Book Chapters

2024    +McDowell, Kate. “Storytelling as/in Misinformation.” In Governing Everyday Knowledge Commons, Melissa Ocepek and Madelyn Sanfilippo eds., Cambridge University Press (in press).

2019    +McDowell, Kate. “Storytelling, Young Adults, and Three Paradoxes.” In Transforming Young Adult Services, Second edition, Anthony Bernier ed., ALA Editions.

2013    +*McDowell, Kate. “Evolution in Children’s Science Books, 1882-1922.” In Culture of Print in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine, Greg Downey, Rima Apple, and Stephen Vaughn, eds., University of Wisconsin Press.

2011    +*McDowell, Kate. “Understanding Children as Readers: Librarians’ Anecdotes and Surveys in the USA, 1890-1930.” In The History of Reading, Vol 1: International Perspectives, c. 1500-1900, S. S. Towheed and W. R. Owen eds., Palgrave MacMillan, 147-162.

2010    *McDowell, Kate. “Which Truth, What Fiction? Librarians’ Book Recommendations for Children, 1876-1890.” In Education and the Culture of Print in Modern America, Adam R. Nelson and John L. Rudolph eds., University of Wisconsin Press, 15-35.


Journal Articles

2023   McDowell, K. (August 10). Library Data Storytelling: Obstacles and Paths Forward." Public Library Quarterly, open access, print date TBA.

2023  McDowell, K.   (June 29). Data Storytelling for Libraries. Library Journal, open access.

2023    McDowell, K. (April 6). “Storytelling dynamics and misinformation: The bad S-DIKW framework.” Information Matters, Vol. 3, Issue 4.

2023    *Brooks, Ian; D’Agostino, Marcelo; Marti, Myrna; McDowell, Kate; Mejia, Felipe; Betancourt-Cravioto, Miguel; et al. “An anti-infodemic virtual center for the Americas.” Rev Panam Salud Publica (March 10, 2023).

2023    *McDowell, Kate. “Book Stories: 20 Years of Library Book Plate Celebrations.” College and Research Libraries (January 2023).

2022    *McDowell, Kate, and Nicole A. Cooke. “Social Justice Storytelling: A Pedagogical Imperative.” The Library Quarterly 92 (4) (2022): 355-78 (October 2022).

2021    *McDowell, Kate. “Storytelling Wisdom: Story, information, and DIKW.” Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (March 16, 2021).

2021     *McDowell, Kate and Miller, Deborah. “Great Storytelling: Best Practices for Advancement.“ Journal of Educational Advancement & Marketing, (December 1, 2021).

2021    +McDowell, K. “Storytelling as information part 1: The S-DIKW framework.” Information Matters (October 19, 2021).

2021    +McDowell, Kate. “Storytelling as information part 2: Future S-DIKW research.” Information Matters (October 19, 2021).

2019    *McDowell, Kate. “Teaching ‘between:’ Reflections on learning inter-organizational collaboration.” Education for Information 35:2 (June 10, 2019): 149-153.

2018    *McDowell, Kate. “Storytelling: Practice and Process as Non-Textual Pedagogy.” Education for Information 34:1 (January 2018): 15-19.

2018    McDowell, Kate. “Paradoxes of Storytelling in Librarianship.” Journal of New Librarianship (2018): 32-37.

2017    *+McDowell, Kate and Elizabeth McGreal Cook. “Using ‘storytelling thinking’ for advancement.” Journal of Education Advancement and Marketing 1, no. 4 (Spring 2017).

2014    *+McDowell, Kate. “Open Wide the Doors: The Children’s Room as Place in Public Libraries, 1876-1925.” Library Trends 62, no. 3 (Winter 2014): 519-529.

2012    *McDowell, Kate. “Oh the Places We’ve Been! The Roots of Evaluation in Youth Services, 1882-1930.” Children and Libraries 10, no. 2 (Winter 2012): 32-35, 41.

2012    +*McDowell, Kate and Caroline Nappo. “Evolution in Children’s Science Books: Recommendations and Library Collections, 1863-1956.” Library Trends 60, no. 4 (2012): 655-674.

2011    *McDowell, Kate. “Children’s Voices in Librarians’ Words, 1890-1930.”
Libraries and the Cultural Record 46, no. 1 (2011): 73-101.

2009    +*McDowell, Kate. “Toward a History of Children as Readers, 1890-1930.”  Book History 12 (2009): 240-265.

2009    +*McDowell, Kate. “Surveying the Field: The Research Model of Women in Librarianship, 1882-1898.” Library Quarterly 79, no. 3 (July 2009): 279-300.

2008    *McDowell, Kate. “Distance and Presence: A Case Study of Performance in Two Online Storytelling Courses.” Storytelling, Self, Society 4, no. 2 (September 2008): 214-234.

2008    *McElrath, Eileen and Kate McDowell. “Pedagogical Strategies for Building Community in Distance Education Courses.” Journal of Online Learning and Teaching 4, no. 1 (March 2008).

2006    *McDowell, Kate. “Change and Continuity in Professional Community: PUBYAC Listserv and Historical Context in Public Youth Services Librarianship,” Children and Libraries 4, no. 1 (Spring 2006): 6-10.

* peer-reviewed
+ invited

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