Aug 16, 2018
Letters to the editor, web comments, and other feedback from readers from our August, 2018 issue
Those of us working at a college or university have a considerably different perspective on higher education than our fellow citizens who learn about it from the media. How might higher education deliver a better message?
In my last column, I shared a conversation I had with Sally Pewhairangi, a New Zealand librarian working on a new website called The Library Boss. We explored how confidence in our abilities is just as important as competence. We finish our discussion this time with a deep dive into qualities that should be part of the information professional’s skill set.
ON JULY 15, WE RELEASED NEW WEBSITES FOR LJ AND sister publication School Library Journal (SLJ) in a soft launch encouraging feedback and constructive criticism. If you haven’t explored them yet, please do. This is a major step forward for us as we continue our evolution in an increasingly digital world.
Library core values can align with contemporary social justice issues. Library leaders who find it difficult to grasp the social justice movement need to think about how they should use their leadership to understand, if not embrace, social justice issues and the staff who support them.
Racial literacy requires critical thinking to assess situations or texts for inequalities, which is part of comprehensive information literacy skills. As society is making more of an effort to value underrepresented groups’ experiences, we need to make that same type of progress in libraries.
Talk about momentum. San Francisco Public Library’s (SFPL) laser focus on radical access, led by compassion and with a goal to serve all, has shaped an array of library services that are inspiring, replicable, and continually redefining what the word library means.
It's all "What We're Reading" this time out, with a subway snub and a friendly group of LJ, SLJ, and alum readers and writers.
LJ’s inaugural Horror preview recognizes an explosion in the popularity of horror with a mainstream audience. Yet horror can be a tricky genre for librarians to recommend confidently. Here are plenty of suggestions for blood-lusty patrons.
