September/October 2018

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2018 Library Design Showcase

By Phil Morehart

2018 ALA/AIA Library Building Awards

By Phil Morehart

The following libraries are winners of the 2018 Library Building Awards, sponsored by the American Institute of Architects and the American Library Association’s Library Leadership and Management Association. The awards recognize the best in library architecture and design and are open to any architect licensed in the United States. Projects may be located anywhere in … Continue reading 2018 ALA/AIA Library Building Awards →

2018 ALA Award Winners

Clara Chu BETA PHI MU AWARD Chu’s work is notable for extending beyond the classroom, most recently in support of Southeast Asian refugees. Letters in support of her nomination noted her encouragement, intellectual scope, and the care she takes with her students. Her multilingual contributions to the field include more than 40 articles and … Continue reading 2018 ALA Award Winners →

Repurpose with a Purpose
By Fred Schlipf and John A. Moorman
Design on the Cheap
By Phil Morehart
A Movable Feast
By Lara Ewen
Newsmaker: Susan Orlean
By Amy Carlton
By the Numbers: Open Access Week
By Jordan Sarti
Allied Against Inequity
By Andrew Amelinckx
Cutting Out the Clip Art
By Anne Ford
Data Collection and Privacy
By Greg Landgraf
Sing a Song of … Early Literacy
By Emily Elizabeth Lazio and Maggie Jacobs and Sean R. Ferguson
Bookend: Shaking up Book Sales

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Nicky Martin and Tracee Haupt Fugate write: “Preserving a website is complicated. Even a simple webpage can depend on dozens of images, videos, scripts, style sheets, and other resources scattered across the web. If some of those pieces are missed, the archived version may look or behave differently than the original. That is why quality assurance (QA) is an important part of web archiving.” They report on a project to evaluate an automated QA tool for website archiving.

Library of Congress: The Signal, Sept. 8
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Daly Barnett writes: “Doxxing is the deliberate disclosure of personal information to bully, harass, intimidate, or instigate a chain of harms against someone. The responsibility is on each of us to protect ourselves, but the good news is that there’s a lot you can do to reduce your digital footprint and take control of your data. In this two-part series, the first part focuses on prevention and ways to reduce your overall footprint, while the second focuses on incident response.”

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Aug. 31
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Kari Kivinen writes: “Finland’s Faktabaari EDU digital information literacy project has published a draft English version of a total of 286 task cards for teaching artificial intelligence (AI) literacy, covering early education through higher education. The cards are organized by level of education and, within each level, by subject. Each card is based on the principle of AI as supporting tool in which AI can be used to support human thinking, learning, and action, not as a source of information or a substitute for decision making.”

Kivinen, Sept. 2
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Samantha Bischof writes: “I am approaching the end of my second year as children’s librarian, and I am so proud of the work that my coworkers and I have put in over the past few years. The library is warm, colorful, and inviting, and our circulation and program numbers reflect that work. But most importantly (in my opinion), the feedback from our community has been positive and encouraging. I am fulfilled and proud, but, boy, am I tired.”

ALSC Blog, Sept. 8
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Ginelle Baskin and Kim Godwin write: “Academic librarians have long supported teaching and learning, but involvement in open educational resources (OER) initiatives has opened new pathways for leading and supporting faculty development and created opportunities for librarians to collaborate on projects that promote course redesign, instructional innovation, and reflective teaching. In this article, we share how an academic librarian and faculty member have successfully collaborated to lead OER programming at our institution and offer practical takeaways for others in similar roles.”

College and Research Libraries News, vol. 87, no. 8, Sept.
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Lonna Vines writes: “Libraries across the country are navigating heightened immigration enforcement activity while trying to support community members and staff. Library leaders may face difficult decisions about how to respond to enforcement activity, address harassment, communicate with their communities, and protect patrons and employees, often with limited information about what other libraries are experiencing. Better data can help. The Services to Refugees, Immigrants, and Displaced Persons Subcommittee of the ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services Advisory Committee has launched the Incidents Against Immigrants in Libraries reporting form.”

Public Libraries Online, Sept. 8
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Stacy Gilbert writes: “When we try to force an entire year’s worth of procedures into a single lesson, we lose the room, exhaust ourselves, and miss the mark. My ultimate goal for orientation can be summed up in one phrase: for students to want to come back and know how to. If you’re refining your plan this season, here are 7 common orientation traps that librarians fall into and tips for avoiding them.”

Knowledge Quest, Sept. 3

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September/October 2018

Features & Trends

2018 Library Design Showcase

2018 ALA/AIA Library Building Awards

2018 ALA Award Winners

Repurpose with a Purpose

Design on the Cheap

A Movable Feast

Newsmaker: Susan Orlean

By the Numbers: Open Access Week

Allied Against Inequity

Cutting Out the Clip Art

Data Collection and Privacy

Sing a Song of … Early Literacy

Bookend: Shaking up Book Sales

Columnists

From Local to Global

Plan Now for a STEAM-y Summer

The Power of Primary Sources

Shaping Digital Citizens

Virtual and Augmented Reality

Ready, Steady, Build!

Future Strategies