Service Ceiling: The High Cost of Professional Development for Academic Librarians
By Bridgette Comanda, Jaci Wilkinson, Faith Bradham, Amanda Koziura, and Maura Seale In Brief Academic librarian salaries are shrinking, but conferences and professional membership fees... Read More
The Collective Approach: Reinventing Affordable, Useful, and Fun Professional Development
In Brief: In 2014, a small group of librarians at the University of Tennessee set out to redefine the library conference landscape. Frustrated by the... Read More
Who are you empowering?
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... Read More
What We Talk About When We Talk About Public Libraries
In Brief by Hugh Rundle The early founders of free public libraries intended them to achieve particular outcomes: a place for working people to access... Read More
Editorial: DIY Library Culture and the Academy
In Brief: In this editorial, In the Library with the Lead Pipe Editorial Board members Erin Dorney, Emily Ford, Kim Leeder, and Micah Vandegrift discuss... 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
Editorial: Conference this! Lead Pipers compare conference experiences
As library travel budgets are increasingly slashed around the country, it’s a tough time for conference-going. In this group post, we compare notes about the... Read More
Déformation Professionnelle
by Hilary Davis Déformation professionnelle is a French phrase, meaning a tendency to look at things from the point of view of one’s own profession... Read More
Pro-Con-ference
By Derik Badman Earlier this month, I presented at a one-day conference. Everything happened ordinarily. My submission of an abstract was accepted and I was... Read More
On the ALA Membership Pyramid
“…i [sic] only renew [my ALA membership] out of a sense of professional obligation, and also because of the fear that i’ll [sic] put it... Read More