Publications

• ‘Case study: Professional involvement for personal development’ in Ruddock, B. (2012) The New Professional’s Toolkit. London: Facet Publishing.
• Our Issues: Saving Our Libraries. The Big Issue, 27th February 2012.
• ‘Ed Vaizey: you can run but you can’t hide (from the Women’s Institute)‘. False Economy blog, 14th June 2011.
• ‘Save Doncaster Libraries’. Post-Lib, magazine for CILIP Retired Members’ Guild. No.60, April 2011.
• ‘After the protests’. Literature Professional, Issue 13, April 2011.
• ‘Libraries are at the heart of our neighbourhoods’. Living Streets, March 2011.
• ‘Resources of hope’. Adults Learning (NIACE), February 2011.
• Smith, L. (2010). ‘A Cradle of Democracy: Public Libraries and Democratic Engagement‘. MA Dissertation, The University of Sheffield.
• Smith, L. &  Morton, J. (Eds.). (2010). Fines & Charges in Public Libraries in England & Wales: 2010 (23rd Revised edition). Sheffield: SINTO: the Information Partnership for South Yorkshire & North Derbyshire
• Doncaster library cuts are cultural vandalism.
  Guardian Comment is Free – You Told Us.
• ‘Conference Report: Edge 2010′. Public Library Journal, 25 (2). Visit website
• ‘How can libraries help communities during the economic downturn?’ Public Library Journal, Winter 2009, 24 (3). Contents page