Feminism and the Future of Library Discovery

This paper discusses the various ways in which the practices of libraries and librarians influence the diversity (or lack thereof) of scholarship and information access. We examine some of the cultural biases inherent in both library classification systems and newer forms of information access like...

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Main Authors: Sadler, Bess (Author), Bourg, Chris (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Code4Lib Journal, 2017-04-06T23:41:36Z.
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