IJIDI Cover and Credits April 2021


VOLUME 5 | NUMBER 2

THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
INFORMATION, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION

More than Lip Service:
Identifying A Typology of “Social 

Justice” Research in LIS
Joseph Winberry

Meaning and Memory:
Reconsidering the Appalachian

Oral History Project
Scott Sikes

Case Study Inquiry &
Black Feminist Resistance:

Reflections on a Methodological 
Journey in the Furtherance of LIS 

Social Justice Research
LaVerne Gray

Understanding Social Justice Through 
Practitioners’ Language:

A Grounded Theory Analysis of 
Interviews with Practitioners

from Libraries and Their
Community Partners

J. Elizabeth Mills; Jacqueline Kociubuk;
Kathleen Campana

SPECIAL SECTIONS

ALSO FEATURING BOOK REVIEWS EDITED BY NORDA A. BELL

DR. VANESSA IRVIN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

APRIL 2021SPECIAL ISSUE

Engaging with Silences: Clayton State 
Master of Archival Studies Program's 

Approach to Teaching
Joshua Kitchens

A Qualitative Study Exploring Neurodiversity 
Conference Themes, Representations, and 

Evidence-Based Justifications
for the Explicit Inclusion and Valuing of OCD 

Damian Mellifont

INTERSECTING THEORIES AND METHODS TO RESEARCH
SOCIAL JUSTICE IN LIS SCHOLARSHIP

EDITORIAL

Operationalizing Theories and Methods to Integrate Social Justice in LIS 
Scholarship Bharat Mehra

ARTICLES



JOURNAL CREDITS

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Vanessa Irvin

Associate Editors
Dr. Nadia Caidi
Dr. Mirah Dow

Dr. Wiebke Reile

Senior Managing Editor

Leah Brochu

Managing Editors

Michelle de Agostini

Mona Elayyan

Stephanie Santiful

Jeffrey Sowder

Cara B. Stone

Zach Valdes

Book Review Editor

Norda A. Bell

Graphic Designer

Kevin J. Mallary

IJIDI logo created by Craig Taylor 
Image credit: "People Protesting on 

the Street" by Kelly Lacy

THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
INFORMATION, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION