libraries/librarians

Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane (2006) Relations Between Librarians and Romance Readers: A Missouri Survey Public Libraries 45.4:54-64

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Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane Hill, Heather L. (2008) Romance novels in American public libraries: A study of collection development practices Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services 32.2:59-67

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Esser, Linda Adkins, Denice Velasquez, Diane L. (2008) “The Red Dot District”: Uncommon Ground in Reader Advisory Education and Professional Practice Educational Media and Technology Yearbook 33:105–111

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pornography

Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane (2010) Promoting Romance Novels in American Public Libraries Public Libraries 49.4:41-48

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Allen, Amanda K. (2016) “Dear Miss Daly”: 1940s Fan Letters to Maureen Daly and the Age-Grading and Gendering of Seventeenth Summer Children's Literature Association Quarterly 41.1:24-40

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Bennett-Kapusniak, Renee McCleer, Adriana (2015) Love in the Digital Library: A Search for Racial Heterogeneity in E-Books Journal of Popular Romance Studies 5.1:

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African American romance

Linz, Cathie Bouricius, Ann Byrnes, Carole (1995) Exploring the World of Romance Novels Public Libraries 34.3:144–151

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Charles, John Mosley, Shelley Bouricius, Ann (1999) Romancing the YA Reader Voice of Youth Advocates 21.6:414-419

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Bouricius, Ann (2000) The Romance Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Love in the Stacks Chicago: American Library Association

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Bryson, Mary (2004) Public Library Services to the Romance Reader: An Online Survey of Romance Readers Masters in Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Buchanan, Nancy L. (1993) Selection Tools for Popular Romances The Acquisitions Librarian 4.8:99-113

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Linz, Cathie Bouricius, Ann Byrnes, Carole (1995) Exploring the World of Romance Novels Public Libraries 34.3:144–151

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Carpan, Carolyn (2004) Rocked by Romance: A Guide to Teen Romance Fiction Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited

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Christian romance

Mosley, Shelley Charles, John Havir, Julie (1995) The Librarian as Effete Snob: Why Romance? Wilson Library Bulletin 69:

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Ginger Chambers

Charles, John Mosley, Shelley Bouricius, Ann (1999) Romancing the YA Reader Voice of Youth Advocates 21.6:414-419

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Charles, John Mosley, Shelley (2002) Getting Serious about Romance: Adult Series Romances for Teens Voice of Youth Advocates 25.2:87-93

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Charles, John Linz, Cathie (2005) Romancing Your Readers: How Public Libraries Can Become More Romance Reader Friendly Public Libraries 44.1:43–48

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emotions

Chelton, Mary K. (1991) Unrestricted Body Parts and Predictable Bliss: The Audience Appeal of Formula Romances Library Journal 116.12:44-49

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sex/sexuality

fashion/clothing

Chelton, Mary K. (2015) Readers' Advisory: There Seem to be More SEALs in Romance Fiction than in the US Navy, and if so, Why Does it Matter? Reference & User Services Quarterly 55.1:21-24

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Elliott, Margaret A. (1996) The Librarian's Stereotyped Image in Romance Novels, 1980-1995: Has the Image Changed? Masters, Kent State University

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work

Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane (2004) Perceptions of Romance Readers: An Analysis of Missouri Librarians Paper presented at Library Research Seminar III, Kansas City, MO. :

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Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane (2006) Relations Between Librarians and Romance Readers: A Missouri Survey Public Libraries 45.4:54-64

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Topic

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pornography

Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane (2010) Promoting Romance Novels in American Public Libraries Public Libraries 49.4:41-48

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Fialkoff, Francine (1992) Romancing the Patron: Romance novels don't get equal review treatment Library Journal 117.21:118

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Flesch, Juliet (1996) A Labour of Love? Compiling a Bibliography of Twentieth Century Australian Romance Novels Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services 9.3-4:170-178

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Flesch, Juliet (1996) A Labour of Love? The Story Behind the Compilation of Love Brought to Book: A Bio-bibliography of 20th Century Australian Romance Novels Australian Academic & Research Libraries 27.3:182-190

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Flesch, Juliet (1997) Not just housewives and old maids Collection Building 16.3:119-124

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Funderburk, Amy (2004) Romance collections in North Carolina public libraries: Are all genres treated equally? Masters, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Gerlitz, Laura Michelle (2019) Judging a Book By Its Cover: Bringing the Digital Humanities into Reader’s Advisory MA thesis, University of Alberta

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Goldman, Crystal (2012) Love in the Stacks: Popular Romance Collection Development in Academic Libraries Journal of Popular Romance Studies 3.1:

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Goldman, Crystal (2015) Special Issue: Romancing the Library (Editor’s Introduction) Journal of Popular Romance Studies 5.1:

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Graves, Joanne (2014) Beyond Valentine's Day: The romance novel in the evolving world of publishing :

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New Zealand

Harris, Marlene (2013) A new breed of romance: romance authors who find themselves publishing via both traditional contracts and the new world of the self-published are living a hybrid life Library Journal 138.17:49-52

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Mosley, Shelley Charles, John Havir, Julie (1995) The Librarian as Effete Snob: Why Romance? Wilson Library Bulletin 69:

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Ginger Chambers

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Interracial Books for Children Bulletin, (1981) Romance Series for Young Readers: A Report to Educators and Parents in Concert with the National Education Association New York: The Council on Interracial Books for Children

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YA/teenage romance

Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Jarc, Klara (2019) Ljubezenski roman v Sloveniji: knjižnična izposoja, bralci in produkcija , Univerza v Ljubljani

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Krentz, Jayne Ann (1997) All the Right Reasons: Romance Fiction in the Public Library Public Libraries 36, May/June:162–166

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Lawrence, E. E. (2020) On the problem of oppressive tastes in the public library Journal of Documentation ONLINE FIRST:ONLINE FIRST

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philosophy

Lawrence, E. E. (2020) The trouble with diverse books, part I: on the limits of conceptual analysis for political negotiation in Library & Information Science Journal of Documentation ONLINE FIRST:ONLINE FIRST

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Lindström Kruse, Miranda (2022) Pinsamma läsningar: En affektteoretisk studie av #SpicyBooks på TikTok Masters thesis, Uppsala universitet

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Linz, Cathie Bouricius, Ann Byrnes, Carole (1995) Exploring the World of Romance Novels Public Libraries 34.3:144–151

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Charles, John Linz, Cathie (2005) Romancing Your Readers: How Public Libraries Can Become More Romance Reader Friendly Public Libraries 44.1:43–48

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emotions

McAleer, Joseph (1992) Popular Reading and Publishing in Britain, 1914-1950 Oxford: Clarendon Press

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romances in magazines and newspapers

Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook

Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie

McAleer, Joseph (1999) Passion's Fortune: The Story of Mills & Boon Oxford: Oxford University Press

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Mary Burchell, pen name of Ida Cook

Betty Beaty

Elizabeth Carfrae

Fay Chandos/Jan Tempest

Sophie Cole

Lilian Warren as Kathryn Blair/Rosalind Brett/Celine Conway

Iris Danbury

Joyce Dingwell/Kate Starr

romances in magazines and newspapers

Roberta Leigh/Rachel Lindsay

Jean S. MacLeod/Catherine Airlie

religion/spirituality

Kate Norway/Olive Norton

Denise Robins

Sara Seale

Juliet Shore/Anne Vinton

Mary Lutyens/Esther Wyndham

Ireland

Bennett-Kapusniak, Renee McCleer, Adriana (2015) Love in the Digital Library: A Search for Racial Heterogeneity in E-Books Journal of Popular Romance Studies 5.1:

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African American romance

Moretto, Shirley Weidenburner, Kathleen (1984) We’ll Take Romance! Library Journal 109.15:1727-1728

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Mosley, Shelley Charles, John Havir, Julie (1995) The Librarian as Effete Snob: Why Romance? Wilson Library Bulletin 69:

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Ginger Chambers

Charles, John Mosley, Shelley Bouricius, Ann (1999) Romancing the YA Reader Voice of Youth Advocates 21.6:414-419

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Charles, John Mosley, Shelley (2002) Getting Serious about Romance: Adult Series Romances for Teens Voice of Youth Advocates 25.2:87-93

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Mussell, Kay (1997) On-Line Romance Para.doxa: Studies in World Literary Genres 3.1-2:246-249

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authors

O'Mahony, Lauren (2021) " Australian romance fiction " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 72-96 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-3

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Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)

national identity

gender

Rosa Praed

Marie Bjelke Petersen

Wyatt, Neal Olsen, Georgine Ramsdell, Kristin Saricks, Joyce Welch, Lynne (2007) Core Collections in Genre Studies: Romance Fiction 101 Reference & User Services Quarterly 47.2:120-126

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Owen, Mairead (1990) Women's Reading of Popular Romantic Fiction: A Case Study in the Mass Media: A Key to the Ideology of Women PhD, University of Liverpool

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Palmer, Susan (1996) Romance Fiction and the Avon Ladies The Acquisitions Librarian 8.16:119-131

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Parameswaran, Radhika (1999) Western Romance Fiction as English-Language Media in Postcolonial India Journal of Communication 49.3:84-105

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Radick, Caryn (2016) Romance Writers’ Use of Archives Archivaria, the Journal of the Association of Canadian Archivists 81:45-73

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authors

Ramsdell, Kristin (1999) Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited

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Christian romance

Wyatt, Neal Olsen, Georgine Ramsdell, Kristin Saricks, Joyce Welch, Lynne (2007) Core Collections in Genre Studies: Romance Fiction 101 Reference & User Services Quarterly 47.2:120-126

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Ramsdell, Kristin (2018) Encyclopedia of Romance Fiction Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood

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science fiction/futuristic romance

Elinor Glyn

Margaret Mitchell

Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert

Georgette Heyer

E. M. Hull

rape and/or intimate partner violence/abuse

Samuel Richardson

Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb

Ramsdell, Kristin (2021) " Libraries and popular romance fiction " The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction 371-392 DOI:10.4324/9781315613468-17

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Roper, Holly N. (2020) Representing the Romance: Diversity and Inclusion in the Romance Collections of Public Libraries M.S. in Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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disability

Ross, Catherine Sheldrick (2009) Reader on Top: Public Libraries, Pleasure Reading, and Models of Reading Library Trends 57.4:632-656

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Wyatt, Neal Olsen, Georgine Ramsdell, Kristin Saricks, Joyce Welch, Lynne (2007) Core Collections in Genre Studies: Romance Fiction 101 Reference & User Services Quarterly 47.2:120-126

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Scott, Alison M. (2002) " Romance in the Stacks; or, Popular Romance Fiction Imperiled " Scorned Literature: Essays on the History and Criticism of Popular Mass-Produced Fiction in America 213-224

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Sheehan, Sarah E. Stevens, Jen (2015) Creating a Popular Romance Collection in an Academic Library Journal of Popular Romance Studies 5.1:

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Sheehan, Sarah E. (2022) The “Popular Romance Canon”: An Academic Librarian’s Response Journal of Popular Romance Studies 11:

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Sherman, Jen (2016) Reading Infrastructures in the Contemporary City: A Study of Three Public Libraries in Sydney PhD, University of Western Sydney

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Sheehan, Sarah E. Stevens, Jen (2015) Creating a Popular Romance Collection in an Academic Library Journal of Popular Romance Studies 5.1:

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Still, Julie (2005) Reading Between the Lines: Librarians as Authors of Fiction Libres: Library and Information Science Research e-journal 15.1:

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Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Sutton, Roger (1985) Librarians and the Paperback Romance: Trying to Do the Right Thing School Library Journal 32.3:25-29

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YA/teenage romance

sex/sexuality

Thompson, Jennifer K. (2010) Romance in the Stacks: The Prevalence of Romance Fiction in Academic Libraries M.S. in Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Tuñón, Johanna (1995) A Fine Romance: How to Select Romances for Your Collection Wilson Library Bulletin 69.9:31-34

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Tuñón, Johanna (1995) An Appetite for Romance: How to Understand, Buy, Display, and Promote Romance Fiction Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory 19.4:471-475

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Vany, Romain (2013) Les mauvais genres en bibliothèques publiques: quelle place pour le roman sentimental paralittéraire? Masters, Enssib, Université de Lyon

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Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane (2004) Perceptions of Romance Readers: An Analysis of Missouri Librarians Paper presented at Library Research Seminar III, Kansas City, MO. :

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Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane (2006) Relations Between Librarians and Romance Readers: A Missouri Survey Public Libraries 45.4:54-64

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Topic

Adkins, Denice Esser, Linda Velasquez, Diane (2010) Promoting Romance Novels in American Public Libraries Public Libraries 49.4:41-48

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pornography

Veros, Vassiliki (2012) The Romance Reader and the Public Library Australian Library Journal 61.4:298-306

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Veros, Vassiliki (2015) A Matter of Meta: Category Romance Fiction and the Interplay of Paratext and Library Metadata Journal of Popular Romance Studies 5.1:

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Veros, Vassiliki (2019) Metatextual Conversations: The Exclusion/Inclusion of Genre Fiction in Public Libraries and Social Media Book Groups Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association 68.3:254-267

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Veros, Vassiliki (2020) The selective tradition, the role of romance fiction donations, and public library practices in New South Wales, Australia Information Research 25.2:

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Veros, Vassiliki (2020) What the Librarians Did: The Marginalisation of Romance Fiction Through the Practices of Public Librarianship PhD, University of Technology, Sydney

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Washington, AlTonya (2015) " An Indie Author in a Library World " Self-Publishing and Collection Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries 139-147

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Moretto, Shirley Weidenburner, Kathleen (1984) We’ll Take Romance! Library Journal 109.15:1727-1728

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Weil, Françoise (1990) " La lecture du roman sentimental dans les bibliothèques publiques: l’exemple de Dijon " Le roman sentimental: actes du colloque des 14-15-16 mars 1989 à la Faculté des lettres de Limoges, volume 1 317-3??

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France