Research

Espinoza Vasquez, F., & Oltmann, S. M. (Under review). Information precarity in post-Maria Puerto Rico: Extending the information marginalization framework.

Oltmann, S. M., Kitzie, V., & Barriage, S. (Accepted). ‘For me, it is an intellectual freedom issue’: Drag storytimes, neutrality, and ALA core values. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science.

Kitzie, V., Floegel, D., Barriage, S., & Oltmann, S. M. (2022). How visibility, hypervisibility, and invisibility shape library staff and drag performer perceptions of and experiences with drag storytimes in public libraries. Library Quarterly, 92(3), 215-240.

Oltmann, S. M., Samek, T., & Cooke, L. (2022). Intellectual freedom: Waving and wavering across three national contexts. IFLA Journal, 48(3), 439-448.

Greenhalgh, S. P., Krutka, D. G., & Oltmann, S. M. (2021). Gab, Parler, and (mis)educational technologies: Reconsidering informal learning on social media platforms. Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 10(3). https://edtechbooks.org/jaid_10_3/gab_parler_and_mised. *Winner of McJulien Scholar Award from the Culture, Learning and Technology division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

Barriage, S. Kitzie, V., Floegel, D., & Oltmann, S. M. (2021). Public library staff perceptions of and experiences with drag queen storytimes. Children and Libraries, 19(2), 14-22. *Nominated for Eli M. Oboler Award from American Library Association.

Espinoza Vasquez, F., Proferes, N., Cooper, T., & Oltmann, S. M. (2021). Going rogue: Reconceptualizing government employees’ contentious politics on Twitter. First Monday, 26(6). Available at: https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/11631/10147

Oltmann, S. M., Knox, E. J. M., & Peterson, C. (2021). The significance of access to information—and the challenges it faces in librarianship. Library Philosophy and Practice, March 2021. Article #5094. Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/5094/.

von Wiegen, L., & Oltmann, S. M. (2020). A different democratic divide: How the current U.S. online court record system exacerbates inequality. Law Library Journal, 112(2), 257-273.

Oltmann, S. M., Cooper, T., & Proferes, N. (2020). How Twitter’s affordances empower dissent and information dissemination: An exploratory study of the rogue and alt government agency Twitter accounts. Government Information Quarterly, 37(3). Article 101475.

Oltmann, S. M., & Reynolds, S.D. (2020). When libraries aren’t challenged: Librarians discuss a lack of patron challenges to their collections. Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults, 11(2). Available at: http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/LibrariesArentChallenged_Oltmann_FINAL.pdf

Oltmann, S. M. (2019). Important factors in Midwestern public librarians’ views on intellectual freedom and collection development (Part II). Library Quarterly, 89(2), 156-172.

Oltmann, S. M. (2018). Important factors in Midwestern public librarians’ views on intellectual freedom and collection development (Part I). Library Quarterly, 89(1), 2-15.
Knox, E. J. M., & Oltmann, S. M. (2018). Social responsibility, censorship, and the ALA: The 2015 Banned Books Week controversy. Library Quarterly, 88(1), 5-22.

Oltmann, S. M. (2018). Ethics, values, and intellectual freedom in school libraries. School Libraries Worldwide, 24(1), 71-86.

Peterson, C., Oltmann, S. M., & Knox, E. J. M. (2017). The inconsistent work of web filters: Mapping information access in Alabama public schools and libraries. International Journal of Communication, 11, 4583-4609.

Oltmann, S. M. (2017). Intellectual freedom in academic libraries: Surveying deans about its significance. College and Research Libraries, 78(6), 741-760.

Oltmann, S. M., Peterson, C., & Knox, E. J. M. (2017). Analyzing challenges to library materials: An incomplete picture. Public Library Quarterly, 36(4), 274-292.

Oltmann, S. M. (2016). The paradox of shock: Artists’ experience of censorship. Journal of Information Ethics, 25(2), 59-76.

Oltmann, S. M. (2016). “For all the people”: Public library directors interpret intellectual freedom. Library Quarterly, 86(3), 290-312.

Oltmann, S. M. (2016). Qualitative interviews: A methodological discussion of the interviewer
and respondent context. Forum Qualitative Social Research, 17(2). Available at: http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/2551

Oltmann, S. M. (2016). Public librarians’ views on collection development and censorship. Collection Management, 41(1), 23-44.

Oltmann, S. M. (2016). Intellectual freedom and freedom of speech: Three theoretical perspectives. Library Quarterly, 86(2), 153-171.

Oltmann, S. M. (2016). “They kind of rely on the library”: School librarians serving LGBT students. Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 7(1). Available at: http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Oltmann_They-Kind-of-Rely-on-the-Library.pdf

Oltmann, S. M., Knox, E. J. M., Peterson, C., & Musgrave, S. (2015). Using open records laws to conduct research. Library & Information Science Research, 37(4), 323-328.

Oltmann, S. M. (2015). Dual use beyond the life sciences: An LIS perspective. Library & Information Science Research, 37(3), 176-188.

Oltmann, S. M. (2015). Variables related to school media center LGBT collections. Libri, 65(1), 25-33.

Oltmann, S. M. (2015). Dual use research: Investigation across multiple science disciplines. Science & Engineering Ethics, 21(2), 327-341.

Oltmann, S. M. (2015). Data, censorship, and politics: Analyzing the restricted flow of information in federal scientific policy development. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 66(1), 144-161.

Shachaf, P., Oltmann, S. M., & Horowitz, S. (2008). E-quality in virtual reference services: Evaluation of service equality. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59(4), 535-550.