Pub Date : 2024-02-15DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2305077
Matthew Noe
Much has been written about the demographic make-up of librarianship, which remains overwhelmingly white and female, but little has been discussed about the socioeconomic background of folks enteri...
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Pub Date : 2024-02-15DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2305074
Maria Cahill, Averi Cole, Soohyung Joo, Luke LeFebvre, Antonio Garcia
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many public libraries offered virtual storytimes (VSTs). Who proposed, authorized, and developed these programs? What impact did they have in the short term a...
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Pub Date : 2024-02-15DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2305073
Andrew Adler
In October 2019, the Ensor Learning Resource Center at Georgetown College lost one staff position. While this reduction in force was not a major surprise, what happened over the next three budget y...
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Pub Date : 2024-02-13DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2305069
Deeth Ellis
This mixed-methods study examines how principals perceive the role of school librarians, identifies the factors that shape these perceptions, and uses qualitative and quantitative data to explain t...
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Pub Date : 2024-02-13DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2305072
Pei-Chun Lee
This research scrutinizes the instrumental contributions of public libraries in augmenting community resilience. The study deploys a methodological framework predicated on comprehensive literature ...
本研究探讨了公共图书馆在增强社区复原力方面的工具性贡献。研究采用的方法框架基于全面的文献 ...
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Pub Date : 2024-02-08DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2305070
Stan Trembach
This article presents the results of a survey of library and information professionals in positions of leadership regarding the skills and knowledge expected of MLS program graduates seeking employ...
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Pub Date : 2024-02-06DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2023.2287947
Robert P. Holley
Library managers have acquired the skills to make better choices about deciding when to retire and in selecting options that lead to a successful retirement. The best situation is when the manager ...
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Pub Date : 2024-02-06DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2023.2287948
Deborah Kore Appiah, Christiana Oduraa Kwaah, Florence Dzokoto-Dodzie Plockey
This paper reports on a study on delinquent acts in three academic libraries in northern Ghana. A survey method was used for the study and a questionnaire was used to collect data. The study popula...
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Pub Date : 2024-02-06DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2023.2287945
Hernán Muñoz-Vélez, César Pallares, Andrés Felipe Echavarría, Julysa Contreras, Andrés Pavas, David Bello, César Rendón, Jacqueline Calderón-Rojas, Fernando Garzón
The article presents the methodology used by the Colombia Consortium to negotiate the first transformative agreements (TAs) in Latin America. These TAs are a strategy to manage costs associated wit...
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Pub Date : 2024-01-31DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2024.2305071
Seth M. Porter
This theoretical article and applied case study examines the concept of academic research libraries adopting concepts that emphasize building the future rather than passively reacting through incre...
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