New Issue of Practical Academic Librarianship

Volume 16, number 2 of Practical Academic Librarianship is now published! The issue features three research articles including use of ChatGPT in evaluating LIS OA journals, implementing train-the-trainer for library instruction, and what first academic librarian jobs reveal about preparing students for the profession.

Co-Editor Jennifer Schatz Bartlett and I excited to be publishing three issues in 2026, a first for PAL in its fifteen year history. 

We are accepting submissions for In Practice as well as research articles. Check out the submissions link or contact us directly for more information.

New Issue of Practical Academic Librarianship

 

Volume 16, number 1 of Practical Academic Librarianship is now published! The issue features three research articles and two "In Practice" pieces.

Co-Editor Jennifer Schatz Bartlett and I are seeking essays for a special issue on mid-career reinvention.

We are also accepting submissions for In Practice" as well as research articles. Check out the submissions link or contact us directly for more information.

New Issue of PAL Published

  

Volume 15, number 2 of Practical Academic Librarianship is now published! The issue features three research articles and an "In Practice" piece.

Co-Editor Jennifer Schatz Bartlett and I are seeking essays for a special issue on mid-career reinvention.

We are also accepting submissions for In Practice" as well as research articles. Check out the submissions link or contact us directly for more information.

New Signs in the Hub

The signage in the William T Young Library recently received an attractive, highly functional, and long-needed upgrade. 

I frequently wrote about signage in the Hub, our information commons, years ago on this blog, and I thought it might be interesting to look at what has changed (and what hasn't - that carpet really has staying power!) since the Hub opened at the beginning of 2007.

Old and new - the original "the Hub @WT's" welcome sign along with new Core A stairwell signage in the former Core 4

Wings and cores are renamed in the building with wings smartly named based on streets and features outside of the building

New hanging sign and directory sign alongside the original Student Message Board which was installed in late fall 2006. Photo taken from Core A (formerly Core 4 which was once described as the main entrance to the Hub)

Another view of the new hanging signs and directory signs - this one taken from "Grub @ the Hub" (the former Core 2, now Core C)

Students have been returning to campus all week with classes starting on Monday. I'm excited to see how students navigate the building now.

New Issue of PAL Published

 

Volume 15, number 1 of Practical Academic Librarianship is now published! The issue features three research articles and two "In Practice" pieces.

Co-Editor Jennifer Schatz Bartlett and I are seeking essays for a special issue on mid-career reinvention.

We are also accepting submissions for In Practice" as well as research articles. Check out the submissions link or contact us directly for more information.

New Issue of PAL Published

 

The new issue of Practical Academic Librarianship is now published! The issue features three research articles and an "In Practice" piece from Brian Mathews, "Thinking Around the Box: using complementary innovation for designing programs and nurturing community." 

Co-Editor Jennifer Schatz Bartlett and I are seeking essays for a special issue on mid-career reinvention.

We are also accepting submissions for In Practice" as well as research articles. Check out the submissions link or contact us directly for more information.

New Issue of Practical Academic Librarianship

The new issue of Practical Academic Librarianship is now published!

Co-Editor Jennifer Schatz Bartlett and I are seeking essays for a special issue on mid-career reinvention.

We are also accepting submissions for a new "In Practice" section as well as research articles. Check out the submissions link or contact us directly for more information.

New Edition of Library Programs and Services

I'm pleased to announce that the ninth edition of Library Programs and Services: the Fundamentals was published yesterday. 

This is my fourth co-authored book and third with G. Edward Evans. The book focuses primarily on library public services, expanding discussions of current trends while retaining the fundamentals. With more detailed examples and anecdotes in the "Career Connections" sidebars, the book could be very helpful to library science students and early career librarians.

I'm grateful for all of these publishing opportunities and would like to thank my co-author, advisory board, editors, colleagues, friends & family for their support.