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Alison Hicks
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Associate Professor, Library and Information Studies @ucldis. Editor in Chief @jinfolit. information literacy researcher | european | she/hers/ella
or the toll that the reconfiguration of professional work is having on core functions and long-term viability. Part of my wider project exploring information literacy and censorship, the paper is available free and open access in the journal of librarianship and information science!
July 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Given that censorship creates legal, financial and employment risks for school librarians + risks to young people (eg driving reading into unregulated online spaces), I argue that framing the work of school librarians in terms of risk uncovers the hidden costs of censorship…
July 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We do this at @jinfolit.bsky.social in the editorial- will see if we can integrate into the PDF too!
June 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Oh, I’m so pleased, Lauren- thanks for letting me know!
June 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I know, right- I was so excited to see this!
May 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
And watch this space for an upcoming piece from me on the implications of recent attacks on intellectual freedom on information literacy and other academic work and practices…
May 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM