Researchers and faculty are talking about predatory publishers within the academic literature. In fact, many disciplines devote considerably more ink to this issue and the pitfalls of illegitimate ...

The University of Southern California (USC) Libraries seek an innovative, service oriented, and experienced information professional to lead and manage the public service operations of USC Libraries.

On July 26, 2021 the ULS Professional Development Committee sponsored a discussion on incorporating feminist practice into library research. The presentation identified ways to incorporate feminism ...

The ACRL/ULS Academic Outreach Committee offers a series of Online Roundtable Discussions on topics related to academic outreach endeavors. In these discussions librarians share and exchange ideas to ...

Students from many and varied backgrounds are currently pursuing higher education, including students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Students from a disadvantaged socio-economic ...

Unconscious, or implicit, bias in medical research and care is well documented—black patients on average receive less pain medication; heart attacks are underdiagnosed in women; and non-white, ...

Learning analytics offers a new tool in the library assessment toolbox, one that closes gaps left by other assessment methods but requires different ways of framing assessment questions, innovative ...

Tell us more about yourself and how you became an academic librarian. I have worked in academic libraries almost continuously since first becoming a library student assistant in January 1989. I earned ...

This program discusses instruction techniques informed by empathetic pedagogy and supported by learning technology, to create inclusive learning environments that support neurotypical and neurodiverse ...

Some of the topics to be discussed include in person events at the ALA Annual Conferences in 2024 and 2025; FAFLIG Speaker Series webinars; and upcoming webinars.

This program discusses instruction techniques informed by empathetic pedagogy and supported by learning technology, to create inclusive learning environments that support neurotypical and neurodiverse ...

Due to the changing nature of academic library student spaces and interest in mindfulness practices and contemplative pedagogy, yoga programs in these spaces are on the rise. Librarians have been ...