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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
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Awards Recognize Outstanding Research in Library Quarterly17
Can the Allocation of Library Resources Improve the Competitiveness of Universities in Innovation and Entrepreneurship? An Empirical Study from Chinese Universities15
Staff Perceptions of Public Library Goals Revisited12
What’s So Special about Appeal? Drawing the Aesthetic/Nonaesthetic Distinction in Readers’ Advisory11
Get Out: Academic Libraries as the Sunken Place11
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 Outcomes9
Opportunities and Areas for Improvement in Public Library Makerspaces for Adults with Disabilities9
Autherine Lucy Foster: Yet Another Hidden Figure in American Library History9
The Potential Role of Public Libraries in a Quadruple Helix Model of “Smart City” Development: Lessons from Chattanooga, Tennessee8
Reading When Stressed: Understanding Motivations for Reading Fiction and Enhancing Future Recommendation Services8
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LINQing InFLOmation of Librarians in the Public Sphere: A Critical Race Theory Perspective Toward Librarian Identity7
The Impact of COVID-19 on E-book Reading Behavior: The Case of the Municipal Library of Prague7
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Learning Takes More Than One Way of Knowing: Embedding Indigenous and Queer of Color Theory within Knowledge Organization Resources6
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 Academy6
Public Libraries, Older Adults, and Social Determinants of Health: A Narrative Literature Review6
Civic Literacy: Reimagining a Role for Libraries5
Library Quarterly Centennial Issues5
The Identities Valued and Celebrated in Public Library Virtual Storytimes: Reflections of Diversity in the Books Shared5
“If Others Are Doing It, So Can I”: Leveraging Communities of Practice to Introduce Connected Learning into Small and Rural Libraries5
Representation of Native Educators in Library and Information Science Programs, 1991–20225
Understanding Human Information Behavior: When, How, and Why People Interact with Information. By Beth St. Jean, Ursula Gorham, and Elizabeth Bonsignore. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlef4
Performances of Neutrality: Audiences’ Perceptions of Public Library Legitimacy4
Reimagining the Civic Role of Libraries: Introduction4
Stories and Seeds: Nurturing Hope Through Libraries and Gardens3
Digital Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Digital Information Services at Academic Libraries: The University of Jordan Case3
Crafting a Pandemic Book Club3
Public Library Social Work: Reading the Literature as Discursive Resources at the Intersection of Two Professions3
How Can Rural Libraries Better Serve Farming Communities? Engaging 4-H Programs and Local Youth in Rural America3
Multilingual Support in Digital Environments: A Case Study of Online Catalogs in US Public Libraries, with a Focus on Korean-Language Speakers3
Public Libraries and COVID-19: Perceptions and Politics in the United States3
(Dis)Information, Dysfunctions, and Democracy during the Global Pandemic: Is the Vision of Social Justice a Mirage (for Libraries) in the Neoliberal Age?3
Supporting Libraries to Serve the Holistic Needs of the Community: Insights from Fathers Served by Social Service Systems3
Toward Inclusive Lactation Spaces in Libraries2
It’s Meaningful Work, but It’s “Really, Really Hard”: Librarians’ Understanding of Their Work with Families Experiencing Homelessness2
Patron Privacy Protections in Public Libraries2
“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 Pandemic2
Public Library–University Research Partnerships in Library and Information Science: Exploring the Benefits, Challenges, and Strategies for Community-Engaged Scholarship2
Understanding the Governance Challenges of Public Libraries Subscribing to Digital Content Distributors2
Scientific Empathy and the 12 Principles for Evaluating Hermeneutic Phenomenological Research2
Libraries, Democracy, and Citizenship: Twenty Years after 9/112
Lending Seeds, Growing Justice: Seed Lending in Public and Academic Libraries2
A Bunch of Books, a Suitcase, and Many Trips by Boat: Chronicle of a Librarian Project in the Galapagos Islands2
InfoCrit: Moving toward Critical Race Theory in LIS2
“Sneak It In”: Information Literacy Instruction Related to Misinformation2
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Educating the “Middle”: Public Library Support of Nontraditional Students and SDG 42
First Contact: Law Librarianship, the Triple Helix Dilemma, and the Overlooked Foundation of CRT in LIS1
Why Caregivers Take Preschool Children to the Library: A Study of Caregiver Perceptions1
Counterstories as Resistance to Book Bans1
Meeting Them Where They Are: Online LIS Students and Mental Health Supports1
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 1
Digitization and Exploitation: Acknowledging and Addressing the Use of Exploitative Prison Labor by Libraries and Archives1
An Application of Asian Critical Theory to Books for Young Readers: The APALA Rubric to Evaluate Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth Literature1
Tiny Cow Heads, Methanol, and Apple-Flavored Ivermectin: Libraries Confronting Pandemic Misinformation1
The War on Libraries and the Stories We Must Tell of Innovation and Indomitability1
Librarian Contributions to Evidence Synthesis Programs: Addressing the COVID-19 Infodemic1
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Libraries Combating Disinformation: From the Front Line to the Long Game1
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“If I’m Fighting for Myself, It Is So That Whoever Stands on My Shoulders Can Go Further Than I”: Charlemae Rollins, Augusta Baker, Effie Lee Morris, and the Community Care Information Practices of Bl1
The Convivial Capabilities Checklist: Translating Makerspace Research into Practice1
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
Exuberantly Exhuming McCarthy: Confronting the Widespread Attacks on Intellectual Freedom in the United States0
Mapping Information Avoidance Tendencies in Medical Librarians: Understanding Challenges and Behaviors0
Health Information as a Human Right: From Justification to Practice0
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From the Committee on Work with the Foreign Born to the Serving Refugees, Immigrants, and Displaced Persons Committee: Chronicling US Race Relations, Immigration Policy, and Library Engagement with Im0
The Role of Libraries in Advancing Research at Mexican Normal Schools: A Qualitative Study0
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A Reimagined Library and a Renewed Civic Culture0
Conceptual Metaphors in Information Literacy: Reframing the Scholarly Conversation as Scholarly Collaboration0
Third-Party Violence, Incivility, and the Frontline Public Library Worker0
Books Received0
Giving Voice through Reparative Storytelling: Correcting Racist Epistemic Injustices in LIS0
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
Governance and Intellectual Freedom: Exercising Legal Authority in Material Challenges0
Policy Takers or Policy Makers? Internet Use and Privacy in Swedish Public Libraries0
No Code for the Occupied: How Cataloging Practices Enable the Erasure of Place (Case Study: Palestine)0
Four Democratic Potentials in Public Libraries: A Model0
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Different, Not Deficient: Supporting University and College Students with ADHD in Academic Libraries0
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
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“We Bring Change to the People” or Not: Understanding Librarians’ Views on Reference and Information Service as Social Justice Work0
Democracy as a Contested Concept in Public Library Research: An Overview0
English as the Scholarly Language: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Implications for Academic Reference and Instruction Librarians0
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Be Who We All Want You to Be: Navigating Identity Regulation in the Public Library0
Advocating Against Book Bans in Public Libraries: A Role for Friends of the Library Volunteers?0
Equal Respect: The Civic Engagement Libraries (Already) Perform for Democracy0
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95 Years of Library Quarterly, 95 Years in the Life of Librarianship0
Librarians as Agents of a Civic Awakening: Lessons from the Black Freedom Movement0
Supporting Youth Mental Health through Co-designing a Virtual Reality Experience: A Recipe-Based Co-design Model0
“A Collection of Obstacles”: Qualitative Findings from the 2020 Library Services and Incarceration Survey0
Reframing “At-Risk” Youth and Their Intellectual Lives Through a Humanities-Oriented Reading and Discussion Program0
“Maybe She’s Just Strict to Everybody”: Race, Belonging, and Surveillance in the Library0
A Review Article: Metaliteracy, Open Education, Information Literacy, and Their Interdependence0
Beyond Intrinsic Interest: How Different Motivations Shape Library Engagement Among Older Adults0
Social Justice Storytelling: A Pedagogical Imperative0
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The Library as a Hospitable Place: Hospitality and Welcoming Volunteers0
Small and Rural Libraries Transforming Communities: A Discourse Analysis of Media Coverage0
Transition of Public and Academic Library Makerspaces from Physical to Online Settings during a Pandemic0
One Size Fits None: A Scoping Review of Anti-Fatness and Libraries0
Contesting Queer Books: Analyzing the Discourses in Public Comment Sections at School Board Meetings0
Exploring the Social Impact of Public Libraries from the Perspective of Potential Users0
The Immortality of Hatred and Revenge: The Interconnections of Censorship, Disinformation, and Cultural Erasure in the Book Bans Targeting Marginalized Populations0
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Stories Not Statistics: A Qualitative Narrative Exploration of the Value of Public Libraries in the United Kingdom0
Telemedicine in Public Libraries: Innovation among Early Adopters0
Reimagining Literacy Equity as Civic Fluency-Building: Some Hard-Won Lessons Libraries Can Carry Forward0
Expanding the Civic Reach of Academic Libraries0
Navigating the Path Forward for Libraries Post-20240
Dealing with the Devil: New Work on Book Bans, Tactics, and Responding to Vitriol Against Libraries and Librarians0
The Urgent Need for Libraries to Reimagine Their Civic Role by Turning Outward0
Empowering High School Students to Participate in the Civic Sphere through ProjectCiv0
The State of Library and Information Science Research on Artificial Intelligence: A Literature Review0
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Educational, Social, and Cultural Contributions of Early Childhood Programs in Public Libraries0
Authoritarian/Totalitarian Censorship, and an Ethical Response0
African American Librarians: A Survey Conducted between 2019 and 2020 in the United States0
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