Barbara Alvarez

Author of “Barriers to Abortion Information”

Barbara Alvarez, PhD is an instructor in Library and Information Science. Barbara’s research focus is information behavior and reproductive health information. Barbara has worked in libraries in Illinois and Wisconsin where she developed library-community collaborations. She is the author of The Library’s Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health Information (ALA Editions, 2023). She is also a 2022 Library Journal Mover & Shaker award recipient and a 2011 Spectrum Scholar. Barbara has a PhD in Information Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Publications:

The Library’s Guide to Sexual and Reproductive Health Information (ALA, 2023)

Sexual and Reproductive Health Information and Services in Public Libraries: A National Survey of Public Library Professionals (Public Library Quarterly, 2023)

Medication or Surgical Abortion? An Exploratory Study of Patient Decision Making on a Popular Social Media Platform (American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021)

Libraries: Where Abortion Access and Book Bans Collide (The Progressive Magazine, 2022)

Reproductive Health Information in Your Library’s Collection (Library Journal, 2024)

Let’s Talk about It: Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Information (American Libraries, 2023)

Trade Secrets: A Reproductive Justice Approach to Readers’ Advisory (Booklist, 2023)