Science Librarianship and Social Justice: Part Four Capstone Concepts

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This is the fourth and final column of this special series of columns focused on science librarianship and social justice. At each level, we have offered social justice concepts beginning from a foundational level scaffolded up to this current capstone level and partnered each concept with examples based in academic libraries and the sciences. We also realized that as we dug deeper into our work and understanding, we wanted to engage other scholars in the field for clarity and refining. In this column, we have invited more consultants than the previous column, and you will see their names listed in our acknowledgements. We appreciate their willingness to continue to engage with us all as we tackle some of the challenging concepts, especially as we try to present them as clearly and completely as we can.

“Why the Silence?”: Giving a Voice to the Lived Experiences of STEMM Librarians

“…The newest scholarship in this field is a book edited by Brissett and Moronta (2022) with contributing authors who include various strategies for making social justice a normalized part of the field of librarianship, from using LibGuides to overcoming diversity fatigue. The only scholarship we were able to locate on social justice and STEMM librarianship is a four-part series, Science Librarianship and Social Justice, which reviews concepts in inclusion, diversity, and equity and provides examples of how this might show up within STEMM librarianship (Bussmann et al, 2020a(Bussmann et al, , 2020b(Bussmann et al, , 2021(Bussmann et al, , 2022.…”