Global Perspectives on Library and Information Science
About the Book Series
Global Perspectives on Library and Information Science highlights the wide range of innovative projects and approaches on offer within the LIS field today. Authored and edited by scholars and practitioners, volumes explore the vital work being done by library and information scientists all around the world.
The series contains global and regionally specific volumes and will provide students, researchers, and practitioners in the LIS field with diverse, unique insights into contemporary issues.
To submit a proposal or discuss an idea for a book in the series, please contact the Routledge Editor for Library, Archival and Information Science, Heidi Lowther ([email protected]).
Risk-Informed Information Practice: Ways of Knowing in an Uncertain World
1st Edition
By Alison Hicks
May 12, 2025
How do people become informed about risk and why is this important? This book draws upon three case studies to interrogate risk’s informational thread, including how people map and orient themselves to risk information as well as how these activities shape their increasingly knowledgeable ...
Social Informatics
1st Edition
Edited
By Noriko Hara, Pnina Fichman
March 31, 2025
Social informatics examines how society is influenced by digital technologies and how digital technologies are shaped by political, economic, and socio-cultural forces. The chapters in this edited volume use social informatics approaches to analyze recent issues in our increasingly data-intensive ...