Archive for October, 2015
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A Critical Take on OER Practices: Interrogating Commercialization, Colonialism, and Content
October 21, 2015 | 8 commentsTags: colonization, inequality, learning objects, librarianship, open access, open educational resources, pedagogyPhoto by Flickr user arbyreed (CC BY NC 2.0) In Brief Both Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Access (OA) are becoming more central to many librarians’ work and the core mission of librarianship, in part because of the perceived relationship between openness and social justice. However, in our excitement about the new opportunities afforded…
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White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS
October 7, 2015 | 71 commentsTags:In Brief: Whiteness—an ideological practice that can extend beyond notions of racial supremacy to other areas of dominance—has permeated every aspect of librarianship, extending even to the initiatives we claim are committed to increasing diversity. This state of affairs, however, need not remain. This article examines the ways in which whiteness controls diversity initiatives in…