Advancing Social Justice Through Curriculum Realignment: Centering Scholarly Communication in LIS Curricula
Synopsis
Scholarly communication is no longer a specialist niche within professional academic library practice; it is now a core service demanding both critical engagement and practical expertise. Scholarly communication needs to be a transformative vehicle for equitable access, knowledge democratisation and inclusive participation in global knowledge systems. As the scholarly landscape continues to make this transformation, LIS curricula must evolve to reflect these priorities. This includes integrating topics such as open science, multilingualism, research assessment, open infrastructure and the political economy of knowledge production. LIS education is being outpaced by the momentum in professional practice, hence the urgent need to reimagine curricula to bridge the curricula-practice divide in preparing future professionals to address the evolving demands of access, equity and impact. This collection of essays has been compiled to address the urgency to capacitate the next generation of scholarly communication librarians. These professionals will be at the forefront of supporting researchers, shaping publishing policy, managing repositories and publishing platforms, and advocating for inclusive, community-led knowledge systems. LIS programmes need to prioritise the responsibility of equipping graduates with the competencies to fulfil these roles, grounded not only in technical skills but in a deep understanding of the ethical, cultural, and political dimensions of scholarly communication. A core strand in the reimagining of the curricula is the inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge Systems and other historically marginalised ways of knowing. Hence, the growing emphasis on an equitable scholarly communication ecosystem built on examining the epistemic injustices embedded in mainstream knowledge production.
Chapters
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Full Monograph
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Preliminary Pages
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Introduction
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Emerging Perspectives in Scholarly Communication for LIS Curricula
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SECTION A: Setting the context
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Scholarly Communication for Social Justice and Decolonised Education:Implications for LIS Curriculum Realignment
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A Hermeneutical Consideration of What Knowledge is Produced Before How it is Shared
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SECTION B: Scholarly communication, declonisation and LIS education
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Scholarly Communication as A Tool for Furthering Social Justice
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Investigating, Writing and Teaching Social Justice Themes in Library and Information Studies
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Indigenisation of the New Zealand Library and Information Sector:Implications for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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Promoting Interactions and Engagement with Scholarly Research:Speculations on the Role of the Librarian in Advancing Experimental Publishing
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SECTION C: Scholarly communication and social justice within an LIS disciplinary framework
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A Scoping Review of Two Decades of Research on Scholarly Communication and Social Justice in Library and Information Science in Africa
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Re-imagining a Social Justice Curricula and Scholarly Publishing in a Library and Information Science School in South Africa
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Infrastructuring in a Socially Just Way:Lessons Learnt from a Grassroots Open Science Initiative in Africa
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SECTION D: Scholarly communication and LIS curriculum realignment
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Decolonizing LIS curricula:advancing social justice through scholarly communication in Africa
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Data-driven Decolonization:Integrating Social Justice Principles in LIS for Knowledge Production and Processing in Africa
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Propelling towards global realignment of LIS curricula through scholarly communication at the University of Botswana
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Informe sobre la formación en ciencia abierta que se imparte en las principales escuelas de bibliotecología e información de Costa Rica
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Copyright in the context of scholarly communication:experience report on the LIS curriculum in Brazil
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Reflections on Open Science and the Teaching of Library and Information Science:A Perspective from Brazil
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Reflexões sobre ciência aberta e o ensino da Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação, um olhar a partir do Brasil
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SECTION E: Scholarly communication and research impact
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Equitable Research Assessment Driving Research Impact in the Global South:A Perspective from South Africa
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The Multiversatory:Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in Research Information by Means of a Multiple-Perspective Observatory
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La diversidad en las publicaciones más allá de la lingua Franca de la ciencia:el caso de una mega-revista
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