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Member Spotlight: Wanda Kay Brown, Blair Jones

The Southeastern Librarian

Member Spotlight no. 3 for the Winter 2026 issue of The Southeastern Librarian. The spotlight shines on Wanda Kay Brown, Director of Library Services at the C. G. O'Kelly Library at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina.

The President's Column, Laura Slavin

The Southeastern Librarian

SELA President Laura Slavin's column for the Winter 2026 issue of The Southeastern Librarian

Government Documents For All: Occupational Outlook Handbook, Tim Dodge

The Southeastern Librarian

The Government Documents for All column for the Winter 2026 issue of The Southeastern Librarian

Breaking Glass Ceilings: Clara Stanton Jones And The Detroit Public Library, Ariana Baker

The Southeastern Librarian

Renate L. Chancellor

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2024

ISBN: 9781538157015

114 pp. $90.00 (Hbk)

News From The States, Blake Denton

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.

Editor's Notes: Winter 2026, John H. Barnett

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.

Critical Connections: The University Of Tennessee And Oak Ridge From The Dawn Of The Atomic Age To The Present, Camille Mccutcheon

The Southeastern Librarian

Lee Riedinger, Al Ekkebus, Ray Smith, and William Bugg

Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2024

ISBN: 9781621906544

488 pp. $39.95 (Hbk)

Ensuring Rich Rigor Of Qualitative Methodologies In Behavior Analytic Research, Daria K. Lorio-Barsten, Selena J. Layden

Human Movement Studies & Special Education Faculty Publications

Quantitative methods remain the hallmark of research in applied behavior analysis. Yet, such methods frequently fail to capture the nuances of context where behavior analysis is practiced. Therefore, qualitative methods can provide complementary means to gain deeper insight into changes in socially significant behavior. We believe that researchers within the field of behavior analysis have much to gain from embracing qualitative methodologies. We propose that more researchers can and should consider conducting rigorous qualitative research to elevate the voices of the participants and relate the depth and complexities of their nuanced experiences. This article discusses Tracy’s “big tent” quality criteria …

Exploring Marshall–Olkin Models Through Bibliometric And Topic Modeling Approaches Uses Latent Dirichlet Allocation (1981-2025): A Study Based On Scopus Data, Humberto Llinás, Brian Llinás, Carlos López, Daniela Nuñez

Computer Science Faculty Publications

The Marshall–Olkin family of distributions has gained increasing attention in fields such as reliability engineering, survival analysis, financial risk modeling, and actuarial science because of its flexibility in modeling dependence among events and its wide range of extensions. Despite its growing relevance, a systematic understanding of how research on Marshall–Olkin models has evolved over time is still limited. This study addresses this gap by combining bibliometric techniques with topic modeling to analyze the structure and evolution of the scientific literature on Marshall–Olkin models. The analysis includes all 266 peer-reviewed publications on Marshall–Olkin models indexed in Scopus between 1981 and 2025. …

Book Review: Dismantling Conspiracy Theories: Metaliteracy And Other Strategies For An Information-Disordered World, Katie Greer, Stephanie Beene, William Glick

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.

The Hunt For "Dragon Shards Of Knowledge": A Study On The Information Needs Of The Mmorpg Community, Jessamy Hallie

School of Information Student Research Journal

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the information needs and information-seeking behaviors of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) information community. To evaluate and define these needs and behaviors a literature review of research contributions published by established information professionals studying MMORPG and video game players was performed. The results showed that the MMORPG community is considerably understudied and lacking sufficient library programming and educational opportunities compared to other communities. It also revealed their dependence on collaboration and the promotion of social connection between members. Their shared goals and common interests helped to facilitate members’ information-seeking and …

Why Every Librarian Is A Ux Librarian, Alison Johnson

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Guiding Scholarship, Together: A Collaborative Accomplishment, Pearl Kim

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Supporting Literacy And The Scholarly Conversation Through Understanding Apa Citation Style, Vanessa Sztym

School of Information Student Research Journal

No abstract provided.

Southeastern Librarian 73(3) Fall 2025 (Full Issue), John H. Barnett

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian Volume 73 Number 3

Black Hibiscus: African Americans And The Florida Imaginary, Austina Jordan

The Southeastern Librarian

John Wharton Lowe, Ed.

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2024

ISBN: 9781496848604

314 pp. $30.00 (Pbk)

Hell's Not Far Off: Bruce Crawford And The Appalachian Left, Loren Mixon

The Southeastern Librarian

Josh Howard

Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2024

ISBN: 9781959000105

208 pp. $26.99 (Pbk)

Mommy Goose's Appalachian Melodies, Kathelene Mccarty Smith

The Southeastern Librarian

Mike Norris

Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2024

ISBN: 9781985901155

64 pp. $24.95 (Hbk)

Nowville: The Untold History Of Nashville's Contemporary Art Scene, Sarah Grace Glover

The Southeastern Librarian

Joe Nolan

Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2024

ISBN: 9780826507396

272 pp. $24.95 (Pbk)

Southerners Acting Southern: On Celebrities And Their Star Personas In The Imagined South, Chantelle Swaren

The Southeastern Librarian

Tison Pugh

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2025

ISBN: 9780807184011

276 pp. $34.95 (Pbk)

This Southern Metropolis: Life In Antebellum Mobile, Kristine Stilwell

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Mike Bunn

Athens: NewSouth Books, 2024

ISBN: 9781588385246

162 pp. $27.95 (Pbk)

Sela Officers And Executive Committee, State Representatives, Committees, Sections, And Round Tables, John H. Barnett

The Southeastern Librarian

Current SELA officers and representatives.

Tracking Removed And At-Risk Government Information, Molly Blake, Sanga Sung, Ben Amata, Jenny Mcburney

SJSU Open Access Conference

The current U.S. administration is intentionally undermining public access to information as well as scholarly research by removing documents, reports, datasets, images, and language from government websites. In doing so, this administration is withholding publicly-funded information that we have a right to access, including data from government-sponsored research, historical information about marginalized groups, and speech transcripts. In removing these materials, the government is also deliberately sabotaging research related to topics it does not like, such as LGBTQ health, COVID, and climate change.

It is difficult to grasp the scope of this problem: how do we know when something is gone, …

Access Denied: Defending Research In A Shrinking Scholarly Landscape, Emily Kingsland

SJSU Open Access Conference

In early 2025, the U.S. Department of Education announced a reduction in the indexing of key journals in the ERIC database. As government censorship increasingly threatens the accessibility of educational research, librarians are emerging as critical defenders of open access and research transparency. This presentation reports on the proactive efforts of a Canadian academic librarian who developed actionable workarounds to address the disappearance of articles from ERIC. These missing records pose a significant challenge to researchers conducting knowledge syntheses, who face a reporting and reproducibility crisis when search results fluctuate or shrink without explanation. The implications are profound: systematic reviews …

Navigating Nih’S Revised Public Access Policy: On-The-Ground Experiences From Librarians And Researchers, Anneliese Taylor, Katie Fortney, Tim Vollmer

SJSU Open Access Conference

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) rolled out its revised Public Access Policy on July 1, 2025, in accordance with the 2022 Office of Science and Technology Policy Nelson Memo. The Nelson Memo calls on all U.S. federal funders to implement a policy requiring immediate public access to published articles and supporting datasets resulting from federal grants. On the surface, NIH’s new policy is a public good, ensuring that federally funded research outputs will no longer be held back from public access for 12 months after publication. But the implementation mechanisms of this new policy for researchers and publishers …

The President's Column, Laura Slavin

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.

Interview With The Past President: Crystal Gates, Camille Mccutcheon

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.

Government Documents For All: Statistical Abstract Of The United States, Tim Dodge

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.

Member Spotlight: Paula Lenor Webb, Blair Jones

The Southeastern Librarian

No abstract provided.

Preserving The Poetic And The Ephemeral: Archiving The Summer Seminar Of The Arts, Samantha Mcneilly

The Southeastern Librarian

The Summer Seminar of the Arts Papers, housed at the Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) Library, document a lively and eclectic arts festival that took place in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1969 to 1983. The collection brings together correspondence, manuscripts, broadsides, and ephemera, including unexpected items such as a poem typed on aluminum foil, from some of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century, including U.S. Poets Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winners. This article explores how archivists managed the unique challenges of processing a small literary collection filled with delicate and experimental materials. By blending standard archival practices with creative …