Critical Librarianship: Agency and Action in the Library

Slides for a presentation for Deakin University Library on 14 August 2024 titled 'Critical Librarianship: Action & Agency in the Library.' Critical Librarianship questions power and challenges the ‘traditional library model’ and its inherent bias, with the goal of dismantling inequalities and empowering communities. It entails applying critical thinking lenses to library practices. In this presentation, I discussed the idea of libraries as social actors with agency and how our professional practice is informed by our values. Licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-4.0), except for any content quoted from third-party sources or where otherwise noted. All images retain their original Creative Commons Licences and can only be re-used under their respective licences. Quoted material remains under the copyright of its respective owner.