Libraries, human rights, and social justice: enabling access and promoting inclusion

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TitleLibraries, human rights, and social justice: enabling access and promoting inclusion
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsJaeger, Paul T., Taylor, Natalie, and Gorham, Ursula
Number of Pages158
PublisherRowman & Littlefield
CityNew York, Boulder, Lanham, London
ISBN Number1442250518, 9781442250512
Keywordsuniversal accessibility
NotesThis book illustrates the point that libraries as an critical advocator for social justice and human rights by enhancing physical, intellectual, and social access to information for all communities. Distinguishingly, the authors discuss both the issue of social justice and human rights and differentiate them by stating that human rights are the belief that all people have certain rights and social justice is the system and structure that protect these rights. Chapter 2 demonstrates the relevant laws and constitutional histories about human rights. Chapter 3 discusses about the digital divide and how government and libraries can help improve it. Chapter 4 and 5 talk about current practices and the question of why libraries are not categorized as social justice institutions. The final chapter focuses on the issue of policy and politics.