SLIS Faculty Member Publishes Book on Critical Theory

Dr. Lisa M. Given has co-edited a new book, titled Critical Theory for Library and Information Science: Exploring the Social from Across the Disciplines (2010). The publication includes 22 chapters on individual critical theorists, ranging from Aglietta to Habermas to Spivak, written by an international group of library and information science (LIS) scholars. Each chapter provides an overview of the theoretical stance and contributions of the theorist, as well as explorations of the theorist's relevance to research in LIS. Co-edited by Dr. Gloria J. Leckie (Associate Professor and LIS Program Coordinator, University of Western Ontario) and John E. Buschman (Associate University Librarian, Georgetown University), the book is published by Libraries Unlimited. Details can be found on the publisher's website at http://lu.com/showbook.cfm?isbn=9781591589389