The Librarian Parlor

Excited to lead this conversation for LIS Pedagogy Chat next week - if you're a MLIS student or librarian in any stage of your research journey, mentoring junior faculty, or a LIS faculty member, we hope you can join us!

Did we mention our entire fall schedule is now available!? New to our work? We organize online gatherings for LIS folks (librarians & grad school faculty) to talk about pedagogy. We start with a brief presentation and then have a collegial discussion. It's casual, friendly, and supportive. Join us!

Inviting Statisticians to Play in the Library Paul Earp offers recommendations on how to partner with statisticians for research projects.

Inviting Statisticians to Play in the Library

Paul Earp offers recommendations on how to partner with statisticians for research projects.

Introducing LibParlor Community Workshops

https://libparlor.com/2025/09/26/introducing-libparlor-community-workshops/

Introducing LibParlor Community Workshops

https://libparlor.com/2025/09/26/introducing-libparlor-community-workshops/

Had a great time chatting with Hannah and Stephanie for this podcast episode about research agendas!

h/t @cheinbach32.bsky.social @mishiebhat.bsky.social @hailthefargoats.bsky.social @ambersewell13.bsky.social

Library Table Talk - 08 - Research agendas Listen to Episode 08: Research agendas with LibParlor Release date: September 23, 2025. Length: 53:28 minutes. In which we talk with Nimisha Bhat, Hailley Fargo, Chelsea Heinbach, and Amber Sewell of ...

LibParlor recently chatted with the great folks at Library Table Talk and our episode is out now! We discuss our journeys into LIS research, research agendas, and how LibParlor Online Learning can support LIS researchers!

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LibParlor Online Learning Personas: The Early-Career Librarian Our third starter pack in our LibParlor Online Learning Curriculum Persona series.

Have you just started your first tenure-track position and are wondering how to get started on research & building your dossier? This starter pack provides all the lessons from our curriculum to help you feel more confident as you embark on your first research project! libparlor.com/2025/08/27/l...

LibParlor Online Learning Personas: The MLIS Student This starter pack will provide the lessons from the LibParlor Online Learning curriculum that will give you the foundational overview of LIS research as a MLIS student.

Being a student about to enter the LIS field and start your own research project can be intimidating! But we hope we can provide you with the resources to grow your confidence and get you started on your research journey: libparlor.com/2025/07/30/l...

Embarking on qualitative research as new tenure-track librarians Advice for embarking on a research project as new tenure-track librarians.

New on the blog today: reflections and advice for embarking on a qualitative research project as a new tenure-track librarian! libparlor.com/2025/07/23/e...

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Today's post covers Chelsea's experience using LibParlor Research Community Bingo at UNLV Libraries! It was a great opportunity to identify strengths and potential collaborators in our community!

https://libparlor.com/2025/07/11/libparlors-research-community-bingo-my-experience-at-unlv/

Apply to be on LibParlor’s Editorial Team! The Librarian Parlor (aka LibParlor) is recruiting new Editorial Team members!

We're recruiting - apply to be on LibParlor's Editorial Team! libparlor.com/2025/06/20/a...

LibParlor Online Learning Personas: The Department Head A starter pack for department heads mentoring junior faculty and direct reports starting on their research journey.

Check out the first post in our persona series, providing starter packs to using our online research skills curriculum! Today's starter pack is for department heads & managers who mentor library workers and junior faculty: libparlor.com/2025/06/13/l...

The LibParlor Podcast: Summer Call! The LibParlor Podcast seeks scholarship to feature on a future episode.

The LibParlor Podcast: Summer Call!

The LibParlor Podcast seeks scholarship to feature on a future episode.

The new IMLS director is busy sending termination letters to grants that are already completed. It’s not like there’s a pile of unspent funds, everything is already paid for.

Are we great and efficient yet?

Two people standing in front of a poster that says “Cultivate your research identity & build community with LibParlor Online Learning (LPOL)”

Thank you to everyone at #ACRL2025 who stopped by to see our poster today! If you’re interested in trying out our free curriculum on LIS research, or know someone who would be, check out libparlor.com/lpol-curricu...!

Librarians Are Mad As Hell At The Trump Administration. They Think You Should Be, Too. "The public needs to wake up before our libraries are gone," one "livid" librarian said.

LibParlor provided some perspective for this article on the cuts to IMLS and the importance of libraries: www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...

An Update from the LibParlor Team Hello, readers! We hope you are taking care of yourselves and your communities as we navigate this year. We wanted to provide a few updates about LibParlor with you as we wrap up our IMLS grant and…

A little update from LibParlor on what we've been working on and what we're looking forward to — If you're attending #acrl2025 next week, be sure to stop by our poster session on Thursday, April 3 from 9:30-10:15am and you'll have a chance to win some swag!

LibParlor Online Learning LibParlor Online Learning (LPOL) is a free and openly-available curriculum to support library and information science professionals in developing research skills. The full LPOL curriculum contains …

Looking forward to #acrl2025! @mishiebhat.bsky.social and I will be there sharing a poster about LibParlor Online Learning, an openly-available curriculum to support library and information science professionals in developing research skills. libparlor.com/lpol-curricu...

The Librarian Parlor Building a community of researchers

We are thrilled to have a new place to connect with our community! The Librarian Parlor is a space for sharing expertise and asking questions about library research.

We are also the home of LibParlor Online Learning, an open-source library & information sciences research course!
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