Joel Blechinger
he/him/his
Joel is an instruction librarian supporting English and Film Studies for the fall 2025 semester.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4907-3601
Education:
MLIS, University of Alberta
MA (With Distinction), English, Concordia University
BA (High Honours, Co-Operative Education), English, University of Regina
Professional and Scholarly Interests:
• Critical information literacy, specifically the ACRL's Framework's Authority frame
• Philosophy of information
• Theory and history of documentation and library and information science
• Generative artificial intelligence and library instruction
• Conspiracist psychology and information behaviour, specifically as manifested in QAnon
• Labour and information work
• Scholarly and media piracy
Please see personal website (https://www.jblechinger.ca/) for list of publications and presentations.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4907-3601
Education:
MLIS, University of Alberta
MA (With Distinction), English, Concordia University
BA (High Honours, Co-Operative Education), English, University of Regina
Professional and Scholarly Interests:
• Critical information literacy, specifically the ACRL's Framework's Authority frame
• Philosophy of information
• Theory and history of documentation and library and information science
• Generative artificial intelligence and library instruction
• Conspiracist psychology and information behaviour, specifically as manifested in QAnon
• Labour and information work
• Scholarly and media piracy
Please see personal website (https://www.jblechinger.ca/) for list of publications and presentations.