Poetry as knowledge in librarianship : inquiry, identity, and praxis / edited by Bharat Mehra and Vanessa Irvin.
| Other author | Mehra, Bharat, editor. |
| Other author | Irvin, Vanessa, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Leeds : Emerald Publishing, 2026. |
| Description | xxiv, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Advances in librarianship ; volume 61 Advances in librarianship ; volume 61. |
| Contents | Introduction: When water shapes stone : poetry as a transformative force in librarianship / Bharat Mehra and Vanessa Irvin -- Poetic reflections : identity and being in librarianship. Archival affect : understanding Louisville, Kentucky, through images and poems / Emma Beck and Cecilia Durbin ; Poetic reflections : navigating immigration and embracing professional advocacy / Veronica Fu ; Elusivity : a librarian's praxis of memory and meaning / Vanessa Irvin ; The cost of information consumption convenience / Michelle E. Jones ; Library verse : poetic reflections on identity and advocacy in LIS / Hana Kim ; "Diving into the wreck" : on archiving and queer becoming / Caitlin Matheis ; Audre Lord, Parable of the sower and the poet-librarian : ensuring survival through community, art, and shared knowledge / Princess Zuri McCann ; "If life gives you bananas, make mango shake" : poetry to survive, resist, empower, and transform / Bharat Mehra ; Dudley Randall : librarian, poet, publisher, and poet-laureate / Wendy Moore ; Annotations : five books that made me / Jasmyne Ray ; WIP : a work in progress or a creative endeavor that has stalled / Rebecca Shaw ; Reading in the stacks : raising poet-librarians in the poetry collection at the University of Buffalo / Jessica Shannon Smith ; "O time thy pyramids" : cacophonies, farragoes, and incoherencies in librarianship and creative praxis / Christine Walde -- Poetic research : discourse and becoming in librarianship. Poets in the library : teenagers as creators of poetry / Jennifer Bartell Boykin ; Dwell in possibility : using poetic inquiry to reveal the relational well-being potential of shared reading / Alison Brown ; Poet-in-residence and productive frictions / Tommy Vinh Bui ; Enoch Soames : from Max Beerbohm's imagination to the British Library / Maria Cristina Piumbato Innocentini Hayashi and Gabriel José Innocentini Hayashi ; Connecting infodemesnes by poetic osmosis / K. Lane ; Turning words into wisdom : libraries' creative power for adapting and thriving in different times / Susan McLaine ; Poetic explorations of identity through education and a/r/topography : automatic writing as a tool for research and visual artistic creation / Teresa Colomina Molina and David López-Ruiz ; Healing through heritage : personal cultural identity as the daughter of immigrants / Vanessa Reyes ; Exploring practitioner-researcher identity : a personal narrative inquiry through poetry and metaphor / Rebecca Scott ; Children's poetry : a rich, untapped genre for library instruction / Sylvia G. Tag ; Poetry as a strong document / Tessa Withorn -- Poetic knowledge : inquiry and praxis in librarianship. A very, very particular library. A conceptual kaleidoscope : between the creation laboratory and the research labyrinth / Diego Aldasoro ; Poetry as inquiry : reflecting on power and knowledge in LIS / Sandy Yang ; The shape of not knowing : intellectual sympathy, negative capability, and poetic knowledge in librarianship / Hailey Siracky. |
| Abstract | "Poetry as Knowledge in Librarianship draws on poetry to illustrate its role in library and information science professionals' intertwined personal and professional streams of life journeys. The edited collection explores the power of poetry as a "voice" in transforming librarians' lives and shaping their motivations, directions, choices, and actions at intertwined personal and professional nexus of intersection from all around the globe. Chapters provide an opportunity for librarians and information professionals worldwide to discuss the use of poetry and its transformational potential within and beyond the academy. The authors draw on the theoretical construct of "voice" as an instrument of self-consciousness, narrative development, storytelling, and discourse analysis"-- publisher's website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781836087786 |
| ISBN | 9781836087779 hardback |
| ISBN | 1836087772 hardback |
| ISBN | ePub ebook |
| ISBN | PDF ebook |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000361206 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | Z665 .P76 2026 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |