Four Theses for Critical Library and Information Studies: A Manifesto

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  • Jonathan Cope College of Staten Island, CUNY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24242/jclis.v1i1.30

Abstract

This essay proposes four theses for a Critical Library and Information Studies (CLIS) research agenda. The author argues that a normative commitment to libraries as social institutions should guide any future CLIS research agenda, that the natural sciences are a poor model for CLIS research, that value neutrality should be abandoned, and that any CLIS project should propose alternatives.

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Published

2017-01-31

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Perspectives