Abstract
This article provides some considerations for understanding policies in libraries and how they intersect with intellectual freedom and social justice using Pierre Bourdieu's theory of social fields and scale. The article includes a case study on the development of ALA's meeting room guidelines and considerations for developing institutional policies.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 109-124 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Information and Culture |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2024 |
Keywords
- Bourdieu's field theory
- Bourdieu's theory of scale
- intellectual freedom
- meeting rooms
- policy
- public libraries
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Conservation
- History
- Library and Information Sciences