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
Culturally Responsive Community Engagement Programming and the University Library: Lessons Learned from Half a Decade of VTDITC
By Craig E. Arthur, Dr. Freddy Paige, La’ Portia Perkins, Jasmine Weiss, and Dr. Michael Williams (Good Homie Signs’ “Hip Hop @ VT” mural 7/18)... 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
Power and Status (and Lack Thereof) in Academe: Academic Freedom and Academic Librarians
In Brief Academic librarians do not experience full academic freedom protections, despite the fact that they are expected to exercise independent judgment, be civically engaged,... Read More
The Library Commons: An Imagination and an Invocation
By Jennie Rose Halperin In Brief Commons theory can provide important interventions within neoliberal managerial information capitalism when applied to the library as an institution.... Read More
“Information Has Value”: The Political Economy of Information Capitalism
In Brief Information capitalism dominates the production and flow of information across the globe. It produces massive information institutions that are as harmful to everyday... 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
It’s Not Imposter Syndrome: Resisting Self-Doubt as Normal For Library Workers
In Brief Library workers, as with other professions, are quick to diagnose ourselves and others with imposter syndrome when we doubt or devalue our everyday... Read More
Multilingualism, Neoliberalism, and Language Ideologies in Libraries
In BriefThis article calls for a more holistic and inclusive approach to the under-examined issue of language in libraries. It begins by foregrounding language as... Read More