Kütüphanecilik Ve İnsan Hakları Çalışmalarında Risk Üzerine Düşünceler

Abstract

Many people have reached out to this author over the last decade from a number of different countries in different parts of the world as they encountered the 2007 book “Librarianship and Human Rights: A Twenty-First Century Guide”. On that subject, this article offers the author’s sustained learning as well as frustrated reflection. Building on the recent book chapter entitled “Critical Reflection on Librarianship and Human Rights: A Book and Continuing Endeavor”, which was published in 2016 in the “Emerald Book Series: Advances in Librarianship (Volume 41) Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice”, attention is given to street level library and information workers. Those individuals, who may never be compensated for their good fights, or worse, may suffer loss because of them, yet continue to choose compassion and conviction over complacency in their work. The intention is to acknowledge the difference between rhetoric and experience on the ground, especially at is pertains to personal and professional risk.