In the Library with the Lead Pipe – Page 22 – An open access, peer reviewed journal

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...

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...

Photo by Flickr user WordShore (CC BY-NC 2.0) By Derek Rodriguez This essay reports on a project which evaluated the Understanding Library Impacts (ULI) protocol, a suite of instruments for detecting and communicating library impact on student learning. The project was a dissertation study conducted with undergraduates enrolled in upper-level and capstone history classes at six U.S....

By Lana Mariko Wood Librarians and library school students have a lot to gain by sharing their skills with groups outside of the library, such as community organizations, social justice groups, and non-profits. By building coalitions and offering support to different groups, librarians help lend their particular expertise while simultaneously advancing the roles of these groups....

By Natalie Tagge My best experience as a teacher-librarian was leading a credit, semester-long course while a librarian at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) during which my students came to care deeply about the topical content and used their developing research skills to further their engagement. For librarians, though, this is the exception rather...

“Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.” — Neil Gaiman By Margaux DelGuidice The night before I was scheduled to return to work after summer vacation I was lying in bed, staring at the ceiling trying to quiet my thoughts and reset my body into work mode....

By Editorial Board This week, In the Library with Lead Pipe fields professional development and career questions from library school students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The questions they asked ranged from committee work to composing cover letters to conference attendance. Here is the complete list (so you can jump around if...

By Emily Ford Introduction Since Occupy Wall Street finally started getting mainstream media coverage, the idea of consensus decision-making seems to have permeated our American psyche. For me, it was waking up to a story on NPR’s Morning Edition that I couldn’t shake. The story featured a discussion of the group meetings and decision-making process occurring...

This post is adapted from a speech I gave at Drexel University’s Beta Phi Mu initiation on December 6, 2011. The text of the original is available on Scribd, and a video of my speech, which includes a brief introduction by Helen Snowden is available on Vimeo. By Brett Bonfield Greek Picnic is a reunion and...

by Editorial Board, Brett Bonfield and Erin Dorney With the holidays among us, email on a short hiatus, and a few new books on our bedside tables, several of us from the Lead Pipe would like to share some thoughts about what makes for a great gift book to give or to receive. Our favorite...

Zen and the Art of Constructive Criticism

In the Library with the Lead Pipe Reader Poll

Answering questions about library impact on student learning

Out of the Library and Into the Wild

From the Frying Pan Into the Fire (and Back Again): Adventures in Subject-Based, Credit Instruction

Snooki, Whale Sperm, and Google: The Unfortunate Extinction Of Librarians When They Are Needed Most

Consensus Decision-Making and its Possibilities in Libraries

Perspective and Doing Good Work

Editorial: Favorite Gift Books