Course Information
| Session |
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| Credits | 2.25 CEUs or 22.5 PDHs |
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| Registration dates | We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment. |
Introduction to Critical Digital Librarianship
$300.00
Dates: March 4 - April 14Credits: 2.25 CEUs or 22.5 PDHs
This course explores major topics in critical digital librarianship, an emerging field relevant to all types of library roles that interact with unique digital collections. We will engage with material that bring feminist, antiracist, queer, and other critical frameworks to digital librarianship. Topics include ethical digital selection, responsible open data, reparative description, critical software review, and the role of training for future librarians. This course pulls from the instructor's first-hand experience with a wide variety of critically-engaged cultural heritage projects, as the co-founder of the #LDLasData Speaker Series and as editor of the Journal of Critical Digital Librarianship.
The schedule of the course will be flexible to meet the needs and interests of the students. We will prioritize creating spaces of respect and appreciation for the work of our colleagues, and we will approach all critiques from a place of honest attempts for a healthier, more inclusive librarianship.
Course Description
This course explores major topics in critical digital librarianship, an emerging field relevant to all types of library roles that interact with unique digital collections. We will engage with material that bring feminist, antiracist, queer, and other critical frameworks to digital librarianship. Topics include ethical digital selection, responsible open data, reparative description, critical software review, and the role of training for future librarians. This course pulls from the instructor’s first-hand experience with a wide variety of critically-engaged cultural heritage projects, as the co-founder of the #LDLasData Speaker Series and as editor of the Journal of Critical Digital Librarianship.
The schedule of the course will be flexible to meet the needs and interests of the students. We will prioritize creating spaces of respect and appreciation for the work of our colleagues, and we will approach all critiques from a place of honest attempts for a healthier, more inclusive librarianship.
By the end of the course, students will have:
- An understanding of the major themes of critical digital librarianship
- Examined the ways unquestioned digital library structures perpetuate knowledge structures and historic assumptions about library users
- Discussed examples of alternatives to contemporary digital library models Identified means of staying up-to-date with new developments in the field of critical digital librarianship.
Sophie Ziegler
Sophie Ziegler (they/them) is an archivist, oral historian, educator, and parent based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They have over 10 years' experience in archives and special collections, and are currently using their background in cultural heritage to uplift community voices. They are the Director of Solidarity History Initiative, host of the podcast, "What is Solidarity History," co-founder of Mapping Trans Joy, and lead organizer of Screaming Into The Future. Sophie regularly teaches courses in archival studies through LSU's School of Information Studies, is a freelance archives consultant with clients across the country, and is a co-founding editor of Journal of Critical Digital Librarianship.
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