55 Articles Every Librarian Should Read (Updated)

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Abram, S. (2015a, July 5). 2015 Internet trends report: simplified & designed [Blog]. Retrieved from http://stephenslighthouse.com/2015/07/05/2015-internet-trends-report-simplified-designed/

Abram, S. (2015b, July 16). Traditional leaders vs collaborative leaders: infographic [Personal Blog]. Retrieved from http://stephenslighthouse.com/2015/07/16/traditional-leaders-vs-collaborative-leaders/
Adams, N. E. (2015). Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive learning objectives. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 103(3), 152–153. http://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.103.3.010
Ball, A., & Duke, M. (2015, June 29). How to track the impact of research data with metrics [Educational]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides/track-data-impact-metrics
Banks, M. (2015, September 8). Open access publishing: what is it and how do we sustain it? [Online Magazine]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/09/08/open-access-publishing/
Bekhuis, T. (2015). Keywords, discoverability, and impact. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 103(3), 119–120. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511049/
Berg, J. (2015, September 8). On institutional repository success: discovery, search, metadata [Blog]. Retrieved from http://beerbrarian.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/on-institutional-repository-success.html
Blumenthal, J. (2014). Creating the future. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 102(1), 2–4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878931/
Bradley, P. (2015, July 10). The ethics of a search engine [Personal Website]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2015/07/the-ethics-of-a-search-engine.html
British Library, & Joint Information Systems Committe of the Higher Education Funding Council. (2009). Researchers of tomorrow: the research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students (Cohort study No. 1) (p. 85). United Kingdom: Reasearchers of Tomorrow. Retrieved from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/reports/2012/researchers-of-tomorrow.aspx
Butler, I. (2014, September 22). 30 graphic novels that will make you fall in love with graphic novels [Online Magazine]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://flavorpill.com/ntl/article/books/30-graphic-novels-that-will-make-you-fall-in-love-with-graphic-novels
Chant, I. (2015, June 23). The art of weeding [Online Journal]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/06/managing-libraries/the-art-of-weeding-collection-management/
Chin Roemer, R., & Borchardt, R. (2015, August 12). New grads, meet new metrics: why early career librarians should care about altmetrics & research impact [Blog]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2015/new-grads-meet-new-metrics-why-early-career-librarians-should-care-about-altmetrics-research-impact/
Cocciolo, A. (2015, September 15). The rise and fall of text on the Web: a quantitative study of Web archives [Respository]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://www.informationr.net/ir/20-3/paper682.html#.VuSMv5wrK02
Cooper, I. D. (2015). Disruptive technology and medical librarians. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 103(1), 1–2. http://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.103.1.001
D’Angelo, B., & Maid, B. (2015, August 30). Metaliteracy in practice: sneak peak #3 [Organizational]. Retrieved from http://metaliteracy.org/2015/08/30/metaliteracy-in-practice-sneak-peak-3/
De Groote, S. L., Shultz, M., & Blecic, D. D. (2014). Information-seeking behavior and the use of online resources: a snapshot of current health sciences faculty. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 102(3), 169–176. http://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.102.3.006
Dimsdale, D. (2015). Publication trends in library reserves: a quantitative content analysis.Georgia Library Quarterly, 52(3), Article 9.
Falkvinge. (2012). The Pirate Bay is the world’s most efficient public library [Personal Website]. Retrieved from http://falkvinge.net/2012/12/07/the-pirate-bay-is-the-worlds-most-efficient-public-library/
Frey, T. (2015a, August 6). The library of the future series: part 1 – the time capsule room [Blog]. Retrieved March 12, 2016, from http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2008/03/the-library-of-the-future-series-part-1-%E2%80%93-the-time-capsule-room/
Frey, T. (2015b, August 6). The library of the future series: part 2 – the search command center. Retrieved March 12, 2016, from http://david-baurray-0hun.squarespace.com/papers/the-library-of-the-future-series-part-2-the-search-command-center-by-futurist-thomas-frey
Frey, T. (2015c, August 6). The library of the future series: part 3 – the electronic outpost [Blog]. Retrieved March 12, 2016 from http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2009/01/the-library-of-the-future-series-part-3-the-electronic-outpost/
Gaiman, N., & Myatt, F. (2015, August 29). Neil Gaiman: “my parents didn”t have any kind of rules about what I couldn’t read’. The Guardian. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/aug/29/neil-gaiman-banned-books-censorship-interview
Gleick, J. (2012). The Information: a history, a theory, a flood. Vintage.
Greenberg, J. (2015, June 15). The web will either kill science journals or save them [Online Magazine]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://www.wired.com/2015/06/web-will-either-kill-science-journals-save/
Greene Taylor, N. (2015, February 26). The school librarian as learning alchemist: transforming the future of education [Online Magazine]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/02/26/the-school-librarian-as-learning-alchemist/
Harder, R., Velasco, A., Evans, M., & Rockmore, D. (2015, September 18). Measuring verifiability in online information. Cornell University Library. Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.05631v1
Harris, T., & Wyndham, J. (2015). Data rights and responsibilities: a human rights perspective on data sharing. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 10(3), 334–337. http://doi.org/10.1177/1556264615591558
HoTEL. (2013). Learning theories map [Educational]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://hotel-project.eu/content/learning-theories-map-richard-millwood
IBM. (n.d.). The four v’s of big data [Business Blog]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://www.ibmbigdatahub.com/infographic/four-vs-big-data
JISC Digital Media. (n.d.). Gamification Infokit [Business]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/infokit/games/
Krum, R. (2015, August 31). What exactly is the “Internet of Things”? [Blog]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://www.coolinfographics.com/blog/2015/8/31/what-exactly-is-the-internet-of-things.html
Linek, S., & Bäßler, J. (2015). The role of libraries in science 2.0: focus on economics. D-Lib Magazine: The Magazine of Digital Library Research, 21(7/8). http://doi.org/10.1045/july2015-linek
Maggio, L. A., & Kung, J. Y. (2014). How are medical students trained to locate biomedical information to practice evidence-based medicine? a review of the 2007–2012 literature. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 102(3), 184–191. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25031559
Malik, C., Bogomolov, A., Chang, P., Cassin, R., Roosevelt, E., Dukes, C., … Humphrey, J. P. (n.d.). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights [Organizational]. Retrieved May 16, 2013, from http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml
Marcum, D. (2015, September 1). Talent management for academic libraries [Organizational]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://www.sr.ithaka.org/publications/talent-management-for-academic-libraries/
Matthews, K. (2015, July 29). Managing innovative personalities for successful library innovation [Blog]. Retrieved from http://21stcenturylibrary.com/2015/07/29/the-trouble-with-innovative-types/
McDonald, K. (2012). Crafting the customer experience For people not like you: how to delight and engage the customers your competitors don’t understand(1 edition). New York: Wiley.
Montano, B. S. J. (2015). The health sciences librarian as scientific entertainer. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 103(2), 103–106. http://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.103.2.010
O’Connor, S. (Ed.). (2015). Library managment in disruptive times: skills and knowledge for an uncertain future. London: Facet Publishing.
Onwuemezi, N. (2015, September 16). Lack of digital library investment “pushing” users away [Blog]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://www.thebookseller.com/news/lack-of-digital-library-investment-pushing-users-away-312801
Percivale Productions. (2015). The crisis of our libraries: a talk by Alan Gibbons. UK. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/138455444 [13:23]
Proudman, V. (2015a). 22 ways to help you implement your library plans [Business]. Retrieved from http://proud2know.eu/22waystoimplementlibraryplans_blog24/
Proudman, V. (2015b, September). 20 ways to a more engaging and inspiring library dept meeting [Business]. Retrieved from http://proud2know.eu/20meetings_blog25/
Regazzi, J. J., & Aytac, S. (2008). Author perceptions of journal quality. Learned Publishing, 21(3), 225–235. http://doi.org/10.1087/095315108X288938
Rinehart, A., Sharkey, J., & Kahl, C. (2015). Learning Style Dimensions and Professional Characteristics of Academic Librarians. College & Research Libraries, 76(4), 450–468. http://doi.org/10.5860/crl.76.4.450
Schwartz, M. (2015, September 1). Closing the gap in librarian, faculty views of academic libraries [Online Journal]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/09/academic-libraries/closing-gap-librarian-faculty-views-research/
Shelby, A. J. (n.d.). A linked data journey: introduction. Retrieved from http://litablog.org/2015/09/a-linked-data-journey-introduction/
Sollenberger, J., & Holloway, R., Jr. (2013, November 6). The evolving role and value of librarians in health care [Personal Website]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://www.markmaceachern.com/blog/2013/11/6/the-evolving-role-and-value-of-librarians-in-health-care.html
Strasser, C. (2015, July 27). Research data management. National Information Standards Organization. Retrieved from http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/15375/PrimerRDM-2015-0727.pdf
Swanson, J., Damasco, I., Gonzalez-Smith, I., Hodges, D., Honma, T., & Tanaka, A. (2015, July 29). Why diversity matters: a roundtable discussion on racial and ethnic diversity in librarianship [Personal Blog]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2015/why-diversity-matters-a-roundtable-discussion-on-racial-and-ethnic-diversity-in-librarianship/
Tay, A. (2015, September 19). Musings about librarianship: [Research question] What percentage of citations made by our researchers is to freely available content? [Blog]. Retrieved from http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/research-question-what-percentage-of.html#.VgqfPvlVhBc
TEDx Talks. (n.d.). Prototyping the library of the future, today [YouTube Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14agqyV4ySU [11:36]
The Committee on Scholarly Editions. (2015, September). Considering the scholarly edition in the digital age: a white paper of the Modern Language Association’s Committee on Scholarly Editions [Organizational]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from https://scholarlyeditions.commons.mla.org/2015/09/02/cse-white-paper/
Wu, T. (2015, September 11). What ever happened to Google Books? [Online Magazine]. Retrieved September 29, 2015, from http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/what-ever-happened-to-google-books