Recruiting and Retaining LGBTQ-Identified Staff in Academic Libraries Through Ordinary Methods
In Brief While the American academic library field works hard to include all patrons and materials that represent less dominant populations, it should be more... Read More
Nothing Tweetable: A Conversation or How to “Librarian” at the End of Times
In Brief In 2015, Joshua Finnell (JF) was appointed data librarian at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Shortly thereafter, in 2016, Lareese Hall (LH) was appointed... Read More
Sparking Curiosity – Librarians’ Role in Encouraging Exploration
In Brief Students often struggle to approach research in an open-minded, exploratory way and instead rely on safe topics and strategies. Traditional research assignments often... Read More
The Information Literacy of Survey Mark Hunting: A Dialogue
In Brief: This article makes connections between the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and the activity of survey mark hunting. After a... Read More
Inclusivity, Gestalt Principles, and Plain Language in Document Design
In Brief: Good design makes documents easier to use, helps documents stand out from other pieces of information, and lends credibility to document creators. Librarians across... Read More
Beta Spaces as a Model for Recontextualizing Reference Services in Libraries
In Brief: Reference services are at a cross-roads. While many academic libraries continue to offer reference services from behind a desk, others are moving to... Read More
Considering Outreach Assessment: Strategies, Sample Scenarios, and a Call to Action
In Brief: How do we measure the impact of our outreach programming? While there is a lot of information about successful outreach activities in the... Read More
The intersection between cultural competence and whiteness in libraries
In brief The context for this article is Australian libraries and my experience there with cross-cultural provision. However, this article is not about providing library... Read More
Renovation as a Catalyst for Change
Throwback Thursday for November 18, 2015: Take a look at Renovation as a Catalyst for Change by Erin Dorney and Eric Frierson. We may be... Read More
White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS
In Brief: Whiteness—an ideological practice that can extend beyond notions of racial supremacy to other areas of dominance—has permeated every aspect of librarianship, extending even... Read More