For Us By Us: Creating a Global Black Feminist LIS Framework
Peer-Review Session | Thursday, June 12th, 2025 | 1:15pm – 2:15pm EST
The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy maintains interlocking structures of violence in its approach to information seeking. This presentation explores how Black Feminism is essential for creating a reparative LIS framework to reflect on, disrupt, and dream beyond hegemonic power within libraries. It posits that through 5 frames a Global Black Feminist LIS Framework (GBFLF) 1) addresses the lived realities of colonialism and white supremacy, 2) names how production of information is power and labor, and 3) prioritizes imagination and community as essential to sustaining liberatory information practices and radical librarianship.
[This discussion will be recorded.]
Presenter: Rayyon Robinson
Rayyon Robinson (they/them) is originally from New Orleans and prioritizes Black, Indigenous, and Brown stories and knowledge creation in their work and daily life. They work at San Diego State University as the Social Sciences and Data Librarian.