Bio
Harvey Long serves as the Student Success Librarian at the F.D. Bluford Library and is a Ph.D. student at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds a Master of Arts in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Winston-Salem State University. With over a decade of experience in academic libraries, he has worked as an archivist assistant, department head, and librarian. His research explores the histories of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and how HBCU students engage with libraries. In recognition of his contributions to the field, he was named a 2022 American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leader.
Research Interests
Student engagement and outreach, reference and research services, assessment, and the history of academic libraries and archives
External URL
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6668-8843
Recent Publications
- Sarah Hernandez, Harvey Long (2025). (Exploring the Current State of Student Success at Historically Black College and University Libraries). (Student Success Librarianship: Critical Perspectives on an Evolving Profession) pp. 137-153. Association of College & Research Libraries.
- Caterina Reed, Paria Aria, Guinsly Mondésir, Harvey Long (2025). (Ongoing Changes in Virtual Reference and Online Instruction in Academic Libraries). (2) 86, pp. 294-306. College & Research Libraries.
- Harvey Long (2024). (Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life). (2) 87, pp. 477-479. The American Archivist.
- Harvey Long (2021). (Academic Library Services for First-Generation Students). (2) 38, pp. 203-204. Technical Services Quarterly.
- Eamon Tewell, Cynthia Tobar, Harvey Long, James Castrillo, Fobazi Ettarh (2021). (What's in a Name? What Named Spaces Tell Us About Academic Libraries). In Dawn M. Mueller, pp. 179-188. Association of College and Research Libraries Conference Proceedings.
- Harvey Long (Reimagining Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Survival Beyond 2021. Gary Crosby, Khalid A. White, Marcus A. Chanay, and Adriel Hilton, eds. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing, 2021. 217p. Hardcover, $95.00 (ISBN: 978-1800436657).). (4) 83, College & Research Libraries.
