“All I did was get this golden ticket”: Negative Emotions, Cruel Optimisms, and the Library Job Search
In Brief Drawing from survey results and interviews with recent job seekers, this article investigates the effect behind defeatist attitudes, anxieties, resiliency narratives, and intimacies... Read More
Shifting the Balance of Power: Asking Questions about the Comics-Questions Curriculum
In Brief We shift the balance of power in this paper by discussing a particular library lesson, the Comics-Questions Curriculum, with some of the students... Read More
All carrots, no sticks: Relational practice and library instruction coordination
In Brief: This article explores the relational practices that comprise the feminized work of instruction coordinators in academic libraries. It is a continuation of research... Read More
New Hampshire Public Library Services for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
In Brief Domestic violence and sexual assault survivors experience unique information needs that can be answered through formal avenues such as a crisis center or... Read More
Normalize Negotiation! Learning to Negotiate Salaries and Improve Compensation Outcomes to Transform Library Culture
In Brief This article explores academic librarians’ experiences with compensation negotiation, using a combination of survey and interview data. Specifically, we focus on where librarians... Read More
No results found: A review of biographical information about award-winning children’s book authors in subscription and free resources
In Brief Prompted by recent discussions of diversity and representation in children’s literature, this study evaluates resources recommended to students for author study assignments in... Read More
Preparing Early Career Librarians for Leadership and Management: A Feminist Critique
In Brief This article explores the opportunities and challenges that early career librarians face when advancing their careers, desired qualities for leaders or managers of... Read More
Intersubjectivity and Ghostly Library Labor
In Brief Libraries are haunted houses. As our patrons move through scenes and illusions that took years of labor to build and maintain, we workers... Read More
Care, Code, and Digital Libraries: Embracing Critical Practice in Digital Library Communities
In Brief In this article, the author explores the necessity of articulating an ethics of care in the design, governance, and future evolution of digital... Read More
Dismantling Deficit Thinking: A strengths-based inquiry into the experiences of transfer students in and out of academic libraries
In Brief Library research on transfer students tends to focus on the idea of the “struggling” transfer student and creating solutions to “fix” them. While... Read More