TY - BOOK AU - Bales, Stephen AU - Budzise-weaaver, Tina TI - Transformative Library and Information Work: Profiles on Social Justice SN - 9780081030110 U1 - 020 PY - 2020/// CY - Cambridge PB - Chandos Publishing KW - Library science KW - Information organization KW - Information science KW - Social justice N2 - Intended to be an accessible guide to transformational information work, the book collects approximately thirty brief case studies of information related organizations, initiatives, and/or projects that focus on social justice related activities. Each case is a short narrative account of its particular subject's history, objectives, accomplishments, and challenges faced. It also describes the material realities involved in the subjects' day-to-day operation. Furthermore, cases include pertinent excerpts from interviews conducted with individuals directly involved with the information organization and will conclude with three-to-five bulleted takeaway points for information workers to consider when developing their own praxis ER -