29th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture

Dr. Reggie Raju, director of research and learning services at the University of Cape Town Libraries, and Professor Jaya Raju, head of the Department of Knowledge and Information Stewardship at the University of Cape Town, will present "The Evolving Library Profession and Education Driving Social Justice: A Perspective from the Global South." Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Reggie Raju. 

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This event is in conjunction with the "Why Libraries, Why Librarians?" iSchool Indaba.  Learn more at go.illinois.edu/whylibraries

Reggie Raju has been in academic libraries for more than 35 years. He holds a PhD in information studies. He is the author of several publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals, chapters in books and a book publication. His research focus is on research librarianship with an emphasis on open access and library publishing. He is currently a member of the Academic and Research Libraries Standing Committee of IFLA as well as being the convenor of its Special Interest Group: Library Publishing. He is currently the chair of SPARC Africa and is driving the social justice agenda of open access for Africa. He serves on the editorial board of Journal of librarianship and scholarly communication. 

Jaya Raju has a PhD in information studies. She has researched and written extensively in the area of LIS education and its implications for the LIS services work environment. She served as editor-in-chief of the South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science from 2013-2018. She also serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of the Southern African Journal of Communication & Information Science; African Journal of Libraries, Archives and Information Science; International Journal of Information, Diversity & Inclusion; Libri: The International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies, and De Gruyter's Open Information Science. She is co-editor of the ALISE Book Series on LIS education and research. She has published in peer-reviewed national and international journals and presented papers at local, national and international conferences. She is currently co-chair of IFLA's Building Strong LIS Education (BSLISE), an active global network of LIS educators and researchers. In 2018, Jaya Raju became subject chair for Library and Information Science on the Scopus Content Selection & Advisory Board.

Questions? Contact the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs