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Alicia Long

Visiting Assistant Instructor

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Dr. Alicia K. Long taught as an Adjunct Instructor at the 小黄鸭视频 iSchool between 2015 and 2023. In 2024, she joined the faculty full-time as a Visiting Assistant Instructor and beginning in Fall 2025 as Assistant Professor of Instruction.

Dr. Long brings more than 15 years of experience in the education and library fields to her teaching and research, including as librarian and supervisor in a college library, as liaison to grades 6-12 students, and as literacy trainer and presenter in public libraries. Her areas of interest and expertise include literature and library collections for youth (including service in national book awards,) and library services to youth. In addition, her research includes the impact of socio-cultural perspectives in pedagogical practice and curricula in LIS education, with an emphasis on online learning and teaching.

Dr. Long was selected an American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leader and an ALA Spectrum Scholar. She also received the Florida Library Association (FLA) Bernadette Stork Scholarship and was a Cambio Center Fellow at the University of Missouri. In 2022, REFORMA (the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-speaking) named her the Dr. Arnulfo Trejo Librarian of the Year.

EDUCATION

  • PhD, Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri
  • MLIS, 小黄鸭视频
  • BA, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 小黄鸭视频
  • Teaching degrees from ISFD 35, Prov. of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Recent Publications & Research

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  • Long, A. K. (2025 in press). Services for youth. In J. Bossaller and D. Adkins (Eds.), Introduction to Public Librarianship (4th. ed.). ALA Editions.
  • Long, A. K. (2025). Retooling the human rights framework for librarianship: From social justice librarians to human rights advocates. Public Library Quarterly, 1鈥�15. https://doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2025.2464516
  • Cho, H., Adkins, D. and Long, A.K. (2025). Understanding the reader demographics of an emerging online reading platform, Webtoon, Journal of Documentation, 81(2): 351-368. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-03-2024-0069
  • Cho, H., Adkins, D., Long, A. K., & Santos, D. D. S. (2025). Webtoon romance reading and new ways to look at genre reading. Library Trends, 0(0) ahead of print.
  • Long, A. K. (2025). 鈥淎 mighty fist鈥�: The birth of the national associations of librarians of color in the United States, 1970-1980. Libraries: Culture, History, and Society, 9(1): 24-44. https://doi.org/10.5325/libraries.9.1.0024
  • Long, A. K. & Adkins, D. (2024). Identity, familia, and belonging: Librarians of Latin American heritage and professional associations. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI), 8(3-4). https://doi.org/10.33137/ijidi.v8i3/4.43736
  • Cho, H., Adkins, D., daSilva Santos, D. & Long, A.K. (2024). Platform, visuals, and sound: Webtoon鈥檚 immersive romance reading engagement. In I. Sserwanga et al. (eds), Wisdom, Wellbeing, Win-Win, iConference 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14597. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57860-1_28
  • Stormont, M., Cahill, M., Long, B. S., Adkins, D., Long, A. K., Daskalakes, D. T. M., Gooden, C., & Russell, C. (2024). Libraries: Spaces for belonging, support, and partnerships. Young Exceptional Children, 27(2):78-88. https://doi.org/10.1177/10962506241245967
  • Daskalakes, D. T. M., Stormont, M., Gooden, C., Russell, C., Cahill, M., Adkins, D., Long, B. S., & Long, A. K. (2023). A missed opportunity: Increasing the use of inclusive library programs and practices. Children & Libraries 21(4). https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.21.4.19
  • Long, A. K. (2022). Library services to Latino communities in the U.S.: REFORMA as an agent of change. Florida Libraries, 65(2), 26-30. https://journals.flvc.org/flalib/article/view/134417
  • Long, A. K. (2021). Developing an impactful diverse literature course for future librarians: From reflection to action. In Hartsfield, D. (Ed.), Teaching diverse youth literature to pre-service professionals, (25-43). IGI Global.
  • Long, A. K. (2020). The Family Heritage House: A unique museum-college library partnership. Florida Libraries, 63(1), 30-34. https://scf.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/SCF%3A69
  • IFLA/UNESCO. (2020). Manifiesto IFLA / UNESCO por la biblioteca multicultural: Herramientas/Multicultural Library Manifesto Toolkit. Translated by Alicia K. Long & Freda Mosquera. https://repository.ifla.org/handle/123456789/1637