Benjamin Dueck

Benjamin Dueck is an Assistant Librarian in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Division at the University of Manitoba Libraries, where they work at the intersection of teaching, scholarly communication, and open publication. As an interdisciplinary liaison librarian, they support students and faculty through research consultations, information literacy instruction, and collaborative collection development. Benjamin is actively involved in open-access publishing initiatives, including the implementation and support of Open Journal Systems (OJS), with a particular interest in how open infrastructures can foster participatory forms of scholarship. Their research develops Integral Information Literacy, a pedagogical framework integrating process philosophy, contemplative practice, and extended mind theory. They hold a Master of Information from the University of Toronto (2021) and completed the Center for Process Studies’ Certificate Program in Process Thought & Practice (2024).