drawing insights from pioneers in the field whose contributions were once marginalized or, in some instances, overlooked within the realm of information science, chapter authors strive to re/center the field's focal point.


    Chapter authors draw from a diverse array of frameworks including critical theory, deconstruction, queer theory, borderlands, among others. What sets this book apart is its direct confrontation of the status quo and aggressively re/claims intellectual space for "others". This is the only book to critique the entire discipline of Information Science from as many angles as possible in one volume and as far outside of the traditional organizations.

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    Table of Contents:

    Section 1. Pirates

    Chapter 1. Visible Threats and Hidden Practices: Embodied Information and the Policing of Biker Identity; Joe Sánchez

    Chapter 2. Man, Becky, Bear! Surviving White Mediocrity and Striving Towards Anti-Racism (STAR) in LIS; Nicole A. Cooke and Rachel D. William

    Chapter 3. An Epistle to the iPostles: A Sermon on the Mount(anious) Journey from Ph.D. Student to LIS Professor; Joseph Winberry

    Chapter 4. A Pirate’s Critique from Social Justice Imperatives: A Manifesto of Decolonizing actions to Resist Entrenched Dysfunctions in LIS Scholarship; Bharat Mehra

    Section 2. Ghosts

    Chapter 5. Everything I Need To Know About Information Science I Learned from the L Word: What the Field Needs to Recognize about Everyday Information; Vanessa Kitzie

    Chapter 6. Who feels like they belong at the library?; Heather Hill

    Chapter 7. The future has a Past’: On Information, Memory, and the Black Feminist Hereafter; LaVerne Gray

    Chapter 8. The More Than Three-Body Problem: Embodiment as a Persistent Challenge to Information Science; Travis L. Wagner

    Chapter 9. Unclaimed Baggage: Facets of Fragility; Wade Bishop

    Section 3. Unexplored Spaces

    Chapter 10. DEIA…The Final Frontier? Going Where No One Has Gone Before?; Renate L. Chancellor and Deirdre Michael Sullivan

    Chapter 11. Crossing the (Scientific) Borders: Redefining Disciplinary Boundaries and Bridging the Divides in ISL; Ly Dinh

    Chapter 12. Toward a New AI Literacy; Peter Organisciak and Emily Gillette

    Chapter 13. A Virgo’s Guide to Surviving the Aquarian Shift: Reimagining Information Systems with Precision and Purpose; Siobahn Day Grady

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