Current Issue: September 2026
Feature
Dale Larsen, Lux Darkbloom, Kate Holvoet, Rebecca Nowicki, Crystal Goldman
Policy, Procedure, and Perceptions
Mapping the Sociomaterial in Academic Libraries
The librarian performance peer review process is a cornerstone of professional advancement,with outcomes that carry real weight for all participants. Many academic librarians may recognize familiar, and ...
Making Assessment Matter
Becky Croxton, Megan Oakleaf
AI as Assessment Partner
Practical Applications and Critical Cautions, Part 2
Making Assessment Matter is a five‑part C&RL News series focused on maximizing the impact of academic library assessment. The first article introduces strategies for launching assessment projects designed for action and impact. The second explores how centering ...
Feature
Lilly E. Linden
National Chemistry Week
An Outreach Opportunity in Academic Libraries
I started my library career as a college science librarian at an undergraduate-only small liberal arts college. The scope of the job was broad, and being part of a small library team meant that it was all hands on deck when it came to most projects...
Feature
Ashley Smith
Presentation Consultations
Concepts and Practices
For many people, presentation skills are not required, though they are nice to have. It is easier to succeed in both university and post-graduation employment if these skills are acquired early. Increasingly though, there is a rising trend of employers and managers who seek employees with some foundation of public speaking skills and find that recent graduates come out of secondary education without them. And when ...
Perspectives on the Framework
Sarah Morris
Putting Algorithmic Literacy into Conversation with the ACRL Framework
Insights, Ideas, and Innovations
It is increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to unpack and examine our information environments without considering the role that algorithms play. Algorithms are a set of instructions to accomplish a task.1 But algorithms are not neutral. Rather they are influenced by the humans who design them and the data used to ...
Academic Library Workers in Conversation
Ariana Varela, Katie Perry
A View from the Starting Line
Early Tenure Track in Libraries
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. We have been ...