Selected Publications
For additional publications, see my full curriculum vitae.
Books Authored
Taylor, N.G. & Jaeger, P.T. (2021). Foundations of information literacy. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
Jaeger, P.T. & Taylor, N.G. (2019). Foundations of information policy. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
Jaeger, P.T., Taylor, N.G., & Gorham, U. (2015). Libraries, human rights, and social justice: Enabling access and promoting inclusion. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Thompson, K., Jaeger, P.T., Taylor, N.G., Subramaniam, M., & Bertot, J.C. (2014). Digital literacy, digital inclusion, policies and libraries. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Jaeger, P.T. & Taylor, N.G. (2019). Foundations of information policy. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
Jaeger, P.T., Taylor, N.G., & Gorham, U. (2015). Libraries, human rights, and social justice: Enabling access and promoting inclusion. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Thompson, K., Jaeger, P.T., Taylor, N.G., Subramaniam, M., & Bertot, J.C. (2014). Digital literacy, digital inclusion, policies and libraries. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Books Edited
Taylor, N.G., Jaeger, P.T., Gorham, U., & Kettnich, K. (Eds.) (2021). Libraries and the global retreat of democracy. London: Emerald.
Gorham, U., Taylor, N.G., & Jaeger, P.T. (Eds.). (2016). Perspectives on libraries as institutions of human rights and social justice. London: Emerald.
Gorham, U., Taylor, N.G., & Jaeger, P.T. (Eds.). (2016). Perspectives on libraries as institutions of human rights and social justice. London: Emerald.
Refereed Journal Articles
Taylor, N.G., Cannon, P., Shereff, D., Chan, J., & Baum, B. (2022). Moving beyond the book list: Building a pediatric responsive library program. Journal of Hospital Librarianship.
Taylor, N.G. (2018). Middle-schoolers’ perceptions of government: Intersection of information and civic literacies. The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 9.
Taylor, N.G., Moore, J., Visser M., & Drouillard, C. (2018). Incorporating computational thinking into library graduate course goals and objectives. School Library Research, 21.
Taylor, N.G. (2018). Youth information-seeking behavior and online government information: Tweens’ perceptions of U.S. federal government websites. Journal of Documentation, 74(3), 509-525.
Yoon, J., Taylor, N.G., & Kim, S. (2018). Information needs of Korean immigrant mothers in the United States for their children’s college preparation. Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 6(4).
Walczak, S. & Taylor, N.G. (2018). Geography learning in primary school: Comparing face-to-face versus tablet-based instruction methods. Computers & Education, 117, 188-198.
St. Jean, B., Taylor, N.G., Kodama, C., & Subramaniam, M. (2017). Assessing the health information source perceptions of tweens using card-sorting exercises. Journal of Information Science, 1-17.
St. Jean, B., Taylor, N.G., Kodama, C., & Subramaniam, M. (2017). Assessing the digital health literacy skills of socioeconomically disadvantaged tween participants in a school-library-based after school program. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 21(1), 40-61.
Kodama, C., St. Jean, B., Subramaniam, M., & Taylor, N.G. (2017). There’s a creepy guy on the other end at Google!: engaging middle school students in a drawing activity to elicit their mental models of Google. Information Retrieval Journal, 20(5), 403-432.
Subramaniam, M., St. Jean, B., Taylor, N.G., Follman, R., Kodama, C., & Casciotti, D. (2015). Bit by bit: Using design-based research to improve young peoples' health literacy. JMIR Research Protocols, 4(2), e62.
Jaeger, P.T., Gorham, U., Bertot, J.C. & Taylor, N.G. (2015). Teaching information policy in the digital age: Issues, strategies, and innovation. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 56(3).
St. Jean, B., Subramaniam, M., Taylor, N.G., Follman, R., Kodama, C., & Casciotti, D. (2015). The influence of positive hypothesis testing on youths' online health-related information seeking. New Library World, 116(3/4), 136-154.
Subramaniam, M., Taylor, N.G., St. Jean, B., Follman, R., Kodama, C. & Casciotti, D. (2015). As simple as that?: Tween credibility assessment in a complex online world. Journal of Documentation, 71(3), 550 - 571.
Jaeger, P.T., Gorham, U., Bertot, J.C., Taylor, N.G., Larson, E., Lincoln, R., Lazar, J., & Wentz, B. (2014). Connecting government, libraries and communities: Information behavior theory and information intermediaries in the design of LibEGov.org. First Monday.
Taylor, N.G., Gorham, U., Lincoln, R., Jaeger, P.T., Bertot, J.C., & Larson, E. (2014). The circular continuum of agencies, public libraries, and users: A model of e-government in practice. Government Information Quarterly, 1(Supp. 1), p. S18-S25.
Taylor, N.G., Gorham, U., Jaeger, P.T., & Bertot, J.C. (2014). IT and collaborative community services: The roles of the public library, local government, and nonprofit entity partnerships. International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, 1(1), 91-107.
Subramaniam, M., Ahn, J., Waugh, A., Taylor, N.G., Druin, A., Fleischmann, K., & Walsh, G. (2013). The role of school librarians in enhancing science learning. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science.
Subramaniam, M., Ahn, J., Waugh, A., Taylor, N.G., Druin, A., Fleischmann, K., & Walsh, G. (2013). Crosswalk between the framework for K-12 science education and standards for the 21st century learner: School librarians as the crucial link. School Library Research, 16.
***Chosen as a 2013 ALA Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) Top Twenty article
Bertot, J.C., Jaeger, P.T., Gorham, U., Taylor, N.G., & Lincoln, R. (2013). Delivering e-government services and transforming communities through innovative partnerships: Public libraries, government agencies, and community organizations. Information Polity, 18, 127-138.
Bertot, J. C., Gorham, U., Jaeger, P. T., & Taylor, N. G. (2012). Public libraries and the internet 2012: Key findings, recent trends, and future challenges. Public Library Quarterly, 31, 303-325.
Taylor, N.G., Jaeger, P.T., McDermott, A.J., Kodama, C.M., & Bertot, J.C. (2012). Public libraries in the new economy: 21st century skills, the Internet, and community needs. Public Library Quarterly, 31(3), 191-219.
Jaeger, P.T., Greene, N.N., Bertot, J.C., Perkins, N., & Wahl, E.E. (2012). The co-evolution of e-government and public libraries: Technologies, access, education, and partnerships. Library & Information Science Research, 34, 271-281.
Taylor, N.G. (2018). Middle-schoolers’ perceptions of government: Intersection of information and civic literacies. The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 9.
Taylor, N.G., Moore, J., Visser M., & Drouillard, C. (2018). Incorporating computational thinking into library graduate course goals and objectives. School Library Research, 21.
Taylor, N.G. (2018). Youth information-seeking behavior and online government information: Tweens’ perceptions of U.S. federal government websites. Journal of Documentation, 74(3), 509-525.
Yoon, J., Taylor, N.G., & Kim, S. (2018). Information needs of Korean immigrant mothers in the United States for their children’s college preparation. Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 6(4).
Walczak, S. & Taylor, N.G. (2018). Geography learning in primary school: Comparing face-to-face versus tablet-based instruction methods. Computers & Education, 117, 188-198.
St. Jean, B., Taylor, N.G., Kodama, C., & Subramaniam, M. (2017). Assessing the health information source perceptions of tweens using card-sorting exercises. Journal of Information Science, 1-17.
St. Jean, B., Taylor, N.G., Kodama, C., & Subramaniam, M. (2017). Assessing the digital health literacy skills of socioeconomically disadvantaged tween participants in a school-library-based after school program. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 21(1), 40-61.
Kodama, C., St. Jean, B., Subramaniam, M., & Taylor, N.G. (2017). There’s a creepy guy on the other end at Google!: engaging middle school students in a drawing activity to elicit their mental models of Google. Information Retrieval Journal, 20(5), 403-432.
Subramaniam, M., St. Jean, B., Taylor, N.G., Follman, R., Kodama, C., & Casciotti, D. (2015). Bit by bit: Using design-based research to improve young peoples' health literacy. JMIR Research Protocols, 4(2), e62.
Jaeger, P.T., Gorham, U., Bertot, J.C. & Taylor, N.G. (2015). Teaching information policy in the digital age: Issues, strategies, and innovation. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 56(3).
St. Jean, B., Subramaniam, M., Taylor, N.G., Follman, R., Kodama, C., & Casciotti, D. (2015). The influence of positive hypothesis testing on youths' online health-related information seeking. New Library World, 116(3/4), 136-154.
Subramaniam, M., Taylor, N.G., St. Jean, B., Follman, R., Kodama, C. & Casciotti, D. (2015). As simple as that?: Tween credibility assessment in a complex online world. Journal of Documentation, 71(3), 550 - 571.
Jaeger, P.T., Gorham, U., Bertot, J.C., Taylor, N.G., Larson, E., Lincoln, R., Lazar, J., & Wentz, B. (2014). Connecting government, libraries and communities: Information behavior theory and information intermediaries in the design of LibEGov.org. First Monday.
Taylor, N.G., Gorham, U., Lincoln, R., Jaeger, P.T., Bertot, J.C., & Larson, E. (2014). The circular continuum of agencies, public libraries, and users: A model of e-government in practice. Government Information Quarterly, 1(Supp. 1), p. S18-S25.
Taylor, N.G., Gorham, U., Jaeger, P.T., & Bertot, J.C. (2014). IT and collaborative community services: The roles of the public library, local government, and nonprofit entity partnerships. International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, 1(1), 91-107.
Subramaniam, M., Ahn, J., Waugh, A., Taylor, N.G., Druin, A., Fleischmann, K., & Walsh, G. (2013). The role of school librarians in enhancing science learning. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science.
Subramaniam, M., Ahn, J., Waugh, A., Taylor, N.G., Druin, A., Fleischmann, K., & Walsh, G. (2013). Crosswalk between the framework for K-12 science education and standards for the 21st century learner: School librarians as the crucial link. School Library Research, 16.
***Chosen as a 2013 ALA Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) Top Twenty article
Bertot, J.C., Jaeger, P.T., Gorham, U., Taylor, N.G., & Lincoln, R. (2013). Delivering e-government services and transforming communities through innovative partnerships: Public libraries, government agencies, and community organizations. Information Polity, 18, 127-138.
Bertot, J. C., Gorham, U., Jaeger, P. T., & Taylor, N. G. (2012). Public libraries and the internet 2012: Key findings, recent trends, and future challenges. Public Library Quarterly, 31, 303-325.
Taylor, N.G., Jaeger, P.T., McDermott, A.J., Kodama, C.M., & Bertot, J.C. (2012). Public libraries in the new economy: 21st century skills, the Internet, and community needs. Public Library Quarterly, 31(3), 191-219.
Jaeger, P.T., Greene, N.N., Bertot, J.C., Perkins, N., & Wahl, E.E. (2012). The co-evolution of e-government and public libraries: Technologies, access, education, and partnerships. Library & Information Science Research, 34, 271-281.
Refereed Conference Papers with Published Proceedings
Taylor, N.G., Magee, R.M., Adkins, D., Brendler, B., Bushman, B., Cahill, M., & Townsend, K. (2021). Youth services: Promoting health, inclusion, and resiliency through libraries and library education. Convener, Youth Services SIG panel to be presented in September 2021 at the Association for Library and Information Science Education virtual annual conference.
Taylor, N.G., Phillips, A.L., Agosto, D.E., Abbas, J., Salib, G., Willett, R., Wheeler, N.T., Feng, Y., Barriage, S., DiGiacomo, D., Greenhalgh, S., Escobar, K., Evans, S.A., & Subramaniam, M. (2020). What do youth service librarians need? Reassessing goals and curricula in the context of changing information needs and behaviors of youth. Convener, Youth Services SIG panel presented on October 22, 2020 at the Association for Library and Information Science Education virtual annual conference.
Subramaniam, M., Johnston, M., Taylor, N.G., Moore, J., Magee, R., Drouillard, C., and Sanchez, J. (2018). Expanding LIS youth services curriculum to embed computational thinking. Research paper presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education 2018 Annual Conference in Denver, CO.
St. Jean, B., Taylor, N.G., Kodama, C., Casciotti, D., & Subramaniam, M. (2015). Impacts of the HackHealth after-school program: Motivating youth through personal relevance. Paper to be presented at the 2015 Association for Information Science and Technology annual conference in St. Louis, MO.
Waugh, A., Taylor, N.G., Subramaniam, M., Ahn, J., Fleischmann, K., & Druin, A. (2013). Young people's engagement in content creation: An analysis of outliers. Paper presented at the 2013 Association for Information Science and Technology annual conference in Montreal, Canada.
Jaeger, P.T., Gorham, U., Bertot, J.C., Larson, E., Taylor, N.G., Lincoln, R., Lazar, J., & Wentz, B. (2013). Connecting government, libraries, and communities: Information behavior theory and information intermediaries in the design of the LibEGov tool. Paper presented at the 2013 iConference in Fort Worth, TX.
Taylor, N.G., Gorham, U., Lincoln, R., Jaeger, P.T., Bertot, J.C., & Larson, E. (2012). The circular continuum of agencies, libraries, and citizens: A model of e-government in practice. Paper presented at the 2012 International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance in Albany, NY.
***Best Research Paper Award Winner
Bertot, J.C., Jaeger, P.T., Gorham, U., Greene, N., & Lincoln, R. (2012). Delivering e-government services through innovative partnerships: Public libraries, government agencies, and community organizations. Paper presented at the 2012 Digital Government Society of North America annual conference in College Park, MD.
***Best Management/Case Study Paper Award Winner
Taylor, N.G., Phillips, A.L., Agosto, D.E., Abbas, J., Salib, G., Willett, R., Wheeler, N.T., Feng, Y., Barriage, S., DiGiacomo, D., Greenhalgh, S., Escobar, K., Evans, S.A., & Subramaniam, M. (2020). What do youth service librarians need? Reassessing goals and curricula in the context of changing information needs and behaviors of youth. Convener, Youth Services SIG panel presented on October 22, 2020 at the Association for Library and Information Science Education virtual annual conference.
Subramaniam, M., Johnston, M., Taylor, N.G., Moore, J., Magee, R., Drouillard, C., and Sanchez, J. (2018). Expanding LIS youth services curriculum to embed computational thinking. Research paper presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education 2018 Annual Conference in Denver, CO.
St. Jean, B., Taylor, N.G., Kodama, C., Casciotti, D., & Subramaniam, M. (2015). Impacts of the HackHealth after-school program: Motivating youth through personal relevance. Paper to be presented at the 2015 Association for Information Science and Technology annual conference in St. Louis, MO.
Waugh, A., Taylor, N.G., Subramaniam, M., Ahn, J., Fleischmann, K., & Druin, A. (2013). Young people's engagement in content creation: An analysis of outliers. Paper presented at the 2013 Association for Information Science and Technology annual conference in Montreal, Canada.
Jaeger, P.T., Gorham, U., Bertot, J.C., Larson, E., Taylor, N.G., Lincoln, R., Lazar, J., & Wentz, B. (2013). Connecting government, libraries, and communities: Information behavior theory and information intermediaries in the design of the LibEGov tool. Paper presented at the 2013 iConference in Fort Worth, TX.
Taylor, N.G., Gorham, U., Lincoln, R., Jaeger, P.T., Bertot, J.C., & Larson, E. (2012). The circular continuum of agencies, libraries, and citizens: A model of e-government in practice. Paper presented at the 2012 International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance in Albany, NY.
***Best Research Paper Award Winner
Bertot, J.C., Jaeger, P.T., Gorham, U., Greene, N., & Lincoln, R. (2012). Delivering e-government services through innovative partnerships: Public libraries, government agencies, and community organizations. Paper presented at the 2012 Digital Government Society of North America annual conference in College Park, MD.
***Best Management/Case Study Paper Award Winner
Book Chapters
Jaeger, P.T. & Taylor, N.G. (2021). “Raking the forests: Information literacy, political polarization, and the educational roles of librarians” In Taylor, N.G., Kettnich, K., Gorham, U., & Jaeger, P.T. (eds), Libraries and the global retreat of democracy. London: Emerald.
Jaeger, P.T. & Taylor, N.G. (2021). “The intertwined futures of information policy and information literacy.” In A. Duff, Research Handbook on Information Policy. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Waugh, A., Taylor, N.G., & Hoffman, K. (2017). Assessments and outcome-based evaluation in formal and informal learning spaces. In L. Braun & S. Petersen (eds), Putting Teens First in Library Services: A Road Map. Chicago, IL: YALSA.
Gorham, U., Bertot, J.C., Jaeger, P.T., & Taylor, N.G. (2013). E-Government success in public libraries: Library and government agency partnerships delivering services to new immigrants. In J.R. Gil-García (Ed.), E-Government Success Around the World: Cases, Empirical Studies, and Practical Recommendations. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Bertot, J.C., Jaeger, P.T., & Greene, N.N. (2012). Public library internet services and partnerships: Transformative e-government and public service in times of economic hardship. In V. Weerakkody & C.G. Reddick (Eds.), Public Sector Transformation through E-Government: Experiences from Europe and North America. Oxford, UK: Routledge.
Jaeger, P.T. & Taylor, N.G. (2021). “The intertwined futures of information policy and information literacy.” In A. Duff, Research Handbook on Information Policy. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Waugh, A., Taylor, N.G., & Hoffman, K. (2017). Assessments and outcome-based evaluation in formal and informal learning spaces. In L. Braun & S. Petersen (eds), Putting Teens First in Library Services: A Road Map. Chicago, IL: YALSA.
Gorham, U., Bertot, J.C., Jaeger, P.T., & Taylor, N.G. (2013). E-Government success in public libraries: Library and government agency partnerships delivering services to new immigrants. In J.R. Gil-García (Ed.), E-Government Success Around the World: Cases, Empirical Studies, and Practical Recommendations. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Bertot, J.C., Jaeger, P.T., & Greene, N.N. (2012). Public library internet services and partnerships: Transformative e-government and public service in times of economic hardship. In V. Weerakkody & C.G. Reddick (Eds.), Public Sector Transformation through E-Government: Experiences from Europe and North America. Oxford, UK: Routledge.
