Interview with the authors: Mathuews and Spellman on Staff-led Strategic Plans
Staff-led strategic planning is an inclusive approach that engages and empowers staff to develop a strategic plan for their library collaboratively.
Interview with the author: Cortada on the Information Revolution
Interview with author of history of how information increased in quantity and variety during past 200 years, how that happened, why, and impact today
Generative AI; Relevance to Librarians
Generative AI can be used in libraries in databases, in the chat systems librarians use, and in cataloging.
Interview with the Authors: Aspray and Cortada, Authenticity and Misinformation
Interview with the authors of a book that explores the nature of authenticity and misinformation through the lens of heritage tourism
Interview with the Authors: Foster and Jewell, Systematic Reviews
Interview with the authors of a guide to systematic reviews for librarians with in depth discussion of phases and processes.
A Brief Overview of ChatGPT
Overview of two main concerns with using ChatGPT that librarians might want to consider: privacy and information accuracy
Three Tech Trends for Librarians to Watch in 2023
Three tech trends to watch include growth of artificial intelligence (AI), changes to the metaverse, and increased focus on information security
Interview with an Author: Open Access Literature in Libraries
Interview with a co-author of a book that explores important topics related to Open Access literature in libraries and offers practice guidance.
Interview with the Authors: Demystifying Scholarly Metrics
Interview about book that introduces various types of bibliometric and altmetric indicators and provides advice on interpreting them with context
Interview with the Author: A Social Media Survival Guide
Librarians are the front line for many patrons trying to solve problems, especially problems with technology and online access, including social media.
Interview with the Editors: Practicing Social Justice in Libraries
Practicing Social Justice in Libraries provides practical strategies, tools, and resources to library and information workers who wish to drive change
Interview with the Author: Disabilities and the Library: Fostering Equity
Librarians need to understand the needs and abilities of differently abled patrons; interview with author of a primer on fostering equity in libraries
Interview with the Editors: Digital Humanities Workshops
Interview with Laura Estill, Jennifer Guiliano, editors of Digital Humanities Workshops, Lessons Learned; why these workshops are important
Focus on the Computers in Libraries Conference 2023; What to Expect
Interview with Jane Dysart and Brian Pichman about the upcoming Computers in Libraries Conference; trends and what to expect.
Transformational Learning in the Library
Transformational learning in a library may occur around information access, information privilege, source evaluation, bias, digital divides, etc.
Using Spiral Learning in Instructional Design
With the spiral learning method, library instructors circle back to topics and add new information each time.
Interview with the Author: Nicole Fox; Digital Visual Literacy
Visual literacy is simply deriving meaning from visual information; images, information literacy and the internet intersect and affect one another.
Interview with the Expert: Health Sciences Librarianship
Health sciences librarians fill a multitude of roles within their institutions, and directly impact community health.
Interview with the Author: Auditing Diversity in Library Collections
Interview with the author of collected stories and methods for a successful library diversity audit plus what works and historic background
Interview with the Authors: Givens and Slutskaya, “Transforming Technical Services…”
Technical services departments increasingly expected to do more with less, shrinking budgets, staff turnover, lack of visibility, no advocacy
Interview with the Author: Susan Walsh, “Between the Spreadsheets: Classifying and Fixing Dirty Data”
Interview with Susan Walsh from The Classification Guru, the author of a book on finding and fixing dirty data; COAT methodology
Interview with an Editor: Catherine Arnott Smith, Combating Online Health Misinformation
Interview with coeditor of a book for those who work with and teach about medical information and thus about medical misinformation
Marketing Ideas for Special Libraries
All librarians are in the business of marketing the library’s services and resources to our user or patron communities.
Interview with the Authors: Weber & De Fino on Virtual Tech Services
Interview with authors of handbook for people transitioning to working in a remote or hybrid situation; covering management and sustainable workflows.
Interview with the Expert: Marketing in Special Libraries, Dr. Rajesh Singh
Perspectives on library marketing from a library school professor; get people’s attention, sustain that attention, exceed expectations, surprise users
