Publication date: September 2026
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 52, Issue 5
Author(s): Emmett Lombard
The American Library Association (ALA) was founded in Philadelphia in 1876 amid the patriotic spectacle of our nation’s centennial celebrations. But it’s Chicago, the Association’s home for more than a century, that will welcome the library community for a Read more
Welcome back to Chicago! It’s the perfect place to host the American Library Association’s (ALA) 150th anniversary, and we’ve compiled a master list of restaurants and cafés where you can celebrate while attending the 2026 Annual Conference and Exhibition.
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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming ubiquitous. Its integration is not just limited to our personal technology but now also includes library resources (see examples in “2026 Library Systems Briefing”). Meanwhile, vendors are constantly introducing new Read more
Publication date: July 2026
Source: The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 52, Issue 4
Author(s): Marco De Prosperis
Author(s): Elizabeth Borges, Faith Rusk
Author(s): Rende Li
Author(s): Milind Kamat, M.F. Kumbar, Uchita Bakshani
Author(s): Margaret Brown-Sica
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, Ahead of Print. This study addresses the absence of integrated self-assessment tools for information, media and data literacy (MILDAL) competencies among social sciences undergraduates. It aims to develop and validate the Q-MILDAL questionnaire, a novel instrument …
