Peer Reviewed Papers
Terrile, V.(2023). Public Library Outreach with Homeless Shelter Providers.Public Library Quarterly, 93(3), 333-351.https://doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2023.2168463
Terrile, V. C.(2023). Finding the answers: Community college students’ non-Academic information behaviors.Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 47(3), 165-182.https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2021.1985014
Terrile, V. C.(2023). Gigging it in the shire: information practices of Renaissance faire performers and artisans.Journal of Documentation, 79(4), 937-954.https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-07-2022-0164
Terrile, V. C.(2023). It’s Meaningful Work, but It’s “Really, Really Hard”: Librarians’ Understanding of Their Work with Families Experiencing Homelessness.The Library Quarterly, 93(3), 333-351.https://doi.org/10.1086/725066
Terrile, V. C.(2023). Teaching Homelessness: How American Community College Faculty Approach Housing Insecurity as a Curricular Topic.College Teaching, 1-8.https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2023.2224547
Terrile, V.(2022). Information Behaviors of Homeless Education Experts for Supporting College-Bound Students.Journal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention, 29(2).https://doi.org/10.24926/jcotr.v29i2.3576
Terrile, V. C.(2022). Scenes from the class struggle in picture books: Depictions of housing and home in books for young children.Children’s Literature in Education, 53(4), 526-546.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-021-09458-5
Terrile, V. C.(2020). ” One Day You and I Will Let Them All OUT”: Attitudes Toward Animals in Hilary McKay’s Fiction.Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, 45(3), 261-280.https://doi.org/10.1353/chq.2020.0031
Terrile, V. C.(2009). Library services to children, teens and families experiencing homelessness.Urban Library Journal, 15(2).https://doi.org/10.31641/ulj150202
Book Chapters
Terrile, V. C. (2023). Saving what we love: The hope and resistance of makers and craftspeople in Disney’s Star Wars. In E. Strand & A.H. Sturgis (Eds),Star Wars: Essays exploring a galaxy far, far away(pp. 27-50). Vernon Press. (peer-reviewed)
Terrile, V.C. (2022) Faculty inquiry at the library: Connecting social justice and information literacy. In S.P. Alvarez, Y. Kuchirko, M, McBeth, M. Tarafdar, & M. Watson (Eds.),Literacy and learning in times of crisis: Emergent teaching through emergencies(pp. 299-314). Peter Lang.
Terrile, V. C. (2021). Academic libraries supporting students experiencing homelessness and housing and basic needs insecurity. In J.C. Skinner & M. Gross (Eds.),Underserved patrons in university libraries: Assisting students facing trauma, abuse, and discrimination(pp. 123-136). Libraries Unlimited.
Terrile, V. C. (2021). The thing with feathers: Small moments, hope, and purpose in a career in libraries. In R.F. Hill (Ed.),Hope and a future: Perspectives on the impact that librarians and libraries have on our world (pp. 3-12). Emerald Publishing Limited.
Terrile, V.C. (2014). Reaching kids who are experiencing homelessness, In K. Harrod & C. Smallwood (Eds.),Library youth outreach: 26 ways to connect with children, young adults and their families. McFarland
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications (selected)
Terrile, V.C. (2021). As Communities Reopen, Remember the Library. Guest blog at SchoolHouseConnection.orghttps://schoolhouseconnection.org/as-communities-reopen-remember-the-library/
Terrile, V. C. (2021). The display’s the thing: A successful interactive, analog community college library display.College & Research Libraries News, 82(2).
Terrile, V. C. (2019). Critical pedagogies to combat the deficit model in community college libraries: A perspective.The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 45(5).
Terrile, V.C. (2016). Public library support of families experiencing homelessness.Journal of Children and Poverty, 22(2), 133-146.
Webinars
iSchool at University of Wisconsin Madison: “Services to Families Experiencing Homelessness” April 2022
CUNY Social Justice Series: “Student Homelessness” October 2021
Niche Academy: “Family Homelessness and Libraries” September 2021
Connecticut State Library: “Family Homelessness and Connecticut Libraries” May 2021
Conference Presentations (selected)
Presenter: ALA LRRT Webinar Series: “Rethinking Research as Collaboration in Action” 2023
Panel Presenter: ACRL: “Successfully Navigating IRB Processes as a Community College Librarian” 2023
Closing Keynote Speaker: ALA SRRT Homelessness Summit: “Homelessness as a Social Justice Issue” 2022
Presenter: NISOD Fall Virtual Conference: “Teaching Homelessness: Community College Faculty’s Approaches to Housing Insecurity as a Curricular Topic” 2022
Paper Presenter (peer-reviewed): ALA Library Research Round Table Forum: “It’s Meaningful Work, But It’s Really, Really Hard: Librarians’ Understanding of their Work with Families Experiencing Homelessness” 2022
Paper Presenter: LACUNY Institute 2022: “Academic Libraries and Student Homelessness Before and ‘After’ COVID-19” 2022
Session Co-Presenter: University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education Student Research Symposium: “Conducting Educational Research with IPA (Not the Beer)” 2022
Session Presenter: Popular Culture Association Annual Conference: “Information Practices of Renaissance Faire Performers and Vendors” 2021
Session Co-Presenter: CUNY Faculty Diversity & Inclusion Conference: “Racial Justice and the Library: Faculty Inquiry in Social Justice and Information Literacy” 2021
Session Presenter: Connecting: Student Engagement Despite COVID-19 Conference: “Moving Library Services Online at an Urban Community College” 2021
Professional Service
Peer Reviewer, Reference Services Review, 2022 to 2023
Grant Reviewer, ALA American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries, 2022
Peer Reviewer, Journal of New Librarianship Peer Reviewer, 2021 to 2023
Editorial Board Member, ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table Newsletter, 2019 to 2021
Advisory Board Member, Community College Information Literacy Study (IMLS Grant), 2020
Field Reviewer, 2015 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant Program 2014
Book Reviewer, VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) (100 reviews published), 2005-2015
Grants and Fellowships
PSC CUNY Research Grant: “The Socioeconomic Class Backgrounds of American Librarians: A Mixed Methods Study” 2023-
PSC CUNY Research Grant: “Teaching Homelessness: A Phenomenological Study” 2021-2023
PSC CUNY Research Grant: “Information Practices of Renaissance Faire Performers and Artisans” 2019-2020
Kent State University, Jacqueline M. Albers Guest Scholar in Children’s Literature Fellowship “Depictions of Home and Housing in Contemporary Picture Books” 2015-2016
