portal: Libraries and the Academy is an academic journal established in 2001.

[1] It focuses on the role of libraries within the academy, addressing topics related to information technology, library administration, and the place of the library in an institution's educational and research mission.

[2] Articles have also been awarded the American Library Association Jesse H. Shera Award for Excellence in Published Research.

[3] The journal is published quarterly by the Johns Hopkins University Press.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, Social Science Citation Index, Library and Information Science Abstracts, and MLA - Modern Language Association Database.