• • Ph.D. in Information Science.  Drexel University, College of Computing and Informatics.
  • MA and BFA in English. Brooklyn College, CUNY.

Dr. Robin Naughton is Assistant Professor, Deputy Chief Librarian, Web and Digital Services Librarian, and Coordinator of User Experience for the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library at Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY). She is responsible for the Queens College Library (QCL) website, digital services, user experience, and library leadership. She is an experienced user-centered researcher, technologist, digital librarian, and educator with over 20 years of experience designing, developing, and managing interactive systems. Her research focuses on human-computer interaction (HCI) and mental models, specifically how to design interactive systems that are useful, easy to use, and enjoyable.

Prior to her current position, she ran the digital program for the New York Academy of Medicine Library, where she built a digital lab to digitize rare books and manuscripts and developed the Digital Collections and Exhibits website to share digitized collections.

• • Library and Information Science

• • User Experience
  • User Interface Design
  • Mental Models
  • Digital Divide

• • LIBR 170: Writing and Library Research Methods – History of the Web

Articles

• • Naughton, R., & Yearwood, S. L. (2026). Actions matter: Mental models of allies & accomplices in librarianship. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 09610006261454000. https://doi.org/10.1177/09610006261454000
  • Naughton, R. (2026). Document Everything: A Tenure Tracker for Academic Librarians. College & Research Libraries News, 87(4), 164. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.87.4.164
  • Naughton, R. (2026). Always Create a Plan: Everyday Project Management for Librarians & Teams of One. Library Leadership & Management, 39(2). https://doi.org/10.5860/llm.v39i2.7661
  • Naughton, R. (2023). Modern impressions: Getting to know your library website users. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 49(3), 102675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2023.102675
  • Xu, Q., & Naughton, R. (2025). Visualizing Library Historical Data for Assessing Library Digital Services Usage. Internet Reference Services Quarterly. (world). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10875301.2025.2479599

Presentations

• • Naughton, R., & Yearwood, S. L. (2025, August 6). Actions Matter: Creating a Path to Becoming and Accomplice in Librarianship [Presentation]. Niles-Maine District Library Staff Day.
  • Naughton, R., & Yearwood, S. L. (2024, July 26). Librarians Need Accomplices! [Conference Presentation]. 12th National Conference of African American Librarians (NCAALXII) – “Culture Keepers XII: Unity in Diversity – Stronger Together in the African Diaspora,” New Orleans, LA.
  • Naughton, R., & Yearwood, S. L. (2024, February 27). Be My Accomplice, Not My Ally! [Conference Presentation]. Queens Public Library’s President’s Council for Racial Equity, Online. 
  • Naughton, R., & Yearwood, S. L. (2023, October 24). Have Ally, Need Accomplice. Metropolitan Library Council (METRO) Rest, Reset, and Re-Engage: Centering EDI in the New Normal, Center for Brooklyn History. https://metro.org/RRRSymposium 
  • Palmer, M., Rudden, B., Naughton, R., & Griffith, M. (2024, March 4). Trending in Education: March Madness of Learning Trends 2024 [Panel]. South by Southwest Education (SXSW EDU), Austin, TX. https://schedule.sxswedu.com/2024/events/PP142190 
  • Palmer, M., Tolbert, T., Felix, E., & Naughton, R. (2023, March 6). Trending in Education: Learning Trends March Madness 2023 [Panel]. South by Southwest Education (SXSW EDU), Austin, TX. https://schedule.sxswedu.com/2023/events/PP129821
  • Xu, Q., & Naughton, R. (2023, February 3). Data Visualization: Using Tableau to Analyze Library Website Usage Data [Conference Presentation]. State University of New York Librarians Association (SUNYLA) Midwinter Virtual Conference, Online. https://sunyla.org/sunyla-midwinter-2023/