In the Library with the Lead Pipe – Page 17 – An open access, peer reviewed journal

by Ellie Collier and Editorial Board The Editorial Board is pleased to announce In the Library with the Lead Pipe’s adoption of a Code of Conduct. By doing so, we hope to protect the members of our community from harassing behaviors in Lead Pipe spaces, including this website, our social media spaces, and any other...

In Brief: A call for articles based on an open source outline by Ellie Collier and Editorial Board On January 20th, 2014 nina de jesus posted “Outline for a Paper I Probably Won’t Write.” The editors at In the Library with the Lead Pipe approached de jesus to see if she might like to write...

In Brief: When librarians discuss the lack of underrepresented populations in librarianship, the solutions suggested most often are recruitment and awareness. But these discussions focus on one matrix of identity, like race or class, and ignore the fact that people embody multiple, layered identities. By treating these matrices of identity and marginalization as separate entities,...

In Brief: Librarians create collections of works grounded in many western academic forms of research and they conduct research using many of these qualitative and quantitative methodologies as well. But are there perhaps research methods around the margins, ones that might help us ask different questions or let our research serve different ends? In this,...

In Brief: Why do librarians struggle so much with instruction? Part of the problem is that we have so many facets to consider: pedagogy, campus culture, relationships with faculty, and effectiveness with students. Research on student and faculty perceptions of librarians combined with sociological and psychological research on the magnitude of impression effects prompted us to...

In brief: As librarians we continue to grapple with our role in a world of digital information. The case has been made for an enthusiastic embrace of cutting edge technologies and the development of a ‘startup culture,’ and a role as ‘gap filler’ supporting faster take-up of new technologies. Rather than blindly supporting a market-driven...

In Brief: The outputs librarians are measuring are not directly associated with specific practices that lead to improved lives for the people we serve. If we cannot make that connection, we have no way of knowing how well we are doing our jobs. This article suggests four measurable outcomes that libraries and librarians could use...

In Brief This article presents an analysis of 111 Library and Information Science journals based on measurements of “openness” including copyright policies, open access self-archiving policies and open access publishing options. We propose a new metric to rank journals, the J.O.I. Factor (Journal Openness Index), based on measures of openness rather than perceived rank or...

In Brief: In recent years, student staff have become essential to the success of library operations, particularly within higher education. Student library employment offers a unique opportunity for students to integrate library-specific knowledge and skills with their academic and personal development. This article will discuss the importance of developing an integrated student staff development approach....

Editorial: Announcing In the Library with the Lead Pipe’s Community Code of Conduct

Open Source Outline: Locating the Library within Institutional Oppression

Making a New Table: Intersectional Librarianship

Exploring Critical and Indigenous Research Methods with a Research Community: Part I – The Leap

Ice Ice Baby: Are Librarian Stereotypes Freezing Us out of Instruction?

How Well Are You Doing Your Job? You Don’t Know. No One Does.

Librarian, Heal Thyself: A Scholarly Communication Analysis of LIS Journals

Working at Learning: Developing an Integrated Approach to Student Staff Development