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Archives: librarians

Guest Post: The Perennial Question of Librarian Credentialing

A new survey looks at the philosophies and practices around librarian credentialing in the United States.

  • By Bryn Geffert, Anna Staton
  • Dec 12, 2024
  • 14 Comments

Guest Post: Pushing for Equity and Diversity in Scholarship through Open Access: Lessons Learned and Perspective from the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)

Raymond Pun, Sai Deng, and Guoying (Grace) Liu on the challenge of advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion within scholarly communications when your own institution isn’t “there” yet.

  • By Raymond Pun, Sai Deng, Guoying Liu
  • May 26, 2023
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Guest Post — What is Keeping University Chief Information Security Officers Up at Night

An SNSI research project looks at the views of university Chief Information Security Officers toward network security, potential threats, data security, and the risks posed by Sci-Hub.

  • By Susie Winter
  • Apr 21, 2023
  • 1 Comment

Retirement Wave To Hit Academic Librarianship

Like other greying professions, demographic data for ARL libraries warn us of a breaking wave of retirements but may paint an unrealistic picture of what the beach will look like after the surf has settled.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Oct 19, 2017
  • 17 Comments

Ask The Librarians: What Did You Learn At This Year’s SSP Annual Meeting?

Hillary Corbett, the Director of Scholarly Communication & Digital Publishing at Northeastern University, and Charlotte Roh, the Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of San Francisco, tell us what they learned at this year’s SSP Annual Meeting!

  • By Ann Michael
  • Jun 20, 2016
  • 4 Comments

Building a 21st Century Library

Another look at the fascinating evolution of the library.

  • By David Crotty
  • Nov 21, 2014
  • 1 Comment

The ALPSP Report on Six-Month Embargo Mandates — STM Journals Die Slowly, Social Science Journals Die Quickly

The ALPSP study of the possible effects of a six-month embargo for journal content shows that humanities and social science journals are more at-risk, but the entire industry could find the precipice if such mandates were to take shape.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 6, 2012
  • 88 Comments

"Librarians" — An Endangered Species?

A recent analysis suggests some worrisome trends for librarianship.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Aug 25, 2011
  • 16 Comments

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