Your weekly links to interesting stories from the world of libraries and archives, books and publishing, and information science.
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The scholarly community is becoming more and more cognizant of predatory publishing, but how libraries help scholars assess journals? The Canadian Association of research Libraries has released a collaboratively-developed guide on How To Assess a Journal (also available as a PDF) with clear guidelines for those deciding whether to use articles, or publish with a journal. (Hat-tip to Cara Bradley!)
A reflection on students and the academic library, and how to plan for the experiences of future students.
On how university teaching, a career in academia, and how failure can be the most fulfilling part of being a professor.
Libraries are spaces for cultivating literacy, and in today’s world that means multiple literacies, literacy gaps in user populations, and even “literacy literacy.”
A lecturer reflects on initial impressions of students, and what we can get wrong about students.