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Introduction: Compelling Tensions in Library and Information Science

Katherine M. Wisser
pp. 615-621
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a991997
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Shifting Politics of Openness and Regulation: Queer Theory, Protest Media, and Podcasting Initiatives

Heejoung Shin
pp. 622-648
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a991998
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Epistemic Justice and Linked Data: Balancing Global Interoperability and Community Knowledge

Julaine Clunis
pp. 649-678
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a991999
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Intellectual Freedom in Carceral Spaces: Exploring Tensions in Abolitionist Librarianship

sam hidde tripp, Sarah McDaniel
pp. 679-700
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a992000
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Struggling with Neutrality: Wikipedia and Library and Information Science Professionals in an Eastern European Postsocialist Cultural Context— A Case Study of Romania

Claudia Șerbănuță, Bogdan Vătavu
pp. 701-723
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a992001
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Skeptically Defining the “Post-Reference Epoch”

Christina Norton, Jennifer A. W. Stubbs, Annie Sollinger, Tim Ribaric
pp. 724-741
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a992002
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When Is Critical AI Literacy Critical? Critical AI Literacy Discourse and Principles of Critical Pedagogy

Andrea Baer
pp. 742-759
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a992003
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Artificial Intelligence, Authentic Reactions: Tensions Between Digital Libraries and Generative AI

Shelley E. Barba, Matthew McEniry, Megan Scott, Heidi M. Winkler
pp. 760-774
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a992004
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Remembering Now to Forget Later: Trauma, Archives, and the Tension of Commemoration

Bradley J. Wiles
pp. 775-790
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a992005
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