Inclusive Libraries
Citizen Research Empowerment
SJSU researchers collaborate closely with the surrounding community and local organizations, addressing equity gaps for information access, leading the way in learning technology integrations, creating programs that serve as national models for citizen conservancy of cultural heritage, and more.
Hosting groundbreaking community-university collaborations like our King Library partnership and engaging in diverse, locally-centered approaches, we ensure responsive and socially just research that amplifies community voices. Below is a rotating selection of our standout investigators in these areas.
○ Recent News and Highlights
○ Related Strength: Emancipatory Education
Selected Publications
Chow, A., Bridges, M. Commander, P., (2014). The website design and usability of US academic and public libraries. Reference & user services quarterly 53(3).
Hirsh, S. (2024). Editor, Library 2035: Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Liu, Z., Hu, R., Bi, X., (2023). The effects of social media addiction on reading practice: a survey of undergraduate students in China. Journal of Documentation 79(3).
Lowe, C. (2023). Promoting Transformative Encounters in Libraries and Archives. Journal of Documentation. 79(2).
Lowe, C., Roy, M., Aguilar, M., Blackmer Reyes, K., (2021). BIPOC Voices Speak: Reparative Approaches to Collection Development. Critical Ethnic Studies in Academic and Research Libraries.
Oladejo, B., and Hofman, D., (2023). Records in social media: a new (old) understanding of records management. Records Management Journal.
Award Highlights
Alvarez, Dodge, Lowe, Roy, Villagran, “BIPOC Become Librarians”. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Award, 2022
Blackmer Reyes, Santa Clara County Heritage Grant. Collaboration with Dr. Margo McBane and Suzanne Guerra, 2020
Blackmer Reyes, “Side Dream exhibit and digitizing Alcario Castellano 237 videos of the San Jose chapter’s GI Forum events” — Social Science Research Council, NEH, 2022
Hofman, Attar, Nojan, Villagran, Ghosh “Cross-Campus Interdisciplinary Responsible Computing Learning Experiences” — Mozilla Foundation, 2023
Villagran, “Bridging Knowledge: Supporting Indigenous Scholars Into the Field of Librarianship.” Institute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program award, 2021
Affiliates
Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
Center for Comparative Philosophy
CSU Social Science Research and Instructional Center
Featured Faculty
Kathryn Blackmer Reyes
Librarian, University Library
Social Justice, Local History, Mexican Americans, Labor, Civil Rights, Higher Education
ORCID: 0000-0002-9411-1785
Anthony Chow
Director, School of Information
Usability, Virtual Reference Services, Instructional Technology, Information Seeking
Behavior, Informatics
Sandra Hirsh
Associate Dean of Academics, College of Information, Data and Society
Information Seeking, Blockchain and Libraries, LIS Curriculum, Future of Libraries
ORCID: 0000-0003-3575-1130
Darra Hofman
Assistant Professor, School of Information
Archival Science, Records Management, Privacy, Transparency, Records, Law, Responsible
Computing
ORCID: 0000-0002-1772-6268
Ziming Liu
Professor, of Library and Information Science
Information Science, Information Seeking and Use, Reading Behavior, Digital Libraries,
Educational Disparities
Carli V. Lowe
Senior Assistant Librarian
Information Encountering, Serendipity, Transformative Theory, Education, Human Information
Behavior
ORCID: 0000-0002-1946-082X
Christina Mune
Associate Dean of Innovation and Resource Management, University Library
Instructional Design and Technology, Library Systems and IT, Digital Libraries and
Literacy, and Open Access/OER Advocacy
ORCID: 0000-0002-5407-8132
Mantra Roy
Senior Assistant Librarian
Representation of Marginalized Voices and Populations in the Democratic and Accessible
Space of the Library
ORCID: 0000-0002-8615-5200
Michele A. L. Villagran
Associate Professor, School of Information
Cultural Intelligence, Diversity, Inclusion, Community and Equity, Social Justice,
Serving Multicultural Populations, Emotional Intelligence
ORCID: 0000-0002-0867-8794
Potential collaborators and members of the media may contact us at officeofresearch@sjsu.edu.
