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“This Actually Happened”: An Analysis of Librarians’ Responses to a Survey about Racial Microaggressions
(2015-05-21)
Racial microaggressions are subtle, derogatory messages conveyed to people of color. While often delivered unconsciously, these persistent and pervasive negative messages can have devastating effects on individuals and ...
The Management and Support of Outreach in Academic Libraries
(2014-07-27)
The promotion of services in academic libraries often falls under the purview of outreach. This paper explores a number of questions regarding library outreach, specifically how libraries manage and support the marketing ...
Connecting the dots: Making sense of sociograms
(2024-01-08)
This chapter provides a practical approach to understanding the history, terminology, and methods used to create sociograms, which are graph-based visualizations that showcase social connections. Data collection processes, ...
The Management and Support of Outreach in Academic Libraries
(2014-07-14)
The promotion of services in academic libraries often falls under the purview of outreach. This paper explores a number of questions regarding library outreach, specifically how libraries manage and support the marketing ...
Ramp-Up Your Worksheets
(2017-04-24)
Creating worksheets for instruction sessions that require students to think critically can be a challenge, especially when the librarian only has 50-minutes to introduce and discuss a concept. I will share strategies for ...
Skills for success: Tailoring research boot camps to graduate student needs
(2023-06-16)
As they prepare for academic and professional careers, graduate students must acquire skills needed to conduct scholarly research, organize and work with information sources, and effectively communicate research findings. ...
Library Alphabet Soup: Tips and Resources When the Item in Hand is Not Written in the Latin Alphabet
(2017-07-12)
It is not uncommon for both academic and public librarians to have items, especially gift books, that are in another language that they have either to evaluate for addition to the collection or to catalog. Quite often, ...
To be seen and heard: Realizing the benefits of diversity and responding to the needs of minority academic librarians
(2015-10-21)
Diversity continues to be an important topic of conversation for librarians--we talk about the importance of representing a variety of viewpoints in our collections, providing diverse programs that meet the needs of a broad ...
Is Science Librarianship Right for Me?
(2021-01-15)
Are you an MLS student or early career librarian exploring career paths? This panel of experienced science librarians share their stories and insights along the road to science librarianship. This webinar offers the ...
Everyday Inclusion Begins with Me: Diversity and Intergroup Communication in the Workplace
(2020-06-10)
Join us to explore actions at the individual level that help create an environment where diverse perspectives flourish and a desired long-term outcome is to attract, recruit, and retain a workforce of librarians from diverse ...