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Course Description
LIS 9833B-001 (Winter 2023)
Information Equity: Social Justice in a Network Society
Instructor: A. Pyati
Course Description
This course focuses on issues and critical perspectives surrounding equitable access to information, the relationships between information and social change, and social equity and justice in the information professions. Libraries and information services are framed within larger social, political, cultural, and economic contexts and power structures. Course topics include issues such as the digital divide and information poverty within both North American and global contexts.
Course Syllabi for LIS 9833B-001 (Winter 2023)
The syllabi for this course is a PDF file that requires a FIMS account to view
Antirequisites: LIS 9136
0.5 courseCross-listed with LIS 9136
MLIS Program Goals and Objectives