Towards a Librarianship of the Future: Fostering Cultural Adaptation to Climate Change
In Brief The field of library science is paying increasing attention to anthropogenic climate change by exploring best practices for mitigating damage from environmental disasters... Read More
Puzzlement and Praxis in the Academic Library: Critically Reimagining Collection Practices with Students
In Brief This article mobilizes critical librarianship and critical/decolonial pedagogical strategies for disrupting and reconceiving collection practices in academic libraries. The authors—an academic librarian and... Read More
Nurturing Student Development in Academic Libraries: A Practice in the Ethics of Care
In Brief This paper explores an ethics of care framework in academic libraries, specifically with the implementation of a professional development initiative for student employees.... Read More
Rethinking Banned Books Exhibits in the Library
In Brief Each year during the American Library Association’s “Banned Books Week,” librarians display famous books that have been challenged in the past as well... Read More
False Positive: Transphobic Regimes, Ableist Abandonment, and Evidence-Based Practice
In Brief This paper explores the relationship between EBP as a system of knowledge governance, its implementation in library work, and the means by which... Read More
Radical Trust: Access Services and Archives Engaged in Carceral Collecting
In Brief Access services policies at academic archives in the United States are, in many ways, informed by carceral logics. This essay explores the ethical... Read More
Sustainable Menstrual Equity: A Case Study on the Success of Low-Cost Menstrual Cup Distribution
In Brief Free menstrual products at libraries are no longer a new phenomenon, thanks to the work of global menstrual equity advocates such as Period.org... Read More
Cripping Conferences: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Disability in Academia
In Brief This paper employs autoethnography to expose the conference experiences of disabled scholars within the academic and library fields, highlighting the systemic barriers found... Read More
Conducting a Diversity Audit in an Academic Library on the Psychology, Non-Fiction Collection
In Brief Over the course of a year, I conducted a diversity audit of part of the general nonfiction collection, specifically the psychology section (BFs)... Read More
What’s Missing in Conversations about Libraries and Mental Illness
In Brief It is inevitable that public librarians interact with mentally ill patrons daily. We do our best to help find information and connect patrons... Read More