More Than Sage Smoke and Mascots: How Well Do You Know Your Indigenous Patrons and Employees?
In Brief The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s racist “Native American” mascot, Chief Illiniwek, has lingered on campus since the ban by the National Collegiate... Read More
Are we implementing neuroinclusive hiring practices?: An investigation for academic library positions
In Brief This study investigates neuroinclusive hiring practices in academic libraries, focusing on best practices for designing hiring experiences that are inclusive to autistic 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
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
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
Not Business as Usual: Incorporating LIS Student Perspectives in the Apprenticeship Hiring Process
In Brief While a Master’s in Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree is typically necessary to become an academic librarian, practical experiences such as internships,... Read More
Not All Staying is the Same: Unpacking Retention and Turnover in Academic Libraries
In Brief: Although the academic libraries profession recognizes that retention is a complex and important issue, especially for advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives... Read More
Autistic Students and Academic Library Research: Recommendations for a Neurodiversity-Informed Approach
In Brief: Despite a growing pool of research in library and information science (LIS) authored by autistic librarians (see Lawrence, 2013; Tumlin, 2019), the vast... Read More
Let ‘No’ be ‘No’: When Librarians say ‘No’ to Instruction Opportunities
By Anna White In Brief There has been more literature about academic librarians saying ‘no’ in the last decade than in previous time periods. However,... Read More