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Journal

In the Library with the Lead Pipe

ISSN:

1944-6195

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Transformative praxis - building spaces for Indigenous self-determination in libraries and archives

This article explores questions regarding the development and support of Indigenous priorities and self-determination in Australian libraries and archives. It calls for greater use of Indigenous research methodologies within library and archival science in order to seek ways to decolonize and simultaneously indiginze libraries and archives.
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Bridging the relationship gap: using social network theories to inform library services for graduate students

This article provides practical, relationship-driven options for increasing librarians’ engagement with graduate students.
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Racing to the crossroads of scholarly communication and democracy: but who are we leaving behind?

Scholarly communication has tremendous potential to help build and sustain a democratic society. Nevertheless, in our race to the crossroads of scholarly communication and democracy, it is important to examine this work through the critical lens of broader librarian professional values—with particular attention to democracy itself, access, and diversity—to ensure that we are building systems...
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In pursuit of equity: applying design thinking to develop a values-based Open Access statement

We wanted to rethink how our library supported open access, so we attempted to ask ourselves and our staff why they supported “open” and how they defined “open”. By unpacking our institutional and individual understandings of “open” using design thinking principles, we were able to not only create a strong and value-driven statement, but to...
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"It was information based": student reasoning when distinguishing between scholarly and popular sources

We asked students to find an article and answer the following questions: Is this a popular or scholarly article? How can you tell? We analyzed student answers to better understand the reasoning used to distinguish between scholarly and popular sources. Our results suggest that framing sources as “scholarly or popular” is confusing rather than clarifying...
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