Key publications produced by the Social Work in Libraries program.
Social work in public libraries: An international scoping review
This article reports on findings of an international scoping review of literature on social work in libraries.
The review explored how social work is practised in libraries, and barriers and facilitators to embedding professional social work within public libraries.
Social work in Australian public libraries: An interdisciplinary approach to social justice
To assist patrons with high social needs and library staff, the City of Melbourne Libraries followed an approach now common in the United States of America, but largely untested in Australia by working with a local housing group to place a social worker in their City Library.
This article explores the early work of the Library Social Worker as she engaged with library patrons and provided training to library staff.