Short description:

This volume of Advances in Librarianship moves beyond providing information related to diversity or multiculturalism and will instead focus on racism, white supremacy, and colorblindness and its effects in the work of librarians and the communities they serve through the theoretical and analytical lens of Critical Race Theory.

Long description:

This volume shares some of the ways that librarians and library scholars are incorporating Critical Race Theory (CRT) into the field of library and information studies. CRT provides a theoretical and analytical lens through which librarians can challenge the ways race and racism harm shape library access, collections, discourses, and services, with the goal of instigating changes that lead to social justice.

Chapter authors represent different points of views related to CRT from their unique perspective as members of minoritized groups and contributions move beyond generalized language and tackle topics directly related to race in America and how these affect the work in libraries. The way in which libraries and other information professions perpetuate racism are explored, alongside racist practices, as well as ideas on how information professionals can move beyond these systems and create institutions that support their patrons and create environments in which all are welcomed.

Critical Race Theory in LIS fulfills a need for LIS literature to focus on race issues in the profession. The work is related to the larger umbrella of DEI work and will advance Social Justice issues in the profession but from a race perspective.

Table of Contents:

Introduction to the Volume: Critical Race Theory in Library and Information Science (LIS); Mónica Colón-Aguirre

Section 1. CRT and Navigating the White Spaces of Academia

Chapter 1. A Brief History of (White) Choices; jaime ding

Chapter 2. ?I'm Sorry You Had to Experience That:? The Unnecessary Emotional Toll Experienced by BIPOC Women at Community College Libraries; Alejandra S. Méndez Irizarry

Chapter 3. Planting Seeds of Change to Help Grow the Field of Librarianship for Native American Students; Tessa R. Campbell

Chapter 4. We Have a Problem! Unearthing and Dismantling Whiteness in Instructional Design and Librarianship Practices; Marcia Rapchak, Tinukwa Boulder, Rae Mancilla, and Tasha M. Brown

Chapter 5. Student-Led CritLib Initiatives: The Creation of The Critical Librarianship Reading Group; LaTesha Velez, Tori Hopper, and Deborah Yun Caldwell

Section 2. CRT as a Bridge to Practice

Chapter 6. The CRT Toolkit: Preventing Disinformation Through the Creation of an Open Access Critical Race Theory Toolkit; Cearra N. Harris

Chapter 7. Intellectual Freedom as Political Pawn: Aligning the Historical Context of Policing Access with Propositions of Critical Race Theory and InfoCrit Theory; Aisha M. Johnson

Chapter 8. Race-avoidant discourse in school library preparation program standards; Julia Burns Petrella

Chapter 9. Check Yo?self Before You Wreck Yo?self: Diversity Residents' Experiences Expanding CRT and Antiracism Practices in Collection Development; Mallary Rawls and Amanda M. Leftwich

Chapter 10. ?Faces at the Bottom of the Archive:? Critical Race Theory in Special Collections Librarianship and Archives, A [Counter Story] Review; Kellee E. Warren

Section 3. Combatting Erasure with CRT

Chapter 11. The Black Tax: The Impact of Race, Recognition, and Representation in Librarianship; Teneka Williams

Chapter 12. Metadata as White Ignorance; Jose C. Guerrero

Chapter 13. Bias in the System: A Case for Catalogers? Judgment; Annisija W. Hunter

Section 4. CRT Beyond Libraries

Chapter 14. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Book Banning Practices Disguised as Parental Rights Advocacy; Shannon Crooks

Chapter 15. A TribalCrit Analysis of Library Legislation in Idaho; Mandi Lyn Harris

Chapter 16. ?You Can?t Be in That Much Pain?: Navigating Implicit Bias in Women?s Healthcare; Andrea M. Hayes