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Georgia Library Spotlight: 1,000 Books B4 Kindergarten Graduation, Sarah Childers

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Georgia Library Spotlight: 1,000 Books With Head Start Reading Challenge Leads To 285,000 Books Read, Lisa Echols

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Towards A Pedagogy Of Self-Determination: Teaching With Generative Ai In The Library Classroom, Russ Peterson

Georgia Library Quarterly

With the swift ascendence of generative AI tools like ChatGPT disrupting the academic and cultural landscape, librarians have debated how to respond to this incredibly consequential technology. From pondering its applications in completing rote tasks to denouncing its ethical conundrums, the debate has mainly centered on whether AI should even be used. In an instruction context, the scholarly conversation has been somewhat limited to how the ACRL Framework can be utilized when teaching with generative AI. What has yet to emerge is an assertive pedagogy that practically engages with generative AI while affirming the agency of students as independent actors …

News Briefs Winter 2025, Georgia Library Quarterly

Georgia Library Quarterly

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Victoria Evans Memorial Library: 2024 Year In Review, Christy Casimiro

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Dangerous Innocence: White Men, Mass Culture, And The Southern Outsider's Appeal, 1960-2020, Chris Sharpe

Georgia Library Quarterly

A book review of Dangerous Innocence: White Men, Mass Culture, and the Southern Outsider's Appeal, 1960-2020 written by William P. Murray.

Book Review: A Deeper South: The Beauty, Mystery, And Sorrow Of The Southern Road, Lindsay Josey

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Old Enough: Southern Women Artists And Writers On Creativity And Aging, Catherine Bowers

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Bhm] Black History Month 2025, Raquel Estrada

Library Display Posters

Collection of posters created celebrating Black History Month 2025. Poster topics include: Steaming Videos, Popular Titles, African Americans and Labor, Spotlight on A. Philip Randolph, Regional Material Library Guides, CHAPS Films, and Government Resources. Book and video covers are hyperlinked

Building And Defending Lgbtq+ Collections, Jason D. Phillips, Jordan Ruud

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This chapter explores the critical role of collection development policies in libraries, particularly in supporting and defending LGBTQ+ collections. The authors argue that a robust, regularly updated, and transparent collection development policy is essential for ensuring equitable representation and resisting censorship. They emphasize that such policies must account for the needs of historically underserved communities, including LGBTQ+ populations, and serve as tools for advocacy and defense against internal and external challenges.

Using real-world examples, the chapter highlights the consequences of outdated or ineffective policies, including instances of hidden censorship and administrative interference in material acquisition. The authors advocate for retrospective …

Survey Report On Technology Use In Georgia Libraries, Changwoo Yang, Xiaoai Ren

Georgia Library Quarterly

This report presents the findings of a survey on technology usage in Georgia libraries. It offers a snapshot of the current technologies utilized by library professionals. It aims to help library stakeholders, including employers, LIS educators, students, and job seekers, better understand the current use of technologies and the necessary skills. It also provides specific insights that are relevant and useful to the needs of each group.

My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Laura Burtle

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

At What Cost? The Personal Stakes Of Intellectual Freedom, Jason D. Phillips, Jordan Ruud

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This chapter explores the emotional, professional, and political costs faced by librarians advocating for LGBTQ+ inclusion and intellectual freedom within libraries. Through personal narrative and critical reflection, the authors introduce the concept of "queer battle fatigue"—a framework for understanding the cumulative psychological toll on LGBTQ+ individuals who are consistently placed in advocacy roles within predominantly cisheteronormative institutions. A case study of a drag storytime event at a university library illustrates the social backlash, institutional pressures, and moral injury experienced by organizers, demonstrating how well-intentioned programming can become flashpoints for political controversy. The authors highlight the intensifying hostility toward LGBTQ+ representation …

Critical Picture Book Literacy, Caitlin Stewart, Heather Koopmans

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

This study sought to revisit established definitions of critical visual literacy and determine how this concept could be re-envisioned specifically for picture books when informed by the approaches of teacher education students who had received limited prior formal instruction on critiquing visual texts. Seventeen sophomore elementary education students engaged in written self-discourse around the visual narrative of Milo Imagines the World written by Matt de la Peña and illustrated by Christian Robinson where they generated questions and answers critically engaging with the visuals. These participants’ responses underwent thematic analysis informed by grounded theory which uncovered a collective definition for critical …

Introduction, Jason D. Phillips, Jordan Ruud

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This introductory chapter sets the stage for a collection addressing the censorship and resistance surrounding LGBTQ+ materials in libraries. The editors, drawing from personal experiences and professional challenges, reflect on the increasing sociopolitical hostility toward LGBTQ+ communities and the parallel rise in restrictions within library spaces. They argue that libraries cannot remain neutral as targeted attacks on marginalized groups intensify, and they position this book as both a chronicle of current struggles and a practical toolkit for resistance. Highlighting contributions from a diverse group of librarians across various library types and geographic locations—including voices from Canada, Ireland, and the Philippines—the …

On The Books In South Carolina: Mining For Jim Crow Laws, Kate F. Boyd, Vandana Srivastava, Lance Dupre, Christopher Frear, Nitin Gupta, Bobby Donaldson

Faculty and Staff Publications

On the Books in South Carolina: Mining for Jim Crow Laws is a collections-as-data and machine learning project by the University of South Carolina Libraries (USC), sub awarded by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), and made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, for the period of May 2022 - December 2024. Following UNC’s steps from their first year of the grant, the USC project created a text corpus of South Carolina state legislature acts passed in the period from Reconstruction through the Civil Rights Movement (1868-1968). The USC team then utilized machine learning techniques to …

Law Library Blog (February 2025): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Raquel Ortiz, Jessica Silvia

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

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February 2025 Table Of Contents Newsletter - Librarianship, Brooke Cox

Table of Contents Newsletter

We've all heard the question, "What will you do with that major?" and we know that a liberal arts education sets students on a path toward a wide range of careers and future endeavors.

Librarianship is one such path for which DePauw graduates are well-prepared. From English and math majors to sociology and Latin minors, our grads have gone on to earn library degrees and currently work as librarians and library directors in all types of libraries (academic, public, school, and special) across the country.

Some of these alumni worked in the Libraries during their time on campus, while others …

Transcending Binaries Of Agency Through Librarians’ Discursive Constructions Of Ai, Sarah Appedu, Jasmina Tacheva

The Lender Center for Social Justice

This article examines how librarians negotiate AI in professional discourse, challenging simplistic human/AI dichotomies. It highlights the nuanced role of professionals in shaping AI agency and implementation.

Enemies Within The Gates: Contending With Internal Censorship Challenges, Jason D. Phillips

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This chapter explores the rarely discussed but impactful issue of internal censorship within academic libraries, focusing on challenges to LGBTQ+ materials. Drawing on personal experiences at a regional public university in the American South, the author recounts multiple instances where library staff and leadership acted in ways that undermined the inclusion of LGBTQ+ resources. These incidents ranged from quietly removing or hiding books to resisting the addition of LGBTQ+ periodicals and graphic novels, and even denying purchase requests without explanation. The chapter underscores how fear of controversy, personal bias, and institutional conservatism can result in "soft censorship," despite the profession's …

Winder Public Library Features Storytime With Barry The Barrowsaurus, Beth Ratliff

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Bmj Case Reports, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library subscription to BMJ Case Reports provides a fellowship benefit that allows affiliated authors to publish in BMJ Case Reports at no cost, once the author submission is approved by the BMJ editorial team.

Check the Scholarly Publishing Support LibGuide for information on other publishers.

Lab Protocols And Experiments To Reduce Your Research Time, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Lab Protocols and Experiments to Reduce your Research Time!

Find your favorite protocol or experiment using a keyword search in our library catalog, or by entering the database name into our A to Z list of databases.

History Of Medicine Lectures, Katie Prentice

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The Spring 2025 History of Medicine Series is sponsored by the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics - UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School and the TMC Library. All are invited. All sessions are held from 12-1pm at TMC Library Classroom 1.

From The President, Ben Carter

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Winter 2025, Georgia Library Quarterly

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Georgia Library Spotlight: Spotlight On Open Education At Georgia State University Library, Charlene Martoni, Jason Puckett

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Digital Library Of Georgia News (January 2025), Mandy L. Mastrovita, Luciana M. Spracher

Georgia Library Quarterly

Announcement of the City of Savannah Municipal Archives' Community Memory Project, an initiative to collect and preserve the stories and memories of Savannah's diverse communities. The project invites all Savannah residents to contribute their photographs, stories, and artifacts that document the city's rich history and cultural heritage. Its first project is a collection of funeral programs (primarily African American), now available via the Digital Library of Georgia.

Libraries As Community Bridges: A Global Journey, Chloe Vicente

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

This lecture reflects on the transformative role of libraries as cultural bridges in an increasingly interconnected world, through a comprehensive review and analysis of international library systems. Employing a qualitative methodology combining institutional ethnography with comparative case analysis across European, Asian, and Latin American contexts, the research examines how libraries work as catalysts for cross-cultural understanding. The investigation reveals four significant findings for libraries as dynamic cultural institutions: regional approaches to library service delivery, successful frameworks for balancing digital transformation with cultural preservation, emerging paradigms for international collaboration, and the critical importance of multilingual and multicultural competencies in modern libraries. …