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Libraries, human rights, and social justice : enabling access and promoting inclusion / Paul T. Jaeger, Natalie Greene Taylor, Ursula Gorham.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 158 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442250529
  • 1442250526
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Libraries, human rights, and social justiceDDC classification:
  • 021.2 23
LOC classification:
  • Z716.4
Online resources:
Contents:
The historical evolution of the concepts of human rights and social justice -- The current state of digital inclusion -- Libraries as institutions promoting social justice and human rights -- The unspoken roles of libraries as institutions of social justice and human rights -- Information policies related to human rights and social justice -- Arsenals of human rights and social justice -- From fire, by fire : rights and justice in policy, practice, and advocacy.
Summary: This book examines the interrelationships between digital literacy, digital inclusion, and public policy, emphasizing the impacts of these policy decisions on the ability of individuals and communities to successfully participate in the information society.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-147) and index.

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The historical evolution of the concepts of human rights and social justice -- The current state of digital inclusion -- Libraries as institutions promoting social justice and human rights -- The unspoken roles of libraries as institutions of social justice and human rights -- Information policies related to human rights and social justice -- Arsenals of human rights and social justice -- From fire, by fire : rights and justice in policy, practice, and advocacy.

This book examines the interrelationships between digital literacy, digital inclusion, and public policy, emphasizing the impacts of these policy decisions on the ability of individuals and communities to successfully participate in the information society.

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