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Archives: academic librarianship

Guest Post — AI Fatigue and Vocational Awe in Academic Libraries

Today’s guest blogger says academic librarians don’t need another class on how to use AI, but an institutional reflection on the emotional and mental cost of rushing innovations.

  • By Greyson Pasiak
  • Mar 4, 2026
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Guest Post — Reporting from LIBER 2025: Policy Influence, Library Agency, and Researcher-First Open Access Moves

Today’s guest bloggers reflect on the the LIBER Annual Conference in Lausanne (2–4 July).

  • By Eleonora Colangelo, Martina Sollai
  • Oct 16, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 8 mins

Guest Post — Beyond Classification: The Human Cost of Library and Information Labor Under Digital Capitalism

In an era of information abundance and epistemic chaos, libraries serve as crucial sites for democratic knowledge practices — protecting them is critical to preserving the infrastructure of informed citizenship itself.

  • By Mike Olson
  • Aug 26, 2025
  • 14 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Revisiting Nicholson Baker and Retention of Print

Scholars are anxious about what materials will be preserved and made accessible. Whose priorities come first?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Feb 2, 2021
  • 16 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

A New Academy to Train Librarians and Researchers about Data Management Has Launched. RDMLA Answers Our Questions.

A new set of courses in research data management is being offered to librarians. Todd Carpenter talks with the founders of the RDMLA to find out more.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Oct 15, 2019
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

ACRL 2019: Recasting the Narrative

See what Scholarly Kitchen Chef @lisalibrarian is looking forward to at #acrl2019 and sessions where you can find Scholarly Kitchen Chefs presenting.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Apr 9, 2019
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

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