Reference Services Review: Volume 48 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Navigating the campus past: college yearbook controversies

This paper is about the controversies stemming from digitized college and university yearbook photos and the professional values of librarians and archivists in helping higher…

Guest editorial

The art of the real: fact checking as information literacy instruction

The purpose of this paper is to discuss how academic librarians tasked with research instruction can use connections between digital, civic and information literacy to combat…

The proof is in the process: Fostering student trust in government information by examining its creation

This paper aims to apply the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education frame Information Creation as a Process to encourage student confidence in government…

Researching Bears Ears: reference practice for civic engagement

The purpose of this study is to describe practical, generalizable competencies for reference librarians to promote civic engagement and social justice while assisting with…

Responding to hate: how national and local incidents sparked action at the UNLV University Libraries

The purpose of this paper is to describe how an academic library at one of the most diverse universities in the country responded to the 2016 election through the newly formed…

Fake or for real? A fake news workshop

The purpose of this paper seeks to provide an in-depth overview of a series of fake news information literacy library workshops, which were offered 19 times over the course of 2…

De-biasing on university campuses in the age of misinformation

The purpose of this study is to highlight that in today’s polarised information environment, freedom of speech should not be conflated with a freedom to spread demonstrable lies…

A turbulent time: government sources post-2016 presidential election

Since the 2016 presidential election, hyper-partisanship has become a regular facet of the political landscape with Democrats and Republicans in increasing conflict. The purpose…

A challenge most bigly: academic archives and higher education in the Trump Era

This paper aims to provide a critical perspective on emergent issues in the Trump era directly or indirectly relevant to academic archives. It describes current operational…

Why are bathrooms inclusive if the stacks exclude?: Systemic exclusion of trans and gender nonconforming persons in post-Trump academic librarianship

The purpose of this paper is to deploy a critical discourse analysis (CDA) to consider exclusionary practices enacted by academic libraries as evidenced through resource…

Student trauma experiences, library instruction and existence under the 45th

By historicizing the broader system of education contextualized under the 45th presidential administration, this paper aims to provide a nuanced discussion regarding the condition…

Conflicting authority: Using the Trump administration’s responses to the EPA climate assessment report to teach information literacy

The purpose of this paper is to suggest that librarians’ traditional methods of source evaluation – guided by the “Authority is Constructed and Contextual Frame” of the Framework…