Library Quarterly

Papers
(The median citation count of Library Quarterly is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
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Enough Crocodile Tears! Libraries Moving beyond Performative Antiracist Politics23
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chinese College Students’ Information Behavior and Library Needs: A Qualitative Study15
Social Innovations in Public Libraries: Types and Challenges14
Perceptions of the Public Library Social Worker: Challenges and Opportunities12
Exercising at the Library: Small and Rural Public Libraries in the Lives of Older Adults10
Exuberantly Exhuming McCarthy: Confronting the Widespread Attacks on Intellectual Freedom in the United States9
Storytime Programs as Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors? Addressing Children’s Needs through Diverse Book Selection9
Arsenals of Lifelong Information Literacy: Educating Users to Navigate Political and Current Events Information in World of Ever-Evolving Misinformation9
Moving toward Health Justice in the COVID-19 Era: A Sampling of US Public Libraries’ Efforts to Inform the Public, Improve Information Literacy, Enable Health Behaviors, and Optimize Health Outcomes8
Information Literacy, Work, and Knowledge Creation: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Point of View8
“Unified Mobile, Financial, and Information Literacy Toolkit”: A Social Innovation for Public Libraries to Alleviate Poverty in Developing Countries8
Sustaining Library Makerspaces: Perspectives on Participation, Expertise, and Embeddedness8
“Still Open and Here for You”: News Media’s Framing of Canadian Public Libraries during COVID-197
Public Library Patrons’ Views of Their Psychosocial Needs and How the Library Can Help7
Libraries Reclaiming “Social Justice Warriors” during “Miss Rona’s” Global Pandemic Crises7
“Killing It from the Inside”: Acknowledging and Valuing Black, Indigenous, and People of Color as LIS Faculty6
Crisis-Related Research in Service to Practice: Researchers Step Up6
How Visibility, Hypervisibility, and Invisibility Shape Library Staff and Drag Performer Perceptions of and Experiences with Drag Storytimes in Public Libraries6
Libraries Combating Disinformation: From the Front Line to the Long Game5
Social Justice Storytelling: A Pedagogical Imperative5
Not Just for Patrons: Book Club Participation as Professional Development for Librarians5
Libraries, Democracy, and Citizenship: Twenty Years after 9/115
Confusion Made Its Masterpiece: The Political Climate of Libraries (and Moving Forward)5
Tales from Three Countries and One Academia: Academic Faculty in the Time of the Pandemic5
The Potential Role of Public Libraries in a Quadruple Helix Model of “Smart City” Development: Lessons from Chattanooga, Tennessee4
Digital Literacy Training in Canada, Part 2: Defining and Measuring Success4
Public Libraries and COVID-19: Perceptions and Politics in the United States4
Third-Party Violence, Incivility, and the Frontline Public Library Worker4
“How Much Is Not Enough?”: Public Library Outreach to “Disadvantaged” Communities in the War on Poverty3
Questions of Trust: A Survey of Student Expectations and Perspectives on Library Learning Analytics3
“Our Mission Doesn’t Stop Just Because We Don’t Have a Building”: Librarians’ and Museum Educators’ Discursive Construction of Their Shifting Roles during the Pandemic3
Evaluating the Use of Journal Prestige as a Metric for Academic Research Faculty: A Case of Library and Information Science Faculty in the United States and Canada3
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Popular Media and the Roles of Public Libraries in Supporting Health Information Access, Health Literacy, and Health Justice during Pandemics: Learning from the Past to 3
Navigating Children’s Use of Screen Media: An Analysis of Guidance Information Provided on Public Library Websites3
The Light, of Course, in the Library: Pandemic, Protests, and Being What the Community Most Needs3
Digital Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Digital Information Services at Academic Libraries: The University of Jordan Case3
Librarian Contributions to Evidence Synthesis Programs: Addressing the COVID-19 Infodemic3
A Comparative Study of Attitudes and Perceptions of LIS and non-LIS Students toward Library User Education at Sun Yat-Sen University3
Digital Literacy Training for Canadians, Part 1: “It’s … Just Core Public Works”3
Digitization and Exploitation: Acknowledging and Addressing the Use of Exploitative Prison Labor by Libraries and Archives3
Equal Respect: The Civic Engagement Libraries (Already) Perform for Democracy2
Measuring Self-Efficacy in Public Library Storytime Providers2
Mapping Intersections of Politics and Information in Twenty-First-Century Cyberculture2
The Treatment of Privacy in Professional Codes of Ethics: An International Survey2
Telemedicine in Public Libraries: Innovation among Early Adopters2
Creating Award Winners in the Library: An Account of “Reprizing”2
Confronting the “I Don’t Know”: A Philosophical Consideration of Applying Abductive Reasoning to Library Practice2
“Maybe She’s Just Strict to Everybody”: Race, Belonging, and Surveillance in the Library1
Tiny Cow Heads, Methanol, and Apple-Flavored Ivermectin: Libraries Confronting Pandemic Misinformation1
It’s Meaningful Work, but It’s “Really, Really Hard”: Librarians’ Understanding of Their Work with Families Experiencing Homelessness1
Why Caregivers Take Preschool Children to the Library: A Study of Caregiver Perceptions1
“We Bring Change to the People” or Not: Understanding Librarians’ Views on Reference and Information Service as Social Justice Work1
Opportunities and Areas for Improvement in Public Library Makerspaces for Adults with Disabilities1
Librarian Responses to Public Lending Rights in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom and Implications for the United States1
Conceptual Metaphors in Information Literacy: Reframing the Scholarly Conversation as Scholarly Collaboration1
Of Architects and Libraries: A Simple Discourse Analysis1
Transition of Public and Academic Library Makerspaces from Physical to Online Settings during a Pandemic1
Patrons’ Satisfaction with Self-Service Public Libraries: A Demographic Study1
School Librarians and Graphic Novel Reading: A Complicated Relationship1
Segmentation of the Reader and Library User Population in Poland1
We Call to #ProtectLibraryWorkers: A Rallying Cry for Library Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic1
The Impact of COVID-19 on E-book Reading Behavior: The Case of the Municipal Library of Prague1
Make Me Think! Exploring Library User Experience through the Lens of (Critical) Information Literacy1
(Dis)Information, Dysfunctions, and Democracy during the Global Pandemic: Is the Vision of Social Justice a Mirage (for Libraries) in the Neoliberal Age?1
Autherine Foster Lucy:  Another Hidden Figure in American Library History1
The War on Libraries and the Stories We Must Tell of Innovation and Indomitability1
Civic Literacy: Reimagining a Role for Libraries1
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Crafting a Pandemic Book Club0
Different, Not Deficient: Supporting University and College Students with ADHD in Academic Libraries0
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A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences. By Shannon Mattern. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021. Pp. x+187. $19.95 (paper). ISBN 978-0-691-20805-3.0
Counter-Stories as Resistance to Book Bans0
Library Technical Services: Adapting to a Changing Environment. Edited by Stacey Marien. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2020. Pp. xiii+480. $49.99 (paper). ISBN 978-1-55753-842-0.0
Educating the “Middle”: Public Library Support of Nontraditional Students and SDG 40
Patron Privacy Protections in Public Libraries0
The Six-Step Guide to Library Worker Engagement. By Elaina Norlin. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2021. Pp. xii+127. $64.99 (paper). ISBN 978-0-8389-4798-2.0
Get Out: Academic Libraries as the Sunken Place0
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Change Management for Library Technologists: A LITA Guide. By Courtney McAllister. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. Pp. vii+114. $37.00 (paper). ISBN: 978-1538118696.0
Sustaining and Enhancing the Scholarly Communications Department: A Comprehensive Guide. By Kris S. Helge, Ahmet Meti Tmava, and Amanda R. Zerangue. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 20200
LINQing InFLOmation of Librarians in the Public Sphere: A Critical Race Theory Perspective Towards Librarian Identity0
Reimagining Literacy Equity as Civic Fluency-Building: Some Hard-Won Lessons Libraries Can Carry Forward0
First Contact: Law Librarianship, the Triple Helix Dilemma, and the Overlooked Foundation of CRT in LIS0
Using Critical Race Theory to Deconstruct “One Brick at a Time” in Dismantling the White-Centered Power Structures in the Entrenched Citadel of the LIS Academy0
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Libraries amid Protest: Books, Organizing, and Global Activism. By Sherrin Frances. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. Pp. xiii+216. $26.95 (paper). ISBN 978-1-62534-491-5.0
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Library Quarterly Reviews Committee: Reformation0
Reading When Stressed: Understanding Motivations for Reading Fiction and Enhancing Future Recommendation Services0
Can the Allocation of Library Resources Improve the Competitiveness of Universities in Innovation and Entrepreneurship? An Empirical Study from Chinese Universities0
Expanding the Civic Reach of Academic Libraries0
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Giving Voice through Reparative Storytelling: Correcting Racist Epistemic Injustices in LIS0
Engagement in the Digital Era. Edited by Nicole J. Milano and Christopher J. Prom. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2020. Pp. vii+175. $34.99 (paper). ISBN 978-1-945246-41-8.0
Faculty-Librarian Collaborations: Integrating the Information Literacy Framework into Disciplinary Courses. Edited by Michael Stöpel, Livia Piotto, Xan Goodman, and Samantha Godbey. Chicago: AC0
Supporting Youth Mental Health through Co-designing a Virtual Reality Experience: A Recipe-Based Co-design Model0
African American Librarians: A Survey Conducted between 2019 and 2020 in the United States0
Lending Seeds, Growing Justice: Seed Lending in Public and Academic Libraries0
Library Quarterly Centennial Issues0
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge. By Richard Ovenden. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020. Pp. 308. $29.95 (cloth). ISBN 978-0-0
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Digital Influence Warfare in the Age of Social Media. By James J. F. Forest. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2021. Pp. vii+303. $77.00 (cloth). ISBN 978-1-4408-7009-5.0
Place Consciousness: A Narrative Inquiry of the Advocacy Practices of Five Rural/Frontier School Librarians0
“Nationalbibliothek” im geteilten Land: Die Deutsche Bücherei 1945–1990. By Christian Rau. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2018. Pp. 727. €54.90 (cloth). ISBN 978-3-8353-3199-0.0
Race and School Librarianship in the Jim Crow South, 1954–1970: The Untold Story of Carrie Coleman Robinson as a Case Study0
Scientific Empathy and the 12 Principles for Evaluating Hermeneutic Phenomenological Research0
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Empowering High School Students to Participate in the Civic Sphere through ProjectCiv0
Multilingual Support in Digital Environments: A Case Study of Online Catalogs in US Public Libraries, with a Focus on Korean-Language Speakers0
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Small and Rural Libraries Transforming Communities: A Discourse Analysis of Media Coverage0
Books Received0
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Awards Recognize Outstanding Research in Library Quarterly0
The Library Outreach Cookbook. Edited by Ryan L. Sittler and Terra J. Rogerson. Chicago, IL: ACRL, 2020. Pp. xi+230. $65.00 (paper). ISBN 978-0-8389-4845-3.0
Transfer Student Success: Academic Library Outreach and Engagement. Edited by Nancy Fawley, Ann Marshall, and Mark Robison. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2021. Pp. xxiii+220. $62.99 (ALA Members: $56.0
Visual Research Methods: An Introduction for Library and Information Studies. Edited by Shailoo Bedi and Jenaya Webb. London: Facet Publishing, 2020. Pp. xxviii+213. $69.99 (ALA Members: $62.990
Editing through Six Unruly Years: An Appreciation of Ursula Gorham0
Reimagining the Civic Role of Libraries: Introduction0
A Bunch of Books, a Suitcase, and Many Trips by Boat: Chronicle of a Librarian Project in the Galapagos Islands0
The Urgent Need for Libraries to Reimagine Their Civic Role by Turning Outward0
A Guide to Nonprofit Board Success: Answering the Call of Leadership. By Cynthia Jarboe. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2020. Pp. x+177. $39.00 (cloth). ISBN 978-1-4408-7266-2.0
An Application of Asian Critical Theory to Books for Young Readers: The APALA Rubric to Evaluate Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth Literature0
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How to Thrive as a Library Professional: Achieving Success and Satisfaction. By Susanne Markgren and Linda Miles. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2020. Pp. 134. $45.00 (paper). ISBN 9780
Health Information as a Human Right: From Justification to Practice0
Staff Perceptions of Public Library Goals Revisited0
Stories Not Statistics: A Qualitative Narrative Exploration of the Value of Public Libraries in the United Kingdom0
Meeting Them Where They Are: Online LIS Students and Mental Health Supports0
Creativity: A Toolkit for Academic Libraries. By Nancy Falciani-White. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2021. Pp. vii+147. $54.00 (paper). ISBN 978-0-8389-3777-8.0
What’s So Special about Appeal? Drawing the Aesthetic/Nonaesthetic Distinction in Readers’ Advisory0
95 Years of Library Quarterly, 95 Years in the Life of Librarianship0
Student Wellness and Academic Libraries: Case Studies and Activities for Promoting Health and Success. By Sara Holder and Amber Lannon. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 20
Fifty Years of Prison Library Scholarly Publishing: A Literature Analysis0
InfoCrit: Moving toward Critical Race Theory in LIS0
Librarians as Agents of a Civic Awakening: Lessons from the Black Freedom Movement0
Factors Influencing Library Usage among International Students and the Potential Role of Library Orientation0
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English as the Scholarly Language: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Implications for Academic Reference and Instruction Librarians0
Power Up Your Read-Alouds: Building Reading Excitement through Technology. By Andrea Paganelli. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2019. Pp. ix+151. $42.75 (e-book) or $45.00 (paper). ISBN0
The Immortality of Hatred and Revenge: The Interconnections of Censorship, Disinformation, and Cultural Erasure in the Book Bans Targeting Marginalized Populations0
A Reimagined Library and a Renewed Civic Culture0
Understanding Human Information Behavior: When, How, and Why People Interact with Information. By Beth St. Jean, Ursula Gorham, and Elizabeth Bonsignore. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlef0
A Review Article: Metaliteracy, Open Education, Information Literacy, and Their Interdependence0
Learning Takes More Than One Way of Knowing: Embedding Indigenous and Queer of Color Theory within Knowledge Organization Resources0
The Complete Collections Assessment Manual: A Holistic Approach. By Madeline M. Kelly. Chicago: ALA Neal-Schuman, 2020. Pp. xx+250. $57.99 (ALA Member $52.19) (paper). ISBN 978-0-8389-1868-5.0
Personal Librarians: Building Relationships for Student Success. By Lynne Bisko, Heather Buchansky, Brian C. Gray, and E. Gail Reese. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2019. Pp. viii+166. $55 (paper0
On Adaptation: In Time, in Art, in Starfish, and in the Scope and Policies of the Library Quarterly0
Community Archives, Community Spaces: Heritage, Memory, and Identity. Edited by Jeannette A. Bastian and Andrew Flinn. London: Facet Publishing, 2020. Pp. v+216. $89.99 (paper). ISBN 978-1-78330
Authoritarian/Totalitarian Censorship, and an Ethical Response0
Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives: A How-To-Do-It Manual. 3rd ed. By Gregory S. Hunter. Chicago: ALA Neal-Schuman, 2020. Pp. xvi+302. $76.50 (paper). ISBN 978-0-8389-1277-5.0
International and Comparative Librarianship: Concepts and Methods for Global Studies. By Peter Johan Lor. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019. Pp. xliv+905. $80.99 (cloth). ISBN 978-3-11-026791-4.0
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Along Came Google: A History of Library Digitization. By Deanna Marcum and Roger C. Schonfeld. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021. Pp. vii+214. $29.95 (cloth). ISBN 978-0-691-172710
Libraries and Reading: Intellectual Disability and the Extent of Library Diversity. By Matthew Conner and Leah Plocharczyk. Bingley: Emerald Publishing, 2020. Pp. xiv+165. $95.00 (cloth). ISBN 0
Underserved Patrons in University Libraries: Assisting Students Facing Trauma, Abuse, and Discrimination. Edited by Julia C. Skinner and Melissa Gross. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 20
A “Very Special Episode”0
Supporting Today’s Students in the Library: Strategies for Retaining and Graduating International, Transfer, First-Generation, and Re-Entry Students. Edited by Ngoc-Yen Tran and Silke Higgins. 0
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