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Libraries and Veterans National Forum

Resources and Bibliography

Readings and Resources

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Books

LeMire, S. & Mulvihill, K. (2017). Serving those who served: Librarians' guide to working with veteran and military communities. Libraries Unlimited.

Articles

Adamich, T. (2018). Veterans (librarians) helping veterans. Documents to the People, 46(3).
Arnsberg, E. & Psoter, J. (2022). Understanding the Experiences and Needs of Military-Affiliated Students at Duke
Atwood, T., Farmer, M., McDonald, K., & Miller, B. (2016). On the front lines: Serving Ohio's best. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 42(2), 172-180.
Brodsky, M.D. & Pencek, B.E. (2013). Is the library ready for an emerging field? The case of veterans studies. 2013 Charleston Conference.
Carnes, S. (2019). Libraries and community health: Developing programs that support your community's health needs
Fawley, N.E. & Krysak, N. (2013). Serving those who serve: Outreach and instruction for student cadets and veterans. Association of College and Research Libraries 2013 Conference.
Hall, J. (2020). Journey with veterans: Virtual reality program using Google Expeditions.
Hoeve, C.D. (2021). From the trenches to the writer's desk: Establishing a collection of children's books authored by military veterans in an academic library
Hoppenfeld, J., Wyckoff, T., Henson, J.J., Mayotte, J.N., & Kirkwood, H.P. (2013). Librarians and the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans: Helping disabled veterans with business research. Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, 18(4), 293-308.
Hudson, A. (2016). Academic librarian outreach to veterans. Mississippi Libraries, 79(2), 47-49.
Irwin, J.P. (2016). Academic libraries, veterans, and for-profit education. Progressive Librarian, 44, 28-39.
LeMire, S. (2015). Beyond service: New outreach strategies to reach student veterans. Association of College & Research Libraries 2015 conference.
LeMire, S. (2016). Supporting our troops: Library services and support for veterans. Public Services Quarterly, 13(3), 152-167.
LeMire, S. (2021). Exploring the library experiences of military dependents. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 47(4), 102309.
LeMire, S., Graves, S.J., Buckner, S., Freeman, D.D., & Smith, G.L. (2020). Basic training: A library orientation designed for student veterans. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(4), 102137.
Lenker, M.N. & Bowles-Terry, M. (2019). Engaging student veterans as researchers: Libraries initiating campus collaborations
Miller, R.S., Accamando, D., & Wagner, L. (2017). Collaboration between an academic library and campus partners to connect with military and veteran students. Pennsylvania Libraries: Research and Practice, 5(1), 35-41.
Mills, C.P., Paladino, E.B., & Klentzin, J.C. (2015). Student veterans and the academic library. Reference Services Review, 43(2), 262-279.
Natal, G. & Atwood, T. (2018). Cover me, I'm going in: Exploring the needs of student veterans. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 25(4), 335-349.
Phelps, S.F. (2015). The veteran student experience and the academic librarian. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 41(3), 236-240.
Pionke, J.J. (2019). Veteran views of the library: A qualitative study. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 58(4), 227-234.
Pionke, J.J. & Osborne, N.J. (2018). Symbols of service: Oral histories of veterans tattoos as outreach. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 25(2), 122-130.
Rod-Welch, L.J., Weeg, B.E., & Keith, G.P. (2017). Library outreach and instruction to academic departments of military science and ROTC cadets. Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 22(2/3), 93-105.
Roy, L., Barker, M. Hidalgo, L.L., & Rickard, F.A. (2016). Public library services for veterans: Selected brief case studies. Public Library Quarterly, 35(3), 222-242.
Samson, S. (2016). Student veterans in the academic library. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 24(1), 80-89.
Sojdehei, V. (2013). Boots to books: Helping college student veterans through library outreach and engagement programs. College & Research Libraries News, 74(10).
Sopiarz, J. (2016). Library outreach to veterans: Opportunities, challenges, examples. The Active Librarian, 1(2), 1-14.
Tinoco, E.M. & Shih, W. (2020). Student veterans on campus: Academic success via libraries. In Bombaro, C. (Ed.), m Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action: Planning, Leadership, and Programming (pp. 103-117). American Library Association.
Witteveen, A. (2016). At your service. Library Journal, 141(18), 22-25.

Dissertations

Tinoco, E.M. (2020). Exploring the Satisfaction, Experiences, Institutional Support of Student Veterans in Transition to Higher Education: A Case Study

Videos

15 Things Veterans Want You to Know (PsychArmor)

Websites

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