User-Centered Provisioning of Interlibrary Loan: a Framework
In Brief: Interlibrary loan (ILL) has grown from a niche service limited to few privileged scholars to a ubiquitous expected service. Yet, workflows still assume... Read More
Social Media at The College of New Jersey Library
In Brief: This article discusses how and why The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Library decided not to develop library-specific social media channels and why... 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
A New Polemic: Libraries, MOOCs, and the Pedagogical Landscape
In Brief: The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has emerged in the past few years as the poster child of the online higher education revolution. ... Read More
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Reclaim Your Inbox
In Brief: In this article, co-authors Lindsay Sarin and Erin Dorney experiment with managing email (testing three existing systems), explore the idea of managing communication... 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: The Leaky Pipe: Lead Pipers Weigh in on WikiLeaks
by Editorial Board Introduction Let’s start off with a little background and context, just in case you haven’t been glued to the news to... Read More
Take the Template and Run: Austin Community College’s Student Library and Technology Use Study
In the Library with the Lead Pipe welcomes guest author Adrian Whatley. Adrian Whatley is the e-Resources Librarian at Austin Community College. She views her... Read More
The Desk Setup
Derik Badman Developer, Springshare Who are you, and what do you do? by Brett Bonfield I’m Derik Badman. For a paying job I work as... Read More
#HackLibSchool
In the Library with the Lead Pipe welcomes guest poster Micah Vandegrift. Micah is a graduate student in Library and Information Studies at Florida State... Read More