Towards a Critical Assessment Practice
“We worry about disclosing data, but often do not consider the implications of creating data.” -Jeffrey Alan Johnson (2018, p. vi) “A critical assessment practice... Read More
Bridging the Relationship Gap: Using Social Network Theories to Inform Library Services for Graduate Students
In Brief Graduate school is a transformative time for many students. For some students, this is an exciting adventure that allows them to explore new... Read More
Beyond saints, spies and salespeople: new analogies for library liaison programmes
In Brief Academic libraries in the UK are placing an increased emphasis on engagement and partnership building with academics. Attempts to articulate what is meant... Read More
Racing to the Crossroads of Scholarly Communication and Democracy: But Who Are We Leaving Behind?
In Brief Scholarly communication has tremendous potential to help build and sustain a democratic society. Nevertheless, in our race to the crossroads of scholarly communication... Read More
Editorial: Update to Lead Pipe submission guidelines
In Brief: Announcing an update to In the Library with the Lead Pipe’s submission guidelines. We have received feedback about our submission process and have... Read More
In Pursuit of Equity: Applying Design Thinking to Develop a Values-Based Open Access Statement
In Brief We wanted to rethink how our library supported open access, so we attempted to ask ourselves and our staff why they supported “open”... Read More
“Life-Now”: James Tiptree, Joanna Russ, and the Queer Meaning of Archives
In Brief: Archives have special meaning for queer people, and there are fascinating parallels between queer and archival thought. The author draws on several sources... Read More
Interested in writing for Lead Pipe? We’re calling for submissions.
Do you have an idea, experience, or perspective that will contribute to library literature and conversations? If so, we want to hear from you. The... Read More
An Academic Librarian-Mother in Six Stories
In Brief: The author found it curious and disappointing when she couldn’t find many published stories about the experiences of academic librarians who are also... Read More
“It was information based”: Student Reasoning when Distinguishing Between Scholarly and Popular Sources
In Brief: We asked students to find an article and answer the following questions: Is this a popular or scholarly article? How can you tell?... Read More