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On credibility

The call for papers for Code4Lib Journal‘s special issue on static websites ended very recently and the results have been exceptional. The guest editors for the special issue have clearly done a good job conceptualizing and promoting their call. Likewise, the call for the first issue Humanities Methods in Librarianship closes on Friday, and while… Continue reading On credibility

Code4Lib 2026

I’m currently on my way to Philadelphia to attend the last day of the Code4Lib 2026 conference. While I would have loved to attend the whole thing, available days and budget were real limiting factors. I will be attending two workshops tomorrow which both sound really interesting. I’m also hoping to have some conversations about… Continue reading Code4Lib 2026

CfP

The first Call for Papers for Humanities Methods in Librarianship went out on Friday. For those of us who have been working on this project for the past year, this is a big milestone. It is, in fact, quite remarkable that we’ve made it this far. It is very easy to underestimate the amount of… Continue reading CfP

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Managerialism and the humanities in library scholarhsip

Working on the Humanities Methods in Librarianship editorial recently has me wondering (in more detail than usual) why our discipline traditionally doesn’t use humanities methods when studying libraries and librarianship. I would suggest that a having purportedly “interdisciplinary” field that nonetheless largely excludes the wide swath of humanities methods is a bit peculiar. An important… Continue reading Managerialism and the humanities in library scholarhsip

Humanities Methods in Librarianship: Issue 0 editorial

Today, Humanities Methods in Librarianship published its Issue 0 editorial. The editorial is our initial best attempt at a statement on the motivations behind the journal. But aside from this collective editorial statement, we feel that it is very important to communicate the perspectives of the individual editors as well, so we have linked another… Continue reading Humanities Methods in Librarianship: Issue 0 editorial

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Manifold

Our new journal, Humanities Methods in Librarianship, is now on Manifold. We invite you check out the new site and let us know what you think! Manifold is an open source web platform for journals and other publishing projects that is developed by a team based at CUNY, the University of Minnesota Press, and Cast… Continue reading Manifold

Humanities Methods in Librarianship: Call for peer reviewers

Here is a call for peer reviewers for Humanities Methods in Librarianship (where I am on the editorial board) that I hope will be of interest to you. Please consider signing up as a peer reviewer, and feel free to share with your networks! Humanities Methods in Librarianship – a new, no-fee, open access journal… Continue reading Humanities Methods in Librarianship: Call for peer reviewers

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Against IMRaD

In my opinion, the scholarly literature of librarianship has an IMRaD problem. IMRaD is an acronym that stands for “Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion.” Along with some variants, it is the standard paper structure for much of the sciences and social sciences. Wikipedia includes a visualization of IMRaD that looks like this: To be fair,… Continue reading Against IMRaD

🚨 Call for editors 🚨

Apply by September 15th, 2025 Humanities Methods in Librarianship – a new, no-fee, open access journal – is looking for editors to join our talented editorial team! The journal publishes high quality, peer-reviewed research, creative works, and book reviews. We aim to broaden the scholarly conversation by encouraging submissions that deploy methods from the humanities… Continue reading 🚨 Call for editors 🚨

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