Sarah R. MacEwan, Kaleigh Niles, Sydney Schoenbeck, Patrick M. Schnell, Martin Fried, Janet E. Childerhose
{"title":"Tensions Associated with Responding to the Opioid Epidemic: Perspectives of Ohio Public Library Directors","authors":"Sarah R. MacEwan, Kaleigh Niles, Sydney Schoenbeck, Patrick M. Schnell, Martin Fried, Janet E. Childerhose","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2024.2388497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2024.2388497","url":null,"abstract":"Public libraries support community health needs, including responding to the opioid epidemic with events, services, and information. However, we lack insight into why libraries respond to problemat...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142216062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interim Leadership","authors":"Christine L. Ferguson","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2024.2371278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2024.2371278","url":null,"abstract":"Upon the departure of a library administrator, such as dean or director, a librarian may be asked to serve in a leadership position on a limited term or open-ended, interim basis. In such a positio...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142216067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding ‘Predatory’ Journals and Implications for Guiding Student and Client Information Seeking","authors":"Margaret Kristin Merga","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2024.2371275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2024.2371275","url":null,"abstract":"While library professionals working in academic contexts are likely to have knowledge of ‘predatory’ journals and related implications for guiding student information seeking, school and public lib...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141881728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information Professionals’ Metaphorical Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Concept","authors":"Ali Kavak, Erol Yılmaz","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2024.2371276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2024.2371276","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the metaphors used by 66 information professionals in Türkiye to conceptualize artificial intelligence (AI). Through qualitative metaphor analysis, rich insights emerged on perc...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141881671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lessons in Leadership","authors":"Cathy Sanford","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2024.2371279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2024.2371279","url":null,"abstract":"In this edition of “In the Public Interest,” Chris Brown, Chicago Public Library Commissioner, interviews Cathy Sanford, former Deputy County Librarian at Contra Costa County Library. Sanford refle...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141881667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conditions for Creativity and Innovation in the Work Environment of Academic Libraries in the United States and Canada","authors":"Nancy Falciani-White","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2024.2371274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2024.2371274","url":null,"abstract":"Creativity, the development of a new product, idea, or problem solution that is valuable within the local context, is vital to innovating, problem-solving, and facilitating change. An individual’s ...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141881665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating and Evaluating Ongoing Assessment Efforts in the University Library","authors":"Jung Mi Scoulas","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2024.2371280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2024.2371280","url":null,"abstract":"This column reflects the author’s conversation with the University Library Dean about ongoing assessments and future directions. It raises a key question for assessment professionals and library le...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141943933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Successfully Managing a Library Employee’s Leave: Some Considerations","authors":"Lorelei Rutledge","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2024.2371281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2024.2371281","url":null,"abstract":"This column article examines the complexities surrounding employee leaves due to disabilities, pregnancy, or other extended absences. Also discussed are some of the legal considerations around empl...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141881668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth Allen, Jazzlynn Boyd, Danielle Costello, Michael Holt, Cambria Huff, Randa Lopez Morgan
{"title":"Surviving Not Thriving… Yet: Utilizing Lived Experiences to Improve Onboarding in an Academic Library","authors":"Elizabeth Allen, Jazzlynn Boyd, Danielle Costello, Michael Holt, Cambria Huff, Randa Lopez Morgan","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2024.2371277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2024.2371277","url":null,"abstract":"Starting a new job as a academic librarian is tough. It can be more so whenever the new liaison librarian doesn’t have the resources they need to be successful. In this article, the authors discuss...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141881730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Case for Research and Publication in Retirement","authors":"Robert P. Holley","doi":"10.1080/01930826.2024.2351250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2024.2351250","url":null,"abstract":"This column examines the role of research and publication by retired faculty from two perspectives: the varying ability according to discipline and the extrinsic and intrinsic rewards of remaining ...","PeriodicalId":46427,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Library Administration","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141740498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}