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51. Williams-Cockfield, K. C., and Mehra, B. (2023). Introduction. In K. C. Williams-Cockfield & B. Mehra (eds.), How Public Libraries Build Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century. (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 53) (pp. 1-12). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald.50. Williams-Cockfield, K. C., and Mehra, B. (2023). Introduction to Section One (Theoretical Foundations and Research): Sustainable Communities and the Role of the Public Library. In K. C.
Williams-Cockfield & B. Mehra (eds.), How Public Libraries Build Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century. (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 53) (pp. 13-16). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald.

49. Williams-Cockfield, K. C., and Mehra, B. (2023). Introduction to Section Two (Libraries Advocating for Social Justice): Sustainable Communities and the Role of the Public Library. In K. C. Williams-Cockfield & B. Mehra (eds.), How Public Libraries Build Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century. (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 53) (pp. 87-90). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald.

48. Williams-Cockfield, K. C., and Mehra, B. (2023). Introduction to Section Three (Libraries Mobilizing Climate Change): Sustainable Communities and the Role of the Public Library. In K. C. Williams-Cockfield & B. Mehra (eds.), How Public Libraries Build Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century. (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 53) (pp. 163-164). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald.

47. Williams-Cockfield, K. C., and Mehra, B. (2023). Introduction to Section Four (Libraries Promoting Economic Development): Sustainable Communities and the Role of the Public Library. In K. C. Williams-Cockfield & B. Mehra (eds.), How Public Libraries Build Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century. (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 53) (pp. 199-202). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald.

46. Williams-Cockfield, K. C., and Mehra, B. (2023). Introduction to Section Five (Libraries Nurturing Positive Peace): Sustainable Communities and the Role of the Public Library. In K. C. Williams-Cockfield & B. Mehra (eds.), How Public Libraries Build Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century. (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 53) (pp. 245-248). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald.

45. Black, K., and Mehra, B. (2023). Introduction. In K. Black and B. Mehra (eds.), Antiracist Library and Information Science: Racial Justice and Community (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 51). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing.

44. Mehra, B. (2023). White Pricks” (a.k.a. Inoculations Against Racialized Trauma) to Decenter White Privilege in a Professional Association’s Leadership Networks of LIS Educators. In K. Black and B. Mehra (eds.), Antiracist Library and Information Science: Racial Justice and Community (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 51) (pp. 213-225). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing.

43. Mehra, B., Bonnici, L., and MacCall, S. L. (2023). Collegiality as a Weapon to Maintain Status Quo in a White-Privileged and Entrenched LIS Academy. In K. Black and B. Mehra (eds.), Antiracist Library and Information Science: Racial Justice and Community (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 51) (pp.123-138). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing.

42. Mehra, B., and Jaber, B. (2022). Illustrative Information Support Services for People Who Are Differently Abled in Alabama’s Public Libraries: An Exploratory Website Content Analysis. In C. Copeland (ed.), Disabilities and the Library: Fostering Equity for Patrons and Staff with Differing Abilities. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

41. Mehra, B. (2022). Introduction. In B. Mehra (ed.), Social Justice Design and Implementation in Library and Information Science (pp. 1-16). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

40. Albright, K. S., Chu, C. M., Du, T. T., and Mehra, B. (2022). Inspiring Information Communities to Advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Information Action Briefs for Social Transformation. In B. Mehra (ed.), Social Justice Design and Implementation in Library and Information Science (pp. 270-282). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

39. Winberry, J., and Mehra, B. (2022). Multidisciplinary Perspectives for an Integrative Critical Gerontology Information Framework. In B. Mehra (ed.), Social Justice Design and Implementation in Library and Information Science (pp. 155-172). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

38. Mehra, B. (2022). Extending Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan in the 21st Century: Social Justice Laws of Librarianship. In M. Taher (ed), Handbook of Research on the Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/extending-shiyali-ramamrita-ranganathan-in-the-21st-century/291404.

37. Lopez, M. Elena, Mehra, B., and Caspe, M. (2021a). Introduction. A Librarian’s Guide to Engaging Families in Learning (pp. xiii-xvii). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

36. Lopez, M. Elena, Mehra, B., and Caspe, M. (2021b). Perspectives on Libraries, Families, and Communities: Introduction to Part 1. A Librarian’s Guide to Engaging Families in Learning (pp. 1-2). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

35. Lopez, M. Elena, Mehra, B., and Caspe, M. (2021c). Knowing Families and Communities: Introduction to Part 2. A Librarian’s Guide to Engaging Families in Learning (pp. 35-36). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

34. Lopez, M. Elena, Mehra, B., and Caspe, M. (2021d). Building Partnerships: Introduction to Part 3. A Librarian’s Guide to Engaging Families in Learning (pp. 83-85). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

33. Lopez, M. Elena, Mehra, B., and Caspe, M. (2021e). Leading for Impact: Introduction to Part 4. A Librarian’s Guide to Engaging Families in Learning (pp. 145-147). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

32. Mehra, B. (2021). Overcoming Interrelated Challenges to “Diversity by Design” in the LIS Tenure and Promotion Process in the American Academy. Humanizing LIS Education and Practice: Diversity by Design (pp. 105-118). Edited by Keren Dali and Nadia Caidi. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

31. Mehra, B., and Barrett, C. (2021). Out of the Closet? Exploring the Infoscape of LGBTQ+ Literature for/about Youth in India. In B. J. Epstein and Elizabeth L. Chapman (eds.), International LGBTQ+ Literature for Children and Young Adults (pp. 93-116). London, United Kingdom: Anthem Press.

30. Mehra, B., and Jaber, B. (2021). Opioid Consumer Health Information Literacies (o-CHIL) in Alabama’s Public Libraries: An Exploratory Website Content Analysis. In B. St. Jean, G. Jindal, Y. Liao, and P. Jaeger (eds.), Roles and Responsibilities of Libraries in Increasing Consumer Health Literacy and Reducing Health Disparities (Advances in Librarianship Series, Volume 47) (pp. 61-82). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing.

29. Mehra, B., and Sikes, E. S. (2021a). Research Paradigms for Engaging Families in Public Libraries. In M. E. Lopez, B. Mehra, and M. Caspe (eds.). A Librarian’s Guide to Engaging Families in Learning (pp. 21-34). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

28. Mehra, B., and Sikes, E. S. (2021b). Information Needs of Rural Libraries: A Social Justice Imperative. In M. E. Lopez, B. Mehra, and M. Capse (eds.), A Librarian’s Guide to Engaging Families in Learning (pp. 193-202). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

27. Mehra, B., and Winberry, J. (2021). “Politic” Talks to Address the Global Democracy Recession in
Academic Libraries of the South: An Exploratory Website Analysis. In N. G. Taylor, K. Kettnich, U. Gorham, and P. T. Jaeger (eds.), Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy: Confronting Polarization, Misinformation, and Suppression (Advances in Librarianship: Vol. 50: November 2021) (pp. 183-210). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing.

26. Winberry, J., and Mehra, B. (2021). The Ivory Tower’s Gray Library: Evaluating Services for Older Adult Students in Academic Libraries. In J. C. Skinner and M. Gross (eds.), Underserved Patrons in University Libraries: Assisting Students Facing Trauma, Abuse, and Discrimination (pp. 42-58). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

25. Mehra, B., and Dali, K. (2020). Extending the Framework for the Benefit of Praxis: A Strategic Literacy-Based Approach to Diversity Education (SLADE). In H. Julien, M. Gross, and D. Latham (eds.), The Information Literacy Framework: Case Studies of Successful Implementation (Association for Library and Information Science Education Book Series). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

24. Mehra, B. (2019a). Introduction. In B. Mehra (ed.). LGBTQ+ Librarianship in the 21st Century: Emerging Directions of Advocacy and Community Engagement in Diverse Information Environments (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 45) (pp. 3-14). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing.

23. Mehra, B. (2019b). What is “LGBTQ+” Information? Interdisciplinary Connections. In B. Mehra (ed.). LGBTQ+ Librarianship in the 21st Century: Emerging Directions of Advocacy and Community Engagement in Diverse Information Environments (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 45) (pp. 15- 47). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing.

22. Mehra, B., Rioux, K. S., and Albright, K. S. (2017). Social Justice in Library and Information Science. In J. D. McDonald and M. Levine-Clark (eds.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences (4th ed.).  Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.1081/E-ELIS4-120044526.

21. Mehra, B., Singh, V., Hollenbach, N., and Partee II, R. P. (2017). Rural Librarians as Change Agents in the 21st Century: Applying Community Informatics in the Southern and Central Appalachian Region to Further ICT Literacy Training. In Brian Real (ed.), Rural and Small Public Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 43). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing.

20. Mehra, B., Bishop, B. W., and Partee II, R. P. (2017). A Gap Analysis of the Perspectives of Small Businesses and Rural Librarians in Tennessee: Implications towards a Blueprint Design of a Public Library Small Business Toolkit. In Brian Real (ed.), Rural and Small Public Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities (Advances in Librarianship, Volume 43). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing.

19. Mehra, B., and Hernandez, L. (2017). Rural and Urban Queering Alliances Out of the Library towards Legal Protection of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning People in India. In R. Montague and L. McKeever (eds.). Queer Library Alliance: Global Reflections and Imaginings (pp. 125-169). Sacramento, CA: Library Juice Press (July 2017).

18. Mehra, B., and Singh, V. (2017). Library Leadership-In-Training as Embedded Change Agents to Further Social Justice in Rural Communities: Teaching of Library Management Subjects in the ITRL and ITRL2. In Nicole A. Cooke and Miriam E. Sweeney (Eds.), Teaching for Justice: Implementing Social Justice in the LIS Classroom (pp. 247-286). Sacramento, CA: Library Juice Press.

17. Mehra, B. (2016). Cultural Re-Interpretation of Race/Ethnicity and Sexuality: A Gay South Asian “Voice” From Between a Rock and a Hard Place. In Diane L. Barlow and Paul T. Jaeger (eds.), Celebrating the James Partridge Award: Essays Toward the Development of a More Diverse, Inclusive, Equitable Field of Library and Information Science (Advances in Librarianship Series) (pp. 169-193), Volume 42. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing (December 2016).

16. Mehra, B., and Hernandez, L. (2016). Libraries as Agents of Human Rights Protection and Social Justice on Behalf of Sexual Minorities in India: An Action-Based Manifesto for Progressive Change. In U. Gorham, N. G. Taylor, and P. T. Jaeger (eds.), Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice (Advances in Librarianship Series) (pp. 147-182). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing (March 2016).

15. Rioux, K., and Mehra, B. (2016). Introduction. In B. Mehra and K. Rioux (eds.), Progressive Community Action: Critical Theory and Social Justice in Library and Information Science (pp. 1-10).
Sacramento, CA: Library Juice Press (May 2016).

14. Mehra, B., Braquet, D., and Fielden, C. M. (2015). A Website Evaluation of the Top Twenty-Five Public Universities in the United States to Assess their Support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People. In: J. Hawley (ed.). Expanding the Circle: Creating an Inclusive Environment in Higher Education for LGBTQ Students and Studies (pp. 19-48). New York: SUNY Press.

13. Mehra, B., Haley, E., and Lane, D. (2015). Culturally Appropriate Information Support Services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) South Asians: Representing Multiple Shades of Identity based on Sexual Orientation and Ethnicity. In: J. Hawley (ed.). Expanding the Circle: Creating an Inclusive Environment in Higher Education for LGBTQ Students and Studies (pp. 317- 339). New York: SUNY Press (January 2016).

12. Mehra, B. (2014). Perspectives of Rural Librarians about the Information Behaviors of Children with Special Needs in the Southern and Central Appalachian Region: An Exploratory Study to Develop User-Centered Services. In: D. Bilal and J. Beheshti (eds.). New Directions in Children and Adolescents’ Information Behavior Research (pp. 157-190). Cambridge, MA: Emerald Publishing.

11. Mehra, B., and Braquet, D. (2014). Marriage between Participatory Leadership and Action Research to Advocate Benefits Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: An Extended Human Rights Role in Library and Information Science. In: B. Eden and J. Fagan (eds.). Leadership in Academic Libraries Today: Connecting Theory to Practice (pp. 185-211). Toronto, Canada: Scarecrow Press.

10. Mehra, B. (2011). Integrating LGBTIQ Representations Across the Library and Information Science Curriculum: A Strategic Framework for Student-Centered Interventions. In E. Greenblatt (ed.), Serving LGBTIQ Library and Archives Users: Essays on Outreach, Service, Collections and Access (pp. 298-309). Jefferson NC: MacFarland & Company, Inc.

9. Mehra, B., Rioux, K., and Albright, K. S. (2010). Social Justice in Library and Information Science. In
M. J. Bates and M. N. Maack (eds.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences (pp. 4820- 4836). New York: Taylor & Francis Group.

8. Mehra, B. (2009). A Road Map for Integrating Socially Relevant Research Projects into a Required Library and Information Science Course: From a Service Model to Community Engagement. In Loriene Roy, Kelly Jensen, and Alex Hershey Meyers (eds.), Service Learning: Linking Library Education and Practice (pp. 142-152). Chicago, IL: American Library Association (ALA) Editions.

7. Mehra, B., and Sandusky, R. J. (2009). LIS Students as Community Partners in Elective Courses: Applying Community-Based Action Research to Meet the Needs of Underserved Populations. In Loriene Roy, Kelly Jensen, and Alex Hershey Meyers (eds.), Service Learning: Linking Library Education and Practice (pp. 153-168). Chicago, IL: American Library Association (ALA) Editions.

6. Mehra, B. (2007). Affective Factors in Information Seeking during Cross-Cultural Learning of International Doctoral Students in Library and Information Science Education. In: D. Nahl and D. Bilal (eds.), Information and Emotion: The Emergent Affective Paradigm in Information Behavior Research and Theory (ASIST Monograph Series) (pp. 279-301). Medford, NJ: Information Today.

5. Mehra, B., and Braquet, D. (2007). Process of Information Seeking during “Queer” Youth Coming-Out Experiences. In: M. K. Chelton and C. Cool (eds.), Youth Information Seeking Behaviors: Contexts, Theories, Models and Issues (pp. 93-131). Toronto, Canada: Scarecrow Press.

4. Mehra, B. (2006). An Action Research (AR) Manifesto for Cyberculture Power to “Marginalized” Cultures of Difference. In: D. Silver and A. Massanari (eds.), Critical Cyber-Culture Studies (pp. 205-215). New York: New York University Press.

3. Mehra, B. (2004). Hindu Temples and Asian-Indian Diasporic Identity in the United States. In: T. Turino and J. Lea (eds.). Identity and the Arts in Diaspora Communities (pp. 93-102). Warren, MI: Harmonie Park Press.

2. Bishop, A. P., Mehra, B., Bazzell, I. and Smith, C. (2003). Participatory Action Research and Digital Libraries: Reframing Evaluation. In: A. P. Bishop, N. Van House, and B. Buttenfield (eds.). Digital Library Use: Social Practice in Design and Evaluation (pp. 161-190). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

1. Bishop, A. P., Mehra, B., Bazzell, I., and Smith, C. (2001). Scenarios in the Design and Evaluation of Networked Information Services: An Example from Community Health. In C. R. McClure and J. C. Bertot (eds.). Evaluating Networked Information Services: Techniques, Policy, and Issues (pp. 45- 66). Medford, N.J.: Information Today.

Mehra, B. (in press). Rural and/or Isolated Communities. In Catharine Bomhold (ed.), Serving the Underserved: A New Paradigm for Information Services. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions.

​Irvin, V., and Mehra, B. (under review). Adult Services. In J. Bossaller and D. Adkins (eds.), Introduction to Public Librarianship (4th edition). Chicago, IL: American Library Association.