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
Change In Publication Schedule
by Editorial Board Hello friends and readers! We’re writing to let you know about a change in our publication strategy, effective immediately. Moving forward, we... Read More
And we’re back!
by Editorial Board The In the Library with the Lead Pipe board has been investigating the hacked/malware warnings related to the site and are pleased... Read More
The Quest for Diversity in Library Staffing: From Awareness to Action
by Jennifer Vinopal The work of diversity in libraries begins at the crossroad where superiority, inaction, and denial become intolerable. – Sandra Ríos Balderrama, “This... Read More
Editorial: Introductions All Around
In Brief: Over the past year, the Editorial Board has experienced some changes (yay, growing pains!). In this group post, current board members introduce themselves... Read More
Say what? Exploring “The most interesting place in the city” – the comments section of online news articles
In Brief Online commenting culture can be intriguing. Do people comment on news articles about libraries? What do they say? These are the questions that... 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