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Publications with Distinction
- For the series of articles “The expectation and learning impact framework (ELIF)” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2021.102456) & “Learning and change through diversity, equity, and inclusion professional development: Academic librarians' perspectives” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2021.102448) Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(6); funded by the U of Denver Faculty Research Fund grant, received the following honors:
- Nominated (with Norda Bell and Zach Valdes) for the American Library Association (ALA) Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research (2022).
- The second article (“Learning and change through diversity, equity, and inclusion professional development…”) chosen as Featured Article for the October 2021 issue of the Informed Librarian Online, an Emerald Publisher current awareness service.
- Dali, Keren and Paul T. Jaeger. “Beyond Scholarly Publishing: The Human Dimension of Peer Review in LIS.” The Library Quarterly 88(2): 99-124. – invited for introduction through the Impact Blog by the London School of Economics & Political Science (UK)
- Dali, Keren and Nadia Caidi. “Diversity by Design.” The Library Quarterly 87, no. 2 (2017): 88-98. – received The ALA David Cohen/ EMIERT Multicultural Award
- Dali, Keren. “The Way of WalDorF: Fostering Creativity in LIS Programs.” Journal of Documentation 73, no. 3 (2017): 407-431. – nominated by the Journal of Documentation to Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research
- Dali, Keren and Nadia Caidi. “A Two-Way Street: Building the Recruitment Narrative in LIS Programs.” New Library World 117, no. 7/8 (2016): 499-539. – received Outstanding Paper Award winner in the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.
- Dali, Keren. “How We Missed the Boat: Reading Scholarship and the Field of LIS.” New Library World 116, no. 9/10 (2015): 477-502. – received Highly Commended Paper in the 2016 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence
- Dali, Keren. “Readers’ Advisory Interactions with Immigrant Readers.” New Library World 111, no. 5/6 (2010): 213-22. - Selected for inclusion in Emerald Reading ListAssist.
- For the series of articles “The expectation and learning impact framework (ELIF)” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2021.102456) & “Learning and change through diversity, equity, and inclusion professional development: Academic librarians' perspectives” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2021.102448) Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(6); funded by the U of Denver Faculty Research Fund grant, received the following honors:
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Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research
Postdoctoral Research
- Supported by SSHRC. This large-scale study focuses on Spanish-speaking immigrants living in the Greater Toronto Area (Ontario, Canada) and New York City (USA) and public librarians serving immigrant communities. It is guided by the interdisciplinary approach in organizational engagement & LIS (the study of librarians) and information literacy and diversity management (Spanish-speaking immigrants). Epistemologically guided by phenomenography.
Doctoral Research
- The Psychosocial Portrait of Immigration through the Medium of Reading: Leisure Reading and Its Role in the Lives of Russian-Speaking Immigrants in Toronto. The study was guided by the interdisciplinary approach derived from management theory, organizational and social psychology, psychology of immigration, and reading scholarship. Epistemologically guided by hermeneutic phenomenology. Available full-text from the University of Toronto T-space: https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/33803.
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Books and Book Chapters
Published Books
- Dali, & Thompson, K. (2023, forthcoming). Inglorious pedagogy: Difficult, unpopular, and uncommon topics in LIS education in times of crisis and quiet. ALISE book series. Rowman & Littlefield. In press.
- Dali, K. & Caidi, N. (Eds.) (2021). Humanizing LIS education and practice: Diversity by design.
- Dilevko, , Dali, K. & Garbutt, G. (2011). Contemporary world fiction: A guide to literature in translation. Libraries Unlimited.
Published Book Chapters
- Dali, K. (2023). The academia-practice gap: It takes two to Original chapter in Dali, K. & Thompson, K. (2023). Inglorious pedagogy: Difficult, unpopular, and uncommon topics in LIS education in times of crisis and quiet. Rowman & Littlefield. In press. (peer-reviewed chapter).
- Dali, K. & Jaeger, P.T. (2023). We, who can’t unlearn: (Un)learning and disabled faculty in American (Post)pandemic Original chapter in Dali, K. & Thompson, K. (2023). Inglorious pedagogy: Difficult, unpopular, and uncommon topics in LIS education in times of crisis and quiet. Rowman & Littlefield. in press as of October 2022. (peer-reviewed chapter).
- Dali, K. & Caidi, N. (2021). Looking beyond the ‘us versus them’ and retrofitting. In Dali, K. and Caidi, N. (eds.), Humanizing LIS education and practice: Diversity by design (pp. 13-22). Routledge. (not peer-reviewed chapter)
- Mehra, B. & Dali, K. (2020). Extending the framework for the benefit of praxis: A strategic literacy-based approach to diversity education (SLADE). In Julien, H., Gross, M. & Latham, D. (eds.). The information literacy framework: Case studies of successful implementation (pp. 220-234). Rowman & Littlefield. (peer-reviewed chapter)
- Dali, K. (2018). Integrating social work perspectives into LIS Education: Blended professionals as change agents. In Percel, J. et al. (eds.). Re-envisioning the MLS: Perspectives on the Future of Library and Information Science Advances in Librarianship, 44 (pp. 83–121). Emerald. (peer-reviewed chapter).
- Dali, K. & Dilevko, J. (2015). Smoothing the transition: Retraining centers in Canada for immigrant librarians from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet In International Librarianship: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, Vol. II (162-183). Routledge. (reprint of the peer-reviewed article from Slavic & East European Information Resources).
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Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
- Dali, Keren. “On Dangers of Reading and Bibliotherapy”: two papers written for the NoveList (EBSCO) database (2014) (http://www.ebscohost.com/novelist/novelist-special/on-the-dangers-of- reading ; http://www.ebscohost.com/novelist/novelist-special/on-bibliotherapy).
- Dali, Keren. “Understanding Immigrant Readers through Their Reading Practices.” OLA Access Magazine 18, no. 1 (2012): 36-37. (invited)
- Dali, Keren. “Immigrant Readers Feeling ‘at Home’ in Library Reading Programs.” Readers’ Advisor News, Libraries Unlimited, 2010 (invited contribution). Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20101118125954/http:/lu.com/ranews/jul2010/dali.cfm (invited)
- Czubik, Leszek and Keren Dali. Contemporary Novels and Short Stories from Eastern Europe, Exhibition of Books, January-May 2005 (available at: http://pjrc.library.utoronto.ca/publications/bibliographies-catalogues-etc/eebooks2005.pdf .
- Dali, Keren. “The 1919 Diary of a Russian White Army Officer.” Halcyon: The Newsletter of the Friends of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library 32 (2003): 4-5. Available at http://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/halcyon_nov_2003.pdf
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Curated Online Content
- Improving the Impact for PD Events on DEI for Academic Librarians. An open-access website created to support the online workshop for academic librarians as part of the Faculty Research Funded (DU) project. Curating jointly with Norda Bell and Zach Valdes. https://lisdeipd.wixsite.com/website
- Global story connection: Connecting children with stories from around the world. https://www.globalstoryconnection.org/ (actively supported; created with support of an ALA Carnegie-Whitney grant, 2021-)
- Reading Experience Librarianship in World Languages (https://readingexperiencelibrarian.wordpress.com/
- ALISE Disabilities in Library and Information Science Special Interest Group https://lisdisabilities.wixsite.com/home
- “Biblio or Therapy? An Annotated Bibliography on Bibliotherapy for Librarians.” An online annotated bibliography supported by the ALA Carnegie-Whitney grant. https://bibliotherapyforlibrarians.wordpress.com/
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Journal Articles - Peer Reviewed and Invited
Published Peer-Reviewed and Invited Articles and Editorials
- Dali, & Charbonneau, D. (2021-2022). Experiences of disabled and neurodiverse Ph.D. students in information science. Funded by an MCE Flowback grant. Data processing.
- Dali, K. and Hohmann, G. (2022). Preserving the wonder of stories: The role of reflection in reading education in LIS programs. Journal of Education for Library & Information Science (advance access article). (ì) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. and Caidi, N. (2022). Social work education for the digital age: Insight from information science. Social Work Education (latest articles ahead of print). (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2021). Learning about immigrant and migrant readers, transforming libraries: Spanish- speaking readers in North America. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science CJILS/RCSIB), 44(2/3). Funded by Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada. ($) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2022). A calling, not a call of duty: Public librarians' engagement with immigrant communities. The Journal of Library Administration, 62(2), 206-234. Funded by Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada. ($) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K., Bell, N., & Valdes, Z. (2021). The expectation and learning impact framework (ELIF): Evaluating diversity, equity, and inclusion professional development events for academic librarians. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(6). Ahead of print: 102456. (&, $) (peer-reviewed article) Companion website (open access distribution of findings/asynchronous workshop: https://www.lisdeipd.com/).
- Dali, K., Bell, N., & Valdes, Z. (2021). Learning and change through diversity, equity, and inclusion professional development: Academic librarians' perspectives. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(6). Ahead of print: 102448. (&, $). (peer-reviewed article). Companion website open access distribution of findings/asynchronous workshop: https://www.lisdeipd.com/.
- Dali, K., Caidi, N., Thompson, K. M., & Garner, J. (2021). The tales from three countries and one academia: Academic faculty in the time of the pandemic. The Library Quarterly, 91(4), 371-384. (invited and peer-reviewed guest editorial).
- Dali, K. (2021). The image of the library through the eyes of immigrant and migrant readers. Journal of Documentation, 77(5), 1073-1095. ($) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2021). Ruminations on peer review in the time of social change. Journal of Documentation, 77(5), 1096-1106. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2021). Fostering the reading experience for Spanish-speaking readers: Post-migration changes in reading practices and the implication for libraries. The Reference Librarian, 62(1), 34-58. Funded by Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada. ($) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K., Brillante, A.M., Bass, P.I., Love, A.M., Byrnes, L., Fontaine, A. & Buren, M.M. (2021). Conversing with readers: A framework for the reading experience conversation. The Reference Librarian, 62(2), 81-87. (ì) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2021). Reading practices of Spanish-speaking readers in the United States and Canada. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 54 (2), 188–207. Funded by Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada. ($) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K., Vannier, C. & Douglass, L. (2021). Reading experience librarianship: Working with readers in the 21st century. Journal of Documentation, 77(1), 259- 283. (ì) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. & Brochu, L. (2020). The right to listen: A not so simple matter of audiobooks. Library Resources & Technical Services, 64(3), 109-116. (ì) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. & McNiff, L. (2019). Reading work as a diversity practice: A(peer-reviewed article) differentiated approach to reading promotion in academic libraries in North America. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (JoLIS), 52(4), 1050-1062. (&, ì) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. & McNiff, L. (2019). What citation patterns reveal about reading research and practice in academic libraries. Reference Services Review, 47(4), 570-593. (ì) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2019). Avoiding a senseless endurance test: Hidden disabilities and interviewing in LIS. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 3(1). (peer-reviewed editorial)
- Dali, K. (2018). The lifeways we avoid: The role of information avoidance in discrimination against people with disabilities. The Journal of Documentation, 74(6), 1258-1273. (&) (peer-reviewed editorial)
- Dali, K. (2018). The right to be included: Introducing a new model of an oppressive workplace environment experienced by people with disabilities. Information & Learning Science, 119(9/10), 486-513. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2018). ‘Culture fit’ as ‘anti-diversity’: Avoiding human resources decisions that disadvantage the brightest. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2(4). (peer-reviewed editorial)
- Dali, K. (2018). On the privilege of being a diversity scholar and how we choose to use it. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2(3). (2018). (peer-reviewed editorial)
- Dali, K. & Jaeger, P.T. (2018). IJIDI - The new beginning: A welcome editorial. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2(1/2). (peer-reviewed editorial)
- Caidi, N. & Dali, K. (2018). Editorial: The special issues: The International Diversity by Design Symposium Toronto, ON, Canada (September 13-14, 2017). The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2(1/2) (invited editorial)
- Dali, K. & Jaeger, P.T. (2018). Beyond scholarly publishing: The human dimension of peer review in LIS. The Library Quarterly 88(2), 99-124. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. & Rabina, D.L. (2017). On responsibility in the classroom and the ubiquity of politics: Postelection reflections from the U.S. and Canada, by way of the world. The Library Quarterly, 87(4), 306-316. (invited and peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2017). The way of WalDorF: Fostering creativity in LIS programs. Journal of Documentation, 73(3), 407-431. (&)
- Dali, K. & Caidi, N. (2017). Diversity by design. The Library Quarterly, 87(2), 88-98. (&) (peer-reviewed guest editorial)
- Dali, K. (2016). Readers’ histories as a way of studying and understanding multicultural library communities. The Library Review, 65(8/9), 519-534. (peer-reviewed article) ($)
- Dali, K. & Caidi, N. (2016). A two-way street: Building the recruitment narrative in LIS programs. New Library World, 117(7/8), 499-539. (&) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K., Lau, A., & Risk, K. (2015). Academically informed creative writing in LIS programs and the freedom to be creative. Journal of Education for Library & Information Science (JELIS), 56(4), 298-324. (ì) (peer-reviewed article)
- Caidi, & Dali, K. (2015). Can we talk? Perceptions of diversity issues by students with diverse backgrounds, and a rumination on personal roads to systemic change. New Library World, 116(11/12), 748-780. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2015). How we missed the boat: Reading scholarship and the field of LIS. New Library World, 116(9/10), 477-502. (&) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, (2015). Readers Advisory: Can we take it to the next level? Library Review, 64(4/5), 372-(peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. & Alsabbagh, L. (2015). Learning about translators from library catalog records: Implications for readers’ advisory. New Library World, 116(5/6), 264-276. (ì) (peer-reviewed)
- Dali, K. & Alsabbagh, L. (2014). Access to translated fiction in Canadian public libraries. Reference Services Review, 42(4), 569-602. (ì) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2014). From book appeal to reading appeal: Redefining the concept of appeal in readers’ The Library Quarterly, 84(1), 22-48. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2013). ‘Ask me what I read’: Readers’ advisory and immigrant adaptation. New Library World, 114(11/12), 507-526. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, (2013). Hearing stories, not keywords: Teaching contextual readers’ advisory. Reference Services Review, 41(3), 474-502. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2013). Books in their suitcases: Leisure reading in the lives of Russian-speaking immigrants in Canada. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (JoLIS), 45(4), 261-293. (peer-reviewed
- Dali, K. (2012). Reading their way through immigration: The leisure reading practices of Russian- speaking immigrants in Canada. Library & Information Science Research (LISR), 34(3), 197-211. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2010). Readers’ advisory in public libraries and translated fiction. The Reference Librarian, 51(3), 175-188. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, (2010). Readers’ advisory interactions with immigrant readers. New Library World, 111(5/6), 213-222. (&) (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. & Dilevko, J. (2009). The evaluation of international credentials and the hiring of internationally trained librarians in Canadian academic and public libraries. International Information and Library Review (II&LR), 41(3), 146-162. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. & Dilevko, (2007). Smoothing the transition: Retraining centers in Canada for immigrant librarians from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Slavic and East European Information Resources (SEEIR), 8(1), 77-102. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. & Dilevko, (2006). Toward improved collections in medical humanities: Fiction in academic health sciences libraries. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32(3), 259-273. (peer- reviewed article)
- Dilevko, & Dali, K. (2006). Book history and ideological hierarchies. Intercultural Education, 17(2), 221-233. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dilevko, & Dali, K. (2006). The self-publishing phenomenon and libraries. Library & Information Science Research, 28(2), 208-234. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2005). Russian-language periodicals in Toronto: Information sources for immigrants and records for documenting community. Slavic & East European Information Resources (SEEIR), 6(1), 57-100. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. & Dilevko, (2005). Beyond approval plans: Methods of selection and acquisition of books in Slavic and East European Languages in North American Libraries. Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services, 29(3), 238-269. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2004). Reading by Russian-speaking immigrants in Toronto: Use of public libraries, bookstores, and home book collections. International Information & Library Review, 36(4), 341-366. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dilevko, J. & Dali, K. (2004). Improving collection development and reference services for interdisciplinary fields through analysis of citation patterns: An example using tourism studies. College and Research Libraries, 65(3), 216-241. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dilevko, & Dali, K. (2004). Reviews of independent press books in counterpoise and other publications. College and Research Libraries, 65(1), 56-77. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dilevko, & Dali, K. (2003). Electronic databases for readers’ advisory services and intellectual access to translated fiction not originally written in English. Library Resources and Technical Services, 47 (3), 80-95. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dilevko, & Dali, K. (2002). The challenge of building multilingual collections in Canadian public libraries. Library Resources and Technical Services, 46(4), 116-137. (peer-reviewed article)
- Dali, K. (2002). From Russia with books: Reading and readership in the Russian-speaking community in Toronto. Toronto Slavic Quarterly, 2 (2002). (peer-reviewed article)