Publications

 

Journal Articles.

  1. Loh, C. E., Binte Rosli, N. F. S., & Krishnan, M. Z. (2024). Not just reading the romance online: adolescent girls’ reading Korean Manhwa. Changing English, 31(2), 117–129. https://doi.org/10.1080/1358684X.2024.2305431

  2. Loh, C. E. (2024). What Makes adolescents want to read? Examining adolescents’ contemporary print and new media (fiction) leisure reading through mobile ethnography. Language and Education, 38(4), 596–616. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2024.2326099

  3. Loh, C. E. & Binny, A. L. (2024). School libraries supporting student wellbeing and flourishing. IFLA Journal https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352241276840.

  4. Lim, F. V., Loh, C. E. & Teravainen, T. (2024) Adolescents’ use of digital media during the pandemic: implications for literacy. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. DOI: 10.1002/jaal.1353

  5. Loh, C.E., Sun, B. & Weninger, C. (2023) “Because I have my phone with me all the time”: The role of device access in developing Singapore adolescents’ critical news literacy. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 66(5), 319-329. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1281

  6. Loh, C. E., Sun, B., & Lim, F. V. (2023). “Because I’m always moving”: a mobile ethnography study of adolescent girls’ everyday print and digital reading practices. Learning, Media and Technology, 48(4), 612–631. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2023.2209325

  7. Loh, C. E. (2023). Designing Future-Ready School Libraries: Empowering Stakeholders for Evidence-Based Change. Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 72(3), 294–305. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750158.2023.2231229

  8. Loh, C. E., Gan, S. & Mounsey, S. (2022) What Do Children Want to Read? A Case Study of How One Primary School Supported Reading for Pleasure. Journal of Library Administration, 62(7), 931-945. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2022.2117955

  9. Loh, C. E., Sun, B. & Leong, C.H. (2022) Reading Identities, Mobilities, and Reading Futures: Critical Spatial Perspectives on Adolescent Access to Literacy Resources. Harvard Educational Review 92(1), 55-85. https://doi.org/10.17763/1943-5045-92.1.55

  10. Loh, C. E., and Sun, B. (2022) The impact of technology use on adolescents' leisure reading preferences. Literacy, 56: 327–339. https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12282

  11. Loh, C. E. & Sun, B. (2022) The impact of technology use on adolescents’ leisure reading preferences. Literacy 56(4), 327-339. https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12282

  12. Loh, C. E., M Hamarian, E., Lim, L. Y. Q., Lim, Q., & Ng, S. Y. Z. (2021). Developing future-ready school libraries through design thinking: A case study. IFLA Journal.  47(4), 505-519. https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352211028897

  13. Merga, M. K., Roni, S. M., Loh, C. E., & Malpique, A. (2021). Revisiting Collaboration Within and Beyond the School Library: New Ways of Measuring Effectiveness. Journal of Library Administration, 61(3), 332–346. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2021.1883370

  14. Loh, C. E., Hamarian, E. B., Lim, L. Y. Q., Lim, Q. & Ng, S. Y. Z. (2021) A Case Study of Developing Future-Ready School Libraries through Design Thinking. IFLA Journal.

  15. Sun, B., Loh, C. E., O’Brien, B. & Silver, R. E. (2021) The Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on Bilingual Singaporean Children’s Leisure Reading. AERA Open, 7(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584211033871

  16. Loh, C. E., Merga, M., Sundaray, S., & Gao, J. (2021) Principals and Teachers’ Perspectives of their School Libraries and Implications for School Library Policy. Journal of Library Administration, 61(5), 550-571. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2021.1924532

  17. Sun, B., Loh, C. E. & Nie, Y. (2021) The COVID-19 School Closure Effect on Students’ Print and Digital Leisure Reading. Computers and Education Open, 2, Article 100033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2021.100033

  18. Merga, M. K., Roni, S. M., Loh, C. E. & Malpique, A. (2021) Revisiting collaboration within and beyond the school library: new ways of measuring effectiveness. Journal of Library Administration, 61(3), 332–346. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2021.1883370

  19. Sun, B., Loh, C. E. & Curdt-Christiansen, X. L. (2020) Leisure reading in multilingual Singapore: reading enjoyment, habits and preferences of Singaporean children. Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices, 2, 1-20.

  20. Loh, C. E. & Sun, B. (2020). Cultural capital, habitus and reading futures: middle-class students’ networks for cultivating reading identities. British Journal of Sociology of Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2019.1690426.

  21. Loh, C. E., Sun, B. & Majid, S. (2020). Do girls read differently from boys? adolescents and their gendered reading habits and preferences. English in Education, 54(2), 174-190. https://doi.org/10.1080/04250494.2019.1610328

  22. Loh, C. E. (2019). Mapping images of reading through visual juxtaposition. Visual Ethnography, 8(1), 2281-1605. https://doi.org/10.12835/ve2019.1-0120

  23. Nichols, S. & Loh, C. E.(2019). Making reading sociability visible through collaborative photograph analysis. Changing English, 26(2), 150-261. https://doi.org/10.1080/1358684X.2019.1570818

  24. Loh, C. E., Heng, T. & Wan, Z. (2019). Discipline and desire in spaces of reading. Cultural Geographies, 26(3), 401–408. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474474018824085

  25. Loh, C. E. & Sun, B., (2019). “I’d still prefer to read the hard copy”: adolescents’ print and digital reading habits. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 62(6), 663–672. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.904

  26. Loh, C. E. (2018). Change and continuity in the Singapore Literature-In-English curriculum. Changing English, 25(1), 85-96. https://doi.org/10.1080/1358684X.2017.1388157

  27. Loh, C. E., Ellis, M., Paculdar, A. & Wan, Z. (2017). Building a successful reading culture through the school library: a case study from Singapore. IFLA Journal, 43(4), 335–347. https://doi.org/10.1177/0340035217732069

  28. Loh, C. E. (2015). Mapping library spaces: measuring the effectiveness of school libraries using a socio-spatial approach. The School Librarian 63(2), 78-80.

  29. Loh, C. E.(2013). Singaporean boys constructing global literate selves through their reading practices in and out of school. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 44(1), 38-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1492.2012.01177.x

  30. Loh, C. E.(2012). Global and national imaginings: deparochialising the IBDP English A1 curriculum. Changing English 19(2), 221-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/1358684X.2012.680764

  31. Loh, C. E.(2010). Reading nation and world: cultivating culturally and critically reflexive readers. English Journal 100(1), 108-112. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20787702

  32. Loh, C. E.(2009). Reading the world: reconceptualizing reading multicultural literature in the United States English Language classroom in a global world. Changing English16(3), 287-299. https://doi.org/10.1080/13586840903194755

Book Chapters.

  1. Loh, C. E. (2025). The reading lives of teens. In Loh, C. E. (ed.) (in press) The reading lives of teens: research and practice. Routledge. 

  2. Loh, C. E. & Sun, B. (2025). Print still matters: A study of adolescents’ gendered print and digital reading. In Loh, C. E. (ed.) (in press) The reading lives of teens: research and practice. Routledge. 

  3. Loh, C. E. & Garrison, K. (2025). School libraries supporting reading for pleasure. In Cremin, T. & McGeown, S. (eds.) Reading for pleasure: international perspectives from research. Routledge. 

  4. Loh, C. E. (2025). Designing learning environments to support engaged reading. In Loh, J. & Jones, A. (submitted, 2025) English in Language Teaching: Theory, Research & Pedagogy. Springer. 

  5. Loh, C. E. (2025). Enablers and challenges for school library design and sustainability: perspectives from three principals. In Oberg, D. & Marquardt, L. (2025) Principals and librarians: partners for quality education. Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited. 

  6. Loh, C. E. ( 2024). The reading lives of teens: research and practice. Routledge. 

  7. Loh, C. E. (2023). Reading as self-making: using mobile ethnography to examine the contemporary literate practices of middle-class adolescent girls in Singapore. In Rosen, M. (2023) Ethnography at Thirty. Palgrave. 

  8. Loh, C. E. & Pang, E. (2022). Innovating towards reading excellence in the Singapore English language Curriculum. In Lee Y. J. (ed). Education in Singapore. Springer. 

Reports.

  1. Loh, C. E., Wong, Y. L., & Wong, D. K. H. (2024). Designing School Libraries Toolkit. Singapore: OER, NIE.  

  2. Loh, C. E., Sia, E., Wan, Z. H., Sun, B., Lim, F. V., & Pang, E. (2024). Designing school libraries of the future study: Report 2024 (Report No. DEV 02/20 LCE). National Institute of Education (Singapore), Office of Education.

  3. Loh, C. E. & Sun, B. (2022). Reading habits of Singapore teenagers 2021 Report. Singapore: OER. NIE.

  4. Loh, C. E. & Sun, B. (2021). Reading habits of Singapore teenagers 2021. Singapore: OER, NIE. 

  5. Sun, B. & Loh, C. E. (2021) Report on the reading habits of bilingual children in Singapore 2021. Singapore: OER, NIE.

  6. Loh, C. E. (2020) Design patterns for school libraries: a preliminary report 2019. Singapore: OER, NIE.

  7. Loh, C. E.& Sundaray, S. (2019). School library perspectives survey report 2018. Singapore: OER, NIE.

  8. Loh, C. E. & Sun, B. (2018). Report on the reading habits of Singapore teenagers 2017. Singapore: OER, NIE.

  9. Liew, W. M. & Loh, C. E. (2017) What can English Teachers Tell Us about the Emotional Demands of their Work? NIE Research Brief Series No. 16-004. Singapore National Institute of Education.

Editorship.

  1. Hider, P., Garner, J., Loh, C. E., Thompson, K. & Wakeling, S. (in progress, for 2025). The future of LIS education. Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association. 

  2. Loh, C. E., Cremin, T. & Scholes, L. (2024). What is the Future of Young People’s Volitional Reading? Exploring Diverse Perspectives. Language & Education, 38(4), 531-536. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2024.2337659

Professional Papers.

  1. Sia, E., Loh, C. E., & Belmonte, T. (2022). What teens read: A comparison of adolescent reading preferences in 2017 and 2021. OER Knowledge Bites Volume 17, (pp. 6-7).

  2. Loh, C. E. & Sun, B. (2022, DEC) 浅议广泛阅读的四组要素. 语言战略研究, 华文老师 , 66, 4-7. Exploring the four essential elements of extensive reading. Chinese Teacher, 66, 4-7.

  3. Cremin, T. (2021). Reading for Pleasure: A Strategic Way Forward. OER Knowledge Bites Volume 14, (p.4). Singapore: National Institute of Education. 

  4. Loh, C. E., & Sun, B. (2021). The Impact of Technology Use on Students’ Independent Reading Habits and Practices. OER Knowledge Bites, Volume 14, (pp. 5-6). Singapore: National Institute of Education.

  5. Loh, C. E. & Sun, B. (2021, AUG) The impact of technology use on students’ independent reading habits and practices. OER Knowledge Bites Volume 14, (pp. 5-6).

  6. Vahid, A. & Loh, C. E. (2020, MAR) An Introduction to the Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment System. OER Knowledge Bites Volume 12 (p. 8). Singapore: National Institute of Education.

  7. Belmonte, T. & Loh, C. E.(2020, JAN). Developing the school library book collection for adolescents. OER Knowledge Bites Volume 11.

  8. Loh, C. E., Paculdar, A., & Wan, Z. (2017, APR). The Building a Reading Culture (BRC) roundtable on school libraries and design: how design can help us rethink library spaces. OER Knowledge Bites Volume 3, (pp. 1-12). SIngapore: National Institute of Education.

  9. Loh, C. E.(2016, JAN). Innovation and educational spaces: how design can revitalize our school libraries and learning. OER Knowledge Bites Volume 1 (pp. 19-22).

Non-peer Reviewed Articles.

  1. Loh, C. E. (2023). Making space in the library: considerations for design and furniture choices to support student wellbeing. Synergy 21(2).

  2. Loh, C. E. (2023) Print matters: how physical books still matter in a digital world. Synergy 21(1).

Conferences, Keynotes, Talks, Workshops.

  1. Sun, B. & Loh, C. E. (2024, AUG) Decline in reading enjoyment and changes in reading habits among children and adolescents aged 9 to 16 years old [Paper presentation]. 21st AILA World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  2. Loh, C. E. (2024, JUN). School libraries for all: case studies of school library refreshment on Singapore students’ reading habits [Paper presentation]. 23rd European Conference on Literacy, Crete, Greece. 

  3. Loh, C. E. (2024, JUN) Print still matters: adolescents’ gendered print and digital reading [Paper presentation]. 23rd European Conference on Literacy, Crete, Greece. 

  4. Loh, C. E. & Tan, M. (2024, APR). School libraries as spaces for flourishing [Paper Presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2024 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA.  

  5. Loh, C. E. (2024, APR). Examining adolescent girls’ contemporary everyday print and digital reading through mobile ethnography [Poster Presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2024 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA. 

  6. Loh, C.E. (2023, Nov 24). Snapshots from around the world: what are teens reading today. School Libraries Association of Victoria (SLAV) Conference Keynote, Melbourne, Australia.

  7. Loh, C.E. (2024, Nov 15). Snapshots of teen reading today & school library implications. International School Librarians (INSL) Network Annual Meeting Presentation.

  8. Loh, C.E. (2023, Nov 14). Building the foundation for an early start to reading. Asian Festival of Children’s Literature (AFCC) Circle Keynote, Manila, Philippines.

  9. Loh, C. E. (2023, Nov 14). Creating a vibrant reading culture in your school part 1. Asian Festival of Children’s Literature (AFCC) Circle Workshop, Manila, Philippines

  10. Loh, C.E. (2023, Nov 9). Healing through books: how reading and school libraries promote student flourishing. 10th Language and Language Teaching Conference, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

  11.  Loh, C. E. (2024, JUN) Mobile ethnography as method: a study of adolescent girls’ contemporary reading practices. UCL International Literacy Centre: London, UK. 

  12. Loh, C. E. (2024, May 18). A reading health check. Reading for Pleasure Conference 2024. Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medical and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE. 

  13. Loh, C. E. (2024, Feb 8). Why school libraries & librarians matter. Open University Social Justice Centre Seminar, United Kingdom

  14. Loh, C. E. (2023, Nov 14). Creating a vibrant reading culture in your school part 1. Asian Festival of Children’s Literature (AFCC) Circle Workshop, Manila, Philippines

  15. Loh, C. E. et. al. (2023, AUG). Extending extensive reading in a post-pandemic world: lessons from Singapore panel (organised to include colleagues and HD students: Dr Willy Renandya, Dr Jo-Ann Netto-Shek, Ms Gan Sujia (PhD) and Ms Karen Sia (MEd). Extensive Reading World Congress, Denpasar, Bali. 

  16. Sng, K. & Loh, C. E. (2023, JUN). Mobile ethnography as method: a study of middle-class girls’ print and digital reading practices. 39th Qualitative Analysis Conference 2023, Vancouver, Canada.

  17. Loh, C.E. (2022, Nov 30). New times, new methods: how to be a data-savvy LIS researcher and practitioner. Research Applications, Information and Library Studies (RAILS) Conference, Charles Sturt University, Australia, Virtual. 

  18. Loh, C.E. (2022, Nov 19). What is the Future of Volitional Reading? English Language and Literature Webinar Series. 

  19. Loh, C.E. (2022, Aug 29). Designing future-ready schools: reflections from Singapore. Green Smart Future School Forum, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Virtual.

  20. Sun, B. (2022, Aug 10). 數位原住民的課外閱讀習慣及偏好 — 新加坡中小學生數位閱讀初探. Taiwan Reading Week Seminar.

  21. Loh, C. E. (2022, Jul 09). Role of language teachers in promoting engaged reading using print & digital technologies. NLB Read to Focus: The Art of focused Reading in an Age of Distraction. 

  22. Loh, C. E. & Sun, B. (2022, Jul 1-3). Adolescent reading equities in an age of digital reading: case studies from Singapore. United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) Annual Conference 2022, United Kingdom. 

  23. Sia, E., Loh, C. E., & Belmonte, T. (2022, May 30). What teens read: a comparison of adolescent reading preferences in 2017 and 2021. RPIC 2022 Symposium, National Institute of Education, Singapore, Virtual.

  24. Loh, C. E. (2022, Apr 6). Adopting a design mindset to craft future-ready libraries. C-E Logic Webinar, Philippines  

  25. Loh, C. E. (2021, Dec 10). Adolescent reading inequities in an age of digital learning. INEI Virtual Webinar Language and Literacy Education: Cross-National Experiences, São Paulo, Brazil

  26. Loh, C.E. (2021, Nov 17). The COVID-19 school closure effect on students’ print and digital reading. APISI Regional Library Conference, Indonesia, Virtual.   

  27. Loh, C.E. (2021, Oct 30). Role of language teachers in promoting engaged reading using print & digital technologies. The 23rd Korean Language Education Research Institute International Conference, Korea, Virtual.

  28. Loh, C. E. (2021, Jul 26). Independent reading as strategy for teen reading. OER-NLB Education in the City: Strategies for Reading and Learning in Current Times. 

  29. Loh, C. E. & Sun, B. (2021, Jun 24). The impact of technology use on students’ independent reading habits & practices: a four-year trend study. SSSR Symposium - NRP 2000 Could Neither Support nor Condemn Independent Reading: New Evidence, London, United Kingdom, Virtual. 

Other Publications.

  1. Loh, C. E. (2022, MAR) Making the Invisible Visible. Bourdieu in Educational Research: Bourdieu, Family and Schooling. AERA.

  2. Loh, C. E.(2016). The memory of reading. Biblioasia 11(5), 3-7.