To begin to recover from the past couple of years, we must first acknowledge why it has been so difficult. This is a transcript of a talk at the Conference of Academic Library Management.
A creative and social idea to introduce students to the process of making in an academic library without any pressure to 'get it right'. This project could also work with children and/ or adults in public libraries.
Jessica Hilburn considers the ways in which we think about disability and accessibility and suggests some ways to make library spaces, both physical and digital, accessible to everyone.
Academic librarian Steven Bell discusses the increasing political pressures on the American university system, and suggests some steps that librarians can take to resist censorship.
News of some virtual coffee meets to bring together librarians around the world as part of the #1lib1ref campaign to add references to articles on Wikipedia.
A summary of The World Urban Campaign's The City We Need Now 2.0 document, to help libraries advocate for their role in meeting the UN's development goals.
Daniel Story explains how podcasting can be a meaningful community engagement activity and offers examples of projects at University of California–Santa Cruz.
An interview with Tomaž Ulčakar explaining how applying UX methods when designing new services led to a complete change in user training and increased active engagement.
Large physical collections are no longer practical for many libraries, however individual weeding of materials poses a risk. This article explains the rightsizing approach to balancing the size of holdings and building a national collection.
Stephen Zweibel describes how the CUNY Graduate Center Library automated appointments with subject librarians using JavaScript, Google Sheets, and a Google Apps Script.
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