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Natalie Taylor
Associate Professor
LIS Program Director
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BIO
Dr. Natalie Taylor is the Director of the School of Information at the University of South Florida and is an Associate Professor in the Masters of Library and Information Science program. Her research focuses on information literacy, library science education, and the politics of information.
In 2025, Dr. Taylor won the prestigious Beta Phi Mu award from the American Library Association for her “scholastic focus on advocacy, information policy, and ethics, recognizing their importance in preparing new librarians to contribute meaningfully to the profession.” Dr. Taylor serves as an Editor of Library Quarterly and has published articles in School Library Research, Journal of Information Science, Computers & Education, and Journal of Documentation, among others. She has co-authored five books: the forthcoming Foundations of Information Law; Foundations of Information Literacy; Foundations of Information Policy; Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion: Information Policy and the Public Library; and Libraries, Human Rights and Social Justice: Enabling Access and Promoting Inclusion. She has edited two books, Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy and Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., University of Maryland
- M.L.S., University of Maryland
- B.A., American University
Recent Publications & Research
- Taylor, N.G. & Jaeger, P.T. (2021). Foundations of information literacy. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
- Jaeger, P.T., Jennings-Roche, A., Taylor, N.G., Gorham, U., Hodge, O., & Kettnich, K. (2023). The Urge to censor: Raw power, social control, and the criminalization of librarianship. The Political Librarian, 6(1). Available: https://journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/article/id/8711/.
- Taylor, N.G., Cannon, P., Shereff, D., Chan, J., & Baum, B. (2022). Moving beyond the book list: Building a pediatric responsive library program. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 22(1), 40-53. https://doi.org/10.1080/15323269.2021.2019521.
- Taylor, N.G., Long, A., & DeFusco, K. (2023). Collection Development in Restrictive Environments: Navigating state and local challenges. Presented at the American Association of School Librarians national conference in Tampa, FL, October 2023.