Joshua Avery

Joshua Avery serves as Associate Professor of Library Science and Team Leader for Access Services and Assessment at Wheaton College Library. He is also Editor-in-Chief of The Christian Librarian, a scholarly journal. His educational background includes an M.S. in Information Science from the University at Albany, State University of New York; an M.A. in History from Miami University; and a B.A. in History, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Cincinnati.

His research explores:

• Virtue ethics in information practices
• Open access publishing models
• Library assessment methodologies
• Religious dimensions of information
• Human-computer interaction in library contexts
• Social metadata and folksonomies

Recent publications (2016-2024) demonstrate strong foci on open access sustainability, information literacy ethics, religious scholarship dissemination, and library technology implementation. Over 50% of his last 15 works critically engage with theological librarianship, while others analyze digital infrastructure and user behavior in academic libraries.

No scientific awards are documented in available sources.

Leadership roles include founding membership in the Roundtable for Value-Driven Information Literacy and committee positions with the Illinois Library Association, CARLI consortium, and LIBRAS executive committee for Chicago-area academic libraries. No student advising or grant information is available.