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
Two-way libraries, open catalogues and the future of sharing culture
In brief by Phil Minchin For various reasons, libraries have largely ignored the volume of new content whose creation has been enabled by the internet. We... Read More
Killing Sir Walter Scott: A Philosophical Exploration of Weeding
In Brief: Weeding a library collection, while an absolutely essential part of collection management, is a much more complex issue than library literature—and library practitioners—would... Read More
What I Wish I’d Known About Building Teen Services From Scratch
In brief: During my first professional position I found myself building a teen services program from scratch at a public library in a small town.... Read More
Building a Community of Readers: Social Reading and an Aggregated eBook Reading App for Libraries
In Brief: Library ebooks are currently read in different, unconnected reading platforms. Because all library ebook vendors use the same Adobe ADEPT system to circulate... Read More
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.... Read More
Filter This
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... Read More
Editorial: Lead Pipe Debates the Stealth Librarianship Manifesto
By Editorial Board, Ellie Collier and Brett Bonfield A few weeks ago John Dupuis, of Confessions of a Science Librarian fame, posted his Stealth Librarianship... Read More
An Inflection Point for American Public Libraries
In the Library with the Lead Pipe is pleased to welcome another guest author, Jean Costello! Jean is a technical project manager for a prominent... Read More
We’re Gonna Geek This Mother Out
By Ross Singer I am not much of a book reader. I have a home computer. It has a working internet connection. Any interest I have... Read More