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Featured Researcher Spotlight on: Nicollette Brant, Laura Jara, Melissa Maldonado, and Marisa Méndez-Brady
Contributing Editor Paige Sundstrom discusses and explores POC mentorship in research in this Featured Researchers post
Academia’s Blurry Boundaries: Navigating the Transition from an Academic Department to an Academic Library
LibParlor Contributor, Hannah C. Gunderman, explains how she transitioned from a domain-specific postdoc to library faculty.
Facing My Fear of Quantitative Research Methods
LibParlor Contributor, Lisa Becksford, discusses stepping out of her research methods bubble to tackle quantitative research.
I Can Do This! Doing Research as a Non-tenure-track librarian. A Librarian Parlor Series, Part II
LibParlor Contributor, Zoe Bastone, is back for her second post in her series discussing how she built her research agenda.
Why You Should Consider Going to Non-Library Conferences
LibParlor Contributor, Michael DeNotto, discusses some reasons for attending and presenting at non-library conferences.
Book Review: Masked by Trust: Bias in Library Discovery
Masked by Trust: Bias in Library Discovery (2019), written by Matthew Reidsma, Web Services Librarian at Grand Valley State University, and published by Library Juice Press, an imprint of Litwin Books, takes the burgeoning literature in critical algorithm studies and applies it to library discovery systems.
Focus Groups: “If you host it, will they come?” A Librarian Parlor Series, Part II
LibParlor Contributors Kristina Clement and Samantha Cook return for their second post on focus groups. In this post, they discuss getting participants to the table.
LibParlor Turns Two!
LibParlor celebrates another great year as we continue to grow our team.
Listen In: Discussions from the Field
In this post, our Listen In Contributing Editors Symphony Bruce and Charlotte Brun highlight the work of four LIS researchers and their examination of privacy protocols on library websites.
Organizing the research process using Trello
LibParlor Contributor, Stacy Katz, discusses how she uses Trello to keep track of her many research projects.
