I'm thankful to column editor, Andrea Falcone, for the opportunity to write this article and for her support as my supervisor when I started in this department head role in 2021. Additionally, Charissa Powell provided amazing feedback to help shape this article and I'm so thankful for her insight!

In this article, I share some ideas and discuss how I've applied that idea to a teaching and learning department at a mid-sized regional university. This was a fun column to write and I'm appreciative of my former department who really are the feature of this piece.

Foundations of the Future: Building Long-Term Departmental Strategy As a department head, it can be difficult to find the time to both dream of the future and build capacity for your team to reach that future. Building long-term departmental strategy takes time and...

Happy to kick off the new year with sharing my newest article on building long-term departmental strategy, published in the Journal of Library Administration 🎉

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Older adults sitting at tables in a library

An estimated 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, a number expected to reach 139 million by 2050.
 
The latest issue of Library Trends 74 (2) explores how libraries can support people living with dementia and their caregivers.
 
Learn more ▶️ bit.ly/494BZR8

The aisles in a public library with shelves full of books.

Join Library Trends on December 10 for a webinar on how genre classifications facilitate access to creative works in libraries and beyond.
 
Featuring Pauline Rafferty, Deborah Lee, Andrew Dillon, Denice Adkins, Melissa Nelson, and Julia Bullard.

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What support do library workers need to successfully conduct and publish original research? Join next week’s chat, led by Hailley Fargo, Charissa Powell, Chelsea Heinbach, and Nimisha Bhat from LibParlor! Friday, October 17, 2 pm ET. Learn more at www.lispedagogychat.org/schedule-reg...

Library Table Talk - 08 - Research agendas Listen to Episode 08: Research agendas with LibParlor Release date: September 23, 2025. Length: 53:28 minutes. In which we talk with Nimisha Bhat, Hailley Fargo, Chelsea Heinbach, and Amber Sewell of ...

LibParlor recently chatted with the great folks at Library Table Talk and our episode is out now! We discuss our journeys into LIS research, research agendas, and how LibParlor Online Learning can support LIS researchers!

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It's me! Really honored to be recognized with the iSchool Alumni Association Leadership Award this year 🥰. And I'm part of an all star award recipient line up ✨

We are looking for colleagues interested in joining LibParlor's Editorial Team. This is a great way to connect with folks across the field and help shape this great community!

Librarians Are Mad As Hell At The Trump Administration. They Think You Should Be, Too. "The public needs to wake up before our libraries are gone," one "livid" librarian said.

LibParlor provided some perspective for this article on the cuts to IMLS and the importance of libraries: www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...

Really excited to team up with Brianna Marshall this week to talk about co-creating team expectations as part of ALA's CORE Critical Conversations virtual discussion series. Join us this Thursday, March 20 at 9 AM PT/11 AM CT/12 PM ET!

Register here: alacorenews.org/2025/02/06/c...

The Librarian Parlor Building a community of researchers

We are thrilled to have a new place to connect with our community! The Librarian Parlor is a space for sharing expertise and asking questions about library research.

We are also the home of LibParlor Online Learning, an open-source library & information sciences research course!
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Join the ACRLog Blog Team! Interested in writing for ACRLog? We’re looking for a few new bloggers to join our team! We aim to have a group of bloggers who represent diverse perspectives on and career stages in academic libr...

Academic librarians, we’re looking for a few new bloggers to join the ACRLog team! More info and application link here: acrlog.org/2024/12/02/j....

📣 LibParlor Online Learning is live! The wait is over! We are proud to launch LibParlor Online Learning (LPOL) this month. Whether you are looking to do a deep dive into the library and information science research process, or just br…

Thrilled to announce the official launch of our IMLS-funded project, LibParlor Online Learning! This project is a free, open curriculum to support LIS professionals in developing research skills 🎉- we hope you check it out! libparlor.com/2024/09/03/l...