2012
8
Aug

What do we do and why do we do it?

In Brief: The library community should develop a philosophy of librarianship. In order to do so the community should engage in a dialogue about what we do and why we do it. Our history with the idea of a philosophy of librarianship is long, yet the library community hasn’t resolved the problem of what that...
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2012
11
Jul

The Ebook Cargo Cult

By Brett Bonfield Libraries created the present crisis in scholarly publishing, and we are creating a similar crisis now with our approach to ebooks. We created the crisis in scholarly publishing by ceding control of an intrinsic library function, abstracting and indexing, a decision with inevitable consequences. Consequences like the present need to boycott Elsevier...
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2012
13
Jun

An Interview with Paul Ford and Gina Trapani

By Brett Bonfield Gina Trapani and Paul Ford are programmers, interface designers, authors, editors, and broadcasters. They are consistently involved in the kinds of projects that we as librarians undertake when we’re at our best: finding imaginative, meaningful ways to make as much information as possible widely available, easily accessible, and interesting. Gina Trapani was the...
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2012
2
May

Zen and the Art of Constructive Criticism

By Erin Dorney Introduction If there were a single piece of advice I have for new professionals entering the field of librarianship, it would be to develop the skill of giving and receiving criticism. This isn’t something I’ve been able to find in an LIS course catalog, slate of webinar programming, or conference booklet (although it...
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2012
17
Apr

In the Library with the Lead Pipe Reader Poll

This poll is no longer being monitored, but we left it available in order to make the results article make sense. We’d still like to hear from you though. Please get in touch with us via our contact form instead. By Editorial Board We at In the Library with the Lead Pipe are taking the next...
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