Brett Spencer

“Institutional betrayal”: the return to normal and college students with disabilities in the USA, Disability and Society, 2025

Being a disabled woman in a global pandemic: a focus group study in the United States along with policy recommendations, Disability and Society, 2024

Using High-level Embedded Librarianship to Enhance Student Learning and Reduce Academic Anxiety in an Online Leadership Course., 2021

Playing as Argument Architects: Bridging a Learning Gap in the Research Process, Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 2020

The displaced librarian: Providing research services to your campus without a library, College and Research Libraries News, 2019

Through the looking glass: Viewing first-year composition through the lens of information literacy, Communications in Information Literacy, 2019

Let’s get moving!: Eight ways to teach information literacy using kinesthetic activities, Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 2017

The Race to Stop the Apocalypse: An Analysis of the Librarians for Nuclear Arms Control Almanac, 1984-1990, The Progressive Librarian, 2016

A Professor or A Rough Rider?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and His Endgame in World War II, White House Studies, 2016

The book and the rocket: The symbiotic relationship between american public libraries and the space program, 1950–2015, Information and Culture, 2016

NASA reshapes libraries: The space programs impact on academic libraries, special libraries, and archives, Science and Technology Libraries, 2015

From atomic shelters to arms control: Libraries, civil defense, and American militarism during the cold war, Information and Culture, 2014

Rise of the shadow libraries: America's quest to save its information and culture from nuclear destruction during the cold war, Information and Culture, 2014

iPad Innovations in Public Services: A Survey of the Use of Mobile Devices in ASERL Reference Departments, Southeastern Librarian, 2012

Lesson plans for google search specificity, Online Searcher, 2011

Step right up to the library! The week of welcome carnival at the university of Alabama libraries, College and Research Libraries News, 2011

The web beyond google: Innovative search tools and their implications for reference services, Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 2011

A follow-up study of the factors shaping the career choices of library school students at the university of Alabama, Reference and User Services Quarterly, 2010

Preparing for an air attack: Libraries and American air raid defense during World War II, Libraries and the Cultural Record, 2008

Promoting faculty success: Ten ways to reinvigorate your library's faculty organization, College and Research Libraries News, 2008

Going Boldly Beyond the Reference Desk: Practical Advice and Learning Plans for New Reference Librarians Performing Liaison Work, Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2006

Nurturing New Careers: Preparing Future Librarians for Their Careers Through Pre-Professional Development Sessions at the University of Alabama Libraries, Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship, 2006

Striving for Success: Practical Advice for Reference Graduate Assistants, Southeastern Librarian, 2005

The Realities of Relevance: A Survey of Reference Librarians’ Use of Library and Information Science Research, Southeastern Librarian, 2004

Getting our foot (back) in the door: Reestablishing a freshman instruction program, Reference Librarian, 2004

Magazine/Trade Publications

Survive the Jitters: Tips from the Trenches for New Library Teachers trying to Beat Stage Fright, Footnotes, 2014

A Pathway to Professional Success: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Poster Sessions in Library and Information Studies for MLIS Students and New Librarians, Library Student Journal, 2010

Alabama Hurricane Preparedness 2009: A List of Key Web Sites for Our Patrons, Alabama Library Association Communicator, 2009

A Showcase of Specialty Reference Books: Orders of Battle, Graphic Indexes, and Other Lesser-Known Types of Works, Against the Grain, 2008

Criminal Justice Resources: A Select List, Reference and User Services Quarterly, 2008

Soaring High on the Web: Teaching Patrons How to Use Specialized Search Tools, Library Instruction Round Table News, 2004

Discovering America: Tips for Teaching Electronic Resources to American Studies Classes, Library Instruction Round Table News, 2002

Comment/Debates

The first sparks of collaboration: Participating in job interviews for faculty candidates, College and Research Libraries News, 2014

Others

A select survey of criminal justice administration and criminology resources for research, reference, and collection development, Reference and User Services Quarterly, 2008

Harnessing the deep web: A practical plan for locating free specialty databases on the web, Reference Services Review, 2007

Why library and information science? The results of a career survey of MLIS students along with implications for reference librarians and recruitment, Reference and User Services Quarterly, 2006

Boosting libraries at university orientations, College and Research Libraries News, 2002