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Information Privilege: Considerations for Library and Information Science Curriculum Design

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Embedded within the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and building on the broader concepts of privilege and oppression, information privilege (IP) might be a useful lens for centering library and information science (LIS) curricula on information-related aspects of social power. IP suggests that individuals' access to and utilization of information is connected to demographic factors like socioeconomic status, place of birth, and gender. Despite the relevance of this concept to LIS scholarship and teaching, LIS scholarly discussions on information privilege are limited. The limited existing literature mainly extends Booth’s foundational essay exploring IP through the lens of institutional affiliation, stopping short of fuller sociocultural considerations. This essay considers IP as an information-focused organizing perspective within LIS teaching and curriculum development. The authors conclude with suggestions for building discussions of IP into LIS curriculum and teaching.

Source: Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference

DOI: 10.21900/j.alise.2024.1782

Authors: Abass Ahmed, Denise Agosto

Institutions: Drexel University, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Language: English

Topic: Library Science and Information Literacy

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4403529676

FWCI: 3.797

Cites: 17

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10