Journal of Critical Digital Librarianship

About the Journal

The Journal of Critical Digital Librarianship is an open source, open peer review journal focusing on critical approaches to the field of digital librarianship.

We are currently accepting submissions for two special issues expected to be published Winter and Spring 2027. Proposals are due May 29, 2026. See Announcements for more details.

Current Issue

Vol. 3 (2024): Turning It Off and Back On Again: Speculative Digital Librarianship

Published: 2024-06-11

Editors' Introduction

Editors' Introduction

Leah Duncan, Janina Mueller, Rachel Starry, Sophie Ziegler, Emily Zinger

1-3
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Articles

Desire Paths in the Information Landscape

Victoria Van Hyning, Mason A. Jones, Travis Wagner

4-48
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The President’s Shoelaces, Goncharov, and Other Cultural Artifacts Tumblr, the Internet Archive, and Queer Cultural Preservation

Kestrel Ward
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Media-Rich Perspectives

Let Us Fail Speculative Futures and Digital Librarianship

Natalie Estrada, Kristina Bush, Stacy Snyder

49-71
Speculative Telephone Oral Historians and Digital Librarians on How Libraries Could Be

Kae Bara Kratcha

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About the Journal

Current Issue

Editors' Introduction

Editors' Introduction

Articles

Desire Paths in the Information Landscape

The President’s Shoelaces, Goncharov, and Other Cultural Artifacts Tumblr, the Internet Archive, and Queer Cultural Preservation

Media-Rich Perspectives

Let Us Fail Speculative Futures and Digital Librarianship

Speculative Telephone Oral Historians and Digital Librarians on How Libraries Could Be