Publications

Books

Regalado, M. and Smale, M. A., eds. (2018). Academic libraries for commuter students: Research-based strategies. Chicago: American Library Association.

Smale, M. A. and Regalado, M. (2017). Digital technology as affordance and barrier in higher education. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Jones, K. M. L., Goben, A., Perry, M. R., Regalado, M., Salo, D., Asher, A., Smale, M. A., & Briney, K. A. (2023). Transparency and consent: Student perspectives on educational data analytics scenarios. portal: Libraries and the Academy.

Asher, A., Briney, K., Jones, K. M. L., Regalado, M., Perry, M. R., Goben, A., Smale, M. A., & Salo, D. (2022). Questions of trust: A survey of student expectations and perspectives on library learning analytics. The Library Quarterly, 92(2), 151-171.

Smale, M. A. (2020). “‘It’s a lot to take in’ – Undergraduate experiences with assigned reading,” IMPACT: The Journal of the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning, 9(1). http://sites.bu.edu/impact/previous-issues/impact-winter-2020/its-a-lot-to-take-in/

Smale, M. A. (2019). “‘To be honest I’m not sure if we have a textbook’: Undergraduate access to course reading,” Hybrid Pedagogy, http://hybridpedagogy.org/textbook-access/

Asher, A., Amaral, J., Couture, J., Fister, B., Lanclos, D., Lowe, M. S., Regalado, M., and Smale, M. A. (2017). “Mapping student days: Collaborative ethnography and the student experience,” Collaborative Librarianship, 9(4), 293-317. https://digitalcommons.du.edu/collaborativelibrarianship/vol9/iss4/7

Regalado, M., and Smale, M. A. (2015). “I am more productive in the library because it’s quiet:” Commuter students in the college library. College & Research Libraries, 76(7), 899-913. http://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/16476

Regalado, M., and Smale, M. A. (2015). Serving the commuter college student in urban academic libraries. Urban Library Journal, 21(1). http://academicworks.cuny.edu/ulj/vol21/iss1/3/

Regalado, M., and Smale, M. A. (2015). “I’m just really comfortable:” Learning at home, learning in libraries. In the Library With the Lead Pipe. http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2015/im-just-really-comfortable-learning-at-home-learning-in-libraries/

Smale, M. A. (2015). Play a game, make a game: Getting creative with professional development for library instruction. The Journal of Creative Library Practice. http://creativelibrarypractice.org/2015/05/18/play-a-game-make-a-game/

Rosen, J. R., and Smale, M. A. (2015). Open digital pedagogy = critical pedagogy. Hybrid Pedagogy. https://hybridpedagogy.org/open-digital-pedagogy-critical-pedagogy/

Smale, M. A., and M. Regalado. (2014). Commuter students using technology. EDUCAUSE Review Online. http://er.educause.edu/articles/2014/9/commuter-students-using-technology

Edwards, C., Rosen, J., Smale, M. A., and Spevack, J. (2014). Building a place for community: City Tech’s OpenLab. Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, 5. http://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/building-a-place-for-community/

Cohen, M., Smale, M. A., Cirasella, J., Tobar, C., and Daniels, J. (2013). Speaking as one: Supporting open access with departmental resolutions. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 2(1), eP1099. https://iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/12702/

Smale, M. A. (2012). Get in the game: Developing an information literacy classroom game. Journal of Library Innovation, 3(1), 126-147. http://academicworks.cuny.edu/ny_pubs/3/

Smale, M. A. (2011). Learning through quests and contests: Games in information literacy instruction. Journal of Library Innovation, 2(2), 36-55. http://academicworks.cuny.edu/ny_pubs/4/

Cirasella, J., and Smale, M. A. (2011). Peers don’t let peers perish: Encouraging research and scholarship among junior library faculty. Collaborative Librarianship, 3(2), 98-109. http://digitalcommons.du.edu/collaborativelibrarianship/vol3/iss2/5/

Smale, M. A. (2010). Demystifying the IRB: Human subjects research in academic libraries. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 10(3), 309-321. doi: 10.1353/pla.0.0114

Smale, M. A., and Regalado, M. (2009). Using Blackboard to deliver library research skills assessment: A case study. Communications in Information Literacy, 3(2), 142-157. https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2010.3.2.77

Book Chapters

Smale, M. A. (2020). Four legs make a table: Service and identity in academic librarianship. In V. Arellano Douglas and J. Gadsby, eds. Deconstructing Service in Libraries: Intersections of Identities and Expectations (126-140). Sacramento, CA: Library Juice Press.

Smale, M. A. (2020). Libraries and their publics in the United States. In M. P. Eve and J. Gray, eds. Reassembling Scholarly Communications: Histories, Infrastructures, and Global Politics of Open Access (173-180). Boston: MIT Press.

Smale, M. A., and Regalado, M. (2020). Using visual prompts in research. In L. Fullington, B. K. West, and F. Albarillo, eds. Reflections on Practitioner Research: A Practical Guide for Information Professionals (123-133). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Smale, M. A. (2017). Always a novice: Feminist learning and leadership practice. In B. Yousefi and S. Lew, eds. The Feminists among us: Resistance & advocacy in library leadership (7-27). Sacramento, CA: Library Juice Press.

Smale, M. A. (2017). Many hats, one head: Considering professional identity in academic library directorship. In A. Dietering, R. Schroeder, and R. Stoddart, eds. The self as subject: Autoethnographic research into identity, culture, and academic librarianship (231-247). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Smale, M. A., and Francoeur, S. (2016). Moving students to the center through collaborative documents in the classroom. In N. Pagowsky and K. McElroy, eds. Critical library pedagogy handbook, volume 2 (9-14). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Leonard, A., and Smale, M. A. (2013). The three-credit solution: Social justice in an information literacy course. In L. Gregory and S. Higgins, eds. Information literacy and social justice: Radical professional praxis (143-162). Los Angeles: Library Juice Press.

Smale, M. A. (2011). Quality counts: Evaluating internet sources. In T. McDevitt, ed. Let the games begin! Engaging students with interactive information literacy instruction. (96-98). New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.

Smale, M. A. (2010). Evaluating information: Introduction to college research for a developmental writing course. In H. E. Gold, ed. Teaching non-traditional learners: Tools for creative instruction (121-131). Pittsburgh: Library Instruction Publications.

Conference Proceedings

Smale, M. A. (2019, April). Save the time of the reader: Narratives of undergraduate course reading. Paper presented at the Association of College & Research Libraries Conference, Cleveland, OH.

Asher, A., Couture, J., Amaral, J., Smale, M., Fister, B., Lanclos, D., Lowe, S., and Regalado, M. (2016, November). A day in the life: Practical strategies for understanding student space-use practices. Paper presented at the Library Assessment Conference, Arlington, VA.

Other Publications

Smale, M. A., and Regalado, M. (2010-present). Undergraduate Scholarly Habits Ethnography Project. (website). https://ushep.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

Smale, M. A. (2009, May-present). Biweekly columns contributed to the Association for College and Research Libraries’ blog ACRLog (http://acrlog.org/).

Hensley, M. K. and Smale, M. A. (2017-2018). The Librarian Sabbatical. https://librariansabbatical.wordpress.com/

Smale, M. A., Regalado, M., and Amaral, J. (2018). Online Learning with In-Person Technology: Student & Faculty Experiences in Hybrid/Online Courses at CUNY. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/ny_pubs/263

Smale, M. A., and Regalado, M. (2017). Finding Places, Making Spaces. https://ushep.net/

Smale, M. A. (2017, February). Behind the Scenes Reflections. Exploring Autoethnography. https://exploringautoethnography.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/smale_process/

Smale, M. A. (2015, September). Interview: Maura Smale. Letters to a Young Librarian. http://letterstoayounglibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/09/interview-maura-smale.html

Smale, M. A. (2013, September). Game-Based Learning: Interview with Maura Smale. Transformations. http://www.academiccommons.org/2014/07/22/game-based-learning-interview-with-maura-smale/

Smale, M. A., and M. Regalado. (2011). The Scholarly Habits of Undergraduates at CUNY: Preliminary Report. http://ushep.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2011/01/ushep-prelim-report1.pdf

Smale, M. A., and M. Regalado. (2011). Hitchhiker’s guide to the CUNYverse. LACUNY News.

Smale, M. A. (2009). I can’t live without…Google Docs. College & Research Libraries News, 70, 328.

Smale, M. A. (2008). Off the library market. The Chronicle of Higher Education. http://chronicle.com/article/Off-the-Library-Market/45848.

Smale, M. A. (2008). On the library market. The Chronicle of Higher Education. http://chronicle.com/article/On-the-Library-Market/45753.

Smale, M. A. (2007). Gearing up for my third career. The Chronicle of Higher Education. http://chronicle.com/article/Gearing-Up-for-My-Third-Career/46550/.

Smale, M. A. (2000). Cashels. In P. J. Crabtree (Ed.), Medieval archaeology: An encyclopedia (pp. 42-43). New York: Garland Publishing Inc.

Smale, M. A. (2000). Crannogs. In P. J. Crabtree (Ed.), Medieval archaeology: An encyclopedia(pp. 68-69). New York: Garland Publishing Inc.

Smale, M. A. (2000). Raths. In P. J. Crabtree (Ed.), Medieval archaeology: An encyclopedia (p. 278). New York: Garland Publishing Inc.

Smale, M. A. (1996). Final report on the animal bones from the 1995 season. In D. B. Gibson, Excavations at O’Dea’s Castle, Dysert, Co. Clare. Preliminary Report. Manuscript on file at the Office of Public Works, Dublin, Ireland.