The Next Issue of the Student Research Journal Debuts on January 15, 2024
The Student-Run Open-Access Library and Information Science Journal Celebrates its 26th Issue
The Next Issue of the Student Research Journal Debuts on January 15, 2024
The Student-Run Open-Access Library and Information Science Journal Celebrates its 26th Issue
San Jose, California - December 28, 2023 - The 26th issue of the fully student-run Student Research Journal will be available online on January 15, 2024. The issue features a contribution from SJSU faculty member Norman Mooradian, a book review by Boheme Morris, and an article on diversity, equity and inclusion analysis tools by Sarah Wilson.
The submissions to be published in the Student Research Journal Volume 13, Issue 2 include:
Knowledge Ethics: Conceptual Preliminaries Scope and Justification by Norman Mooradian
This paper lays out the conceptual groundwork for a long-term project examining ethical issues raised when addressing the value of knowledge to a knowledge economy. The project includes a series of papers on specific topics that interrelate to the subjects of knowledge, ethics and organizations. While some of the planned articles for the project will have a practical focus, others, such as this one, will be conceptual in nature. The following outlines selected key concepts for an ethics of knowledge and their relationship with cognate areas of inquiry and practice.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Analysis Tools for Timely Audits: Two Case Studies of Carlsbad Libraries by Sarah Wilson
When libraries explore how their youth collections can be more diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DEI), it is beneficial to first identify where representation gaps exist amongst their holdings. Digital DEI audit tools can quickly target areas for improvement. The following studies use digital instruments to analyze the DEI representation in two youth library collections in Carlsbad, California. The fiction picture book collections were probed at both a Carlsbad elementary school in Encinitas Union School District (EUSD) and the Georgina Cole public library (Cole). Three digital instruments were used: Diverse BookFinder Collection Analysis Tool, TeachingBooks Collection Analysis Toolkit, and collectionHQ Diversity Analysis Tool. The results were compared to local demographics. The purpose of the audits was to answer: To what degree do these collections represent diverse populations? The author found that diverse populations are underrepresented in each collection and some groups have no representation at all. Most books with diverse representation lack variety and often do not connect the story to the identity or cultural experience of the diverse characters featured.
Book Review: The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope, Daniel Greene by Boheme Morris
In The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope, Daniel Greene provides a comprehensive, approachable evaluation and critique of the concept of the “access doctrine” and how it has permeated American policy and organizations.
Virtual Release Party
The SRJ will be hosting a release party on Sunday, January 21, 2024 on Zoom to celebrate the publication of its 26th issue. All are invited to join to learn more about the SRJ and hear from the authors featured in the latest issue. Please RSVP here.
About the SRJ
The SRJ promotes graduate and professional research in the library and information science field and asks crucial questions on current and emerging professional issues from a local, national and global perspective. By advocating for the value of research to further intellectual inquiry and innovation in our field, SRJ contributes critical insights to inform everyday professional practice in the field and specifically cultivates robust graduate student research through a rigorous peer review process. As SJSU’s only fully student-run, double-blind peer-reviewed, open access research journal, SRJ leads the way for the university, the College of Professional and Global Education, the iSchool, and LIS graduate research.
Call for Submissions
SRJ invites original research, book reviews, and evidence summaries from graduate students at any university on topics in the fields of librarianship and information science and archives and records management and related theory, policy, ethics, application, case studies and professional practice. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis and undergo rigorous peer review.
Questions about the submission process can be emailed to the editor-in-chief at sjsu.ischool.srj@gmail.com. Students interested in applying to join the editorial team are encouraged to visit the official SRJ website. SRJ is also on Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, and LinkedIn.