The Library as Incubator Project wants YOU to look at Programming as Collection Development
In Brief: The Library as Incubator Project is a web-based project that seeks to promote and facilitate creative collaboration between libraries and artists of all... Read More
Rewards and Recognition in Librarianship
Download this article as an EPUB for reading on mobile devices. In Brief This article explores the professional award structure (formal and informal) of... Read More
Two-way libraries, open catalogues and the future of sharing culture
In brief by Phil Minchin For various reasons, libraries have largely ignored the volume of new content whose creation has been enabled by the internet. We... Read More
A New Polemic: Libraries, MOOCs, and the Pedagogical Landscape
In Brief: The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has emerged in the past few years as the poster child of the online higher education revolution. ... Read More
Ending a HarperCollins Boycott (February 27, 2011-August 7, 2013)
In Brief: The HarperCollins boycott, which was intended to demonstrate to the publisher that “self-destructing ebooks” was a bad idea, has not been successful. This... Read More
Killing Sir Walter Scott: A Philosophical Exploration of Weeding
In Brief: Weeding a library collection, while an absolutely essential part of collection management, is a much more complex issue than library literature—and library practitioners—would... Read More
An Interview with Steve Roggenbuck
In Brief: An interview with poet and blogger Steve Roggenbuck about publishing, social media, writing, and, of course, libraries. by Erin Dorney Introduction How many... Read More
Call for Articles
In Brief: In the past, In the Library with the Lead Pipe has asked our readers what topics they would like to see covered. Today... Read More
Adventures in Rhetoric: The Traditional Library
In Brief: Librarians make frequent reference to “the traditional library” yet there is no accepted definition of the term. Responding to a debate that began... Read More
What I Wish I’d Known About Building Teen Services From Scratch
In brief: During my first professional position I found myself building a teen services program from scratch at a public library in a small town.... Read More