Date on LBA Capstone
Fall 11-21-2020
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
Lead Mentor
Dr. Barbara Cobb
Mentor
Dr. Barbara Cobb
Mentor
Dr. Barbara Cobb
Department
Liberal Arts
Second Department
Liberal Arts
Abstract/Description
Public libraries play an active role in building equitable, democratic communities by promoting critical information literacy, most notably in their collections development. Critical Information Literacy builds on the standard information literacy definitions by adding an analysis of political, economic, social and corporate systems that “have power and influence over information production, dissemination, access, and consumption" (Gregory and Higgins, 2013). This project includes a zine created to introduce an adaptation of Paulo Freire's banking concept of education for libraries, as well as note the continued work needed to develop a praxis for critical public librarianship.
Recommended Citation
Garrett, Lesley, "Critical Information Literacy and Collections: Developing Praxis for Public Libraries" (2020). Liberal Arts Capstones. 8.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/lbacapstone/8
Included in
Collection Development and Management Commons, Information Literacy Commons, Social Justice Commons
Additional Author Comments
Research for this paper is ongoing, specifically archival work around George Utley's writings for The Critic in the early 1900s.