Publications
Mestre, J. (Under Review). Technology and the Home: Heidegger, Levinas, and Derrida. Philosophy and Technology.
Mestre, J. (2025). Informational self-deception: deconstruction and reconstruction within philosophy of information. Information Research an International Electronic Journal, 30(CoLIS), 278–290. https://doi.org/10.47989/ir30CoLIS52312
Mestre, J. (2024). Shannon, Wiener, and the alethic value of information. ALISE 2024 Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2024.1737
Mestre, J. (2024). Parsing through paradigms: Uncertainty and decision-making in human information behavior. Journal of Documentation, 80(1), 39-53. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-02-2023-0027
Mestre, J. (2023). Privacy beyond intellectual freedom: Libraries and digital self-sovereignty. ALISE 2023 Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2023.1370
Mestre, J. (2022). Derrida and digital libraries: exploring the (im)possibility of virtual hospitality. Information Research an International Electronic Journal, 27(CoLIS). https://doi.org/10.47989/colis2204.
Burgess, J. T. F., & Mestre, J. (2021). Facilitating ethical enactment: A survey of the communication of core values in Alabama public library online policy statements. ALISE 2021 Conference Proceedings. https://hdl.handle.net/2142/110938
Mestre, J. (November 2020). The troubling trend of academic makerspaces. Public Services Quarterly, 16(4), 278 – 284. https://doi.org/10.1080/15228959.2020.1819937
Works in Progress:
Mestre, J. (In Preparation). A philosophy of reading for librarianship. Library Quarterly.
Conference Presentations:
Mestre, J. (2025, Nov. 14-18). Hospitality and the informational at-home [Doctoral Poster Presentation]. ASIS&T 2025: Difficult Conversations: The Role of Information Science in the Age of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Crystal City, VA, USA.
Mestre J. (2025, Nov. 14-18). A post-structuralist approach to informational being, knowing, and caring [Doctoral Colloquium]. ASIS&T 2025: Difficult Conversations: The Role of Information Science in the Age of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Crystal City, VA, USA.
Burgess, J., Mestre, J., Patin, B., & Youngman, T. (2025, Oct. 6-8). The Great Unravelling: Unmaking and remaking information worlds [Panel Presentation]. ALISE 2025: Decolonising Pedagogies: Agency, Identity, Practices, Kansas City, MO, United States.
Mestre, J. (2025, Oct. 5-8). Post-structural information realism [Doctoral Student Poster Competition]. ALISE2025: Decolonising Pedagogies: Agency, Identity, Practices, Kansas City, MO, United States.
Mestre, J. (2025, Jun. 2-5). Informational self-deception: Deconstruction and reconstruction within philosophy of information [Juried Long Paper Presentation]. CoLIS 2025: 12th International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science, Glasgow, UK.
Mestre, J. (2024, Oct. 14-17). Shannon, Wiener, and the alethic value of information [Juried Long Paper Presentation]. ALISE 2024: Ethics and Evolution of Truth and Information, Portland, OR, United States.
Mestre, J. (2024, Jul. 1-5). “Politicians should read”: A hauntological examination of Derridean thought [Juried Paper Presentation]. SHARP 2024: Global Book Cultures: Materialities, Collaborations, Access, Reading, UK.
Mestre, J. (2023, Oct. 2-5). Privacy beyond intellectual freedom: Libraries and digital self-sovereignty [Juried Long Paper Presentation]. ALISE 2023: Bridge the Gap: Teaching, Learning, Practice, and Competencies, Milwaukee, WI.
Burgess, J., Mestre, J., Townsend, K. (2023, Oct. 2-5). The contested nature of the public in policy: Implications for educators [Policy and Information Ethics Special Interest Group Panel]. ALISE 2023: Bridge the Gap: Teaching, Learning, Practice, and Competencies, Milwaukee, WI.
Mestre, J. (2022, May 29-Jun. 1). Derrida and digital libraries: Exploring the (im)possibility of virtual hospitality [Juried Long Paper Presentation]. CoLIS11: 11th International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science, Oslo, Norway.
Burgess, J., & Mestre, J. (2021, Sep. 20-24). Facilitating ethical enactment: A survey of the communication of core values in alabama public library online policy statements [Juried Long Paper Presentation]. ALISE 2021: Crafting a Resilient Future, Virtual.
Mestre, J. (2021 Mar. 10-13). A September attack: LIS and the fight over critical race theory [Long Paper Presentation]. University of Alabama’s Discerning Diverse Voices Symposium, Virtual.