Publications

Books:

How to Thrive as a Library Professional: Achieving Success and Satisfaction (2020). By Susanne Markgren and Linda Miles. Libraries Unlimited, ABC-CLIO.

Career Q&A: A Librarian’s Real-Life, Practical Guide to Managing a Successful Career (2013). By Susanne Markgren and Tiffany Eatman Allen. Information Today, Inc.

Selected Chapters & Essays:

Markgren, S. (2024) Technical Services Director. In Priscilla K. Shontz (Anthology Editor), Careers in Library and Information Services: First-Hand Accounts from Working Professionals. Bloomsbury.

Miles, L. & Markgren, S. (2023) Taking advantage of opportunities for informal leadership. In B. West & E. Galoozis (Eds.), Thriving as a mid-career librarian: Identity, advocacy, and pathways. ACRL Publications.

Miles, L. & Markgren, S. (2022) Combating burnout: Positive/transformational leadership and organizational culture. In C. Holm, A. Guimaraes & N. Marcano (Eds.), Academic librarian burnout: Causes and responses. ACRL Publications.

Markgren, S. (2024) Career Resources and Job Listings for Library and Information Professionals in Library and Book Trade Almanac, 69th ed. Information Today, Inc.

Markgren, S. (2020) Challenging the Status Quo: Collaboration and Creativity in Small Academic Libraries, in Library Technical Services: Adapting to a Changing Environment. Stacey Marien, editor. Purdue University Press.

Markgren, S. (2012) Online Portfolios. Essay in What do Employers Want? A Guide for Library Science Students (pp. 75-77). Priscilla K. Shontz and Richard A. Murray. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

Markgren, S., Eastman, C., and Bloom, L. (2009) Librarian as Collaborator: Bringing E-Learning 2.0 into the Classroom by Way of the Library for Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends (pp. 260-176). Yang, Harrison and Steve Yuen, Eds. IGI Publishing.

Markgren, S. (2007) Reaching Out to Gen Y: Adapting Library Roles and Policies to Meet the Information Needs of the Next Generation, in Our New Public A Changing Clientele: Bewildering Issues or New Challenges for Managing Libraries? (pp. 46-54). Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Selected Articles:

Clements, M. and Markgren, S. (2023) Upending the Consortial Narrative: Our Story of Affecting Change Through Board Volunteerism. NASIG 83.

Walters, W.H., and Markgren, S. (2021) Comparing the prices of commercial and nonprofit journals: A realistic assessment. Portal: Libraries and the Academy 21 (2) 389-410.

Walters, W.H., and Markgren, S. (2020) Zero-based serials review: An objective, comprehensive method of selecting full-text journal resources in response to local needs. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 46 (5) 1-13.

Walters, W.H., Gormley, J., Handfield, A.E., López-Fitzsimmons, B.M., Markgren, S., Paradise, L., and Sheehan, S.E. (2020) “Library book selection decisions and selectors’ effectiveness: Differences among librarians, faculty, and students.” College & Research Libraries 81 (4), 617–645.

Walters, W.H., Sheehan, S.E., Handfield, A.E., López-Fitzsimmons, B.M., Markgren, S., and Paradise, L. (2020) “A multi-method information literacy assessment program: Foundation and early results.” Portal: Libraries and the Academy 20 (1), 101–135.

Walters, W.H., and Markgren, S. (2019) Do faculty journal selections correspond to objective indicators of citation impact? Results for 20 academic departments at Manhattan College. Scientometrics 118:321–337.

Lukes, R., Markgren, S., and Thorpe, A. (2016) E-book Collection Development: Formalizing a Policy for Smaller Libraries. Serials Librarian. 70 (1-4), 106-115.

Markgren, S. (January 2011) Ten Simple Steps to Create and Manage Your Professional Online Identity. College & Research Libraries News. 72 (1), 31-35.

Markgren, S, Dickinson, T., Leonard, A., and K. Vassiliadis. (2007) The Five-Year Itch: Are Libraries Losing Their Most Valuable Resources? Library Administration & Management. 21 (2), 70-76.

Markgren, S. and Allen, T. (2004) How Do I Get There From Here? Changing Jobs, Changing Roles, Changing Institutions. College & Research Libraries News, 65 (11), 653-656.

Markgren, S., Ascher, M. T., Crow, S. J., and Lougee-Heimer, H. (2004) Asked and Answered – Online: How Two Medical Libraries are Using OCLC’s QuestionPoint to Answer Reference Questions. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 23(1),13-28.

Creative Writing:

End Notes of Emily P. Weed creative nonfiction in Midwest Review, (4) April 2016. [Pushcart nominee]

Holding Pattern creative nonfiction in Literary Mama, September 2015.

Howling at the Night creative nonfiction in East Jasmine Review, 1 (3) 2013.