The Future of Work
As Old Funding Models Erode, Fundraising and Donor Stewardship Are Tools to Shape the Future
Fundraising and stewardship are essential to long-game leadership. Getting them right requires process, relationships, and vision.
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Resource Reviews
Incarcerated Authors, Sharing Their Stories on Their Own Terms
The American Prison Writing Archive, an open access collection of nonfiction writing by people with firsthand experience of incarceration, fills a crucial niche.
Resource Reviews
What Makes This Repository Different? Its Values.
KCWorks for Institutions, an open-source repository service affiliated with Michigan State University, is distinguished not only by its price, but by its mission.
Open Knowledge
What the Collapse of Hindawi Reveals About Systemic Risk in Scholarly Communication
The story of Hindawi is not one of exceptional failure, but of broad exposure to integrity risk. What should we do about it?
Resource Reviews
An AI Tool Recreates Some of the Friction of Academic Search. Is that Actually Helpful?
Keenious mitigates some of the educational risks of AI search. But its limitations will frustrate some users.
The Future of Work
AI Tools Are Changing Academic Publishing. How Can We Adopt Them Responsibly?
In scholarly publishing, AI has transformative potential, but also entails real risks. Balancing the two will require a fundamental cultural shift.
Open Knowledge
How Two Canadian Organizations Created a National Model for Diamond Open Access
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network and Érudit transformed their vendor-client relationship into a collaborative partnership to support open access without author-facing fees. What can we learn from their approach?
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Resource Reviews
Ebook Collection Surveys Christianity Across Eras and Geographies
Despite uneven coverage, History of Christianity is a useful addition to Bloomsbury’s Theology & Religion Online platform.
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The Future of Work
How Should Library Leaders Navigate Restructuring?
Guiding organizations through major transitions is inherently challenging. Adaptive leadership provides a framework to help staff navigate uncertainty, redefine their professional identities, and embrace new ways of working.
Open Knowledge
Confronting the Challenges of Sensitive Open Data
When governments collect sensitive data about private individuals, personal privacy and governmental transparency come into conflict. How should we resolve this tension?
Open Knowledge
What Can You Do When the Digital Key Won’t Turn? Visit a Library.
Recent outages of Amazon Web Services and Cloudflare are a stark illustration of our digital vulnerabilities. They are also an opportunity for libraries to remind users of their resilience.
Open Knowledge
How Libraries Can Help Deliver on the Promise of Knowledge as a Public Good
Libraries have a crucial role to play in advancing social justice and equity in the creation and sharing of knowledge. The University of Cape Town Libraries show us one path forward.
Resource Reviews
Primary Sources Detail LGBTQ Life in the Twentieth Century
Gale’s Archives of Sexuality and Gender provides access to a rich collection of materials that illuminate the experiences of LGBTQ communities and individuals, primarily in the US.