August 30, 2022
Claire Phillips was a dual-degree Master of Social Work and Master of Public Administration student at the University of Washington. She was passionate about social justice, specifically homelessness prevention, disability justice, and gender equity. Prior to her time at TASCHA, Phillips worked and volunteered for a variety of nonprofit organizations and served as an AmeriCorps member at…
August 27, 2022
While fake news has been a common problem for well over a century, the emergence of social media and smartphones has escalated its spread. This study adopts a qualitative approach to explore the readiness of academic librarians in curbing fake news. Data was drawn from interviews with reference library staff and head librarians who were…
It is widely accepted that internships are important in library and archives professional training and they correlate positively with career prospects. Yet the potential costs, particularly of unpaid internships, for diversity and inclusion, and to community engagement capacities are understudied. This is a 3-year empirical investigation into the implications of internships for recruiting, training, developing,…
