Pub Date : 2024-08-27DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2388497
Sarah R. MacEwan, Kaleigh Niles, Sydney Schoenbeck, Patrick M. Schnell, Martin Fried, Janet E. Childerhose
Public libraries support community health needs, including responding to the opioid epidemic with events, services, and information. However, we lack insight into why libraries respond to problemat...
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2371278
Christine L. Ferguson
Upon the departure of a library administrator, such as dean or director, a librarian may be asked to serve in a leadership position on a limited term or open-ended, interim basis. In such a positio...
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2371275
Margaret Kristin Merga
While library professionals working in academic contexts are likely to have knowledge of ‘predatory’ journals and related implications for guiding student information seeking, school and public lib...
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2371276
Ali Kavak, Erol Yılmaz
This study examines the metaphors used by 66 information professionals in Türkiye to conceptualize artificial intelligence (AI). Through qualitative metaphor analysis, rich insights emerged on perc...
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2371279
Cathy Sanford
In this edition of “In the Public Interest,” Chris Brown, Chicago Public Library Commissioner, interviews Cathy Sanford, former Deputy County Librarian at Contra Costa County Library. Sanford refle...
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2371274
Nancy Falciani-White
Creativity, the development of a new product, idea, or problem solution that is valuable within the local context, is vital to innovating, problem-solving, and facilitating change. An individual’s ...
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2371280
Jung Mi Scoulas
This column reflects the author’s conversation with the University Library Dean about ongoing assessments and future directions. It raises a key question for assessment professionals and library le...
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2371281
Lorelei Rutledge
This column article examines the complexities surrounding employee leaves due to disabilities, pregnancy, or other extended absences. Also discussed are some of the legal considerations around empl...
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2371277
Elizabeth Allen, Jazzlynn Boyd, Danielle Costello, Michael Holt, Cambria Huff, Randa Lopez Morgan
Starting a new job as a academic librarian is tough. It can be more so whenever the new liaison librarian doesn’t have the resources they need to be successful. In this article, the authors discuss...
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Pub Date : 2024-07-18DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2351250
Robert P. Holley
This column examines the role of research and publication by retired faculty from two perspectives: the varying ability according to discipline and the extrinsic and intrinsic rewards of remaining ...
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