Publications

Book Chapters

  1. Rush, L., Lo, L. S., Abdous, M., Draper, D. (2018). All Hands on Deck: How One University Pooled Resources to Educate and Advocate for Affordable Course Content. In The Evolution of Affordable Content Efforts in the Higher Education Environment: Programs, Case Studies, and Examples (pp.93-103). Minneapolis, MN.  University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
  2. Deard, K. & Lo, L. S. (2018). Plan your impact: Stacking your skills to make your irreplaceable. The Future Academic Librarian’s Toolkit:  Finding Success on the Job Hunt and in Your First Job. ACRL Press
  3. Lo, L. S. (2014). The Benefits of Earning a MFA to Library Leadership. Skills to Make a Librarian: Transferable Skills Inside and Outside the Library. Sawston: Chandos Publishing

Peer Reviewed Articles

  1. Lo, L. S., Mallon, M., & Coleman, J. (In Press) (2022). What Makes a Leader? An Exploratory Study of Academic Library Employees’ Perceptions of Leadership, Organization Vision, and Job Engagement. Portal, 22(1).
  2. Lo, L.S. (2021). The Factors Significant to the Introduction Institutional Open Access Policies: Two Case Studies of R-1 Universities. Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication, 9(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.2400
  3. Lo, L. S., & Anderson, A. (2020). Personal Goal Setting Behavior and Professional Outlooks of Academic Library Employees. Journal of New Librarianship,5(2020). Retrieved from https://www.newlibs.org/article/17689-personal-goal-setting-behavior-and-professional-outlooks-of-academic-library-employees
  4. Rush Wittkower, L., & Lo, L. S. (2020). Undergraduate Student Perspectives on Textbook Costs and Implications for Academic Success. Open Praxis, 12(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.12.1.1036
  5. Anderson, A., & Lo, L. S. (2019). New Year’s Resolutions, Career Outlook, and Personality: An Investigation of Library Employees’ Goal Setting Behaviors. Library Leadership and Management, 33(1). https://doi.org/10.5860/llm.v33i2.7318
  6. Lo, L. S., Coleman, J., & Mallon, M.N. (2019). What Makes A Leader? An Analysis of Academic Library Leadership and Organizational Vision. In D. Mueller (Ed.) ACRL 2019 Conference Proceedings. Paper presented at ACRL 2019 Conference: Recasting the Narrative, Cleveland, OH. 10-13 April (pp 120-131). ACRL: Chicago. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/2019/WhatMakesALeader.pdf
  7. England, E., Lo, L. S., & Breaux, A. P. (2018). The Librarian BFF: A Case Study of a Cohort-Based Personal Librarian Program. Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/1533290X.2018.1467810
  8. Lo, L. S. & Herman, B. (2017). An Investigation of Factors Impacting the Wellness of Academic Library Employees. College and Research Libraries, 78(5). https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.78.6.789
  9. Whitver, S., & Lo, L. S. (2017). Asking Questions in the Classroom: An Exploration of Tools and Techniques Used in the Library Instruction Classroom. Communications in Information Literacy, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2017.11.1.41
  10. Lo, L. S. & Reed, J. (2016). An Investigation of the Perceptions, Expectations, and Behaviors of Library Employers on Job negotiations as both Employers and as Job Seekers. Conference Proceedings 2016 Australia Library and Information Association National Conference. Adelaide, Australia: Australia Library and Information Association. Retrieved from: https://read.alia.org.au/investigation-perceptions-expectations-and-behaviors-library-employers-job-negotiations-both
  11. Lo, L. S. & Reed, J. (2016). You’re Hired!: An Analysis of the Perceptions and Behaviors of Library Job Candidates on Job Offer Negotiations. The Southeastern Librarian. 64(2). Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/seln/vol64/iss2/2/
  12. Coleman, J., Mallon, M., & Lo, L. S. (2016). Recent Changes to Reference Services on Academic Libraries and Their Relationship to Perceived Quality: Results of a National Survey. Journal of Library Administration. 56(6). https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2015.1109879
  13. Lo, L. S., Coleman, J., Theiss, D. (2013). Putting QR Codes to the Test. New Library World,114(11/12): 459-476. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16997
  14. Lo, L. S. & Dale, J. (2009). Information Literacy “Learning” via Online Tutorials: A Collaboration between Subject Specialist and Instructional Design Librarian. Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 3(3-4): 148-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332900903375325

Editor Reviewed Articles

  1. Lo, L.S., Lush, B., Freivald, D. (2020). Re-Distributing Work during COVID 19 – Penn State University Libraries’ Job Bank. College and Research Libraries News, 81(8). Retrieved from https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/24600
  2. England, E. & Lo, L. S. (2017). Becoming a librarian BFF: Three tips to connect with your students. College and Research Libraries News, 78(9). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.78.9.510
  3. Lo, L. S. (2014). No More Square Pegs for Square Jobs: A Proposal for a New Recruitment Mindset for the Future of Libraries. Library Leadership & Management, 28(2). Retrieved from: http://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/article/view/7066/6282
  4. Lo, L. S. & Gonzalez, A. (2013) How to Lead from the Middle with Evidence-Based Decision Making. Library Leadership & Management, 28(1). Retrieved from: http://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/article/view/7050/6257
  5. Lo, L. S. (2013). Adopting a Proactive Library Recruitment Strategy. Library Leadership & Management, 27(4). Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16535
  6. Lo, L. S. (2013). How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Public Speaking. Library Leadership & Management, 27(3). Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16430
  7. Lo. L. S. (2012). A Conversation with Maureen Sullivan, Incoming president of ALA. Library Leadership & Management, 26(2). Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16536
  8. Lo, L. S. (2011). Design Your Video Tutorial like a Hollywood Blockbuster: Using Hollywood Screenplay Structure to Engage Viewers [Special Issue]. Indiana Libraries, 30(1): 62-66. Retrieved from: http://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/IndianaLibraries/article/view/1917/1829

Trade Journal Article

Blog Articles

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