LISProchat Reads the #LISprochat #BookClub - March book pick!

book image via Dave Dugdale

WHAT?

A book club! On Twitter! Where we read and discuss books to help us with our professional development in library land!

WHERE?

On Twitter, using the same hashtag we use for our chats! #LISprochat.

WHEN?

We'll announce the upcoming book in the last chat of the previous month and then have the discussion on the last Monday of the month regardless of whether it's a normal #LISprochat day or not.

WHY?

For a few reasons, Leigh and I thought it would be fun to have a book club. I mentioned that I was giving myself a new reading goal to try and read 1 professional book a month, and this is a good way for me to motivate myself to meet that goal through accountability!

March 2018 Book Selection

The chat will take place on Monday, March 26, 2018, at 8:30 pm. In recognition of international women's day on March 8th, I thought I'd pick a book related to libraries and feminism.

Title: Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction
Editor/Author: Maria T. Accardi

Publisher: Library Juice Press 

Date Published: 2013
No. of Pages: 160

WorldCat link: http://www.worldcat.org/title/feminist-pedagogy-for-library-instruction/oclc/889313854?loc=

Synopsis via Goodreads:

Providing both a theoretical framework and practical guidance, this title introduces feminist pedagogy to librarians seeking to enrich their teaching practices in feminist and progressive ways. Drawing heavily upon the women's studies literature where the concept first appears, Accardi defines and describes recurring themes for feminist teachers: envisioning the classroom as a collaborative, democratic, transformative site; consciousness raising about sexism and oppression; ethics of care in the classroom; and the value of personal testimony and lived experience as valid ways of knowing. Framing these concepts in the context of the limits of library instruction--so often a 50 minute one-shot bound by ACRL-approved cognitive learning outcomes--Accardi invites a critical examination of the potential for feminist liberatory teaching methods in the library instruction classroom. This book is Number 3 in the Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, Emily Drabinski, Series Editor.