The old and the prudish: an examination of sex, sexuality, and queerness in Library of Congress Classification
By Tiffany Henry, Rhonda Kauffman, and Anastasia Chiu In Brief Despite the fact that scholarship and knowledge about sex and sexuality have grown enormously in... Read More
A Practitioner’s Guide to Serious Play in the Library
By Reid Boehm and Taylor Davis-Van Atta In brief For academic libraries, making investments that strengthen and integrate research and development (R&D) capacity may also... Read More
Navigating the Academic Hiring Process with Disabilities
By Gail Betz In Brief This article will describe strategies employed by academic librarians with disabilities throughout the hiring process. In in-depth interviews with 40... Read More
Reflections on Active Collecting During Difficult Times
by Kyna Herzinger and Rebecca Pattillo In Brief At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Archives and Special Collections Library at the University of... Read More
Dismantling the Evaluation Framework
(Atharva Tulsi, Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/photos/RVpCAtjhyuA) By Alaina C. Bull, Margy MacMillan, and Alison J. Head In brief For almost 20 years, instruction librarians have relied on... Read More
Service Ceiling: The High Cost of Professional Development for Academic Librarians
By Bridgette Comanda, Jaci Wilkinson, Faith Bradham, Amanda Koziura, and Maura Seale In Brief Academic librarian salaries are shrinking, but conferences and professional membership fees... Read More
We Need to Talk About How We Talk About Disability: A Critical Quasi-systematic Review
By Amelia Gibson, Kristen Bowen, and Dana Hanson In Brief This quasi-systematic review uses a critical disability framework to assess definitions of disability, use of... Read More
Creating a Student-Centered Alternative to Research Guides: Developing the Infrastructure to Support Novice Learners
In Brief: Research and course guides typically feature long lists of resources without the contextual or instructional framework to direct novice researchers through the research... Read More
Training Matters: Student Employment and Learning in Academic Libraries
In Brief Conceiving of student employment in academic libraries as an educationally purposeful experience requires adopting a learner-centered pedagogical approach to student employee job training.... Read More
Creating a Library Wide Culture and Environment to Support MLIS Students of Color: The Diversity Scholars Program at Oregon State University Libraries
In Brief The work of social justice, equity, and inclusion is not a short-term investment by a limited number of people; instead, it should be... Read More