Check this page for announcements such as calls for submissions to special series, editorial statements, and changes to journal policies.
New Versions of Old Articles
June 2026
We are honored to share two articles originally published by In the Library with the Lead Pipe which have recently been reshaped for new settings:
The late Fobazi Ettarh’s groundbreaking article “Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves” has been printed as a booklet by Public Collectors, with the cooperation of her widow Elena Maris.
As part of the launch of the new journal Murmurations: A Trans and Gender Diverse Library Journal, authors Keahi Adolpho and Stephen G. Krueger have republished their article “Decistifying Trans and Gender Diverse Inclusion in Library Work: A Literature Review” with a new preface.
Generative AI Policy
Updated December 2025
Policy in Brief
We expect all submitted drafts to be by human author(s). We encourage authors to contact us if they have concerns or need support.
We do not accept content produced or edited by generative AI. This includes (but is not limited to) data analysis, generated text, images, or translations. We also do not allow generative AI during the peer review process.
Disclosure question you will be asked during the submission process:
- Did you use a generative AI tool to draft or edit this manuscript, analyze data, or create images? (If you only used it during the brainstorming or outlining stages, select no. If your use continued beyond the pre-writing stage, we encourage you to submit your manuscript elsewhere; we will not review it.)
See our Submission Guidelines for the Full Policy.
Comments Policy
November 2024
By Ian Beilin, Jaena Cabrera, Brittany Paloma Fiedler, Jeannette Ho, Brea McQueen, Ryan Randall, Jessica Schomberg
Because we receive hundreds of spam comments for every one comment of substance, as of 13 November 2024, ITLWTLP will no longer be allowing readers to post comments on articles we publish. We will continue to follow Committee On Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines about post-publication discussions and critique. Therefore, we encourage readers to submit letters to the editor, mailed to itlwtlp@gmail.com, if they would like to express substantive concerns with the content of an article published within a given 12-month period.
Additional reasons we are making this change are that the work required to manually moderate comments reduces the time we have for engaging in the editorial process, rarely produces valuable additions to scholarly conversations, and is not sustainable. We also think moving to a slower, more deliberate process is better praxis and hopefully will improve the ITLWTLP experience for our readers, our authors, and ourselves.