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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Awards Recognize Outstanding Research in Library Quarterly16
We Call to #ProtectLibraryWorkers: A Rallying Cry for Library Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic13
Can the Allocation of Library Resources Improve the Competitiveness of Universities in Innovation and Entrepreneurship? An Empirical Study from Chinese Universities12
Staff Perceptions of Public Library Goals Revisited11
The Treatment of Privacy in Professional Codes of Ethics: An International Survey10
Opportunities and Areas for Improvement in Public Library Makerspaces for Adults with Disabilities10
What’s So Special about Appeal? Drawing the Aesthetic/Nonaesthetic Distinction in Readers’ Advisory10
Questions of Trust: A Survey of Student Expectations and Perspectives on Library Learning Analytics9
Get Out: Academic Libraries as the Sunken Place9
“Killing It from the Inside”: Acknowledging and Valuing Black, Indigenous, and People of Color as LIS Faculty8
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
Reading When Stressed: Understanding Motivations for Reading Fiction and Enhancing Future Recommendation Services7
Measuring Self-Efficacy in Public Library Storytime Providers7
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“Nationalbibliothek” im geteilten Land: Die Deutsche Bücherei 1945–1990. By Christian Rau. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2018. Pp. 727. €54.90 (cloth). ISBN 978-3-8353-3199-0.5
Autherine Lucy Foster: Yet Another Hidden Figure in American Library History5
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, Tennessee5
The Impact of COVID-19 on E-book Reading Behavior: The Case of the Municipal Library of Prague4
How Visibility, Hypervisibility, and Invisibility Shape Library Staff and Drag Performer Perceptions of and Experiences with Drag Storytimes in Public Libraries4
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Make Me Think! Exploring Library User Experience through the Lens of (Critical) Information Literacy4
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 Academy3
Learning Takes More Than One Way of Knowing: Embedding Indigenous and Queer of Color Theory within Knowledge Organization Resources3
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Civic Literacy: Reimagining a Role for Libraries3
Reimagining the Civic Role of Libraries: Introduction3
Library Quarterly Centennial Issues3
LINQing InFLOmation of Librarians in the Public Sphere: A Critical Race Theory Perspective Toward Librarian Identity3
The Identities Valued and Celebrated in Public Library Virtual Storytimes: Reflections of Diversity in The Books Shared3
"If Others Are Doing It, So Can I": Leveraging Communities of Practice to Introduce Connected Learning into Small and Rural Libraries3
(Dis)Information, Dysfunctions, and Democracy during the Global Pandemic: Is the Vision of Social Justice a Mirage (for Libraries) in the Neoliberal Age?2
Digital Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Digital Information Services at Academic Libraries: The University of Jordan Case2
It’s Meaningful Work, but It’s “Really, Really Hard”: Librarians’ Understanding of Their Work with Families Experiencing Homelessness2
Multilingual Support in Digital Environments: A Case Study of Online Catalogs in US Public Libraries, with a Focus on Korean-Language Speakers2
Public Libraries and COVID-19: Perceptions and Politics in the United States2
Libraries Reclaiming “Social Justice Warriors” during “Miss Rona’s” Global Pandemic Crises2
Understanding Human Information Behavior: When, How, and Why People Interact with Information. By Beth St. Jean, Ursula Gorham, and Elizabeth Bonsignore. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlef2
Public Library Social Work: Reading the Literature as Discursive Resources at the Intersection of Two Professions2
Scientific Empathy and the 12 Principles for Evaluating Hermeneutic Phenomenological Research1
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 978-0-8389-3777-8.1
InfoCrit: Moving toward Critical Race Theory in LIS1
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Lending Seeds, Growing Justice: Seed Lending in Public and Academic Libraries1
Meeting Them Where They Are: Online LIS Students and Mental Health Supports1
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 978-1-78331
Supporting Libraries to Serve the Holistic Needs of the Community: Insights from Fathers Served by Social Service Systems1
Perceptions of the Public Library Social Worker: Challenges and Opportunities1
A Bunch of Books, a Suitcase, and Many Trips by Boat: Chronicle of a Librarian Project in the Galapagos Islands1
Educating the “Middle”: Public Library Support of Nontraditional Students and SDG 41
“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 Pandemic1
Social Innovations in Public Libraries: Types and Challenges1
Crafting a Pandemic Book Club1
Patron Privacy Protections in Public Libraries1
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 978-0-8389-1277-5.1
Libraries, Democracy, and Citizenship: Twenty Years after 9/111
A Review Article: Metaliteracy, Open Education, Information Literacy, and Their Interdependence0
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Librarian Contributions to Evidence Synthesis Programs: Addressing the COVID-19 Infodemic0
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Creating Award Winners in the Library: An Account of “Reprizing”0
95 Years of Library Quarterly, 95 Years in the Life of Librarianship0
Storytime Programs as Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors? Addressing Children’s Needs through Diverse Book Selection0
Supporting Youth Mental Health through Co-designing a Virtual Reality Experience: A Recipe-Based Co-design Model0
From the Committee on Work with the Foreign Born (CWFB) to the Serving Refugees, Immigrants, and Displaced Persons (SRIDP) Committee: Chronicling U.S. Race Relations, Immigration Policy, and Library E0
A Reimagined Library and a Renewed Civic Culture0
“We Bring Change to the People” or Not: Understanding Librarians’ Views on Reference and Information Service as Social Justice Work0
Third-Party Violence, Incivility, and the Frontline Public Library Worker0
The War on Libraries and the Stories We Must Tell of Innovation and Indomitability0
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
“Maybe She’s Just Strict to Everybody”: Race, Belonging, and Surveillance in the Library0
Patrons’ Satisfaction with Self-Service Public Libraries: A Demographic Study0
Stories Not Statistics: A Qualitative Narrative Exploration of the Value of Public Libraries in the United Kingdom0
Reimagining Literacy Equity as Civic Fluency-Building: Some Hard-Won Lessons Libraries Can Carry Forward0
English as the Scholarly Language: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Implications for Academic Reference and Instruction Librarians0
“Unified Mobile, Financial, and Information Literacy Toolkit”: A Social Innovation for Public Libraries to Alleviate Poverty in Developing Countries0
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 0
Telemedicine in Public Libraries: Innovation among Early Adopters0
Exercising at the Library: Small and Rural Public Libraries in the Lives of Older Adults0
Counterstories as Resistance to Book Bans0
“Still Open and Here for You”: News Media’s Framing of Canadian Public Libraries during COVID-190
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
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
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
The Library as a Hospitable Place: Hospitality and Welcoming Volunteers0
Libraries Combating Disinformation: From the Front Line to the Long Game0
Factors Influencing Library Usage among International Students and the Potential Role of Library Orientation0
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
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
Digital Literacy Training for Canadians, Part 1: “It’s … Just Core Public Works”0
Authoritarian/Totalitarian Censorship, and an Ethical Response0
Of Architects and Libraries: A Simple Discourse Analysis0
School Librarians and Graphic Novel Reading: A Complicated Relationship0
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
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“A Collection of Obstacles”: Qualitative findings from the 2020 Library Services and Incarceration Survey0
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Democracy as a Contested Concept in Public Library Research: An overview0
Exuberantly Exhuming McCarthy: Confronting the Widespread Attacks on Intellectual Freedom in the United States0
One Size Fits None: A Scoping Review of Anti-Fatness and Libraries0
Giving Voice through Reparative Storytelling: Correcting Racist Epistemic Injustices in LIS0
The Convivial Capabilities Checklist: Translating Makerspace Research into Practice0
Fifty Years of Prison Library Scholarly Publishing: A Literature Analysis0
Librarians as Agents of a Civic Awakening: Lessons from the Black Freedom Movement0
Digitization and Exploitation: Acknowledging and Addressing the Use of Exploitative Prison Labor by Libraries and Archives0
Transition of Public and Academic Library Makerspaces from Physical to Online Settings during a Pandemic0
Library Quarterly Reviews Committee: Reformation0
Digital Literacy Training in Canada, Part 2: Defining and Measuring Success0
Small and Rural Libraries Transforming Communities: A Discourse Analysis of Media Coverage0
Why Caregivers Take Preschool Children to the Library: A Study of Caregiver Perceptions0
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Race and School Librarianship in the Jim Crow South, 1954–1970: The Untold Story of Carrie Coleman Robinson as a Case Study0
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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
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
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
The Immortality of Hatred and Revenge: The Interconnections of Censorship, Disinformation, and Cultural Erasure in the Book Bans Targeting Marginalized Populations0
Public Library Patrons’ Views of Their Psychosocial Needs and How the Library Can Help0
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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African American Librarians: A Survey Conducted between 2019 and 2020 in the United States0
Tiny Cow Heads, Methanol, and Apple-Flavored Ivermectin: Libraries Confronting Pandemic Misinformation0
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
Social Justice Storytelling: A Pedagogical Imperative0
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
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The Urgent Need for Libraries to Reimagine Their Civic Role by Turning Outward0
Exploring the Social Impact of Public Libraries from the Perspective of Potential Users0
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Health Information as a Human Right: From Justification to Practice0
Expanding the Civic Reach of Academic Libraries0
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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
Empowering High School Students to Participate in the Civic Sphere through ProjectCiv0
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Not Just for Patrons: Book Club Participation as Professional Development for Librarians0
Faculty-Librarian Collaborations: Integrating the Information Literacy Framework into Disciplinary Courses. Edited by Michael Stöpel, Livia Piotto, Xan Goodman, and Samantha Godbey. Chicago: AC0
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
Equal Respect: The Civic Engagement Libraries (Already) Perform for Democracy0
Conceptual Metaphors in Information Literacy: Reframing the Scholarly Conversation as Scholarly Collaboration0
Segmentation of the Reader and Library User Population in Poland0
First Contact: Law Librarianship, the Triple Helix Dilemma, and the Overlooked Foundation of CRT in LIS0
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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
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Navigating the Path Forward for Libraries Post-20240
Different, Not Deficient: Supporting University and College Students with ADHD in Academic Libraries0
Mapping Intersections of Politics and Information in Twenty-First-Century Cyberculture0
Information Literacy, Work, and Knowledge Creation: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Point of View0
On Adaptation: In Time, in Art, in Starfish, and in the Scope and Policies of the Library Quarterly0
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 Canada0
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