Questions learned: Considering geocultural context within public librarian professional development.
Authors: Irvin, Vanessa
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: LINQ: The Librarians’ Inquiry Forum is a practitioner inquiry model for public librarian professional development whose theoretical foundations are based in New Literacy Studies, Critical Race Theory and social epistemology. This research explains the development of the LINQ methodology and design across four public librarian communities of practices situated in geoculturally-specific locations. Data from the librarian inquiry groups collaboratively researching their professional practice is illustrated to convey how the LINQ model’s critical race theory lens is applied to expose geocultural barriers endemic in the library and information science (LIS) field. One dataset is analyzed and discussed to substantiate a common … Show more
Keywords: Critical race theory, geoculture, LINQ, practitioner inquiry, public librarians
DOI: 10.3233/EFI-220050
Citation: Education for Information, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 389-412, 2022
