Since 1931, The Library Quarterly has maintained its commitment to scholarly research in all areas of librarianship - historical, sociological, cultural, evaluative, statistical, bibliographical, managerial, and educational. Through unique and innovative approaches, the Quarterly seeks to publish research and reviews that:
- Provide insights into libraries and librarianship for those involved in the collection of, access to, and dissemination of information.
- Foster pioneering research that examines the interactions between the library as a reading institution and to its cultural space.
- Assess empirically the value that libraries contribute to the communities that they serve. Provide an understanding of libraries as institutions of culture and education.
- Promote discussion and dialogue between the scholarly and practitioner communities.
- Review relevant publications in all formats to help bring attention to both new scholarly and applied endeavors across the spectrum of related disciplines and fields.
Through such research, the overarching goal of the Quarterly is to promote and publish cutting edge research that focuses on libraries and librarianship.
