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									Vol 6 (2020): including Special Focus on Academic Libraries and the Irrational
							

		



		

		
		

									
				
			
		
							
				Special Focus on Academic Libraries and the Irrational:

Karen Nicholson, Western University
Jane Schmidt, Ryerson University
Lisa Sloniowski, York University

 

Cover image: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, The Literate Ass, 1796-1797, pencil and iron gall ink, 228 x 152 mm, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Permalink: https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-literate-ass/6239de91-f371-4f2b-933f-6c873fc57010). Copyright: Museo Nacional del Prado.

			

		
												
							
				
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					2020-05-08
				
			

			


		
		
			
									
					Special Focus on Academic Libraries and the Irrational
				

							
						
	

	
	
		
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			Karen P. Nicholson, Jane Schmidt, Lisa Sloniowski
		

		
							
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			Making Space for the ‘Irrational’ Practice of Anthropology in Libraries
					
	


		
				
			Donna Lanclos
		

		
							
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			Now You See It, Now You Don't
							
					The Disappearing Collection of Western University's D.B Weldon Library
				
					
	


		
				
			Alec Mullender, Marnie James
		

		
							
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			The Quarter Floors
					
	


		
				
			Alan Harnum
		

		
							
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			The Digital Disease in Academic Libraries
					
	


		
				
			Kris Joseph
		

		
							
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			Material Entanglement and Technology Fetishism in Academic Libraries
					
	


		
				
			Lisa Levesque
		

		
							
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			“Nice White Meetings”
							
					Unpacking Absurd Library Bureaucracy through a Critical Race Theory Lens
				
					
	


		
				
			Lalitha Nataraj, Holly Hampton, Talitha R. Matlin, Yvonne Nalani Meulemans
		

		
							
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			The Antinomies of Academic Freedom
							
					Reason, Trans Rights, and Constituent Power
				
					
	


		
				
			Sam Popowich
		

		
							
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			The Coin of Love and Virtue: Academic Libraries and Value in a Global Pandemic
					
	


		
				
			Maura Seale, Rafia Mirza
		

		
							
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			The Efficiency Toolkit: A Subversive Manual
					
	


		
				
			Andrea Kohashi
		

		
							
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			Critical Library Performativity: Toward Progressive Change in Academic Library Management and Organizations
					
	


		
				
			Danya Leebaw
		

		
							
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			The Labour of Austerity
							
					Absurdity, Performative Resistance, and Cultural Transformation
				
					
	


		
				
			Nora Almeida
		

		
							
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			Toward a Critical-Inclusive Assessment Practice for Library Instruction, by Lyda Fontes McCartin and Rachel Dineen
					
	


		
				
			Emily Hector
		

		
							
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			A Matter of Facts: The Value of Evidence in an Information Age, by Laura A. Millar
					
	


		
				
			Cathy Troupos
		

		
							
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			Libraries Promoting Reflective Dialogue in a Time of Political Polarization, edited by Andrea Baer, Ellysa Stern Cahoy, and Robert Schroeder
					
	


		
				
			Jeremy McGinniss
		

		
							
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			Open and Equitable Scholarly Communications: Creating a More Inclusive Future, by ACRL
					
	


		
				
			Susan Bond
		

		
							
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			Foundations of Information Ethics, edited by John T.F. Burgess and Emily J.M. Knox
					
	


		
				
			Justin Fuhr
		

		
							
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