TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose This chapter summarizes the core human rights and social justice functions of libraries.Methodology/approach After reviewing how each chapter of this edited volume offers evidence of libraries’ clear contributions in the area of human rights and social justice, this chapter explores in greater detail how the current environment in which libraries operate impacts their ability to promote human rights and social justice.Findings In many communities, libraries are the only institution capable of fulfilling a wide array of social justice and human rights roles. As they seek to fulfill these roles, however, libraries face significant challenges related to the lack of emphasis on considerations of human rights and social justice within the pedagogy, research, and practice of our field.Originality/value This chapter serves as a call to action for library practitioners, educators, and researchers to better articulate the social justice and human rights roles of libraries to policy-makers, funders, politicians, and community members.
VL  - 41
SN  - 978-1-78635-057-2, 978-1-78635-058-9/0065-2830
DO  - 10.1108/S0065-283020160000041017
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020160000041017
AU  - Gorham Ursula
AU  - Taylor Natalie Greene
AU  - Jaeger Paul T.
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Human Rights, Social Justice, and the Activist Future of Libraries
T2  - Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice
T3  - Advances in Librarianship
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 419
EP  - 427
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -