Download PDF by Ursula Gorham,Natalie Greene Taylor,Paul T. Jaeger: Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights

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

educational, public, tuition, and unique libraries are all associations of human rights and social justice, with an more and more obvious dedication to equality, to moral rules in keeping with rights and justice, and to courses that meet wishes relating to human rights and social justice. Key issues on the intersection of data, human rights, social justice, and know-how comprise details entry and literacy, electronic inclusion, schooling, and social prone, between many others. Edited via Ursula Gorham, Natalie Greene Taylor, and Paul T. Jaeger, this quantity is dedicated to the beliefs, actions, and courses in libraries that safeguard human rights and advertise social justice. With contributions from researchers, educators, and practitioners from quite a number fields, this ebook is a vital source for library pros in all kinds of libraries, a reference for researchers and educators approximately every kind of libraries, and an advent to these in different fields in regards to the contributions of libraries to human rights and social justice.

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