Book Chapters

Fullington, L. A., & Cirasella, J. (2023). We didn’t know: How a mid-career research project taught us about disability, advocacy, and ourselves. In B. West & E. Galoozis (Eds.), Thriving as a mid-career librarian: Identity, advocacy, and pathways (pp. 93–101). Association of College and Research Libraries.

Palmer, A., & Cirasella, J. (2021). Peel, pare, plate, post: Repository mise en place for collecting faculty articles. In E. Bongiovanni & B. Buljung (Eds.), Scholarly communications cookbook (pp. 335–338). Association of College and Research Libraries.

Shirazi, R., & Cirasella, J. (2020). Librarians in dissertation deposit: Infusing an institutional ritual with scholarly communication instruction. In C. Forbes & P. Keeran (Eds.), Academic library services for graduate students: Supporting future academics and professionals (pp. 128–142). Libraries Unlimited.

Cirasella, J., & Thistlethwaite, P. (2017). Open access and the graduate author: A dissertation anxiety manual. In K. L. Smith & K. A. Dickson (Eds.), Open access and the future of academic libraries: Implementation (pp. 203–224). Rowman & Littlefield.

Cirasella, J. (2008). Historical bibliography of quantum computing. In N. S. Yanofsky & M. A. Mannucci, Quantum computing for computer scientists (Appendix A, pp. 319–324). Cambridge University Press.

Cirasella, J. (2008). Keeping abreast of quantum news: Quantum computing on the web and in the literature. In N. S. Yanofsky & M. A. Mannucci, Quantum computing for computer scientists (Appendix D, pp. 357–359). Cambridge University Press.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Cohen, M., Smale, M. A., Cirasella, J., Tobar, C., & Daniels, J. (2013). Speaking as one: Supporting open access with departmental resolutions. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 2(1), eP1099.

Cirasella, J., & Bowdoin, S. (2013). Just roll with it? Rolling volumes vs. discrete issues in open access library and information science journals. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 1(4), eP1086.

Cirasella, J., & Deutch, M. (2012). From art on the wall to something for all: How an academic library turned its art collection into a campus attraction. Journal of Library Innovation, 3(1), 1–19.

Cirasella, J., & Smale, M. A. (2011). Peers don’t let peers perish: Encouraging research and scholarship among junior library faculty. Collaborative Librarianship, 3(2), 98–109.

Cirasella, J. (2009). Quantum computing: Selected internet resources for librarians, researchers, and the casually curious. Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 57.

Cirasella, J. (2007). Google Sets, Google Suggest, and Google Search History: Three more tools for the reference librarian’s bag of tricks. The Reference Librarian, 48(1), 57–65.

Cirasella, J. (2007). You and me and Google makes three: Welcoming Google into the reference interview. Library Philosophy and Practice, 1–8.

Cirasella, J. C. (2000). At odds?: Archives and privacy. Current Studies in Librarianship, 24(1–2), 88–92.

Editor-Reviewed Articles

Stuit, M., Hurrell, C., Cirasella, J., & Caldwell, C. (2025). Perspectives on teaching academic publishing skills: Helping graduate students navigate the hidden curriculum. Journal of Graduate Librarianship, 3(1), Article 1038.

Cirasella, J. (2017). Open access outreach: SMASH vs. suasion. College & Research Libraries News, 78(6), 323–326.

Berger, M., & Cirasella, J. (2015). Beyond Beall’s list: Better understanding predatory publishers. College & Research Libraries News, 76(3), 132–135.

Invited Articles

Cirasella, J. (2014). Open access. Contexts, 13(2), 12–14.

Cirasella, J. (2012). A librarian’s defense of the practicable over the perfect in scholarly communication. Psychological Inquiry, 23(3), 251–252.

Cirasella, J. (2008). Google like a librarian. Unabashed Librarian, 148, 3–6.

Conference Proceedings

Crowley, A., Susman, L., Farrell, R., Kahn, M., Jedlicka, C., Silberberg, E., Ehrenpreis, M., Bladek, M., & Cirasella, J. (2026). Urgent expertise, explored together: A scholarly communication peer-mentoring group. Urban Library Journal, 31(2), Article 2.

Cirasella, J., Fullington, L. A., Berger, M., & Gargan, W. (2021). Shhh-tereotypes: A conversation among librarians with hearing loss. Urban Library Journal, 27(2), 1–12.

Cirasella, J., Johnson, D. S., McGeoch, L. A., & Zhang, W. (2001). The asymmetric traveling salesman problem: Algorithms, instance generators, and tests. In A. Buchsbaum & J. Snoeyink (Eds.), Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 2153. Algorithm engineering and experimentation (pp. 32–59). Springer.

Edited Volumes

Regalado, M., & Cirasella, J. (Eds.). (2007). Libraries and Google [Special issue]. Library Philosophy and Practice.

Reviews

Cirasella, J. (2019). CopyrightX [Course review]. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 7(General Issue), eP2297.

Cirasella, J. (2016, June 30). At last, a good, long look at open access for the humanities [Review of the book Open access and the humanities: Contexts, controversies and the future, by M. P. Eve]. Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy.

Cirasella, J. (2003, June 19). Jailbait: Perfect Forsythe from NDT [Review of mixed program performed by Nederlands Dans Theater]. Dance Insider.

Cirasella, J. (2003, May 15). Weill song: Something to care about from Het [Review of the ballet Kurt Weill, by K. Pastor, Choreo., performed by Het Nationale Ballet]. Dance Insider.

Editorials

Doucette, W., & Cirasella, J. (2025). Plan your way to tenure and/or promotion [Editorial]. Journal of Graduate Librarianship, 3(1), Article 1040.

Doucette, W., & Cirasella, J. (2023). Introducing the Journal of Graduate Librarianship [Editorial]. Journal of Graduate Librarianship, 1(1), 1–3.

Cirasella, J. (2021). Scholarly conferences after Covid-19: Buck convention, and the convention center [Section of board editorial]. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 9(General issue), eP2432.

JLSC Editors and Editorial Board. (2020). A commitment to anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion from JLSC [Editorial]. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 8(General issue), eP2398.

Regalado, M., & Cirasella, J. (2007). Shape shifters: Librarians evolve yet again in the age of Google [Editorial]. Library Philosophy and Practice.

Reports / White Papers

Cirasella, J. (2023). OER about open access: A brief assessment. Scholarly Communication Notebook.

Bernstein, J., Cirasella, J., Drobnicki, J., Egger-Sider, F., Ellis, L., Farrell, R., Gargan, B., Nelson, B., Regalado, M., Swacker, S., & Tobin, T. (2015). Research opportunities and CUNY library faculty: The need for annual leave parity [White paper]. PSC-CUNY Library Faculty Committee.

Invited Blog Posts

Cirasella, J. (2022). Which open is which? OER + ScholComm.

Cirasella, J., & Thistlethwaite, P. (2019). Researching rumors about open access dissertations. Authors Alliance Blog.