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Library Leadership in Turbulent Times

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Tech Trends for Teens: Engaging the Next Generation

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Library, Barcelona, Spain

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The Fight Against Book Bans: Perspectives From the Field

▶ Featured Articles

An Integration Model on Brainstorming and Extenics for Intelligent Innovation in Big Data Environment


Are Public Libraries Efficient? Evaluating Scale Economies of Public Libraries in the U.S. With a Cost Function Approach


Bi-Model Engagement Emotion Recognition Based on Facial and Upper-Body Landmarks and Machine Learning Approaches


A Deep Dive Into ChatGPT Plugins and Data Analysis


Digital Health Literacy and Health Technology in Health Systems and Beyond: The Importance of Measurement, Planned Action, and Policy for Readiness and Sustainability


Disinformation: Why Does It Work, and What (If Anything) Can We Do About It?


How Does the Transition From a Subject-based Allocation Fund Structure to a One-pot Allocation Fund Structure Impact Librarian Spending and Attitudes Toward Spending?


ICTs in Knowledge Sharing and Organization Culture: Case Study of a Center for Continuing Education


Library and Information Science Study Program Through the Eyes of Students: Preliminary Findings


Opinion: Becoming a Digital Era Ready Company


A Study on the Discussion on Library 5.0 and the Generation of Library 1.0 to Library 5.0


Toward a Potential Solution of the Crisis in Scholarly Publishing: An Academic Research Community Alliance Model


▶ ARCHIVES

2023
January
▶ Leveling Up Support of Gaming Programs / Patrice Williams
February
▶ Embracing Digitization on Demand as Part of Our ILL Borrowing Toolkit: A Case Study at the UNT Libraries / Janelle Foster and Mary Ann Venner
March
▶ The Dangers of Literary Censorship / ChatGPT
April
▶ The Current Cases and Coming Chapters of Distance and Online Learning Librarianship, Part 1 / Brittni Ballard
May
▶ The Current Cases and Coming Chapters of Distance and Online Learning Librarianship, Part 2 / Brittni Ballard
June
▶ Accessibility Testing Your Library Website / JJ Pionke
July
▶ Describe-A-Thons: Virtual Programming to Build Community & Reduce Metadata Backlogs / Laura Farley
September
▶ Quo Vadis, AI? Part 1 / Anand Kochunny
October
▶ Quo Vadis, AI? Part 2 / Anand Kochunny
November
▶ Prompt Engineering and the Future of Librarianship / Karen Holt
December
▶ Library Leadership in Turbulent Times / Michael Crumpton

2022
January
▶ Do Right When You Cite: Teaching and Modeling the Politics of Citation / Brittni Ballard
February
▶ Combatting Mis- & Disinformation in the Time of COVID / Jenny Fielding
March
▶ Enhancing Remote Work and How it is Supervised / Michael Crumpton
April
▶ Librarians as Learning Designers: My Online Study Experience / Lydia Dawe
May
▶ There and Back Again: The Impact of COVID on Public Services in an Academic Library / Meranda Roy, Carol Hargis, and Mary Ann Venner
June
▶ Your End of Year Writing Assignment / Brittni Ballard
July
▶ Reimagining Services for English Learners in School Libraries / Daniella Smith
September
▶ What the Academic Library Means to Me/Us/Them / Michael Crumpton
October
▶ Embracing Slow Librarianship / William Schultz
November
▶ Help! My Library Created an Archive: Tips and Advice for Non-Archivists / Andrew Hart
December
▶ Never Enough Time: Strategies for Rethinking How We Manage Our Time / Marie L. Radford

2021
January
▶ The End of Libraries and Librarianship - Part 34 / Ian D.Gordon
February
▶ "A Magical Mystery Tour of Intellectual Property...with The Beatles" / Dave Davis
March
▶ Less Face-to-Face, More Heart-to-Heart: Humanity at a Distance / Brittni Ballard
April
▶ "You Can't Do That": The Beatles and Infringement Issues / Dave Davis
May
▶ Masks, Plexiglass, and Zoom, Oh My!: Possible Changes to the Future of Library Services / Andrew Hart
June
▶ Meditations on Library Leadership for the Post-Pandemic Era/ Karen Holt
July
▶ Seeing Yourself in the Library: Metadata Revision for Inclusivity and Access / Laura Farley
September
▶ Creating Positive Relationships Through Compassion and Empathy in the Long-Tail of the COVID-19 Pandemic / Marie L. Radford
October
▶ National Novel Writing Month: Getting Your Library Involved / Andrew Hart
November
▶ For Project Leads: Radically Including Stakeholders and Protecting Your Mental Health / Julia Caffrey-Hill
December
▶ We'll Meet Again ... The Personal Meeting With the Library User / Liv Inger Lamoy and Astrid Kilvik

2020
January
▶ Puppies, Snacks, and Massages, Oh My!: How the Georgia Tech Library Reduces Stress During Finals / Kimberly L. W. Griffis
February
▶ Adventure Awaits: Working Internationally as a Librarian / Karen Holt
March
▶ The Mindful Reader: Getting Lost in a Good Book / Pauline Dewan
April
▶ Evolving Our Pedagogy in a Post-Truth Landscape / Jenny Fielding
May
▶ Library as Safe Haven: Disaster Planning, Response, and Recovery / Nathan Rosen
June
▶ The Library as an Essential Service / Mary Ann Venner
July
▶ Will the Choices We Make Define Us? / Michael Crumpton
September
▶ Library Marketing in a Pandemic / Karen Holt
October
▶ Opting Out is Not an Option: Big Tech, Algorithmic Ranking, and the Information Crossroads / Jennifer Fielding
November
▶ The Multiplicity of Librarianship: Avoiding Burnout / Michelle Jones
December
▶ Planning HR for the Future / Michael Crumpton

2019
January
▶ The Imperative for Lending High-Impact Textbooks / Jan H. Kemp
February
▶ Physical Disabilities: More Than Just Wheels and Prosthetics / JJ Pionke
March
▶ Exploring Strategies That Foster Collaborations Across Diverse Populations / Anthony Bishop
April
▶ Effectively Moving Up the Management Chain / Carol Hargis, Seti Keshmiripour, and Mary Ann Venner
May
▶ Connecting the Dots, Building a Library for Learning / Michael Crumpton
June
▶ Reflections on Things Past / Susan Fingerman
July
▶ A Game of Phones: Juggling Virtual Reference/Research Services in Libraries / Andrew Hart
September
▶ Shame and Pride in the Virtual Library User / Erin L. McAfee
October
▶ Your Digital Branch: Much More than Your Website / David Lee King
November
▶ Eliminating the Toxic Effects of Micromanagement in Academic Libraries / Jennine Knight
December
▶ The Ethical Librarian: Remembering Who We Are and Who We Serve / Andrew Hart

2018
January
▶ The Cosmos of Libraries From Alexandria to the Internet / Ray Uzwyshyn
February
▶ Collective Collections - The Ultimate Share? / Susan Fingerman
March
▶ Making the Effort with Open Access / Michael Crumpton
April
▶ Uncovering the Value of Libraries / William N. Schultz, Jr.
May
▶ Librarian as Administrator: A Journey of Expanded Learning / Mary Ann Venner
June
▶ Managing the Leaderless Small Academic Library / Kaetrena Davis Kendrick
July
▶ Veteran Outreach in an Academic Library / JJ Pionke
September
▶ Napa Valley Unified School District, California / Scott P. Muir
October
▶ Finding a Balance in the Stacks: Addressing Questionable Non-fiction, Controversial Material, and Unintentional Sanitation in Public Libraries / Andrew Hart
November
▶ Mental Health Disabilities: A Case for Empathy, Compassion, and Patience / JJ Pionke
December
▶ Employment and Neurodiverse Librarians / Amelia Anderson,

2017
January
▶ Libraries and Digital Scholarship: Seeing (and Selling) Ourselves Differently / John Cox
February
▶ The Pursuit of Tenure for Academic Librarians / Mary Ann Venner
March
▶ Intentionality: Reconstructing Library Spaces as Safe Spaces / Rachel Wexelbaum
April
▶ Information Literacy and Confirmation Bias: You Can lead a Person to information, But Can You Make Him Think? / Mark Allen
May
▶ Fulbright Teaching Experience in China 2016-17 / Shin Freedman
June
▶ Roles of Librarians in the MOOCs Environment / Dr. Anna Kaushik
July
▶ Your Virtual Brand / Michael Crumpton
September
▶ Accessibility Doesn’t Have to Be Expensive / JJ Pionke
October
▶ Mentoring Librarians for Management Roles in Academic Libraries / Mary Ann Venner
November
▶ Fake News and the Myth of Library Neutrality / Darcy Gervasio
December
▶ Online Challenges: IRC Adds New Challenges in Online Information Exchange / Stephen Arnold

2016
January
▶ Engaging Faculty with Meaningful Resources and User Centered Services / Tina Chan
February
▶ Moderating Stress During Exam Periods: One Academic Library’s Experience / Gillian van der Ven
March
▶ Why "Mobilegeddon" May be Good for Your Library / Melissa Becher
April
▶ Transforming Online Reference With a Proactive Chat System / Jan Kemp
May
▶ Looking at Gamification as a Creative Learning Process in Libraries / Raymond Pun
June
▶ Slowing Down Assessment: Resisting the "Cult of Efficiency" to Create Meaningful Library Assessments / Darcy Gervasio
July
▶ Transformational Thinking: 15 Strategies for Developing Your Leadership Skills / Daniella Smith
September
▶ Two Strategic Imperatives / Daniel Maxwell
October
▶ Back to the Future: From Book Warehouses to Library Learning Commons / Ray Uzwyshyn
November
▶ What Can We Learn from Recent LibGuides Usability Studies? / Melissa Becher
December
▶ Fingerman's Five Laws of Ebooks / Susan Fingerman

2015
January
▶ Library Changes and Student Solutions / T. Derek Halling
February
▶ Assisting College Military Veterans in Academic Libraries / / Alejandro Marquez
March
▶ Deconstructing the Learning Commons: Understanding How to Engage Digital Citizens / Pippa Davies
April
▶ Hold It! Improving Access to Collections with an Online Holds Service / Mary Ann Venner
May
▶ Strategies for DIY Technology Professional Development for Librarians / Daniella Smith
June
▶ A New Year's (Link) Resolution / Michael Davidson
July
▶ The Dark Web and Library Patrons: A 21st Century Challenge / Stephen Arnold
September
▶ Shifting From Public to Academic Librarianship: A Career Change? / Raymond Pun
October
▶ A Library of Peace in Darfur / Zurab Elzarov
November
▶ Five Years After RDA / Dr. Sharon Q. Yang
December
▶ Evolving Needs for Evolving Libraries / Michael Crumpton

2014
January
▶ Looking Forward With Discovery Tools: What the Scholarly Publications Say / Hillary A. H. Richardson
February
▶ Creating a Faculty Book Delivery Service: Supporting Faculty Research / Mary Ann Venner
March
▶ Blazing a Trail: eBooks and the New Method of Collection Collaboration / Ryan Litsey
April
▶ Library Facilities for Schools Where Every Student Has a Device / Jennifer LaGarde and Doug Johnson
May
▶ Establishing an Institutional Copyright Education Program / Carla Myers
June
▶ Greening Knowledge and Sustainable 21st Century Competencies / Jerremie Clyde
July
▶ OCLC’s WorldShare ILS: A Migratory Journey / Michael Davidson
September
▶ Developing Sound Library Copyright Policies / Carla Myers
October
▶ It's All About the Ecosystems (or, why Apple isn't in competition with Microsoft anymore) / Jason Bengtson
November
▶ One Library's Sacred Cow is Another Library's Hamburger Due to Disruptive Technology / Michelle A. Kraft
December
▶ Embargoes and Federally Funded Research / Stephen Arougheti

2013
January
▶ Librarians - Let Your Voice Be Heard! Learning and Teaching in Faculty Development / Julie Watson
February
▶ Why Can't We All Get Along / Stephan Spitzer
March
▶ The New Frontier in Outreach: Middle School Students in the Academic Library / Anne Marie Jung
April
▶ Adding (Even More) Value to Library Services / Joseph R. Matthews
May
▶ Too Much Information / Silvia K. Spiva
June
▶ Librarians and LIS Students' Attitudes Towards Mobile Services / Noa Aharony
July
▶ 10 in 10: Ten Lessons Learned from a Decade of Teaching One-Shots / Mary Todd Chesnut
August
▶ Don't Be Afraid: Cataloging and Metadata Librarians Participating in the World of Reference / William N. Schultz, Jr.
September
▶ Process Not Product: Learning to Be Information Literate / Tami Echavarria Robinson
October
▶ What Do Librarians Do, Exactly? / Helen Georgas
November
▶ Is DDA Right For Your Library? Lessons from KSUL / Kay Downey
December
▶ Heart, Minds and Library Futures: A Local Success Story / Terence K. Huwe
2012
January
▶ Six Online Ways to Find LIS Publishing Opportunities / Doreen Sullivan
February
▶ Collaborating With Student Research Assistants / Julie Gilbert
March
▶ Occupy Fair Use / Linda Frederiksen
April
▶ Improving Library Services with E-Books / Sue Polanka
May
▶ Libraries Embracing Mobile Technology / Yingting Zhang
June
▶ Why Should I Hire You? The Employer's Perspective / Priscilla Shontz and Richard A. Murray
July
▶ Information Discovery / Dorai Thodla
August
▶ Building a Better Librarian: Why Your Work As a Librarian Begins LONG Before Your Graduate Program / Courtney E. Jacobs
September
▶ Copyright Compliance in the Corporate Setting / Amy Speigel
October
▶ Food for Fines: Helping Students and the Community / Mary Ann Venner
November
▶ The Importance of Being Found / Kenning Arlitsch and Patrick OBrien
December
▶ Getting the Whole Story: Getting the Best Federal, State and Nongovernmental Agencies' Websites to Your Users / Kellian Clink

2011
January
▶ Break On Through to the Web 2.0 Side: The Doors to Teaching with delicious and Google / Lilia Murray
February
▶ Baby Boomers and the Importance of the Public Library as a Social Space / Emy Nelson Decker
March
▶ Net Neutrality: A Case for a New Library Perspective / Aaron Krebeck
April
▶ Whose Responsibility is Continuing Professional Development - Mine, Theirs, or Ours? / Julia Leong
May
▶ Virtual Meetings and Web Conferencing – Do They Really Boost Productivity? / Rebecca A. Martin
June
▶ Using a World-Wide Study of Public Access Information Venues to Design the Library of the Future / Elizabeth Gould
July
▶ Twenty-First Century Skills / Yvonne Krishnan
August
▶ eBooks in the Library: Practical Considerations / Kyla Hunt
September
▶ Which eBook Reader is Right for You? / Naomi Gold
October
▶ Research Skills in the Age of Google: Process vs. Automation
November
▶ Rumors of Their Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated / Lani Smith
December
▶ Email Marketing for Librarians - Made Simple / Sean Smith

2010
January
▶ In No Rush to Judgment: Acuity in Decision Making / Mark de Jong
February
▶ Going Mobile to Teach and Reach Library Users / Sara Davidson
March
▶ Developing a Copyright Compliance Policy / Lesley Ellen Harris
April
▶ What Is 'True Marketing,' and Are You Actually Doing It? / Kathy Dempsey
May
▶ Google Apps Helps a Library: What to Do Without a Budget / Fei Xu
June
▶ Frozen in Headlights on the Information Superhighway? / Amanda Cossham
July
▶ Lasting Impacts of Earth Day / Frederick W. Stoss
August
▶ How to Survive Turning 65: A Guide for Evil-Minded Older Librarians / Terryl M. Asla
September
▶ Library Leadership and the Institutional Manager / Mark E. de Jong
October
▶ The Last Books Standing / Roberta Brody
November
▶ Beware the Dragons / Robert Fox
December
▶ Visioning Librarianship: From Economic Battlegrounds to Edutainment Battledecks / Jo Rolfe

2009
January
▶ Transparency Isn't Just for Windows Anymore / Chaunacey Dunklee
February
▶ I'm in the High-Tech Industry, I'm a Librarian / Martha Whittaker
March
▶ The 800-Pound Gorilla in the Room; or, How to Explain to a Non-Librarian What a Cataloger Is / Elizabeth J. Cox
April
▶ Succeeding in E-Resources: Three Essential Elements of Success / Ryan Weir
May
▶ If You Teach Them, They Will Come: Using Information Literary Instruction as Outreach / Maryann Mori
June
▶ Living To Tell the Tale Again: Getting the Most Out of Your Library Screencasts / Paul Betty
July
▶ The Loss of Structure and Rules / Norman Stevens
August
▶ Embedded Librarianship: What Is It and Why Should I Care? / Judith Siess
September
▶ How Do I...Surf the Web Anonymously? / Ken Kozlowski
October
▶ The Elusive eBook / Sue Polanka
November
▶ The Future: Tomorrow or in 2020? / Rosalind Farnam Dudden
December
▶ Changing the Face of Librarianship: Musings on Diversity / Taryn Resnick

2008
January
▶ Hybridity and Academic Identity: The Unmonastic Jedis / Emilce S. Rees
February
▶ Citation and Citation Databases / Judit Bar-Ilan
March
▶ Wiki: A Tool for Teaching, Learning, Sharing and Collaboration / Wendy G. Wu
April
▶ The Move to Web-Based Subscriptions: Good Idea or Nightmare? / Ken Kozlowski
May
▶ The Digital Divide Inside the Library: Investing in Minimum Technology Competencies for Library Staff / Paula Seeger
June
▶ No More Plastic Disks! Online Apps for Word Processing / Courtney Bennett
July
▶ Flex and Balance: Exercising Reform in Twenty-First Century Library Work Environments / Jennifer Duncan
August
▶ Strategies for a Successful Virtual Reference Transaction / Erin Fields and Irene Tencinger
September
▶ Adventures in an Ethiopian Library / Marie Paiva
October
▶ Isn't It All Online? United States Government Documents in Transition / Kathryn Yelinek
November
▶ Familiar or Fruitful? Evaluating Your Search Options / Elaine Robbins
December
▶ Finding Our Way in Search - What Role for Librarians? / Hope Leman

2007
January
▶ The Thrill of the Chase in Cyberspace / Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Marie L. Radford
February
▶ Staying Sane / Heather Wicht
March
▶ Editing an LIS Journal: Keeping Editors, Authors and Readers Happy / Wayne Jones
April
▶ "May You Live in Interesting Times" / Glen Holt
May
▶ Helping Users Find the Right Answer / Norman Stevens
June
▶ Assessment: Why Now? What Now? / M. Kathleen Kern
July
▶ I'm a New Librarian!... Now What? / Elizabeth J. Cox
August
▶ When the Licensor Calls: Some Thoughts on Systematic Downloading / Andrew Waller
September
▶ Copyright Permissions Demystified / Lesley Ellen Harris
October
▶ Strands in the Web / Kerry webb
November
▶ The Periphery of the Core / Lorraine Busby
December
▶ What Do You Wish You'd Learned in Library School? / Richard A. Murray and Priscilla K. Shontz

2006
January
▶ Organizing Your Library's Copyright Issues / Lesley Ellen Harris
February
▶ Reading the Tea Leaves / Chris Olson
March
▶ Take a Long Hard Look at Your Library / Leslie Haas
April
▶ Values: A Human and Organizational Resource (part 1) / John Fenner and Audrey Fenner
May
▶ Values: A Human and Organizational Resource (part II) / John Fenner and Audrey Fenner
June
▶ Lighten Up, Please: Why the Uninformed Librarian Should Be Informed on Library Humor / Norman D. Stevens
July
▶ Evaluation and Assessment for the Practicing Librarian / Rosalind Dudden
August
▶ The Ugly Face of Internet Filters in Public Libraries / Monique Sendze
September
▶ Teaching Complex Critical Evaluation Skills: A Bowl of Soup, a Dead Woman in a Coffin, and a Girl Playing with a Toy Bear / Leslie Stebbins
October
▶ What Role Does the Public Library Play in Reading? / Elizabeth Beales
November
▶ Leadership Theories and Styles: Some Choices for Librarians as Change Agents / Peter Hernon and Nancy Rossiter
December
▶ Culture Shock: Dewey Student in an LC College Library / D. Yvonne Jones

2005
January
▶ User Demands and Library Policies / Chris Nolan
February
▶ Be Aware of Spyware / Cindy Chick
March
▶ Defining and Depositing Electronic Publications / Jim Vickery
April
▶ Finding Support for Your Professional Development, Inside and Out / Claudia Silverman
May
▶ How to Write Right / Wayne Jones
June
▶ It's Not Just You. Did You Know Your Library Patrons Multitask Too? / Amanda Spink
July
▶ Two Plus Two Equals Five: Why Good Cataloging Adds Value in the Modern Library World / Bob Persing
August
▶ Surviving, and Maybe Thriving On, Losing Your Job / John Welford
September
▶ Informed and Underinformed Librarians / Peter Jacso
October
▶ Librarian as Chameleon: Invaluable Skill Sets in a Changing Work World / Debbie Schachter
November
▶ It's Time to Leave the Reference Desk / T. Scott Plutchak
December
▶ Ethics in Cataloging? / Joni Lynn Cassidy

2004
January
▶ Technology Gets Better - Our Job Gets Tougher / Ken Kozlowski
February
▶ RSS - Not Just for Techies / Roddy MacLeod
March
▶ Knowing the Value of Information (part I) / Daphne Raban
April
▶ Knowing the Value of Information (part II) / Daphne Raban
May
▶ Choosing and Using a News Alert Service / Bob Berkman
June
▶ Virtual Discussions: Establishing a Positive Online Presence for Yourself / Richard A. Murray
July
▶ Top Nine Tips for Librarian Writers / Rachel Singer Gordon
August
▶ Beefing Up Your Resume / Sarah Johnson
September
▶ Developing Management Skills (Even if You Don't Think You're a Manager) / Claudia Silverman
October
▶ Where Libraries and Archives Intersect / Amanda Cossham & Sarah Welland
November
▶ Off to a Good Start / Priscilla Shontz
December
▶ Typographical and Factual Errors in Library Databases / Jeffrey Beall

2003
August
▶ Librarianship: The Invisible Profession / Judith A. Siess
September
▶ Learning to Learn and Loving It! / Ann Riedling
October
▶ Think Like a Web Page: 5 Tips for Smarter Search Engine Searching / Rita Vine
November
▶ Intellectual Terrorrism / Anne Mintz
December
▶ Using Online Resources for Professional Development / Amanda Cossham