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Explore early research on reading in Library and Information Science, its relevance in graduate education, and the impact of interpretive strategies and censorship practices. Uncover the social aspects of reading and the concerns surrounding intellectual freedom.
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Reading practices and Intellectual freedom Research Emily J.M. Knox Assistant Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Early Research on Reading in LIS • Integral component of graduate education at the Graduate Library School (GLS) at the University of Chicago • Ended in 1932 • The GLS and librarianship “walked away from an opportunity.” Image: Seattle Municipal Archives
Investigation into Reading as Practice • “Ideas and assumptions underlying reading in the past” – R. Darnton • Reading as a social practice – E. Long • Interpretive Strategies – S. Fish • Give shape to reading • Shape to texts • Do not come from the texts themselves
Censorship Practices • Removing, restricting, or relocating materials • Requesting—either orally or in writing—that materials be removed, restricted, or relocated • Self-censorship
Interpretive Strategies and Censorship Practices • Common sense interpretations of text prevail • Fear of the undisciplined imagination • Imaginative visualization and mimesis • Concern with short- and long-term effects of reading on the reader Image: Susan Hoerth. Altered Book Grimm's Fairy Tales. http://www.etsy.com/listing/96544675/altered-book-grimms-fairy-tales