This panel borrows from critical data approaches to explore the library as a site of
interconnected information assemblages that incorporate (and consolidate) a range of
technological, cultural, political, economic, and social arrangements. Critical data studies asserts
data, like libraries and technology, are not neutral and value-free. Part one of the panel grounds
the conversation in empirical research. Part two will be a discussion about how LIS education
can further integrate and support critical data approaches to better prepare library workers to
serve diverse communities, particularly those that are most vulnerable in this data environment
