Remote Managing in the Time of Corona
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Candice Benjes-Small, Head of Research Services, William & Mary Libraries. When my university moved us to remote work on March 16, I immediately began thinking...
View ArticleFor the Public Good: Social Distancing with Online Events
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Verletta Kern, Digital Scholarship Librarian, and Madeline Mundt, Head of the Research Commons at University of Washington Libraries. Everything was going smoothly!...
View ArticleSpecial Collections and the COVID-19 Return to Campus
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Paul Doty, Librarian for Special Collections & University Archives, St. Lawrence University. With the Coronavirus Spring of 2020 behind colleges and universities,...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now? A FYAL Update
Since 2008, ACRLog’s “First Year Academic Librarian (FYAL) Experience” series has annually featured 1-2 academic librarians in their first year on the job in an academic library. This new series,...
View ArticleDane Ward: Teacher, Leader, Friend
ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Craig Gibson, Professor & Professional Development Coordinator, Ohio State University Libraries. “Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime;...
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Where Are They Now? Former FYALs Reflect: Lily Troia Asks: Who are We When We...
When invited to write this former first-year librarian “where are you now” post some questions immediately popped into my head: What does it mean to be “a librarian;” is it synonymous with practicing...
View ArticlePrivacy, Consent, and the Virtual One-Shot
Guest poster Nora Almeida is an instruction and outreach librarian at the New York City College of Technology (CUNY) and a volunteer at Interference Archive. Nora researches and writes about critical...
View ArticleFrom the Other Side of the Table: Academic Search Committee from the Inside
This guest post comes to us from Ruth Monnier, who is an Assistant Professor and Learning Outreach Librarian at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. She provides reference and instruction...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now? Former FYALs Reflect : An Update from Nisha Mody
Since 2008, ACRLog’s “First Year Academic Librarian (FYAL) Experience” series has annually featured 1-2 academic librarians in their first year on the job in an academic library. This new series,...
View ArticleFrom Cyber Attacks to Pandemics: Reflections on Trying to Work During Times...
Since 2008, ACRLog’s “First Year Academic Librarian (FYAL) Experience” series has annually featured 1-2 academic librarians in their first year on the job in an academic library. This new series,...
View ArticleComplex or clickbait?: The problematic Media Bias Chart
This guest post was submitted by Candice Benjes-Small, Head of Research at William & Mary, and Nathan Elwood, Library Administrator at the Missouri Legislative Library. The Media Bias Chart,...
View ArticlePreparing for (Other Kinds of) Disasters
This guest post is from Garrison Libby, a community college librarian. When COVID-19 swept the world last year, librarians were forced to adapt their services on the fly. Over the past year, we’ve...
View ArticleOn Being a New Librarian During a Global Pandemic
This post comes from guest Giovanna Colosi, who is the Education Librarian, Subject Instruction Lead at Syracuse University Libraries in Syracuse, NY and Board of Trustee Member of Northern Onondaga...
View ArticleStarting Anew, but not Starting Over: Finding Academic Librarianship from...
This guest post was provided by Deborah Cooper, Digital & Special Collections Librarian, Mann Library, Cornell University (dsc255@cornell.edu) and Hannah Gunderman, Research Data Management...
View ArticleCameras Off: Transitioning from Virtual to In-Person Instruction
This guest post comes from Grace Spiewak, the Instructional Services Librarian at Aurora University. Virtual instruction is my normal – not my new normal, but the only normal I’ve known since becoming...
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Eenie Meenie Miney “No”: Dreading Decisions and Making a Change
This guest post is from Abigail Gulya, Metadata Librarian at University of Pittsburgh. I make a lot of choices throughout the day. Some of them are pretty simple. Will I have coffee today? (Yes. Many...
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Dreading Decisions and Making a Change
This guest post is from Abigail Gulya, Metadata Librarian at University of Pittsburgh. I make a lot of choices throughout the day. Some of them are pretty simple. Will I have coffee today? (Yes. Many...
View ArticleThe Inaccessibility of ACRL 2021
This guest post is provided by Katie Quirin Manwiller, MLIS, Instruction & Assessment Librarian at DeSales University. After the 2019 ACRL Conference, I wrote a guest ACRLog post about...
View ArticleVulnerability, Connection, and Reflection During a Global Pandemic: Bringing...
This guest post was submitted by Justin Fuhr, University of Manitoba. Never a forced smile from the sun in the skyNever the same cloud as it passes byAs the earth takes shape, as so should IThe weary...
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Informational Holism: Humanities librarianship, liberal arts, and the...
Benjamin Dueck is a General Librarian in the Arts & Humanities Division at The University of Manitoba Libraries. They are the liaison librarian for Religion, English, Catholic Studies, Theatre...
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