Moving Beyond Willpower: A New Direction for Media Literacy Instruction by Mandi Goodsett
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2026/moving-...
Hot. Library. Scholarship. 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Equity > "neutrality"
(scare quotes mine, but "neutrality" really must always be in quotation marks, amirite?)
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In the Library with the Lead Pipe
views do not represent my employer's...most of my coworkers' tho
"Our aim is to help other library scholars facing similar challenges think through the implications of exercising their freedoms and make informed decisions… adds to the growing accounts of the lived experiences of library workers in navigating challenging political environments."
We've published some exciting archives-related articles this year and would like to accept more submissions like these, but we need your help!
Please share this call for volunteers to serve on the editorial board with your #archives colleagues
'In a way, the archive may act akin to the institution itself, dressing harm and isolation in the language of “care,” and participating in epistemic injustice against people with disabilities and their many “ways of knowing.”' #CripLib
How do we write about this?: Reflections on scholarship about immigrants, data literacy, surveillance, and academic freedom in 2025 by Hayley Park and Negeen Aghassibake
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2026/reflect...
Two publication updates:
1) We have codified our open-to-submission periods as January and August of each year. Our next open window will be August 2026.
2) We have increased our word cap to 7,000 words and encourage authors to aim for the range of 4,000-7,000 words (excluding references).
"...we recognize that while powerful, writing is not a substitute for other actions. However, our writing partnership has helped us push against feelings of fear and fatalism, and it has been a way to connect with others who also care about these issues."
on archival death
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"Throughout our research, the conclusion we came to is that the state of academic freedom for academic librarians is inconsistent across the field and institution-specific. … The status of academic freedom for PhD students is similarly inconsistent and unclear."
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Seeking Approval, Confronting Objectivity: Neutrality in the Library of Congress Subject Headings Approval Process
by Allison Bailund, Deborah Tomaras, Michelle Cronquist, and Tina Gross
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2026/seeking...
