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Chapter 7. The Census in Library Applications
No full textChapter 7 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 58, no. 4), “The Census in Library Applications,” examines how census data is used by library practitioners, policy makers, and researchers within the field of library and information science. We review the literature on how the census is used for siting new libraries, understanding library user communities, and studying issues such as geographic distribution, accessibility, and equity
Lights, Camera, Action! News Program Fosters Technology Ambassadors
No full textLibraries function as the central hub of the school, the place with the ability to inspire creativity, risk taking, acquisition of new ideas and skills, and camaraderie among students and throughout the school. Today, libraries are the centralized hub of all aspects of media, which now encompasses technology, an aspect that continues to grow in influence by the year
A Tale of Two Katherines: Newbery Medal Winners Who Collaborate
No full textTwo Katherines. Three Newbery Medals. One Newbery Honor. More than sixty books for children, and more than seventy-five years of collective writing experience. Both beloved authors of books for children. And both are “couples who collaborate,” with co-authored works with their spouses to their credits.In this centennial year of the Newbery Medal, there are numerous opportunities to search the archives to find unexpected patterns and surprising coincidences across the winners. A quick history of the Medal reveals that couples have won Honors in years past, but no couple has ever won the top prize
The Power of Story: Using Personal Anecdotes to Counter Challenges
No full textAt my high school library, I have a student who became an avid reader after I recommended Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz to him. He returned soon after checking it out to tell me that this was the first time ever that he completely related to a character as a gay Hispanic teenager. This book ignited his passion for reading, and he devoured my recommendations from then on. He couldn’t wait to tell me the day he found out there was going to be a sequel. He reminded me once a week to make sure I ordered it for the library
A Book’s Long Journey: How Librarians Aided One Author’s Award-Winning Research
No full textNancy Churnin’s Dear Mr. Dickens won this year’s National Jewish Book Award and was named a Sydney Taylor Honor Book. Here she recalls her journey researching the book—and how librarians were pivotal to her research. Here, in her own words, Churnin shares her story from research to publication
For the Record
No full textAlabama; North Carolina; Texas; Virginia; Jonesboro, Arkansas; Paso Robles, California; Sarasota County, Florida; Carmel, Indiana; Johnson County, North Carolina; Newberg, OregonAppendix: Titles Targeted by Texas State Representative Matt Kraus
From the Chair
No full textIn what is a new tradition, GODORT hosted a series of meetings the week of January 10 ahead of the ALA LibLearnX conference, ALA’s new concept for the Midwinter Meeting. Hosting committee and interest group meetings outside of ALA’s formal conference provides opportunities for members and prospective members to attend without the added burden of registration fees or travel expenses (when we travel again). This year 108 registered for our series of Midwinter meetings. Twenty-eight of our registrants indicated they are not GODORT members with a few noting they are new to government information and many more stating an affiliation with federal libraries. It was good to have so many people join us for our meetings and I hope our newcomers become regular attendees and participants, virtually and in-person
From the Chair
No full textGODORT members and friends, I write this column in anticipation of coming together in person at the ALA Annual Conference for the first time in over two years. As we come together in June, we will have reasons to celebrate, reasons to rally, and reasons to grieve
Global Awareness and Pandemic in Predatory Journals and Publishing: A Bibliometric Analysis
No full textOpen access publishing not only increases accessibility to library materials and publications but also provokes the growth of predatory journals. The objectives of this study were to 1) corroborate the increasing concern of predatory journals, 2) identify journals publishing articles that commented on this issue, and 3) pinpoint occupations, academic disciplines, and geographic locations of these authors. This bibliometric study covered 2010-2020 tracking the library and information science literatures on the subject of predatory journals and outlined the trends. Analytical results of this study showed that there was an increasing global awareness of predatory journals among academic librarians and the scholarly community. The findings suggest a critical need for establishing information literacy in academia in the context of predatory journals, prompting academic librarians and scholarly authors to collaboratively deal with the pandemic of predatory publications
When Disruption is the New Normal: The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Technical Services in US Academic Libraries
No full textAs college campuses closed for in-person classes and shifted to online instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, US academic libraries also scrambled to provide continued access to library services and resources to support remote learning, teaching, and research. One important question is how academic library technical services responded to the public health emergency and adapted to new challenges to continue to serve the academic community. This paper illustrates a survey study that investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on US academic library technical services units in terms of disruptions and alterations of existing normal operations. The study revealed that technical services librarians and staff made determined efforts to continue performing as much of their pre-pandemic work as possible under the challenging circumstances. Unsurprisingly, library collection building practices and collection budgets were seriously affected by the pandemic. The study also showed the limitations of institutional preparedness and response to the public health emergency. Lastly, the study explored the personal experiences and perceptions of working from home during the pandemic and found no significant changes in work productivity, motivation, or concentration