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Kara Malenfant, Sian Brannon

2023 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey

Highlights and Key Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Findings

Figure 5. Top EDI goal focus by proportion of respondents, 2020 and 2023.

Each year, ACRL’s Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey asks academic libraries to report on academic library budgets, staffing, information services, collections, and more in response to 100 questions. ...

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Steven J. Bell

Gone and Mostly Forgotten

A Slice of Academic Librarianship’s Professional Past

Librarians of a certain era may remember Library Issues. From 1980 through 2016, Mountainside Publishing published five or six issues per year on the prevailing academic library issues of the day. What made this publication unique is that it was not written for an audience of academic librarians. Rather, Library Issues was intentionally designed for the needs of academic administrators who needed a quick introduction to and insight into any library matter. The intended reader was likely the provost or president, depending on to whom the library dean or director reported. Library Issues served as the library dean or director’s go-to publication to make the case for additional resources. ...

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Perspectives on the Framework

Samantha LeGrand

Making Room

Integrating Student as Partners Pedagogy into the Framework

The Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education offers information literacy (IL) instructors structure to develop pedagogy, aiming to enhance student engagement in knowledge production and communal learning. However, it remains instructor-centered, overlooking students’ strengths and goals. In contrast, the Students as Partners (SaP) approach fosters shared respect, responsibility, and reciprocity as instructors and students co-create educational experiences. SaP involves students earlier in pedagogical decision-making processes, reframing education as a relational, personally meaningful pursuit. ...

The Way I See It

Leo S. Lo

AI Literacy

A Guide for Academic Libraries

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies increasingly shape our society, workforce, and personal lives, the need for comprehensive AI literacy is more important than ever. AI literacy goes beyond understanding AI tools; it equips individuals to critically evaluate, ethically navigate, and practically apply AI in real-world scenarios.

This essay provides a guide to AI literacy that addresses technical, ethical, critical, and societal dimensions of AI, preparing learners to thrive in an AI-embedded world.

What is AI Literacy?

AI literacy is the ability to understand ...

ACRL 2025

Angie Ohler, Evangela Q. Oates

Minneapolis Food Guide

Where to Eat in the Twin Cities

Basque and Korean BBQ pizzas from Young Joni.

While attending the ACRL 2025 Conference in the Twin Cities, you’ll have the opportunity to explore a diverse and vibrant culinary scene. There is no shortage of good places to dine in Minneapolis. In this article we share some of the restaurants we have most enjoyed ...

Academic Library Workers in Conversation

Amanda Clay Powers, Dustin Fife

Psychological Safety in Libraries

It’s a Team Sport

Academic Library Workers in Conversation is a C&RL News series focused on elevating the everyday conversations of library professionals. The wisdom of the watercooler has long been heralded, but this series hopes to go further by minimizing barriers to traditional publishing with an accessible format. Each of the topics in the series were proposed by the authors and they were given space to explore. This issue’s conversation is about psychological safety in academic libraries. The discussion affirms that psychological safety and culture change are a group effort, even if some ...