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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
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An “Owning Up” of White-IST Trends in LIS to Further Real Transformations33
Enough Crocodile Tears! Libraries Moving beyond Performative Antiracist Politics22
What the Field Needs: Core Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for Public Librarianship17
Libraries and Democracy Revisited17
Encouraging the Humanization of Patrons Experiencing Homelessness: A Case Study of the Role of the US Public Library Social Worker16
Social Innovations in Public Libraries: Types and Challenges13
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chinese College Students’ Information Behavior and Library Needs: A Qualitative Study12
Sanitizing American Library History: Reflections of a Library Historian10
Perceptions of the Public Library Social Worker: Challenges and Opportunities9
Arsenals of Lifelong Information Literacy: Educating Users to Navigate Political and Current Events Information in World of Ever-Evolving Misinformation9
“They’re So Stinkin’ Popular, How Could You Say No?” Graphic Novel Collection Development and School Librarian Self-Censorship8
Storytime Programs as Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors? Addressing Children’s Needs through Diverse Book Selection8
Reading between the Lines: An Environmental Scan of Writing about Third-Party Sexual Harassment in the LIS Literature and Beyond7
Sustaining Library Makerspaces: Perspectives on Participation, Expertise, and Embeddedness7
Libraries Reclaiming “Social Justice Warriors” during “Miss Rona’s” Global Pandemic Crises7
“Unified Mobile, Financial, and Information Literacy Toolkit”: A Social Innovation for Public Libraries to Alleviate Poverty in Developing Countries7
Exercising at the Library: Small and Rural Public Libraries in the Lives of Older Adults7
Exuberantly Exhuming McCarthy: Confronting the Widespread Attacks on Intellectual Freedom in the United States6
“Killing It from the Inside”: Acknowledging and Valuing Black, Indigenous, and People of Color as LIS Faculty6
Between Collections and Connections: Analyzing Public Library Programs in Terms of Format, Content, and Role and Function6
“Tearing the Shroud of Invisibility”: Communities of Protest Information Practices and the Fight for LGBTQ Rights in US Librarianship6
Crisis-Related Research in Service to Practice: Researchers Step Up6
Information Literacy, Work, and Knowledge Creation: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Point of View6
A Political Sociology of the Beall’s List Affair6
“Still Open and Here for You”: News Media’s Framing of Canadian Public Libraries during COVID-196
Confusion Made Its Masterpiece: The Political Climate of Libraries (and Moving Forward)5
Libraries Combating Disinformation: From the Front Line to the Long Game5
The Will to Activate Library Users and the Making of Citizens: How Different Rationalities Influence the Notion of Participation in a Library Context4
Cyberbullying, Digital Citizenship, and Youth with Autism: LIS Education as a Piece in the Puzzle4
Third-Party Violence, Incivility, and the Frontline Public Library Worker4
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 Outcomes4
Education, the Public Sphere, and Neoliberalism: Libraries’ Contexts4
Public Library Patrons’ Views of Their Psychosocial Needs and How the Library Can Help4
Identifying Facets of Reader-Generated Online Reviews of Children’s Books Based on a Textual Analysis Approach3
The Light, of Course, in the Library: Pandemic, Protests, and Being What the Community Most Needs3
Not Just for Patrons: Book Club Participation as Professional Development for Librarians3
LIS Association Activities in Promoting and Sustaining an Inclusive Profession3
Tales from Three Countries and One Academia: Academic Faculty in the Time of the Pandemic3
Navigating Children’s Use of Screen Media: An Analysis of Guidance Information Provided on Public Library Websites3
Digitization and Exploitation: Acknowledging and Addressing the Use of Exploitative Prison Labor by Libraries and Archives3
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
“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
Public Libraries and COVID-19: Perceptions and Politics in the United States3
Meeting Chinese Older Adults’ Health Information Needs: The Role of Public Libraries3
Digital Literacy Training in Canada, Part 2: Defining and Measuring Success2
The Potential Role of Public Libraries in a Quadruple Helix Model of “Smart City” Development: Lessons from Chattanooga, Tennessee2
Creating Award Winners in the Library: An Account of “Reprizing”2
A Comparative Study of Attitudes and Perceptions of LIS and non-LIS Students toward Library User Education at Sun Yat-Sen University2
“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
Mapping Intersections of Politics and Information in Twenty-First-Century Cyberculture2
Librarian Contributions to Evidence Synthesis Programs: Addressing the COVID-19 Infodemic2
Category Romances, Cozy Mysteries, and Civic Virtues: Justifying the Promotion of Popular Fiction in the Public Library2
Libraries, Democracy, and Citizenship: Twenty Years after 9/112
Confronting the “I Don’t Know”: A Philosophical Consideration of Applying Abductive Reasoning to Library Practice2
How Visibility, Hypervisibility, and Invisibility Shape Library Staff and Drag Performer Perceptions of and Experiences with Drag Storytimes in Public Libraries2
Categorizing Library Public Programs2
Social Justice Storytelling: A Pedagogical Imperative2
The Treatment of Privacy in Professional Codes of Ethics: An International Survey2
Digital Literacy Training for Canadians, Part 1: “It’s … Just Core Public Works”2
Measuring Self-Efficacy in Public Library Storytime Providers1
Improving Library Services in Support of International Students and English as a Second Language Learners. Edited by Leila June Rod-Welch. Chicago: ALA, 2019. Pp. xvi+322. $72.00 (paper). ISBN 1
Libraries and Librarians Onscreen and in Library Quarterly, Part 2, Or, The Greatest Hits of the ’80s, ’90s, and Today!1
The Impact of COVID-19 on E-book Reading Behavior: The Case of the Municipal Library of Prague1
It’s Meaningful Work, but It’s “Really, Really Hard”: Librarians’ Understanding of Their Work with Families Experiencing Homelessness1
Togetherness: The Benefits of a Schoolwide Reading Aloud Activity for Elementary School Children in Rural Areas1
School Librarians and Graphic Novel Reading: A Complicated Relationship1
A Story of Transformation of an Iranian Rural Library in Nonformal Education of Children and the Life of People1
Segmentation of the Reader and Library User Population in Poland1
Libraries and Librarians Onscreen and in Library Quarterly Decade by Decade, Part 1, Or, Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood and in LQ1
Of Architects and Libraries: A Simple Discourse Analysis1
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 Canada1
(Dis)Information, Dysfunctions, and Democracy during the Global Pandemic: Is the Vision of Social Justice a Mirage (for Libraries) in the Neoliberal Age?1
The War on Libraries and the Stories We Must Tell of Innovation and Indomitability1
Factors of Digital Inclusion among Women: Revisiting India and Extending to Chile and Australia for Additional Analysis1
Librarian Responses to Public Lending Rights in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom and Implications for the United States1
We Call to #ProtectLibraryWorkers: A Rallying Cry for Library Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic1
Equal Respect: The Civic Engagement Libraries (Already) Perform for Democracy1
Tiny Cow Heads, Methanol, and Apple-Flavored Ivermectin: Libraries Confronting Pandemic Misinformation1
A Review Article: Arsenic and Information Policy, Or, How the Net Was Won and Where It Got Us1
Patrons’ Satisfaction with Self-Service Public Libraries: A Demographic Study1
The Grounded Instruction Librarian: Participating in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Edited by Melissa Mallon, Lauren Hays, Cara Bradley, Rhonda Huisman, and Jackie Belanger. Chicago:0
Conceptual Metaphors in Information Literacy: Reframing the Scholarly Conversation as Scholarly Collaboration0
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
Building Teaching and Learning Communities: Creating Shared Meaning and Purpose. Edited by Craig Gibson and Sharon Mader. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2019. Pp. xi+110
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
Opportunities and Areas for Improvement in Public Library Makerspaces for Adults with Disabilities0
Supporting Trans People in Libraries. By Stephen G. Krueger. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2019. Pp. ix+154. $45.00 (paper). ISBN 978-1-4408-6705-7.0
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
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Library Quarterly Reviews Committee: Reformation0
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Ninety Years On: Reflections on the Evolutions of Libraries0
Place Consciousness: A Narrative Inquiry of the Advocacy Practices of Five Rural/Frontier School Librarians0
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
Civic Literacy: Reimagining a Role for Libraries0
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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
Transforming Acquisitions and Collection Services: Perspectives on Collaboration Within and Across Libraries. Edited by Michelle Flinchbaugh, Chuck Thomas, Rob Tench, Vicki Sipe, Robin Barnard 0
Awards Recognize Outstanding Research in Library Quarterly0
Crafting a Pandemic Book Club0
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On Adaptation: In Time, in Art, in Starfish, and in the Scope and Policies of the Library Quarterly0
“We Bring Change to the People” or Not: Understanding Librarians’ Views on Reference and Information Service as Social Justice Work0
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
Library Quarterly Centennial Issues0
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
Race and School Librarianship in the Jim Crow South, 1954–1970: The Untold Story of Carrie Coleman Robinson as a Case Study0
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
A Reimagined Library and a Renewed Civic Culture0
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
“Maybe She’s Just Strict to Everybody”: Race, Belonging, and Surveillance in the Library0
Librarians as Agents of a Civic Awakening: Lessons from the Black Freedom Movement0
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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Fifty Years of Prison Library Scholarly Publishing: A Literature Analysis0
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Multilingual Support in Digital Environments: A Case Study of Online Catalogs in US Public Libraries, with a Focus on Korean-Language Speakers0
Factors Influencing Library Usage among International Students and the Potential Role of Library Orientation0
Scientific Empathy and the 12 Principles for Evaluating Hermeneutic Phenomenological Research0
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A Review Article: Metaliteracy, Open Education, Information Literacy, and Their Interdependence0
Editing through Six Unruly Years: An Appreciation of Ursula Gorham0
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
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Expanding the Civic Reach of Academic Libraries0
Reimagining the Civic Role of Libraries: Introduction0
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
Can the Allocation of Library Resources Improve the Competitiveness of Universities in Innovation and Entrepreneurship? An Empirical Study from Chinese Universities0
Stories Not Statistics: A Qualitative Narrative Exploration of the Value of Public Libraries in the United Kingdom0
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
Lending Seeds, Growing Justice: Seed Lending in Public and Academic Libraries0
African American Librarians: A Survey Conducted between 2019 and 2020 in the United States0
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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Transition of Public and Academic Library Makerspaces from Physical to Online Settings during a Pandemic0
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Make Me Think! Exploring Library User Experience through the Lens of (Critical) Information Literacy0
Meeting Them Where They Are: Online LIS Students and Mental Health Supports0
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Telemedicine in Public Libraries: Innovation among Early Adopters0
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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 978-3-8353-3199-0.0
Reimagining Literacy Equity as Civic Fluency-Building: Some Hard-Won Lessons Libraries Can Carry Forward0
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
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Digital Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Digital Information Services at Academic Libraries: The University of Jordan Case0
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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
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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
Why Caregivers Take Preschool Children to the Library: A Study of Caregiver Perceptions0
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
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
Transforming Academic Library Instruction: Shifting Teaching Practices to Reflect Changed Perspectives. By Amanda Nichols Hess. London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. Pp. xxi+195. $41.00 (pape0
Library Services for Online Patrons: A Manual for Facilitating Access, Learning, and Engagement. Edited by Joelle E. Pitts, Laura Bonella, Jason M. Coleman, and Adam Wathen. Santa Barbara, CA: 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
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
Teaching Adult Learners: A Guide for Public Librarians. By Jessica A. Curtis. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2019. Pp. viii+127. $55.00 (paper). ISBN 978-1-4408-6544-2.0
The Urgent Need for Libraries to Reimagine Their Civic Role by Turning Outward0
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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
A Bunch of Books, a Suitcase, and Many Trips by Boat: Chronicle of a Librarian Project in the Galapagos Islands0
Supporting Youth Mental Health Through Co-designing a Virtual Reality Experience0
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
Staff Perceptions of Public Library Goals Revisited.0
Health Information as a Human Right: From Justification to Practice0
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
Library Information Systems. 2nd ed. By Joseph R. Matthews and Carson Block. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2020. Pp. xxiv+321. $75.00 (paper). ISBN 978-1-4408-5194-0.0
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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
Different, Not Deficient: Supporting University and College Students with ADHD in Academic Libraries0
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Empowering High School Students to Participate in the Civic Sphere through ProjectCiv0
What’s So Special about Appeal? Drawing the Aesthetic/Nonaesthetic Distinction in Readers’ Advisory0
Patron Privacy Protections in Public Libraries0
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
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