Volume 33, Issue 2 (2024) Libraries
Front Matter
Editors' Letter
David Nutty, Linda Silka, Joyce Rumery, and Barbara Harrity
Essay
“Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone”: Does the Disinvestment in America’s Libraries Signal the End of Civil Society?
Tracie D. Hall
Articles
“We’re the Town’s Help Desk:” Social Work Creep in America’s Last Public Space
Diana Furukawa, Olivia Scott, and Ben Treat
Leveraging Remote Work Services in Libraries: Building Community and Strengthening the Local Economy
Savannah L. Sessions
Public Libraries Are Critical Partners for Collective Impact on Climate Action
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
Investing in School Libraries and Librarians to Improve Literacy Outcomes
Tania Otero Martinez
What’s Keeping Public Library Trustees Up at Night?
Deborah A. Clark and Jenny Melvin Smith
Health Sciences Libraries: A Changing Landscape
Janet Bolduc, Elizabeth Dyer, Linda Kerecman, and Dina McKelvy
Representing Contemporary Immigrant and BIPOC Experiences through USM’s Special Collections
Anna Faherty, Zachary Newell, and Jill Piekut Roy
Maine’s Libraries Weather the War on Books
Michelle R. Sampson M.A., M.I.L.S.
Protecting the Freedom to Read in Maine
Sonya M. Durney Dr.
Libraries Stand Ready as Digital Inclusion Comes of Age
Amelia Bryne, Megan Janicki, and Marijke Visser
Digital Literacy Education in Maine's Public Libraries
Michelle K. Conners Ph.D.
Academic Libraries and Open Educational Resources: Addressing Student Textbook Affordability
Krystie Wilfong, Natalie Hill, David Smith, Kate Wing, Ann Spinney, and Casey J. Koons
Interviews
Interview with Hazel Onsrud
Linda Silka
Interview with Marijke Visser
Linda Silka
Commentaries
Maine Libraries: An Update on Sharing and Collaboration
Bryce Cundick and James Jackson Sanborn
Collaboration in Maine Libraries
David Nutty and Joyce Rumery
Managing a Shared Collection in a Changing World
Matthew I. Revitt
Library Advocacy: Ecosystem Concepts Can Provide a Strong Foundation for Library Advocacy
Jennifer Alvino Wood
Advocating for The Once and Future Library
Daisy D. Singh
Our Library’s Role in Helping Students Make Sense of Generative AI
Shelly Davis and David Rogers
Libraries Should Be Part of All This Book Talk
Michael G. Dunn
Book Review: The Library: A Fragile History
Linda Silka
Editors
- Guest Editor
- David Nutty
- Special Issues Editor
- Linda Silka
- Coeditor
- Joyce Rumery
- Coeditor
- Barbara Harrity