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Bharat Mehra is the EBSCO Endowed Chair in Social Justice and Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama, USA.[1][2] He is an India-born American library school educator, known for his theoretical and action research[3], and is author of the Social Justice Laws of Librarianship which extends Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science to address contemporary inequities.[4] Since January 2021, Mehra has been the Series Editor of Advances in Librarianship.[5]

Education and career[edit]

Mehra received his PhD in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences in 2004. He also earned an M.A. in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (1999) and an MLA in Landscape Architecture from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a B.A. in Architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi, India.[6]

His academic experience includes being an Assistant Professor (2005-2011) and Associate Professor (2011-2018) at the School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Nashville.[7] Since January 2019, he has been the EBSCO Endowed Chair in Social Justice and Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama.[8]

Mehra was one of three people along with Donna and George Hoemann who made the proposal for the Commission for LGBT People at the University of Tennessee[9], resulting in the creation of the University's first Commission for LGBTQ+ communities.[10] Mehra was interviewed by personal story as a nonwhite gay man in academia is also available in an oral interview.[9]

Awards[edit]

Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)- 2018 Connie Van Fleet Award for Research Excellence in Public Library Services to Adults. [11]

Publications[edit]

Articles Published in Refereed Journals

  • Mehra, B. (2023). "Toward an Impact-Driven Framework to Operationalize Social Justice and Implement ICT4D in the Field of Information." Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 74(12), 1419-1436.
  • Mehra, B., and Irvin, V. (2023). "A Practice Lens: Intersectionality and Contemporary Public Library Services to Adults." Public Library Quarterly 43(4), 476-509.
  • Mehra, B., and Jaber, B. S. (2023). “Don’t Say Gay” in Alabama: A Taxonomic Framework of LGBTQ+ Information Support Services in Public Libraries, An Exploratory Website Content Analysis of Critical Resistance." Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. doi:10.1002/asi.24768
  • Lopez, M. E., Mehra, B., and Caspe, M. (2023). "An Exploratory Social Justice Framework to Develop Public Library Services With Underserved Families." Public Library Quarterly 42(6), 576-601. doi:10.1080/01616846.2023.2187180
  • Mehra, B. (2023). "(Dis)information, Dysfunctions, and Democracy During the Global Pandemic: Is the Vision of Social Justice a Mirage (for Libraries) in the Neoliberal Age?" The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy 93 (1), 110-125.
  • Mehra, B. (2022). [Book Review]. "The Digitally Disposed - Racial Capitalism and the Informatics of Value. Seb Franklin." Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2021. 280 pp. (paperback). (ISBN 978-1-5179-0715-0). Journal of the Association of Information Science and Technology.
  • Singh, V., Mehra, B., and Sikes, E. S. (2022). "Agriculture-Based Community Engagement in Rural Libraries." Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 54 (3),404-414. doi:10.1177/09610006211015788
  • . Mehra, B. (2021a). "Libraries Reclaiming “Social Justice Warriors” during “Miss Rona’s” Global Pandemic Crises." The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy 91(4) (October 2021)-, 385-401. doi:10.1086/715919
  • Mehra, B. (2021b). "Social Justice Design and Implementation: Innovative Pedagogies to Transform LIS Education." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 62(4) (October 2021), 460-476.
  • Mehra, B. (2021c). "Enough Crocodile Tears! Libraries Moving Beyond Performative Antiracist Politics." The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy 91(2) (April 2021), 137-149. doi:10.1086/713046
  • Mehra, B. (2021d). "Elfreda Annmary Chatman in the 21st Century: At the Intersection of Critical Theory and Social Justice Imperatives." Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies (Vol. 3) (Special Issue theme—Chatman Revisited: Re-examining and Resituating Social Theories of Identity, Access, and Marginalization in LIS. Edited by N. A. Cooke and A. N. Gibson) (published March 2021).
  • Mehra, B. (Guest Editor). (2021e). "Operationalizing Theories and Methods to Integrate Social Justice in LIS Scholarship (Editorial)." [Special Issue: Intersecting Theories and Methods to Research Social Justice in LIS Scholarship]. International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion 5(2), 1-8.
  • Gray, L., and Mehra, B. (2021). "Going Against the Current of Hegemonic “White-IST” Discourse: A Doctoral Program Journey from Critical Student + Guide Perspectives." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 62(2), 182-200.
  • Tang, R., Mehra, B., Du, J. T., and Zhao, Y. (2021a). "Paradigm Shift in the Field of Information Special Issue Editorial." Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, (October 2021), doi:10.1002/asi.24566
  • Tang, R., Mehra, B., Du, J. T., and Zhao, Y. (2021b). Framing a Discussion on Paradigm Shift(s) in the Field of Information (Opinion Paper), Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 72(2), (February 2021), 253-258. doi:10.1002/asi.24404
  • Mehra, B., and Gray, L. (2020). "An “Owning Up” of White-IST Trends in LIS to Further Real Transformations." The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, 90, April 2020, (2), 189- 239. doi:10.1086/707674
  • Mehra, B., Sikes, E. S., and Singh, V. (2020). "Scenarios of Technology Use to Promote Community Engagement: Overcoming Marginalization and Bridging Digital Divides in the Southern and Central Appalachian Rural Libraries. "Information Processing & Management (Special Issue: Marginalized Communities, Emerging Technologies, and Social Innovation in the Digital Age. Edited by Jia Tina Du, Iris Xie, and Jenny Waycott), 57, (May 2020) (3). Article 102129. doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2019.102129
  • Mehra, B. (2019a). "Deconstructing ‘Boxes & Walls’ in a Fluid Non-Binary Gendered Society: Gender Inclusivity and Equity in North American Academic Libraries" [Section in “Gender Inclusivity and Equity in the Academic Libraries: Insights from Around the Globe”: Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Jia Tina Du, Ulrike Lang, Jesús Lau, Amal W. Mostafa, Bharat Mehra, Clara M. Chu, and Jaya Raju] “International Insights” Column, College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News), 80 (8), 438-442.
  • Mehra, B. (2019b). The Non-White Man’s Burden in LIS Education: Critical Constructive Nudges. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (Special Issue, A Critical Dialogue: Faculty of Color in Library and Information Science. Edited by Jose Sanchez and Nicole A. Cooke), 60(3) (July 2019), 198-207.
  • Mehra, B. (2019c). "Information ACTism in “Trumping” the Contemporary Fake News Phenomenon in Rural Libraries." Open Information Science (Special Issue: Fake News in Library and Information Science, edited by Renate L. Chancellor and Shari A. Lee), 3(1), 181-196.
  • Mehra, B., Lemieux III, P., and Stophel, K. (2019). "An Exploratory Journey of Cultural Visual Literacy of “Non-Conforming” Gender Representations from Pre-Colonial Sub-Saharan Africa." Open Information Science (Special Issue: Gender Issues in Library and Information Science: Focusing on Visual Aspects, edited by Lesley S. J. Farmer), 3(1), 1-21.
  • Mehra, B., Sikes, E. S., and Singh, V. (2019). "Scenarios of Health Engagement Experiences and Health Justice in Rural Libraries." International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (Special Issue: Health Justice Part I. Edited by Beth St. Jean, Gagan Jindal, Yuting Liao, and Paul T. Jaeger), 3(3), 56-87.
  • Mehra, B. (2018). "Emerging Voices in Diversity and Inclusion Leadership: Applications of the Strategic Diversity Manifesto (Editorial)." Special Issue: From Diversity Theory to Diversity in Action. International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion, 2(4).
  • Mehra, B., Bishop, B. W., and Partee II, R. P. (2018). "A Case Methodology of Action Research to Promote Economic Development: Implications for LIS Education." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 59(1-2), 48-65.
  • Mehra, B., and Elder, A. (2018). "Benefits to Collection Development Librarians from Collaborating with “Community-Embedded” Librarians-In-Training." Collection Management, 43(2): 120-137. doi:10.1080/01462679.2018.1426510
  • Mehra, B., Lemieux III, P. A., Burwell, C., Hixson, T., Partee II, R. P., Stophel, K., and Wood, N. E. (2018). "Expanding LIS Education in the U.S. Department of State's Diplomacy Lab Program: GIS and LGBTI Advocacy in Africa and Latin America." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 59(3), 4-16.
  • Mehra, B. (2017). "Mobilization of Rural Libraries towards Political and Economic Change in the Aftermath of the 2016 Presidential Election." Library Quarterly (Special Issue: Aftermath: Libraries, Democracy, and the 2016 Presidential Election), 87(4), 369- 390.
  • Mehra, B., Bishop, B. W., and Partee II, R. P. (2017a). "How Do Public Libraries Assist Small Businesses in Rural Communities? An Exploratory Qualitative Study in Tennessee." Libri International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies, 67(4), 245-260.
  • Mehra, B., Bishop, B. W., and Partee II, R. P. (2017b). "Small Business Perspectives on the Role of Rural Libraries in Economic Development." The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, 87(1), 17-35.
  • Mehra, B. (2016). "Rural Libraries: Political and Economic Change." Narratives Paths Journal (Journal for experimenting with ideas) [Interview Format].
  • Bishop, B. W., Mehra, B., and Partee II, R. P. (2016). "The Role of Rural Public Libraries in Small Business Development." Public Library Quarterly, 35(1), January-March 2016, 37-48. doi:10.1080/01616846
  • Douglass, K., & Mehra, B. (2016). "A Four Frames Analysis to Address the Information Challenges of Families of Children with ADHD: Actions for Public Libraries to Address Embedded Power Imbalances." Libri International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies, 66(1), April 2016, 59- 71. doi:10.1515/libri-2015-0078
  • Mehra, B., Bishop, B. W., and Partee II, R. P. (2016). "Information Science Professionals as Community Action Researchers to Further the Role of Rural Public Libraries in Small Business Economic Development: A Case Study of Tennessee." Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 40(4), December 2016, 289-299. [Best Overall Paper Award Winner of CAIS/ACSI 2016].
  • Mehra, B. (Issue Editor). (2015). "Introduction." Library Trends: Social Justice in Library and Information Science & Services, 64(2), Fall 2015, 179-197.
  • Mehra, B., and Davis, R. (2015). "A Strategic Diversity Manifesto for Public Libraries in the 21st Century." New Library World, 116(1/2), 15-36.
  • Mehra, B. (2014a). "Guest Editorial: What is the Value of Social Justice in Pakistan’s Library and Information Science Professions?" Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries. Vol. No. 15, Issue 1, i-ii.
  • Mehra, B. (Editor). (2014b). "Guest Editorial: Special Issue: Gender in LIS Education: New Directions, New Thinking." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, Summer June 2014, 55(3), Summer 2014, 187-190.
  • Mehra, B. (2014). "Guest Editor’s Introduction." Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries Journal, Special Issue 2014: Social Justice, Social Inclusion, 1-3.
  • Mehra, B., and Tidwell, W. T. (2014). "Mapping the Infoscape of LIS Courses for Intersections of Health-Gender and Health-Sexual Orientation Topics." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, Summer June 2014, 55(3), 191-211.
  • Mehra, B., and Singh, V. (2014). "Recruitment and Retention in the Information Technology Rural Librarian Master’s Scholarship Program (Part I and Part II): Implications of Social Justice in the Southern and Central Appalachian Region." Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries Journal, Special Issue 2014: Social Justice, Social Inclusion, 13-22.
  • Mehra, B., Black, K., Singh, V., Nolt, J., Williams, K.C., Simmons, S., and Renfro, N. (2014). "The Social Justice Framework in the Information Technology Rural Librarian Master’s Scholarship Program: Bridging the Rural Digital Divides." Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries Journal, Special Issue 2014: Social Justice, Social Inclusion, 5-11.
  • Singh, V. and Mehra, B. (2013). "Strengths and Weaknesses of the Information Technology Curriculum in Library and Information Science Graduate Programs." Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 45(3), September 2013, 219-231.
  • Mehra, B., Potnis, D., and Morden, J. (2012). "An Exploratory Study of the Nature and Composition of Current Library and Information Science Programs in Indian State Universities." Perspectives in International Librarianship, Vol. 2012, Issue 1.
  • Mehra, B., and Dessel, A. (2011). "The Role of Library and Information Science Education in the Development of Community Health Information Services for People Living With HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of Directors and Managers of Public Libraries." World Journal of AIDS, 1(3), September 2011, 78-87. http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=7506. doi:10.4236/wja.2011.13012
  • Mehra, B., and Braquet, D. (2011). "Progressive LGBTQ Reference: Coming Out in the 21st Century". Special Issue: Learning Landscapes and the New Reality, Reference Services Review, Volume 39, Number 3, 401-422.
  • Mehra, B., Black, K., Singh, V., and Nolt, J. (2011a). "Collaboration between LIS Education and Rural Libraries in the Southern and Central Appalachia: Improving Librarian Technology Literacy and Management Training [Brief Communications and Research In Progress]." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 52(3), Summer 2011, 238-247.
  • Mehra, B., Black, K., Singh, V., and Nolt, J. (2011b). "What is the Value of LIS Education? A Qualitative Analysis of the Perspectives of Rural Librarians in Southern and Central Appalachia." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 52(4), Fall 2011, 265-278. [Best Paper for the 2011 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference].
  • Mehra, B., Olson, H. A., and Ahmad, S. (2011). "Integrating Diversity across the LIS Curriculum: An Exploratory Study of Instructors’ Perceptions and Practices Online." International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Journal, 37(1), March 2011, 39-51.
  • Mehra, B., Black, K., and Lee, S. (2010). "Perspectives of East Tennessee’s Rural Public Librarians about the Need for Professional Library Education: An Exploratory Study." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 51(3), Summer 2010, 142-157.
  • Mehra, B., Singh, V., and Parris, H. (2010). "Open Source Software Collaborations in Tennessee’s Regional Library System: An Exploratory Study. Library Review (Special Issue: Open Source Software Applications in Libraries), 59(9), 690-701.
  • Mehra, B., and Robinson, W. C. (2009). The Community Engagement Model in Library and Information Science Education: A Case Study of a Collection Development and Management Course." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 50(1), Winter 2009, 15-38.
  • Mehra, B., Allard, S., Qayyum, M. A., and Barclay-McLaughlin, G. (2008). "Aquí y allá (Here and 6 There) Information-Based Learning Corridors between Tennessee and Puerto Rico: The Five Golden Rules in Intercultural Education." Education for Information, 26(3), 1 51-168. [Selected by the Informed Librarian Online (www.informedlibrarian.com) as a Featured Article in the April 2009 issue.].
  • Mehra, B., and Lambert, C. A. (2008). "Priority Information Needs of African American Graduate Women: A Pilot Study." Communication & Social Change, 2(1), 105-123.
  • Allard, S., Mehra, B., and Qayyum, M. A. (2007). "Intercultural Leadership Toolkit for Librarians: Building Awareness to Effectively Serve Diverse Multicultural Populations." Education Libraries (Special Issue: Outreach to Minority Populations), 30(1) (Summer), 5-12.
  • Mehra, B., and Bishop, A. P. (2007). "Cross-Cultural Perspectives of International Doctoral Students: Two-Way Learning in Library and Information Science Education." International Journal of Progressive Education, 3(1), February 2007, 44-64.
  • Mehra, B., and Braquet, D. (2007). "Library and Information Science Professionals as Community Action Researchers in an Academic Setting: Top Ten Directions to Further Institutional Change for People of Diverse Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities." Library Trends, 56(2), Fall 2007, 542- 565.
  • Mehra, B., and Papajohn, D. (2007). “Glocal” Patterns of Communication-Information Convergences in Internet Use: Cross-Cultural Behavior of International Teaching Assistants in a Culturally Alien Information Environment." The International Information & Library Review, 39(1), 12-30.
  • Mehra, B., and Srinivasan, R. (2007). The Library-Community Convergence Framework for Community Action: Libraries as Catalysts of Social Change, Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services, 57(3), 123-139.
  • Mehra, B., and Braquet, D. (2006). "A “Queer” Manifesto of Interventions for Libraries to ‘Come Out’ of the Closet! A Study of “Queer” Youth Experiences during the Coming Out Process." Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal, Volume 16, Issue 1, March 2006.
  • Mehra, B. (2005). "Library and Information Science (LIS) and Community Development: Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to Support a Social Equity Agenda." Journal of the Community Development Society, 36(1), 28-40.
  • Mehra, B., and Stepp, K, E. (2005). "Diversity Resources Page (DRP): A Digital Library on Diversity and Multicultural Issues at the University of Tennessee." Versed: Bulletin of the Office for Diversity, American Library Association, May – June 2005, 15.
  • Mehra, B. (2004). "Service Learning in Library and Information Science (LIS) Education: Connecting Research and Practice to Community." InterActions: UCLA Journal of Information and Education Studies, Volume 1, Issue 1, Article 3.
  • Mehra, B., Merkel, C., and Bishop, A. P. (2004). "Internet for Empowerment of Minority and Marginalized Communities." New Media & Society, 6(6), 781-802.
  • Heidorn, P. B., Mehra, B., and Lokhaiser, M. (2002). "Complimentary User-Centered Methodologies for Information Seeking and Use: System's Design in the Biological Information Browsing Environment (BIBE)." Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 53(14), 1251-1258.
  • Mehra, B., Bishop, A. P., Bazzell, I., and Smith, C. (2002). "Scenarios in the Afya Project as a Participatory Action Research (PAR) Tool for Studying Information Seeking and Use Across the "Digital Divide." Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, 53(14), 1259-1266.
  • Bishop, A. P., Bazzell, I., Mehra, B., and Smith, C. (2001). "Afya: Social and Digital Technologies that Reach Across the Digital Divide." First Monday, volume 6, number 4, April 2001.
  • Bishop, A. P., Mehra, B., Bazzell, I., and Smith, C. (2000). "Socially Grounded User Studies in Digital Library Development." First Monday, volume 5, number 6, June 2000.
  • Mehra, B., Bishop, A. P., and Bazzell, I. (2000). "The Role of Use Scenarios in Developing a Community Health Information System." Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 26(4), April/May, 2000.
  • Mehra, B. (1999). "The Sacred Landscape of Hindu Temples: A Marker of Indian Diasporic Identity in the U.S." Sagar: A South Asia Graduate Student Journal, 6(1), 65-90.
  • Mehra, B. "Using Critical Race Theory to Deconstruct “One Brick at a Time” and Dismantle the White-Centered Power Structures in the Entrenched Citadel of the LIS Academy." The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy.
  • Linn, R., and Mehra, B. "Library Services Technology Act Funding for Spanish-Language Projects in Public Libraries." Public Library Quarterly.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bharat Mehra" University of Alabama News. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  2. ^ "Bharat Mehra, EBSCO Endowed Chair in Social Justice & Professor". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  3. ^ CUA_LIS (2022-11-15). 2022 Social Justice Lecture with Dr. Bharat Mehra. Retrieved 2024-05-21 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ Bharat Mehra. (2022). Extending Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan in the 21st Century. Advances in Library and Information Science.
  5. ^ "Advances in Librarianship Series Detail, About the Editors". Emerald Publishing. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  6. ^ Mehra, Bharat. (2004). The Cross-cultural learning process of international students: A Case Study in Library and Information Science Education. A dissertation. University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. https://hdl.handle.net/2142/81533
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  11. ^ Connie Van Fleet Award for Research Excellence in Public Library Services to Adults..Association for Library and Information Science Education
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