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Debora Shaw

Shaw Dean
SLIS Bloomington and Indianapolis
Professor of Library and Information Science

Ph.D., Indiana University, 1983

shawd@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Information seeking and use by humanities scholars and other specialized user groups, design and impact of electronic information sources, bibliometrics.
 

SLIS Faculty - Bloomington

 

Philip C. Bantin

Bantin Adjunct Associate Professor
Director of Archives Specialization
Director of Office of University Archives, Indiana University, Bloomington

MLS, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1976 MA, Emory University, 1975

bantin@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Archives, records management, and electronic archives.
 

Katy Börner

Börner Victor H. Yngve Professor of Information Science
Adjunct Professor of Informatics
Core Faculty of Cognitive Science
Adjunct Professor at the Department of Statistics in the College of Arts and Sciences
Research Affiliate of the Biocomplexity Institute

Ph.D., University of Kaiserslautern, 1997

katy@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Science of science studies, science mapping, information visualization, data mining, data modeling, 3-D collaborative virtual environments, and human-computer interaction.
 

Blaise Cronin

Cronin Rudy Professor of Information Science
Honorary Visiting Professor, City University, London; Edinburgh Napier University
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Ph.D., The Queen's University of Belfast, 1983;
D.S.Sc., The Queen's University of Belfast, 1998
D.Litt. (h.c.), Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, 1997

bcronin@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Scholarly communication, citation analysis, informetrics, strategic intelligence
 

Ronald E. Day

Day Associate Professor of Library and Information Science
MLS Program Director

Ph.D., State University of New York - Binghamton, 1990

roday@indiana.edu
Research Interests: The critical and cultural theory of information, documentation, and knowledge.
 

Ying Ding

Ding Assistant Professor of Information Science
Core Faculty of Cognitive Science
Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Informatics and Computing
Affiliated Faculty of Chemical Informatics Center

Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2001

dingying@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Semantic Web, Webometrics, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Engineering, Citation Analysis
 

Hamid Ekbia

Ekbia Associate Professor of Information Science
Adjunct Associate Professor of Informatics
Core Faculty of Cognitive Science

Ph.D., Indiana University, 2003

hekbia@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Health IT, Social Informatics, Mediation
 

Pnina Fichman

Fichman Associate Professor of Library and Information Science
Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 2003

fichman@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Virtual groups and online communities; ICT and cultural diversity; Social reference and virtual reference services.
 

Noriko Hara

Hara Associate Professor of Information Science
Ph.D., Indiana University, 2000

nhara@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Community of practice, knowledge sharing, collective action with ICT, social informatics.
 

Susan C. Herring

Herring Professor of Information Science
Adjunct Professor of Linguistics
Ph.D. Program Director

Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley, 1991

herring@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Computer-mediated communication; web analysis; gender and information technology; culture and information technology; discourse
 

Elin K. Jacob

Jacob Associate Professor of Library and Information Science
Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 1994

ejacob@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Representation, classification and categorization; indexing systems as cognitive scaffolding; design and evaluation of ontologies and metadata schemas; and philosophy of information.
 

Xiaozhong Liu

Liu Assistant Professor of Information Science
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2010

liu237@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, Scientific Literature Management, Text Mining, Knowledge Management, Human Computing, Digital Library Education
 

Staša Milojević

Milojević Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2009

smilojev@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Science studies, scholarly communication, scientometrics, bibliometrics, social network analysis, representation of knowledge and scientific classification.
 

Taemin Kim Park

Park Adjunct Assistant Professor
Coordinator for Bibliographic and Electronic Access Courses
East Asian Cataloger, Indiana University, Bloomington

Ph.D., Indiana University, 1992

park@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Organization of digital resources, information retrieval, scholarly communication, serials.
 

Alice R. Robbin

Robbin Associate Professor of Library and Information Science
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984

arobbin@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Information policy, resource management, and technology; social and organizational informatics, including communication and information behavior in complex organizations; and qualitative and quantitative research methods.
 

Howard Rosenbaum

Rosenbaum Associate Dean
Associate Professor of Information Science
MIS Program Director
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Informatics

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1996

hrosenba@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Social informatics, e-business, information architecture, managers and information in organizations, the intersection of sociological and library and information science theory
 

Joel B. Silver

Silver Adjunct Associate Professor
Director of Special Collections Specialization
Associate Director, Librarian and Curator of Books, Lilly Library Indiana University

J.D., Whittier College, 1977
M.L.S., Indiana University, 1986

silverj@indiana.edu
Research Interests: History of book collecting, history of the book, and history of the antiquarian book trade.
 

Cassidy R. Sugimoto

Sugimoto Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science
Ph.D. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 2010

sugimoto@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Scientometrics and Scholarly Communication, Research Methods, LIS Education and History
 

John A. Walsh

Walsh Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English

Ph.D., Indiana University, 2000

jawalsh@indiana.edu
Research Interests: Digital humanities; digital libraries; the application of digital technologies and media formats to transform traditional humanities scholarship and to create new creative, collaborative, and experimental modes of scholarly discourse; semantic web and metadata technologies as discovery and analysis tools; digital editing and textual studies.
 

SLIS Faculty - Indianapolis

 

Barbara Albee

Albee Lecturer
M.L.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1992

balbee@iupui.edu
Research Interests: Academic libraries, e-resources, Collection development, and serials.
 

Rachel Applegate

Applegate Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1995.

rapplega@iupui.edu
Research Interests: Library evaluation, academic librarianship, academic outcomes assessment.
 

Hsin-liang Chen

Chen Associate Professor
Ph.D., Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1999

chenhsin@iupui.edu
Research Interests: My interests center on the design of appropriate media for different users in a variety of information environments.
 

Andrea Copeland

Copeland Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Drexel University, 2009

ajapzon@iupui.edu
Research Interests: Community Collections & Archives, Personal Information Management, Digital Preservation, Public Libraries, Information Behavior, Reference & Information Services, Information Literacy
 

Marilyn M. Irwin

Irwin Associate Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1991

irwinm@iupui.edu
Research Interests: Support for people with disabilities, including access to information in all formats (e.g., web, eBooks) and accurate portrayals in literature for youth.
 

Annette Lamb

Lamb Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1987

alamb@eduscapes.com
Research Interests: Effective integration of technology into the classroom; Dr. Lamb hosts the Eduscapes.com website, which includes a wide range of award-winning, free resources for educators.
 

Tomas A. Lipinski

Lipinski Executive Associate Dean (IUPUI)
Professor

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998
LL.M. The John Marshall Law School, 1986
J.D., Marquette University, 1984

tlipinsk@iupui.edu
Research Interests: Information law and policy, legal issues affecting libraries and archives, copyright and licensing, free speech and privacy in a broader contextcultural rights and privacy.
 

Jean L. Preer

Preer Professor
Ph.D., George Washington University, 1980
J.D., George Washington University, 1974

jepreer@iupui.edu
Research Interests: American library history, intellectual freedom, professional ethics.
 

Katherine Schilling

Schilling Associate Professor
Ed.D., Boston University, 2002

katschil@iupui.edu
Research Interests:

My areas of expertise are in health informatics and health sciences libraries, with experience in HIV/AIDS, mental health and oncology. My work has focused on the development of patient-facing websites, public information portals, and symptom monitoring/management systems. I also have expertise in website development, health literacy, health information literacy, evidence-based practice, etc.

 

Jingfeng Xia

Xia Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2001

xiaji@iupui.edu
Research Interests: Open access scholarly communication, Geographic Information Systems for library management, Ethnographic observation of information use