The article covers how social work is implemented in a library setting. Lloyd mentions working with those experiencing homelessness, those seeking mental health services, and other services that provide for welfare. This is relevant because it provides a first-person view of the specific ways social workers help community members in a public library. Lloyd’s experiences provide a basis for which services may be most readily utilized by community members.

This article explains why social work and libraries are coming together to help their communities.

It is an article about different people and their experiences. One perspective is a person using the service, another person who is a social worker, and the other person's story is from a librarian perspective.

It is about Leah Esguerra's experience as a social worker in a library. She is the first social worker, and other libraries follow the San Francisco Library and add social workers to their library.

This article from Advances in Social Work presents findings about social work interns working within public libraries. The results come from both an online survey and semi-structured interviews. Published in August 2023.

This article published by the National Association of Social Workers looks into comparing staff perceptions of need, patron's actual needs and use of social work services by patrons. This study looks at one library system in Indianapolis, Indiana through a number of surveys from staff, patrons, and practicum students. Published in 2021.

In 28 interviews library and branch managers discussed the need for better preparation for their role in giving social service information and for working and supervising social workers working in the library. Having social workers does not completely alleviate of librarians and their need to serve the public. This article discusses how LIS students need to be better prepared for the boundaries between their role and social workers and more training on trauma informed interactions with patrons. Published in December 2023.