Current Issue: February 2019
Feature
Carliner and Everall
Playtime at Robarts Library
Opening a family-friendly study space at the University of Toronto
If academic libraries are sincere about their commitment to equity and inclusion, they must become more accessible for student parents—a large and underserved population whose members may also have other marginalized identities. Although accommodating children may ...
Feature
Blakely and Mobley
While the campus sleeps
Two perspectives on the uniqueness of overnight library work
Midnight, by definition, is a period of transition. It’s a quiet moment nestled between sunset and sunrise that universally marks the end of one day and the beginning of another. Most people are asleep at that hour, happily oblivious to this ceremonial passage of time, but we ...
Feature
Chisholm and Spencer
The displaced librarian
Providing research services to your campus without a library
Penn State-Berks is one of 24 commonwealth campuses in the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) system. With around 2,800 students, it is a small, tight knit community, yet remains one of the largest campuses outside of University Park. ...
Perspectives on the Framework
Yoo-Seong Song
A glimpse into academic and research libraries in North Korea
Collaboration to bridge societies
While many library researchers and practitioners, especially those who are interested in international collaboration, have sought to find ways to engage with the North Korean library system, it has not been fruitful due to the dearth ...