Current Issue: May 2021
Feature
Sarah Kortemeier
The snowball effect
Planning for preservation infrastructure in a small library
Small libraries frequently face significant challenges related to funding and staff capacity when attempting to complete large projects and improve infrastructure. With careful planning and a bit of luck, however, it is possible to leverage small successes ...
ACRL TechConnect
Kathleen Phillips et al.
Beyond the lab
Virtual reality for undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology students
Current teaching practice in undergraduate higher education anatomy and physiology courses incorporates the use of various instructional methodologies to reinforce the anatomical relationships between structures. These methods can include basic hands-on physical models, human and animal dissection labs, and interactive technology. ...
Feature
Jessica Kohout-Tailor, Lili Klar
COVID-19, collections, and collaboration
Promoting inclusivity from the ground up
The promotion of a library’s resources often relies on using its physical space with physical displays. With COVID-19, many libraries are either not physically open or their services have been modified where there are ...
Feature
Samantha Peter et al.
Feasible and flexible
Launching an information and digital literacy badge and certificate program in collaboration with a teaching and learning center
In fall 2019, the University of Wyoming (UW) Libraries launched an information and digital literacy badge and certificate program in partnership with ...
Feature
Christine Walde
Catalyzing research, building capacity
Research grants and the academic library
In the days before the pandemic, when I attended and introduced myself as the grants and awards librarian from the University of Victoria (UVic) Libraries at professional events and conferences, my title often evoked quizzical looks. Even now as this unprecedented time continues, as far as I know, I am still the only librarian with this professional designation in Canada, perhaps in all of North America—maybe even the world. Since 2012, I’ve helped UVic Libraries to attract and retain funding, collaborators, allies, and donors, while raising our research profile and demonstrating the value of the 21st-century academic library to university administrators. ...
Scholarly Communication
LeEtta Schmidt, Jason Boczar
Designing a flexible outreach program for scholarly communication and copyright services
A modular roadshow for the University of South Florida
Much the same as many other academic libraries, the University of South Florida (USF) developed scholarly communication ...