Lynn Westbrook

Lynn Westbrook won the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for "Understanding crisis information needs in context: The case of intimate partner violence survivors." The Library Quarterly 78, no. 3 (2008): 237-261. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/588443

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The study examines the role public libraries can play in providing the information needs of victims of intimate partner violence. Data was collected from two populations and two data-gathering methods and analyzed throught the lens of everyday-life-information-seeking theory.

Awards Won

Title Year
jesseshera.jpg Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research

 The award recognizes a research article published in English during the calendar year.

2009 - Recipient(s)