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Should Public Libraries be "Safe Spaces"?
No full textFor years, the Foundation for Individuals Rights in Education (FIRE) has kept a database of disinvitation attempts at colleges and universities in the United States. A disinvitation attempt occurs when members of a campus community demand that an invited speaker not be allowed to speak. It also occurs when members prevent a speaker from speaking. Crucially, the database does not include protests against speakers. For example, if students stood outside of their auditorium with an “Erik Prince is a Murderer” sign, they would not be included. If these same students piled chairs onto the stage where Prince was supposed to speak, they would be included. From Prince to Mike Pence and Ben Shapiro, the number of disinvitation attempts has increased in the past few years
Getting to Know . . . Kian Flynn, GODORT Chair
No full textAlthough I’ve been a GODORT member since 2016, the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing move to virtual events has meant that there’s many of you I still haven’t met in-person and there’s plenty of new GODORT members I have yet to meet at all. I thought I would take this column to answer a few introductory questions from the DttP editor. Feel free to reach out to me directly if you have any additional questions and I hope to see you all in-person or at a GODORT virtual event soon
Editor’s Corner
No full textGreetings! My name is Jennifer Castle. I’m the government documents librarian at Tennessee State University, an HBCU in Nashville, and your new DttP editor. I’m excited to work with everyone to contribute to scholarly conversations on government information
A Supportive Solution for Caregivers: Computer Work and Play Stations
No full textIn January 2022, an innovative work station became an undisputed sensation on social media. The Computer Work and Play Stations at the Fairfield Area Library, part of the Henrico County (VA) Public Library (HCPL), struck a chord with parents of young children who have struggled to balance work and childcare during the pandemic.The stations went viral after Ali Faruk, policy director for Families Forward Virginia, tweeted a photo of the workstations saying he had never seen anything like them before. Media attention was swift and widespread, covered by national and international print and broadcast outlets.To be sure, the stations are not stand-ins for childcare, but are designed to help caregivers of small children use the computer efficiently at the library
Chapter 2. A Case for Microlearning
No full textChapter 2 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 58, no. 5), “A Case for Microlearning,” takes a deep dive into one emerging e-learning design trend, microlearning. This chapter explains what microlearning is and why it has been shown to be an effective and engaging way of teaching information literacy. Tips on writing learning outcomes, writing comprehension checks, and creating microlearning tutorials are also presented
Voices of Generational Poverty: My Story . . . and Why It Matters
No full textI grew up simultaneously rich and poor. Rich because my father’s passion was farming, dairy farming, to be specific. Our old family farm, barn, house, and grounds were overrun with cows, pigs, chickens, dogs, cats, and other assorted creatures. While I, in no uncertain terms, didn’t appreciate the four-legged animals that shared our living space, they did provide us with an abundance of eggs, milk, and meat.I was also rich in another way. Though neither parent valued education, my mother loved to read. And obviously, her time was at a premium, with a large farm family, and few modern amenities to make domestic life easier. But she read whenever she could spare a bit of time
Chapter 4. Improving Authentication and Authorization: SeamlessAccess and GetFTR Introduction
No full textIP authentication and SAML federated access are time-honored ways to provide access to library resources. Can we improve on them? SeamlessAccess, launched in 2016, and GetFTR, launched in 2019, two recent publisher-backed options (though other stakeholders such as librarians and researchers are included as well) targeted at two different issues about delivery, aim to fundamentally improve the authentication and authorization process for users. Chapter 4 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 58, no. 6), “Improving Authentication and Authorization Methods: SeamlessAccess and GetFTR,” will review the progress of these two initiatives thus far