In the Library with the Lead Pipe Reader Poll
This poll is no longer being monitored, but we left it available in order to make the results article make sense. We’d still like to... Read More
Answering questions about library impact on student learning
Photo by Flickr user WordShore (CC BY-NC 2.0) By Derek Rodriguez This essay reports on a project which evaluated the Understanding Library Impacts (ULI) protocol, a suite... Read More
Out of the Library and Into the Wild
By Lana Mariko Wood Librarians and library school students have a lot to gain by sharing their skills with groups outside of the library, such as... Read More
From the Frying Pan Into the Fire (and Back Again): Adventures in Subject-Based, Credit Instruction
By Natalie Tagge My best experience as a teacher-librarian was leading a credit, semester-long course while a librarian at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS)... Read More
Snooki, Whale Sperm, and Google: The Unfortunate Extinction Of Librarians When They Are Needed Most
“Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.” — Neil Gaiman By Margaux DelGuidice The night before I... Read More
Q&A: Lead Pipe on Professional Development
By Editorial Board This week, In the Library with Lead Pipe fields professional development and career questions from library school students at the University of North... Read More
Consensus Decision-Making and its Possibilities in Libraries
By Emily Ford Introduction Since Occupy Wall Street finally started getting mainstream media coverage, the idea of consensus decision-making seems to have permeated our American psyche.... Read More
Perspective and Doing Good Work
This post is adapted from a speech I gave at Drexel University’s Beta Phi Mu initiation on December 6, 2011. The text of the original... Read More
Editorial: Favorite Gift Books
by Editorial Board, Brett Bonfield and Erin Dorney With the holidays among us, email on a short hiatus, and a few new books on our... Read More
CSI(L) Carleton: Forensic Librarians and Reflective Practices
In the Library with the Lead Pipe is pleased to welcome guest authors Iris Jastram, Danya Leebaw, and Heather Tompkins. They are reference and instruction... Read More