TY - BOOK AU - Bales,Stephen AU - Budzise-Weaver,Tina TI - Transformative library and information work: profiles in social justice T2 - Chandos information professional series SN - 9780081030127 AV - Z665 U1 - 020 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Cambridge PB - Chandos KW - Social justice KW - Data processing KW - Case studies KW - Information organization KW - Information science N1 - Includes index N2 - Intended to be an accessible guide to transformational information work, the book collects approximately thirty brief case studies of information related organizations, initiatives, and/or projects that focus on social justice related activities. Each case is a short narrative account of its particular subject's history, objectives, accomplishments, and challenges faced. It also describes the material realities involved in the subjects' day-to-day operation. Furthermore, cases include pertinent excerpts from interviews conducted with individuals directly involved with the information organization and will conclude with three-to-five bulleted takeaway points for information workers to consider when developing their own praxis UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780081030110 ER -