Renewal, promotion, and tenure are stressful academic career milestones. Power and Wheatley explore them in "Research, Promotion and Tenure Guidelines for Academic Librarians: An Analysis of the Vague Expectations in Canadian University Collective Agreements" ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja... #AcademicSky

In one of our latest articles, Maureen Babb discusses how developing a personal research agenda can enhance librarians’ work and guide them in their research journey. Read it and find practical tips here: doi.org/10.33137/cja... #AcademicSky #AcademicLibrarian #research

Cassady, Hare, Mongeon, & Johnson investigate decision-making practices and processes of librarians concerned with the cancellation of Big Deals in one of our latest articles, "Big Deal Cancellations and Influences on Librarian Decision-Making" ↪️ doi.org/10.33137/cja... #AcademicSky #Libraries

📖 New book review! 📖 Erich Engler reviews "Critical Library Leadership: Managing Self and Others in Today's Academic Library" Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja... #AcademicSky #library

📖 New book review! 📖 Michelle Pettis reviews "The Kind Librarian: Cultivating a Culture of Kindness and Wellbeing in Libraries" Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja... #AcademicSky #library

📖 New book review! 📖 Maia Trotter reviews "Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library" Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja... #AcademicSky #library

📖 New book review! 📖 Douglas Fox reviews "The High-Impact Digital Library: Innovative Approaches for Outreach and Instruction." Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja... #AcademicSky #library #OA

Congratulations, Kristin Hoffmann! 🥳 Kristin was a founding editor of CJAL, and the lasting impact of her contributions to CAPAL is evidenced by the success and growth of this journal. Read more: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

Congratulations, Tina Liu! You can read her award-winning paper in CJAL: doi.org/10.33137/cja...

📙 New book review! 📙 Natasha Gerolami reviews "Unravelling Research: The Ethics and Politics of Research in the Social Sciences," edited by Teresa Macias Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja... #libraries #AcademicSky

Le comité des publications de l'ACBES/CAPAL lance un appel à candidatures pour le poste de Rédactrice.teur en chef.fe français de la Revue canadienne de bibliothéconomie universitaire / Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship (Rcbu/CJAL), revue savante de l'ACBES: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

📖 New book review! 📖 Victoria Levang reviews "Information literacy and Social Media: Empowered Student Engagement with the ACRL Framework," by Michele Santamaria and A. Nicole Pfnnenstiel Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja...

"Books created using copper acetoarsenite, a green pigment, remain in our libraries and personal collections, with potential health implications." See more in Bell & Canham, Pages of Poison: Identifying 19th Century Arsenical Green Books at Queen's University ❇️ doi.org/10.33137/cja... #AcademicSky

Our Libraries and/as Extraction webinar is happening TOMORROW, 1:00-2:30 ET! See details: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

Our webinar celebrating our recent special issue, Libraries and/as Extraction is coming up NEXT WEEK on April 8, 1:00-2:30 ET. Join our special issue co-editors in conversation with our authors! There will be opportunity for Q&A. Register ⤵️ arizona.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #libraries #AcademicSky

📚Nicole Eva reviews "Supporting Diversity through Collection Evaluation, Development, and Weeding (CLIPP #48)" in our latest book review! Read it here: doi.org/10.33137/cja... #AcademicSky #libraries #diversity

📖 New book review 📖 Tim Ribaric reviews Academic Librarianship in Canada: Post-COVID Perspectives in a Neoliberal Era, edited by Jessica E. Shiers, Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens, Joanna Szurmak, and Meaghan Valant ↪️https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v11.44650 #AcademicSky #neoliberalism #libraries

In "The Economics of Identity: How EDI Initiatives Treat Racialized Identities as Currency in Academic Libraries," Liu examines and critiques top-down institutional EDI policies and plans from Canadian academic libraries. Read more ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja... #AcademicSky #libraries #OA

Tinajero-Vazquez & Carr reflect on their experiences as an intern and supervisor navigating traditional and antiquated norms upheld in academia in "Cultural Wealth, Co-creation, and Conversations: Reimagining Academic Internships." Read it ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja... #libraries #AcademicSky #OA

In "Extraction on Display," Salas Landa & Xu provide an excellent reflection on how they use object-centered research to encourage students to explore the extractive practices that have shaped museum and library collections. Read more ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja... #libraries #AcademicSky #OA

We are excited to announce a webinar celebrating our recent special issue, Libraries and/as Extraction on April 8, 1:00-2:30 ET. Join our special issue co-editors in conversation with our authors! There will be opportunity for Q&A. Register ⤵️ arizona.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #libraries #AcademicSky

How do we identify primary and secondary sources? What does this mean for Indigenous knowledge and authorities? Watkins and Randall call on librarians to critically assess their roles in maintaining colonial structures. Read more ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja... #libraries #AcademicSky #OA

Kersting-Lark, Kenyon, & Seiferle-Valencia define and challenge institutional "pioneer veneration" in libraries and archives in their article from our recent special issue on Libraries and/as Extraction. Read more ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja... #libraries #AcademicSky #OA

Have you read "What No Means: Indigenous Feminist Refusal to Library Extraction" by @desmondcwong.bsky.social? Check it out here ➡️ doi.org/10.33137/cja... #libraries #AcademicSky #OA

New publications! A thread of new reading, hot off the press 🧵 #libraries #AcademicSky #OA

✍️ There is one week left to submit proposals for CJAL's next special issue: "(More Than) A Decade of Critical Librarianship: Reflections and Speculations." See details on our website ⤵️ cjal.ca/index.php/ca... We look forward to reading your work! #CritLib #Libraries #AcademicSky #OA

We are delighted to release our latest special issue, Libraries and/as Extraction, co-edited by Maura Seale @mauraseale.bsky.social, Nicole Pagowsky @nope4evr.bsky.social, Rafia Mirza @librarianrafia.bsky.social, and Karen P. Nicholson. Read the full volume here: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

✍️ Rcbu invite les contributions à son numéro spécial sur « (Plus qu’) Une Décennie de la bibliothéconomie critique : réflexions et spéculations. » Date limite de soumission des proposition : 17 janvier 2025. cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

✍️ Submissions are open for our upcoming special issue: "(More Than) A Decade of Critical Librarianship: Reflections and Speculations." Deadline for proposal submission is Jan. 17, 2025. See details: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...