图书馆与信息研究硕士-社会正义与包容性

社会正义与包容性是一个重点领域，它扩展了ALA核心价值观的社会责任感和专业实践中的多样性。最适合这一重点领域的学生是那些希望获得必要技能以应对全球社会多样化社区需求的学生。社会公正和包容性代表了一种专业实践的方法，可以广泛应用于图书馆和信息科学的各个方面以及跨机构环境。
Social Justice and Inclusivity is an area of emphasis that expands upon the ALA core values of social responsibility and diversity in professional practice. Students most suited to this area of emphasis are those that want to gain the skills necessary to respond to the needs of diverse communities in a global society. Social justice and inclusivity represent an approach to professional practice that can be applied broadly to all dimensions of library and information science, as well as across institutional contexts.<br><br>Social justice refers to the view that all people deserve equal social, political, and economic rights. Inclusivity is the intent to actively incorporate people and communities who have been marginalized or otherwise excluded socially, economically, and politically. Within LIS, social justice and inclusivity as an area of emphasis signals the active recognition and incorporation of diverse perspectives and experiences into professional practice and scholarship. This requires active reflection about both historic and current practices within the field, engagement with broader systems of social, economic, and political power, and the cultivation of critical thinking and problem-solving skills.<br><br>Students specializing in this area will gain facility in identifying, discussing, and intervening on structural systems of inequality such as those shaped by race, ethnicity, class, gender expression, sexual orientation, ability, religious preferences, and age. Social justice and inclusion provide ethical orientations and practical frameworks that students can use to guide a range of professional practices including: information access and organization, policy development, collection development, interpersonal interactions, reference work, information literacy, programs and services, technology design, outreach activities, and data management.