Book reviewers invited: Platform Power and Libraries

[Maddie Hare]

The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Sciences (CJILS/RCSIB) is soliciting a reviewer for the following book:

Title: Platform Power and Libraries

Access methods:

• To read the Open Access e-version: Read Here
• To purchase in print: Buy Here

Brief description: With grounding in communication studies and critical librarianship, this text explores theoretical foundations analyzing, and case studies of the realities encountered due to, the pervasiveness of platforms in cultural heritage institutions.

Publication details:

• Edited by Christine F. Smith
• Published by Litwin Books/Library Juice Press, 2025
• ISBN: 978-1-63400-156-4
• DOI: 10.11573/spectrum.library.concordia.ca.00995573

Table of contents:

1. Platform Power and Libraries,
   Christine F. Smith
2. Challenging Digital Property Regimes in Public Libraries,
   Elena Rowan
3. Entanglements: How Academic and Commercial Streaming Film Platforms are Reshaping Academic Libraries, Research, and Learning,
   Lisa Hooper
4. Digital Heritage after Platformisation: Double Binds at Two Legal Deposit Libraries,
   Kieran Hegarty
5. The Closed-Loop: Academic Publication and the Data Surveillance Conundrum,
   Jordan S. Sly and Joseph A. Koivisto

 Please contact maddi...@dal.ca (CJILS English Book Review Editor) if interested.