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
Making it Work: Surviving as a Librarian Employed in Another Field
In Brief: On average, it takes approximately five months for LIS graduates to find a library job, according to Library Journal’s 2012 Placements and Salaries... 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
Collaborating with Faculty Part 1: A Five-Step Program
This is the first in a two-part series on librarian collaboration with faculty. Part 1 presents a five-step program for building collaborative relationships, while Part... 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
Social networking with a brain: a critical review of academic sites
By Kim Leeder Social networking may have started out as a way for students to keep track of their friends, but it has expanded in... Read More