April Witteveen

Library directors often bear the brunt of intellectual freedom challenges from community members—even from their own boards—and some have chosen to leave.

Publishers and librarians offer their perspective on what makes for a great reference collection, and how to maintain it to serve all information seekers.

No matter how conscientiously libraries stick to protocol, many have had to roll back reopening operations recently as employees fall ill or report positive COVID-19 tests or contact with others who test positive—or in some cases, as case counts in their areas rise or patrons refuse to comply with masking or social distancing regulations. 

Several new initiatives will expand African American experiences beyond the archives and make them publicly available.

There will always be a place in libraries for people to fill traditional roles in programming, collection development, and working with children or teens. But many recent graduates earning their MLS (or equivalent degree) have learned new competencies that are increasingly in demand.

Part one of LJ’s deep dive into generational reading behaviors shows that the millennial generation—often credited in the media with “killing” industries in which they don’t care to, or simply can’t afford to, partake—are known to be killing it as readers in the opposite sense: they’re enthusiastic book consumers, library users, and, perhaps surprisingly, print fans.

Created to address Michigan’s low literacy rates, Wayne State University’s School of Information Sciences is launching an experimental program for spring/summer 2019 aimed at increasing the number of professional school librarians in the state.