Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship All articles in this journal are selected through a peer review process.
Revue canadienne de bibliothéconomie universitaire

Volume 12, 2026 Special Focus on Libraries, Humans, and Machines Numéro spécial « Bibliothèques, humains, machines » Guest-edited by Joel Blechinger, Tim Ribaric, Kirsta Stapelfeldt and Nailisa Tanner

Issue art: Lamar Baker, Textile Tangle, 1938, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1998.115.12: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/textile-tangle-36643. Reproduced with permission. / Illustration du numéro : Lamar Baker, Textile Tangle, 1938, lithographie sur papier, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1998.115.12 : https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/textile-tangle-36643. Reproduite avec l’autorisation du musée.

Table of contents (15 articles)

Articles

  1. A Central Tension: Democracy Presumes a Sociology; Librarianship Presumes a Democracy
  2. Confronting the “Green” Discourse of Librarianship

Perspectives

  1. Making the Case for Play in Academic Libraries

Book Reviews / Comptes rendus

  1. Critical Voices in Library and Information Work, by Stephen Bales and Tina Budzise-Weaver
  2. Generative AI and Libraries: Claiming Our Place in the Center of a Shared Future, by Michael Hanegan and Chris Rosser
  3. Teaching Information Literacy through Faculty Development, by Jane Hammons
  4. Platform Power and Libraries, edited by Christine F. Smith
  5. A Complete Guide to Creative Technology Spaces in Academic Libraries: Media Labs, Makerspaces, and More, by Emily Thompson, Vanessa Rodriguez, Eric Johnson, Kelsey Sheaffer and Oscar K. Keyes
  6. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI, by Karen Hao
  7. Critical Data Storytelling for Libraries: Crafting Ethical Narratives for Advocacy and Impact, by Kate McDowell
  8. Educating with Empathy: A Holistic Framework for Teaching the Research Process, by Dawn Rogers Stahura
  9. Solving Names: Worldliness and Metaphysics in Librarianship, by Sam Popowich
  10. Exploring Contemporary Classification Practices: Organizing Information, Technological Change and Ideological Contestation, edited by Jack Andersen and Joacim Hansson
  11. Artificial Intelligence for Academic Libraries, by Clifford B. Anderson and Douglas H. Fisher
  12. AI-Powered Cataloguing: A Practical Guide to Building a Cataloguing Application with Power Apps, by Hannes Lowagie

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