Press about the Librarian Parlor and LibParlor Online Learning
Library Table Talk Podcast – The Librarian Parlor editorial team discusses our journeys into LISLibrary and Information Science An interdisciplinary field that examines how physical and digital information is organized, accessed, collected, managed, disseminated and used, particularly in library settings. research, research agendas, and how LPOL can support LIS researchers.
HuffPost – An article about the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate IMLS including statements from the Librarian Parlor editorial team
C&RL News – The Librarian Parlor builds a community of researchers
ALA Professional Development Award – an interview with us after we won the Association of College and Research Libraries’ University Libraries Section Professional Development award
ACRLog – LibParlor Online Learning is live! & takeaways from launching a big project
Research from the Librarian Parlor editorial team
The Librarian Parlor editorial team has presented at the national level and published in some of the most impactful journals in the field about the state of support for library workers to conduct significant library and information sciences research.
- (forthcoming 2025) Bhat, N., Fargo, H., Heinbach, C., Powell, C. LibParlor Online Learning: Developing Librarian-Researcher Identities Through A Free Online Curriculum. In Nagle, S., & Campbell, P. Librarians as Researchers: Developing our Scholarly Identities.
- Bhat, N., Fargo H., Heinbach, C. LibParlor Online Learning: An open source curriculum for LIS researchers. The Association of College and Research Libraries, Minneapolis, MN, April 2025.
- Bhat, N., Fargo, H., Heinbach, C., Powell, C. Introducing LibParlor Online Learning: An Open-Source Curriculum for LIS Researchers. American Library Association, San Diego, CA, June 2024.
- Bhat, N., Fargo, H., Heinbach, C., Powell, C. Forging the Future of LIS Researchers Through Community. Association of College and Research Libraries, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2023.
- Bhat, N., Fargo, H., Heinbach, C., Powell, C. LibParlor Online Learning: Diversifying & Improving LIS Literature Through An Open-Source Professional Development Program. Empirical Librarians Conference. March 2023.
- Fargo, H., Bhat, N., Heinbach, C., and Powell, C. (2022) LibParlor Online Learning: Shared Knowledge for the Library Research Community. The Association for Library and Information ScienceLibrary and Information Science An interdisciplinary field that examines how physical and digital information is organized, accessed, collected, managed, disseminated and used, particularly in library settings. Education (ALISE).
- Heinbach, C., Fargo, H., Powell, C. & Bhat, N. (2019) The Librarian Parlor: Demystifying the research process through community. Association of College and Research Libraries, Cleveland, United States.
- Powell, C., Fargo, H., & Heinbach, C. (2018). Building a community of librarian researchers: What we learned from creating LibParlor. Poster presented at the Annual American Library Association conference in New Orleans, LA.