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We wrote the book on that: Professional development for accessible library teaching
No full textIncorporating principles of accessibility into library teaching practices, online learning objects, and library services is critical to fostering student belonging and student success. However, accessibility guidelines specific to academic library work are limited. In this lightning talk, we’ll describe how we embarked on a library initiative to develop an openly licensed book containing practical guidance for our library staff about how to incorporate accessibility in the many ways we work with students. This collaborative project engaged library workers from across departments in learning and writing about accessibility in libraries. We will describe the process of assembling a team, the writing process, and the peer review process. Finally, we’ll share the open resource that we published in Pressbooks to help other library workers learn about accessible library teaching
Developing and Sustaining Co-Curricular Campus Partnerships with the Academic Library
No full textCampus support programs and units are vital to college student success. Support services instill within students a sense of belonging, habits of engagement, and a model for help-seeking behaviors. Intentional outreach by librarians to these partners can create opportunities outside of the classroom to promote library services and resources to students, staff, and faculty. These collaborations serve to inform campus partners of relevant academic library services and functions and allow academic librarians to observe student needs in settings they may not otherwise have access to.
In this presentation, two academic librarians will discuss their work in providing outreach and support to co-curricular campus partners in order to foster student success. This includes a collaborative library structure that allows for an intentional continuum of support for students, from high school through final year of college, as well as a division of labor that provides collaboration and support with a variety of campus partners. The presenters will discuss how they approach internal and external relationship building, strategies for developing and sustaining partnerships, and navigating shifts in campus structures during times of change
The AI Epoch: What It Means for Higher Education and Student Success
No full textThis keynote highlights the significant role that academic librarians are playing as institutions navigate both the opportunities and challenges that AI systems present. Lee will share findings from his research on how these professionals are helping their campuses understand AI\u27s capabilities while addressing concerns about its limitations and potential risks.
The presentation addresses a key challenge in higher education: developing pedagogical approaches that prepare students to work effectively with AI while maintaining the critical thinking skills essential for success in an increasingly AI-integrated world
Law & Morals: Creating a Tactile Map of an Inaccessible Library
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Under the ADA, colleges are required to make all programs equally accessible to all students. In the Summer of 2025, the Technology & Makerspace Librarian and Social Sciences Librarian at Occidental College set out to create a tactile map of their library. This is their story.
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Although legally required under the American Disabilities Act (1990), the Mary Norton Clapp Library at Occidental College lacks many basic accessibility accommodations. Not surprisingly, few students, faculty or staff with disabilities choose to become part of the Occidental College community. This past summer, the Technology & Makerspace Librarian and Social Sciences Librarian at Occidental came up with a plan to increase both physical accessibility and accessibility awareness at the library: create a tactile map and then aggressively market it on campus.
From researching tactile map basics and M&O best practices to picking map icons and 3-D printing, Ben and Kristin spent the summer creating a tactile map of the four story building. They then spent the fall using the map to raise awareness of the school’s accessibility issue and, hopefully, inspire other Oxy stakeholders to get proactive in creating a welcoming, working campus for all
In Search of Resilience: A Case Study of Leadership in Challenging Times in an International School Setting
No full textThis study investigated the leadership of a long-serving head of an international school during six periods of significant crisis affecting the school. The study was conducted at a private school in Islamabad, Pakistan, often referred to locally as The American School.
The study paid particular attention to the development of resilience in the leader and in the follower group during and after periods of crisis. Initially designed as a heuristic inquiry, in practice the study emerged more as a collection of oral histories, although heuristic inquiry methods were employed throughout the study. Polkinghorne’s conception of narrative analysis also was employed to construct a linear narrative of each of the crisis situations, identify key findings, and interpret the data.
Data were collected through 12 semi-structured, conversational interviews with the superintendent of the school who identified the six most significant crises the school had faced up to the time of the study. Consistent with the methods of heuristic inquiry, discussions of each crisis situation occurred during one primary interview and one reflective interview held at a later time. Four interviews also were conducted with long serving members of the school’s leadership team, as well, primarily to triangulate the superintendent’s accounts of crisis situations.
The research revealed the vast experience of a significant leader within international education, how resilience was constructed within the leader and also within the international school studied, and how members of the follower group responded to the leader’s ability to navigate and lead during crisis situations. The research should be useful to those studying leadership for international schools, the construction of resilience, how to lead and manage crisis situations, and how crisis or periods of adversity may construct resilience in the community
Copyright Extraterritoriality
No full textThe presumption against extraterritoriality is a fundamental principle of U.S. law, yet its application to copyright law remains unsettled. In recent years, the Supreme Court has formalized a two-step methodology for assessing the extraterritorial scope of federal statutes, culminating in RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community. Despite this doctrinal shift, lower courts have inconsistently applied this framework to copyright infringement cases. In an age of digital streaming and generative AI using training data globally, this state of affairs is unsatisfactory. This Article examines the evolving state of copyright extraterritoriality in light of the Supreme Court’s recent jurisprudence. It explores how courts have struggled to reconcile pre-RJR doctrines—such as acts of infringement that cross territorial boundaries, the authorization right, and the predicate act doctrine—with the Court’s new analytical framework. The Article critiques the judiciary’s failure to rigorously apply the two-step methodology and argues for a reassessment of copyright’s territorial reach, particularly in the digital age. It concludes that a stricter adherence to the Supreme Court’s modern extraterritoriality framework is necessary to ensure doctrinal coherence and to prevent the undue expansion of U.S. copyright law beyond its territorial limits. Specifically, courts should be loath to find infringement for acts outside of the United States; the authorization right should be limited to authorizations within the United States of infringing acts within the United States; and the predicate act doctrine should minimally be revisited, if not rejected
What do early engagement patterns reveal about community scientists? Assessing behavior and interests among Great Lakes Budburst users
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Showpower: A New Paradigm for Community Engagement
No full textFor decades, the dominant paradigm in community engagement, education, and social work has relied heavily on the concept of empowerment to address the systemic gaps hindering marginalized populations. However, the etymological and practical applications of empowerment have increasingly devolved into a paternalistic, deficit-based model, implying a directional transfer of authority from a privileged institution to a subjugated community. As recent scholarship confirms, historically marginalized groups—such as first-generation and low-income students—continue to face persistent structural barriers despite decades of these traditional institutional interventions (López et al., 2023). This white paper formally introduces a novel theoretical framework, lexicon, and operational mindset: Showpower. Defined as the act of illuminating the inherent influence, leverage, or authority that an individual or group possesses within a larger system, particularly when that power has been obscured, forgotten, or suppressed, Showpower represents a vital epistemological correction. Just as the concept of co-creation revolutionized systemic design by shifting the practitioner\u27s posture from designing for to designing with, Showpower demands a shift from bestowing power to illuminating existing leverage. By synthesizing contemporary literature across the sociology of power, critical consciousness, community cultural wealth, and implementation science, this paper deconstructs the semantic failures of traditional empowerment. Furthermore, this paper serves as a definitive call to action, nudging practitioners, researchers, and institutional leaders to adopt Showpower as the non-negotiable baseline mindset for all future community engagement