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In Brief It is inevitable that public librarians interact with mentally ill patrons daily. We do our best to help find information and connect patrons...

2015–03–11

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#DitchTheSurvey: Expanding Methodological Diversity in LIS Research

Survey rating scale: In Brief: Recent content analyses of LIS literature show that, by far, the most popular data collection method employed by librarians and...

2014–09–24

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Locating the Library in Institutional Oppression

Editor’s note: On July 16th, 2014 we published Open Source Outline: Locating the Library within Institutional Oppression, where we discussed nina de jesus’s Outline for a Paper...

2013–06–05

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Adventures in Rhetoric: The Traditional Library

In Brief: Librarians make frequent reference to “the traditional library” yet there is no accepted definition of the term. Responding to a debate that began...

2012–10–17

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Editorial: Our Philosophies of Librarianship

In brief: Members of the Lead Pipe Editorial Board reflect on their own personal philosophies of librarianship in response to Emily Ford’s recent article. What...

2012–09–19

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Running the Library Race

In Brief: This article draws a parallel between fatigued runners and overworked librarians, proposing that libraries need to pace work more effectively to avoid burnout....

2012–05–30

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Stop the Snobbery! Why You’re Wrong About Community Colleges and Don’t Even Know It

By Kim Leeder Several weeks ago I attended my first community college commencement. Despite my staff status, I was pleased to be invited to sit among...

2012–01–25

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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....

2011–08–24

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Resilience vs. Sustainability: The Future of Libraries

by Karen Munro The New Status Quo Inside and outside of libraries, everybody is nervous about change. We use terms like “disruptive change” and “tipping...

2011–03–25

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In the Library with the Lead Pipe welcomes Audrey Barbakoff, a librarian at the Milwaukee Public Library, and Ahniwa Ferrari, Virtual Experience Manager at the...