(via Laura Saunders, Simmons University)
The publication Library Trends is pleased to announce a call for papers for an issue on compelling tensions in library and information science. The field of library and information science (LIS) has compelling tensions similar to those explored by Thomas Kuhn in the fields of science. Many of these tensions have been a part of the discipline and profession for a long time, and others have emerged in the digital age with the explosion of information and the ways to access, manipulate, and share that information.
This issue of Library Trends seeks to reveal and explore compelling tensions within LIS. We welcome articles that provide analyses of theories that contribute to or dispel those tensions and explorations of how those tensions inform practice in libraries, archives, and other cultural heritage institutions. Articles can address tensions such as the following ones.
- Access versus privacy
- The Right to Remember versus the Right to be Forgotten
- Evidence versus spectacle
- Connotative meanings and denotative meanings
- Linked data and data management
- Cultural sensitivity and cultural control
- Epistemicide and cultural preservation
- Intellectual freedom and social good/responsibility
- Neutrality versus activism
- AI & algorithms versus human-mediated services
The complete call for papers, including a timeline for publication, is available on the Library Trends website. Prospective authors are invited to submit an abstract outlining their proposed article by Friday, January 3.
Inquiries about the planned issue and ideas for articles should be director to Katherine Wisser, Guest Editor (wisser@simmons.edu).