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Conversation with The Collector and the Collected: Decolonizing Area Studies Librarianship editors, Megan Browndorf, Erin Pappas and Anna Arays

September 12, 2022 by Lacey Torge

This is the first installment of our Author Interview Series with Library Students where prospective information professionals meet with authors to discuss the research process and engage in a deep dive on … Read more Conversation with The Collector and the Collected: Decolonizing Area Studies Librarianship editors, Megan Browndorf, Erin Pappas and Anna Arays

Brief note on libraries and elitism

August 19, 2010 by RoryLitwin

The 1980s began the “give ’em what they want” era of library collection development, when it became irredeemably elitist for librarians to think they occupy some kind of teaching role … Read more Brief note on libraries and elitism

A note on library “traditionalism”

July 29, 2007 by RoryLitwin

First of all, this post is inspired by a new Facebook group called “Zero Based Library School,” which derives from an analogy to Zero Based Budgeting, where nothing is carried … Read more A note on library “traditionalism”