School of Information Sciences Newsletter Fall 2009 School of Information Sciences SIS Partners on $20 Million NSF Grant

nterpreting climate change data Maribeth Manoff and predicting what it could and Eleanor Read mean to life on earth and the of UT Libraries; environment that sustains it is an and SIS Research I example of a major 21st Century Associate Mike challenge that a wide range of disciplines Frame of the U.S. are working to address. Interdisciplinary Geological Survey National Biological efforts to tackle such concerns have been Information Infrastructure. The School limited by a lack of collaborative tools will receive $3.2 million over five years for communicating and sharing informa- to develop and promote this undertaking. SIS Director, Ed Cortez tion. The project DataONE (ONE being DataONE will provide a channel short for Observation Network for Earth) through which to develop new methods, Greetings! seeks to alleviate this difficulty by creat- management structures, and technolo- As I write this column looking ing a mechanism and cyberinfrastructure gies to manage the diversity, size, and though the windows of my home in the through which communities of research- complexity of current and future data Great Smokies and seeing the beauti- ers worldwide can share data. sets and data streams, which are now ful timbers with their kaleidoscope of DataONE is a collaboration between threatened by a host of societal and fall colors, I’m reminded of the passing many organizations including the lead technological problems. The envisioned season and the many changes that have institution, the University of New power of universal access to data about come to SIS since my last Interface com- Mexico, Oak Ridge National Labora- life on earth and the environment that muniqué. Allow me to highlight these tory, other universities, and coalitions sustains it will empower researchers to for you and at the same time invite you of scientists, libraries, and computing make new discoveries. to read on in more detail in the pages to groups nationwide. It is led by Dr. Wil- follow. It’s the people at SIS who con- liam Michener, professor and director of DataONE, continues on page 9 tinue to drive the most exciting activities e-Science initiatives at the UNM Uni- and developments within the School. versity Libraries and is funded by a $20 Since last spring the faculty has million grant from the National Science Inside Interface broken all school records in terms of Foundation (NSF). NSF plans to estab- funded research awards. Heading the lish five DataNet partners; DataONE is Editor’s Desk ...... 2 pack is Suzie Allard as the co-PI (with one of the first two funded. Faculty News...... 4 Carol Tenopir as a chief steward) on an Drs. Suzie Allard and Carol Tenopir NSF research grant which will advance of SIS and Bruce Wilson, who holds a Research News ...... 6 the ability for scientists to do their work joint appointment with SIS and ORNL, Carol Tenopir Award. . . . . 8 by helping to provide them ready and are investigators on the project that will accurate access to the world’s scientific create a data network envisioned to Student News ...... 10 data. Also complimenting the scientific enable earth and environmental scientists Alumni News ...... 12 community is another Allard grant worldwide to share and preserve their funded by the Institute for Museums research. Along with Allard and Tenopir, Class Notes ...... 14 other researchers at UT include post Director’s Message, continues on page 3 doctoral researcher, Kimberly Douglass; Alumni & Friends Day 2010. 16 in Library and Information Science at and the interaction between them. ditor’s esk Drexel University in 1987 and has a rich Wang hopes her visit will initiate E D history working as a librarian, instructor, exchange study visits between the two and as a consultant to King Abdulaziz in bodies of faculty. After leaving SIS, she Two visiting Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, City for Science will visit OCLC and two other graduate scholars welcomed and Technology, where he transformed library and information science programs Two visiting schol- the city’s Arabic databases into printed before returning to Taiwan. ars have joined the indexes. School of Informa- While at SIS, Dr. Hamade is con- CCI welcomes two post-docs tion Sciences faculty ducting research on the use of Internet The College of Communication and this fall to conduct filtering software in American public Information welcomes its first two post research and meet with libraries and public awareness and use of Joel Southern doctoral research associates, both of whom students. Internet filtering software in the Middle are working full-time East. Dr. Hamade’s new paper “Awareness on grants and contracts Samir Hamade and Level of Internet Addiction among with SIS faculty members University Students in Kuwait” was Dr. Samir Hamade through the the Center published in November in the Digest of comes to SIS from for Information and Middle East Studies. Kuwait where he Communication Studies. Kimberly Douglass Dr. Kimberly Dou- is Chairman of the Mei-Ling Wang Department of Library glass is working with and Information Sci- Dr. Mei-Ling Wang is director and the NSF-funded DataONE Project, ence at Kuwait Univer- Dr. Samir Hamade professor of the Graduate Institute of featured in the cover story. sity. While his program is not accredited, Library, Information and Archival Stud- Douglass is helping conduct surveys he is modeling his department according ies at National Cheng-Chi University in that will inform the DataONE team to the standards set forth by the Ameri- Taiwan and will be at about the data practices of scientists. This can Library Association Committee on SIS this fall while on understanding is crucial to developing a Accreditation. Hamade earned his Ph.D. sabbatical from her global system that addresses scientist’s university. She was needs to store, manage, and archive cli- previously the direc- mate change data. tor of Hsuang-Chuan She recently earned a Ph.D. in Politi- University Library in cal Science (Environmental Policy) Dr. Meiling Wang Taiwan. from UT. She has been a lecturer at Interface is published twice yearly by the She is author of two books and more Tennessee Technological University School of Information Sciences at the than 100 articles and technical reports and UT. She also worked for the Joint University of Tennessee, Knoxville. covering electronic journals use and Center for a Secure and Sustainable We encourage you to keep in touch evaluation, digital libraries, metadata, Environment, the Wilderness Society, the with the School and send us news information organization, and interna- Tennessee Department of Environment items, photos, or articles about your role in the wider profession. We tional study on library and information and Conservation Policy Office, and the welcome your suggestions. science education. Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury. During her visit, Wang will be discuss- Miriam Davis is a post doctoral Joel Southern, Editor, Designer ing electronic journals usage studies and research associate and Andrea Baer, Proofreader e-learning curriculum development with project manager on a Dr. Ed Cortez, Director SIS faculty. She is working on a study, contract with the United School of Information Sciences “Electronic Journals Use by Library and States Geological Survey 1345 Circle Park Dr. Information Science Scholars in Taiwan IBIS project. IBIS, or 451 Communications Bldg. with Perspectives of Scholarly Communi- “Increasing Biodiversity Knoxville, TN 37996-0341 Miriam Davis (865) 974-2148, [email protected] cation.” The research focuses on the study Information Sources www.sis.utk.edu This publication, as well as any other pamphlet produced of scholarly journals used by library and (IBIS): Technical Assis- by the University of Tennessee, can be made available in an information science scholars from the tance and Support for Delivery and alternative format. To request a copy of this publication in viewpoint of scholarly communication. Technology Transfer” will help users large print/Braille or on cassette/computer disk, contact the Office of Disability Services at (865) 974-6087. She is observing how SIS professors teach access and retrieve data in the areas of E01-2925- 005-002-10 online courses, how students learn in this climate change, bioenergy and aquatic technologically-mediated environment, resource management, and restoration

2 College of Communication & Information | School of Information Sciences in the southeast. Director’s Message, continued from page 1 Davis is working with Carol Tenopir, who is the principal investigator, and Co-PIs Suzie Allard, Lorraine Normore, and Library Services (IMLS). It intends unexpected, the report confirms that and Vandana Singh. As the project man- to educate six doctoral students as sci- SIS is on solid ground and advancing ager, she is charged with assessing the ence data specialists. Not far behind is the field through its mission and goals. needs of scientists and environmental Carol Tenopir with another IMLS grant A major recent event was the long decision-makers so that her team can which will be used to study return on awaited grand opening of the new quar- best present the most relevant informa- investment in academic libraries. ters for the Center for Children’s and tion. Davis earned her Ph.D. in natural Adding to the list of IMLS awards is Young Adult Literature (CCYAL). Now resource management, the human dimen- Bharat Mehra whose grant will be used housed closer to the school’s main quar- sions of natural resource management to train 16 entry-level rural librarians. ters on the 4th floor of the Communica- from UT’s Forestry Department in 2008. Behind him is Vandana Singh who, in tions Building, the center is fast becom- her first year, obtained two significant ing a showcase among the surrounding SIS advances e-Portfolio option research awards—one from IMLS to office facilities. In entering into its small study and evaluate the pros and cons of reading room you are immediately School faculty have implemented a open source vs. proprietary library auto- engulfed by a swath of cheerful colors pilot project to consider whether students mation software, and the other an NSF on tables and chairs that are comple- should have a third option for graduat- grant targeting cyber-learning. Each of mented by two walls of colorful and ing from the SIS program. The portfolio, these grants names additional SIS and inviting book jackets, spine covers, and which is a presentation of its author’s pro- college-wide faculty as co-investigators poster displays. As you look beyond fessional self, will be a “culminating expe- and collaborators. Finally, to cap off the reading room through an archway, rience” in the SIS program, comparable to these remarkable faculty accomplish- iconic in many children’s fairy tales, the comprehensive examination or thesis. ments please immerse yourself in read- you see a newly designed and brightly The objectives of the portfolio presenta- ing about Carol Tenopir’s latest and colored CCYAL banner whose open tion and defense are to give students an perhaps most prestigious award of her book graphic represents the center’s core opportunity to organize and synthesize career—the ASIST Award of Merit, mission and belief that...“literature is knowledge in specific subject areas, to the association’s highest honor given in essential to the literacy, learning, social, demonstrate that they can solve problems, recognition of lifetime achievements. emotional and aesthetic development of and to establish and defend positions on This fall we have some new visitors young people…” current issues, trends, and problems in and guests at SIS. Please welcome and In closing, let me say that the SIS library and information studies. read about Samir Hamade and Mei- achievements and activities in this Developing a portfolio encourages Ling Wang as visiting scholars. Also, period have been very significant and the student to take a systematic look at joining us this fall is a visiting assistant cause to celebrate, but the challenges the learning experience and professional professor, Jinfang Niu, who comes to the School will face in the near future activities and enables the student to gain a SIS with a newly minted PhD degree are just as significant and challenging, broader perspective to create more specific from the University of Michigan. Dr. particularly as it confronts less than career goals. Niu is teaching one of the required positive continuing economic realities. The e-portfolio is a portfolio that will courses this semester and in future In the months to come there are an include evidence of work in five essential semesters will teach in her specialty abundance of unanswered questions areas: significant teaching or training area that includes digital data storage that must be addressed, including what experience; significant leadership experi- and archiving. new cost effective strategies might be ence; significant practical or service expe- I am also very pleased to note several used for teaching and learning that rience; sustained intellectual argument significant student and alumni accom- maintains the quality of instruction or experience through the creation of a plishments, which I invite you to read and advances the teaching mission of professional-level document or presenta- about on pages 10-14. the school? And, where do we find tion; and significant project or product The School’s accreditation was reaf- additional revenue streams to sup- involving information technologies. firmed by the American Library Asso- port the mission? I ask the readers to Peiling Wang is chairing the ePortfolio ciation at its annual conference in July, ponder these questions and to offer your Committee, which has developed and is which was held in Chicago. Dean Mike thoughts. They will be most welcomed! implementing procedures that are guid- Wirth and I attended the conference to ing her coordination of the pilot program receive the Committee on Accredita- that began this fall. tion’s report and answer questions. Not

Interface | Fall 2009 3 Suzie Allard Kimberly Black Faculty News In mid-September, Suzie Allard Kimberly Black attended the was named the Scholar of the Association for Rural and Small & Publications Week by the University of Ten- Libraries Annual Conference in nessee, Knoxville, Office of Gatlinburg, TN, Sept. 11-13 SIS Welcomes Dr. Niu Research. The Scholar of the and recruited for participants in Week “highlights the work of a faculty the Information Technology The School is pleased to have Dr. Jinfang member at UT Knoxville who is doing out- Rural Librarian Scholarship Program in a Niu join the faculty as a Visiting Assistant Pro- standing work regardless of the field.” session called “The Idea Fair” on Sept. 12. fessor. Jinfang Niu’s research interests include Allard has been awarded nearly $4 million She was a delegate to the 8th IBBY Regional data sharing, for grants on which she is the primary investi- Conference “Children’s Books: Where Worlds archiving, gator or co-investigator. Her research focuses Meet” Oct. 2-4 in St. Charles, Ill. She secondar y on how scientists use and communicate infor- attended the first Conference of the Associa- d a t a u s e , mation in the electronic environment. Allard tion for the Arts of the Present ASAP/1 in digital pres- is a principal investigator for “ScienceLinks2: Knoxville this October where she delivered e r v a t i o n , PhD.” She the related story on page 6. “Black Thought, Expressive Culture and and meta- Allard is also a principal investigator on Mechanisms of Exclusion in Academic data and dig- two other grants. “Increasing Biodiversity Research Library Collections” in a session ital libraries. Information Sources” focuses on provid- “Centrality of Libraries to Centers” on Nov. At SIS, she ing enhanced services and products to the 6, at the 19th Annual Conference of the plans to con- scientists, policy makers, and citizens who Association for Black Culture Centers in duct research use the National Biological Information Cleveland, OH, Nov. 5-8. Infrastructure SAIN web portal. “Scholarly Jinfang Niu on scientists’ incentives to Journal Brands” examines how journal brands Ed Cortez share, manage and archive research data. She are perceived by scientists. Ed Cortez served as a fellow in the is teaching IS510, the Information Environ- See the cover story on her involvement 2009-2010 Southeastern Confer- ment, this fall and will teach IS565, Digital with DataONE, and see page 6 to read more ence Academic Consortium’s Libraries in the spring. about her IMLS grant awards. Academic Leadership Develop- Dr. Niu received her Ph.D. in informa- In 2009, the Association of Library and ment Program this past October. tion science in May from the University of Information Science Educators initiated the The program was designed to hone adminis- Michigan. While there, she researched data ALISE Academy and tapped Allard to develop trative and leadership skills through on- sharing and secondary data use, including and lead a workshop for doctoral candidates campus discussions and conferences. documenting evaluation models for social and early career faculty, entitled “Launching Cortez moderated the Information Orga- science data, causes of delays in depositing the Research Agenda.” Based on the feedback nization Ethics Conference at the University research data, mechanisms to reduce the of participants, she has been asked to reprise of Wisconsin, Milwaukee last May. delays, and incentive mechanisms for social that workshop for the 2010 Academy. Last August, he presented “Building scientists to share research data. Allard currently serves on the board of Bridges: Connecting the Soul and Spirit of Before obtaining her Ph.D., she was a directors of the Networked Digital Library LIS Education in Developing Countries” in librarian at the Tsinghua University Library of Theses and Dissertations, a nonprofit Milan, Italy, at the Library and Information in Beijing. There, she worked in cataloging organization that promotes scholarship in the Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and digital libraries. She participated in the electronic environment by supporting digital and Assembly. Coauthors include Bharat EMANI project in collaboration with Cornell library development and encouraging young Mehra, Suzie Allard, and Luisa Vigo Cepeda. University Libraries, the Gottingen State scholars to gain the skills needed to best use With the same co-authors, he also presented and University Library in Germany, and the the electronic environment to promote learn- “Developing an Intercultural Leadership Orsyell Library in France to preserve rare ing and innovation. Toolkit for LIS Education.” mathematic books. She also participated in Cortez was the recipient of the college’s the metadata design, system development, Dania Bilal Bud Minkel International/Intercultural and usability tests of the Tsinghua Univer- Professor Bilal has been appointed Award given in April 2009. sity Architecture Digital Library, which was to a 3-year term on the UT Press Rachel Fleming-May a project for digitizing, disseminating, and Editorial Board. She has been Rachel Fleming-May and Lisa preserving the architecture drawings of a selected by ASIST SIG Cabinet Yuro had an article published in famous Chinese architect. She participated as the new Chair for the ASIST Portal: Libraries and the Academy. in the mapping and automatic conversion of Information Seeking and Use “From Student to Scholar: The CNMARC records into USMARC records Special Interest Group Awards Committee for Academic Library and Social and in the revision of the China Thesauri, 2010. She has several articles and projects in Sciences PhD Students’ Transfor- which is the national standard of China. She progress, including a Web-based survey to mation.” She is working on a project follow- earned both her MLS and BLS in Library collect data about the Information and Tech- ing up on her findings. Studies from Wuhan University in China. nology Needs of Children with Autism. Last April, she was invited to lead a work-

4 College of Communication & Information | School of Information Sciences shop at the Alabama Library Association Ref- Singh on the grant, “Increasing Biodiversity Peiling Wang erence and Adult Services Roundtable Annual Information Sources (IBIS): Technical Assis- Peiling Wang was promoted to Conference Program: “Renewing your tance and Support for Delivery and Technol- Professor this last August. The Involvement with the Reference Interview: ogy Transfer.” The IBIS team is developing Xiamen University Library a Workshop to Inspire Inviting, Informative a Web space within the National Biological Director invited Wang to Chi- Encounters with Patrons.” Information Infrastructure (NBII) Southern na’s Xiamen University Library Appalachian Information Node’s (SAIN) Bharat Mehra last March to collaborate and website that will incorporate sources related assist them in developing user-centered design Bharat Mehra is this year’s recipi- to climate change, bioenergy, and aquatic of information systems. She also led a work- ent of the School’s new Out- resources in the southeast. shop entitled “Research of Information Users standing Assistant Professor of in the Digital Age.” the Year award, which recognizes Vandana Singh Over the summer she worked with a team an assistant professor who dem- Vandana Singh was named the led by Vice Provost Sarah Gardial to prepare onstrates excellence in research Scholar of the Week today by an NSF grant proposal for ADVANCE: as well as excellence in teaching and/or service. UT’s Office of Research. The Increasing the Participation and Advance- See page 6 to learn more about Mehra’s Scholar of the Week “highlights ment of Women in Academic Science and IMLS funded grant that has him recruiting the work of a faculty member Engineering Careers. rural librarians. at UT Knoxville who is doing She chaired the ePortfolio Committee He has two articles in the ALA Edi- outstanding work regardless of the field.” to develop and implement procedures and tions publication, Service Learning: Linking See page 6 to learn about Singh’s Early coordinate pilot of the SIS ePortfolio project. Library Education and Practice. The first is “A Career Grant from the Institute of Museum Next spring, she will teach a doctoral course Road Map for Integrating Socially Relevant and Library Services to conduct research on CI 615 Perspectives on Communication and Research Projects into a Required Library and comparing open source software technical Information Knowledge and Research II. Information Science Course: From a Service support with proprietary software support. She submitted the final report to IMLS on Model to Community Engagement.” the grant “Modeling Web Searching Behav- The second article, co-authored with Carol Tenopir iors and Designing New Effective Interactions former SIS assistant professor Robert San- 2009 has been a good year for for Digital Libraries Associate.” dusky, is “LIS Students as Community Partners Carol Tenopir. In addition to in Elective Courses: Applying Community- her ASIST Award of Merit (see Cindy Welch page 8), she has also been Based Action Research to Meet the Needs of Cindy Welch gave a presenta- awarded a string of grants from Underserved Populations.” tion at this year’s Tennessee NSF, IMLS, and USGS (see At the upcoming ALISE conference in Library Association annual page 6)—and several grants are still pending. January, Mehra, Black, Singh, and doctoral conference. “Top Ten Tips for Tenopir’s travel schedule has been typi- student Shu-Yueh Lee will present their paper, Energizing YA Book Discus- cally busy. She spoke at the International “Collaborations between LIS Education and sion Groups” was a Dave Let- Conference on Academic Libraries in Delhi, Rural Libraries in East Tennessee: Improving terman-style countdown pre- India, this past October. Before that in Librarian Technology Literacy and Manage- sentation that included tips such as “feed them England, she presented “Journal Brands and ment Training.” Mehra will also lead a panel, and they will come,” “extra credit isn’t cheat- Attributes: What’s Important to Readers?” co-authored with SIS student, Hannah Parris, ing,” and “they come for you, their peers, and at the 2nd international meeting of the Asso- entitled, “Open Source Software Collabora- then the books!” Early this summer, she con- ciation of Learned and Professional Society tions in Tennessee’s Regional Library System: ducted training sessions for Knox County Publishers. This July in Glasgow, Scotland, A Website Analysis.” Schools, which focused on book discussion she presented “Electronic Publication: The Finally, Mehra is an invited panelist at groups for grades 3-5 and 6-12. Narrowing of Science and Scholarship?” at Expanding the Circle: Creating an Inclu- She also attended board meetings for the the 11th Fiesole Collection Development sive Environment in Higher Education for Young Adult Library Services Association Retreat. In May, she was in Prague presenting LGBTQ Students and Studies next February at the ALA annual conference this summer. “Measuring Value and Journal Article Reading in San Francisco where he will present “Bring- Welch conducted two workshops for the Patterns: Changes Over Time,” at INFO- ing Research out of the Closet: Libraries, Center for Children’s and Young Adult Lit- RUM and the month before in Madrid, she Librarians, and LGBTQ Collections.” erature on “The Best of The Best, So Far” presented “Investment in the Library: What’s for books published in 2009. Welch also Lorraine Normore the Return?” at a conference organized by the conducted an invited session at this year’s Lorraine Normore presented a Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. fall TASL conference, entitled “Ten Tips for poster, “Opinions on the use She recently announced that she is going Running Your 7-12th Grade Media Center.” and value of social tagging,” to scale back her Library Journal “Online The session played to about 50 attendees, who the product of a collaboration Databases” column to just five per year (down cooperatively built a list of best practices for between her and Brandy Blay- from 10 per year), in addition to the annual working in a middle or senior high school lock (SIS ’09) at the ASIST Database Marketplace. Also, the column, which media center. annual meeting in Vancouver this November. she has written for an unprecedented 27 years, Normore is working with Allard and will focus on covering e-content conferences.

Interface | Fall 2009 5 at the frontiers of computer and informa- the Watauga Regional Library, and tion science and cyberinfrastructure with Nolichucky Regional Library are regional Research News research and development to drive the partners. leading edge forward.” @ SIS Singh continues research on open @ source software Vandana Singh is the principal inves- Faculty Secure National tigator on another IMLS grant for Grant Awards $321,178. “Technical Support for Inte- Allard’s team will recruit doctoral grated Library Systems’ Comparison of IS faculty have been extremely students from information, communica- Open Source and Proprietary Software” productive this past year, and their tion and science backgrounds, with an will compare the level of technical sup- efforts developing grant propos- emphasis on those from minority popula- port required by open-source integrated Sals are paying off. Three SIS faculty tions. The faculty team will provide them library systems (the computer systems members—Drs. Suzie Allard, Bharat with mentoring, financial support, and used to acquire, manage, and circulate Mehra, and Vandana Singh—have been a focused doctoral education, and coor- library materials) and the off-the-shelf, awarded grant awards from the Institute dinate mentored research experiences in proprietary versions of these systems. This of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) world-class science institutions and major research project seeks to better inform totaling over $1.6 million for the next science data initiatives. Carol Tenopir librarians about the maintenance and four years. These Laura Bush 21st Cen- and CCI Professor Sally McMillan are management costs associated with one of tury Librarian Program awards support Co-PIs. College of Communication and the key tools they use to serve the public. projects that are designed to recruit and Information faculty mentors include: educate the next generation of librarians Drs. Ben Bates, Karen Hilyard, Lorraine NSF grant to support cyberlearning and faculty members, to compare and Normore, Vandana Singh, Lu Tang, and improve the technology tools that librar- Vandana Singh is the principal inves- Peiling Wang. Thura Mack (SIS ’86) will ians use daily, and to shore up technologi- tigator for a National Science Founda- be the library coordinator for the project. cal expertise of regional library leaders. tion grant project entitled, “Identifying ScienceLinks2 builds on two previ- Practices and Tools to Promote New- ous science information initiatives at the comer Participation in 2 School: the IMLS-sponsored project Sci- Cyberlearning Envi- ence Links (a master’s program completed ronments.” This is a 2 in 2008) and NSF’s DataONE (see cover Allard leads ScienceLinks : collaborative project story). recruiting 6 doctoral students with Aditya Johri of Virginia Polytech- Suzie Allard is the principal investiga- Grant to boost rural librarianship tor of the ScienceLinks2 grant, which was nic Institute and State awarded $711,727 to build curriculum, IMLS awarded Bharat Mehra a University. Together, they provide mentoring, and support the grant that targets lagging information are studying technologies and practices research agendas of six doctoral students technology literacy in Tennessee’s rural that successfully promote newcomer par- who will become educators of the next Southern and Central Appalachians. ticipation in cyberlearning environments. generation of science data and information “Rural Library Professionals as Change st SIS faculty team builds access to specialists. “ScienceLinks2 PhD: Linking Agents in the 21 Century: Integrating climate change Education and Science to Develop the Information Technology Competencies in Southern and Central Appalachian Next Generation of Educators for Sci- Carol Tenopir is the principal inves- Region” is a $567,660 grant that will gift ence Librarians and Data, Information tigator for a United States Geological full scholarships to 16 rural librarians. and Communication” bridges a knowl- Survey (USGS) project, which will help Mehra and co-PIs Kimberly Black and edge gap that exists to educate science users access and retrieve Vandana Singh are collaborating with librarians who are increasingly needed data in the areas of cli- a team of regional library directors to to “provide reliable digital preservation, mate change, bioenergy, offer students coursework tailored for a access, integration, and analysis capabili- and aquatic resources in specialization in information technology ties for science and/or engineering data. the southeast. The IBIS and rural librarianship. The program also seeks to anticipate and team is developing a Web space within the Clinch-Powell Regional Library, adapt to changes in technologies and in National Biological Information Infra- Sevier County Public Library System, user needs and expectations, and “engage structure (NBII) Southern Appalachian

6 College of Communication & Information | School of Information Sciences Information Node’s (SAIN) website that will incorporate highly relevant source Environmental Informatics Samuel Lazerow Memorial materials. Expert Teaches Course Lectures Come to an End Suzie Allard, Lorraine Normore, Vandana Singh, and Graduate Research IS relies on lecturers to help teach its he School has hosted the dis- Assistant Amber Conger are co-principal graduate students and to bring real- tinguished Samuel Lazerow investigators on the grant, “Increasing world experience into the classroom. Memorial Lectures since 2004. Biodiversity Information Sources (IBIS): SFor the past two summers, Mike Frame, TOver the summer the School learned Technical Assistance and Support for the Deputy Center Director for the Center that Thomson Reuters decided to dis- Delivery and Technology Transfer.” for Biological Informatics at the USGS continue their support for this lecture Working in collaboration with NBII, and Director of Research and Technology series, which had been supported by the SIS researchers will develop taxono- for the National Biological Information the Institute for Scientific Information, mies, conduct user testing, and develop Infrastructure (http://www.NBII.gov), has now part of Thomson Reuters. instructional materials and other infor- taught a course in Environmental Infor- But, as fate would have it, Peiling mation content to meet the needs of matics. This summer, he had five students Wang had already invited the next environmental scientists who rely on data from the University of São Paulo enrolled Lazerow speaker, and then thanks to the about the environment. in the class from three different locations generosity of Dr. Eugene Garfield, the in Brazil. founder of the Institute for Scientific Normore to guide USGS project “It was great to see the SIS and Brazil- Information (ISI), the School was able ian students answering each other’s ques- to offer one last lecture, co-sponsored Lorraine Normore is the principal tions and sharing resources,” said Frame. by the Eugene Garfield Foundation. Dr. investigator for a USGS Southern Appala- “And though language issues sometimes Garfield established this Distinguished chian Information Node contract, which encouraged some students to text chat Lecture Series to honor the memory will focus her research on issues related rather than by speaking, everyone was very of Samuel Lazerow, who was an out- to providing biological data resources supportive of each other and got a lot out standing librarian, administrator, and for USGS target audiences within the of each others’ involvement in the course,” pioneer in library automation. Thank region. She will have IT assistance and the says Frame. you, Eugene Garfield. support of a graduate research assistant Several prominent bioinformatics Past speakers include notable during the project. experts, including SIS Advisory Board researchers who should be familiar to member (SIS ’98) Lisa Zolly, made pre- LIS communities: Carol Kuhlthau, Tenopir studies return on investment sentations to the class. Zolly discussed bio- Tefko Saracevic, Christine Borgman, Professor Carol Tenopir has been logical metadata standards (i.e. the Dublin Marcia Bates, awarded a $1 million grant by IMLS for a Core, Darwin Core, and Thesauri), particu- and Michael project that addresses academic librarians’ larly as they relate to biological content. Buckland. growing needs to demonstrate the return The course was designed to discuss This year, on investment and value of the library to the applications of information science the School their respective institutions. The project, practices, policies, and knowledge as they was pleased entitled “Value, Outcomes, and Return relate to the interdisciplinary field of envi- to introduce on Investment of Academic Libraries,” ronmental informatics. Peter Ingw- will help guide library management in the Another guest lecturer, Dr. Pedro e r s e n , a n redirection of library funds to important Correa, from the University of São Paulo internation- products and services for the future. Electrical/Computer Engineering Depart- ally-known Peter Ingwersen In order to remain relevant and central ment, lectured on modeling in environ- scholar whose to the academic mission, says Tenopir, mental informatics. research areas delve into information academic librarians need to demonstrate The University of Tennessee recently retrieval and evaluation, including the value that the academic library pro- signed a memorandum of Understanding informetrics. vides to the campus community. This with the University of São Paulo, which Dr. Ingwersen, a Professor at the can be done through proven methods of in part encouraged this joint activity. This Royal School of Library and Informa- measurement to determine where their effort has also been furthered through tion Science in Denmark, delivered the efforts should be concentrated and how the USGS involvement with UT in the lecture entitled “Research Frameworks funding should be allocated. Lib-Value National Biological Infrastructure and the for Information Retrieval and User will provide evidence and a set of tested Inter-american Biodiversity Information Behaviors.” methodologies and tools to assist aca- Network (http://www.IABIN.net). demic librarians in these areas.

Interface | Fall 2009 7 Carol Tenopir Honored with 2009 ASIST Award of Merit

arol Tenopir has been awarded research on scholarly publishing dozens of major awards with Donald W. King began in since she earned her response to the misunderstandings CPh.D. 25 years ago. This month, between scholarly publishers and the American Society for Informa- librarians about each others’ costs and tion Science and Technology (ASIST) processes. Both need factual information awarded Tenopir its prestigious Award of to help them make decisions. Tenopir’s Merit, the organization’s highest honor, gift to the debate over scholarly publish- given annually to “an individual who has ing is appreciated by authorities on both made a noteworthy contribution to the sides of the aisle. field of information science, including the expression of new ideas, the creation of new devices, the development of better “No publisher, librarian, Carol Tenopir receives Award of Merit techniques, and outstanding service to or analyst questions her work . the profession of information science.” literature, such as her monthly column Tenopir, a Chancellor’s Professor at As far as I’m concerned, on “Online Databases” in Library Journal. UT, has received national awards for Carol Tenopir’s work on Her column has had a following since it began in 1982. When people think of teaching and research excellence from electronic publishing is the the Association for Library and Infor- Tennessee’s School of Information Sci- mation Science Education, the National last word on the subject ”. ences, they think of Carol Tenopir.” Federation of Abstracting and Indexing A publisher supporting Tenopir’s Services, the International Information Merit Award nomination noted that “Her Industry, and the Council for Interna- Highly focused and able to compre- studies have been unique in bringing an tional Exchange of Scholars. hend the fundamental nature of mul- evidence-based rigor to an area that has Tenopir has been a researcher, teacher, tiple disciplines, Tenopir has a knack for long been fraught with misinformation and contributor to the information sci- visualizing larger contexts and bringing and controversy. Her exhaustive stud- ence profession for almost three decades. together individuals representing diverg- ies and their publication have been an A major study of information science ing backgrounds to work together. If inspiration to all those who seek better to scholarship recently found Tenopir to be any expression could size up her talents understand how scholarly journals have the most frequently cited researcher in it would be “team builder.” Tenopir cre- been used and the role they perform for the field and ranked her first in terms of ates bridges that cross multiple chasms: academics. Her book with Don King, scholarly productivity. She has authored between research and practice; practice Towards Electronic Journals, still provides five books and over 200 journal articles and commerce; evaluation and practice; the most complete survey of the use, and has made presentations in more and data and decision. usefulness, economic modeling, price than 18 countries. Her research, with a “No publisher, librarian, or analyst development, and future prospects for strong user focus, covers the evolution questions her work,” says Dick Hill, journal publishing. Her studies on the and development of databases, online sys- President of ASIST, an organization that behavioral patterns of academics in their tems and searching, and, more recently, represents thousands of scientists in over approach to the electronic literature have scholarly communications on a broad 40 disciplines and which presented her lain to rest many misperceptions.” scale. This work places her in a unique with its Award of Merit. “As far as I’m con- Tenopir has been most successful in position to effectively bridge the research cerned, Carol Tenopir’s work on electronic involving a large number of faculty and and practice communities. publishing is the last word on the subject,” students in major research projects, giving “Everyone appreciates that she approaches them an opportunity to develop research Building communication bridges her research—that sometimes has contro- skills and knowledge that immediately contribute to their personal and profes- For 30 years, Tenopir has made it versial implications—with no bias.” Dean of UT Libraries Barbara Dewey sional growth. her business to understand the nuances A table of national awards on page 15 of scientific communications, informa- similarly expresses her admiration for Tenopir’s contributions: “Carol has been demonstrates the national reach of many tion seeking behavior in general, and a SIS faculty. scholar’s use of journals in particular. Her highly visible for many years, partly due to her willingness to write in the general — Joel Southern

8 College of Communication & Information | School of Information Sciences DataOne, continued from page 1 Bruce Wilson of the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and SIS shares enthusiasm Mike Wirth, Dean of the College of about his involvement in DataONE. Communication and Information, called “This project has already been a fantastic the project “the Star Trek of informa- opportunity for collaboration between tion science,” and said UT’s inclusion ORNL and UT SIS,” said Wilson. “We’ve in it reflects the cutting-edge research in come together nicely as a team to build information science that’s being done on the proposal and to plan the initial stages campus. of the project, and I really appreciate that DataONE is focused on learning how we’ve got both professional respect and scientists from many domains gather and A map of the Internet showing data friendship. We’ve also identified a number label their data and then developing tools, networks | Source: Internet Mapping Project of other ways to collaborate in digital such as software that allows scientists to archive research, the education of the next more easily access, interpret, and use each mental problems.” This working group generation of information scientists, and other’s data. Maribeth Manoff, Associate is co-lead by Tenopir and Mike Frame. in the education of the next generation Professor at UT Libraries and co-inves- of scientists about managing their data.” tigator and co-leader with Allard on the Global Relevance ORNL researchers involved in the Socio-cultural Issues Working Group, DataONE project include: Bruce Wilson, similarly emphasized the importance of The DataONE team will also study John Cobb, Robert Cook, and UT SIS the project to interdisciplinary work. “A how a vast digital data network can be alumna Line Pouchard (SIS ’98). Also central tenet of the DataONE project,” kept safe and how it can be accessed into involved is former SIS faculty member Manoff stated, “is strong support for the future so that scientists can continue Robert Sandusky, now at the University collaboration between of a large group to use the data and get credit for the work of Illinois in Chicago. of diverse partners including library and they’ve done. The team also must help SIS Director Ed Cortez expressed information scientists…. We at the UT determine data standards, the best tools the significance of SIS’s involvement in Libraries are excited to be included in this for using data, where such a data network DataONE: “The influence of the School groundbreaking effort, building on the will be kept, and who is responsible for it. of Information Science on this project,” strong partnership between the library One research objective is to create a Cortez stated, “is a testament to the and SIS and extending the collabora- set of exemplar national and global data research genius of our faculty. Their keen tion across UT, ORNL, and institutions research infrastructure organizations insights into national cyberinfrastructure world-wide.” that provide unique opportunities to and usability challenges are profound and DataONE is a comprehensive project communities of researchers to advance are respected by their peers.” that spans a wide range of activities. The science and/or engineering research and — Joel Southern Cyberinfrastructure Cluster is concerned learning. Also envisioned is that new types with building a robust cyberinfrastructure of organizations will integrate library and DataONE partners include: by addressing issues such as distributed archival sciences, cyberinfrastructure, storage, cyber-security, interoperability, computer and information sciences, and and scientific workflows. The Commu- domain science expertise. nity Engagement and Outreach Cluster Bill Michener of the University of focuses on community engagement and New Mexico, who is Principal Investiga- education, citizen science and outreach, tor for DataONE, iterated the impor- usability and assessment, long-term tance of the interdisciplinary exchange sustainability and governance, and socio- which DataONE will enable. At an SIS cultural barriers to data sharing and Research Fortum last April he asserted preservation. The Usability and Assess- that “In order to answer the questions we ment Working Group is conducting a have today and tomorrow, we need access baseline assessment of stakeholders to to lots of different kinds of data in order learn current practices regarding manage- to understand the patterns and processes ment, preservation, and the data lifecycle. that exist, to make adequate forecasts, The end result, Tenopir said, will be “a and to attempt to mitigate the problems framework that allows scientists to make that exist.” This research, said Michener, better use of the data that’s being gathered will have profound implications for the worldwide to solve the world’s environ- preservation and use of data.

Interface | Fall 2009 9 many books before readers may view Incoming Students, them, before they may be digitized, and Fall 2009 Student News before they are sent to the Conservation Department for treatment. My 95 New students previous training in SIS dealt 26 On-campus with extracting content from 69 Distance Education (DE) information containers—it was very useful and different Location to see how curators care for the 64 from Tennessee containers themselves. 18 from Virginia JS: What was your best 3 from Georgia experience working at the Folger Library? 3 from Arkansas Incoming class larger than normal 2 from West Virginia SC: The whole experience was very 1 each from Alabama, Kentucky, The School of Information Sciences positive. The staff at the Folger are very South Carolina, Pennsylvania, admitted 95 students this fall, up from enthusiastic about the work that they Washington 67 students in fall 2008. And for the do, and they are so happy to share their first time ever, the school chose to admit knowledge with anyone. That openness Gender more distance education students than about what they do and how they do it 80 Females on-campus students in order to accom- was one of the best things about working 15 Males – 21%, down 3% from modate the strong demand for our DE with them. Needless to say, I learned a lot 2008 program. Nearly two thirds or 155 out of just from being around such knowledge- 222 SIS students now study at a distance. able and generous people! AGE The experience I learned the most 25 are younger than age 25 Sarah Copeland interns at Folger from was inventorying the curatorial 31 are age 25 to 29 Shakespeare Library files for the First Folio of Shakespeare. The Folger owns 81 copies of the First 22 are age 30 to 39 Over the summer, second-year stu- Folio, which is one of the most studied 12 are age 40 to 49 dent Sarah Copeland worked in a coveted textual objects in the history of printing 5 are age 50 and over internship at the Folger Shakespeare in England. It is also one of the most well Library, located on Capitol Hill in Wash- documented. The curatorial files contain Average age is 31 ington, D.C. The library is the world’s collation information, variants, prov- Youngest student is 21 largest and finest collection of Shake- enance, and (most interestingly) acquisi- Oldest student is 60 speare materials and major collections of tion information. It was very interesting rare Renaissance books, manuscripts, and to comb through these files of newspaper Race works of art. She worked with the Curator clippings, letters between booksellers, and 1 African American of Books, Steven Galbraith. Sarah agreed other bits of paper associated with these 3 Asian/Island Pacificer to share with me some observations from storied volumes. 91 White/Caucasian her experience. JS: So, what did you learn there? It was a crash course in collecting rare books, as well as an interesting window GPA SC: The most important thing I into the personality of Henry Clay Folger, Average undergraduate GPA: 3 .51 learned was how curatorship differs from the businessman who collected the rare 31 had previous graduate degrees librarianship. Just like the Latin would volumes at the core of the Folger Library’s Average graduate GPA: 3 .72 suggest, curators are charged with caring book collection. The detailed documenta- for the books, so they are very interested tion also provided a model for how cura- GRE in books as objects (binding, paper, type- torial files should be constructed—few are Average percentile: 56 .3% face, provenance, and so on) and have as thorough as the files associated with the Lowest: 11 .7% far fewer opportunities to work with the First Folio of Shakespeare. Highest: 92 .0% information contained within the book. I th Readers can contact Sarah with 41 students made above the 50 spent a lot of time learning how to evalu- questions at [email protected]. percentile (out of the 61 who took ate the condition of books, which is one Another SIS student, Andrew Sulavik, the test) of the primary responsibilities of curators. also did a practicum with the Folger Average GRE scores: Because of the rarity of many objects in Library in fall 2008. about 1142/4 .3 the collection, curators must evaluate

10 College of Communication & Information | School of Information Sciences Students take field trip and explore Viars awarded GLA award Sulavik receives scholarship Nashville libraries The Georgia Library Association hon- Andy Sulavik was awarded a full schol- With the support of the School, ored first-year student Karen Viars with arship to attend the 50th annual preconfer- three student chapters of professional the Blackwell Academic Award at the ence of the Rare Books and Manuscripts organizations—the Society of American GLA conference on October 8. She pre- Section of the Association of College and Archivists, Spe- sented her winning paper, “Instructional Research Libraries, a division of the ALA. cial Libraries Design in Aca- The conference entitled “Seas of Change: A s s o c i a t i o n , demic Libraries: Navigating the Cultural and Institutional and Tennessee Implications Contexts of Special Collections” was held Library Asso- for the Future,” in Charlottesville, Virginia, last June. ciation—spon- which she origi- sored a field trip nally wrote for Canipe receives scholarship for 17 students SIS Lecturer Last May, the Society for Scholarly to Nashville Barbara Dew- Publishing awarded Michelle Reed Canipe this September ey’s Academic a grant to attend SSP’s annual meeting in 10. The busy Libraries class. Baltimore. Canipe met with professionals day began with She was also from EBSCO, JSTOR, CrossRef, and tours of the art honored with a NISO and was “fascinated by the interac- and botanical SIS students take a field trip to Nashville to explore cash award. libraries and meet information professionals. tion between libraries at the publishers, Cheekwood Botanical Gardens. After vendors, and a lunch enjoyed on the picturesque Conger receives multiple librarians.” grounds, students toured various agen- scholarships “I believe cies at the Tennessee State Library and Amber Conger represented the UT so strongly Archives. A blend of new and seasoned ALA chapter for the Student-to-Staff that librar- students attended, along with a strong conference internship program at the ians should showing from the CenTN student ALA annual conference in Chicago last be active in cohort. Students expanded their knowl- Michelle Canipe stands with July. She interned as a program monitor this com- Will Wakeling of SSP. edge of information agencies within Ten- for PLA sessions in exchange for free m u n i t y,” nessee, while also learning about valuable conference registration, a $200 stipend, said Michelle. “The dialogue between practicum opportunities. The student and five nights of lodging. these groups is essential to the continued organizations look forward to building Amber also received the Edwin success of each, and it seems to be too on the success of this trip in the future. S. Gleaves scholarship from TLA last often neglected by the majority of profes- – Sarah Copeland. spring, which includes a $1500 award. sionals working in the field.” Amber, in addition to three other SIS The Society offers a unique opportu- Graduate diversity enhancement students­—Bethany Farmer, Sarah Cope- nity for librarians, publishers, vendors, fellowship land, and David Green—received TLA and others dedicated to scholarly pub- First year student Stephanie Darnell conference internships for the annual lishing to meet and discuss their mutual was awarded a 2009 Graduate Diversity meeting last April. interests and goals. Enhancement Fellowship by the UT Graduate School. The $15,000 stipend Students receive VLA scholarships Caldwell presents poster at MLA Southern Chapter provides financial support to first-time Four SIS students were awarded graduate students demonstrating signifi- VLA Foundation Grants to attend the Catherine Brooke Caldwell presented cant potential to contribute to the educa- Virginia Library Association annual a poster at the Southern Chapter of the tional mission of the Graduate School by conference this fall in Williamsburg, Va: Medical Library Association confer- presenting one or more of a wide range of Carrie Dos Santos, Lauren Russell, Nikki ence on Oct 28-Nov 1. Alisa Breece diverse attributes. This fellowship benefits Bhumarom-Gilbert, and Valerie Jopeck. nee Greene collaborated on the poster, students from different educational and which demonstrates a Faculty Publication social backgrounds who have different Citation Database she is working on at life experiences, perspectives, and goals. Preston Medical Library.

Interface | Fall 2009 11 Alumni President’s Corner SIS Alumni Board 2009 – 2010 Members-at-Large By Tiffani Conner, President, President: Tiffani Conner Mary Bartolini (through 2010) SIS Alumni Board VP/President-Elect: Bill Stevens Wendy Cornelisen (through 2011) Past-President: Tiffani Conner Jodie Gambill (through 2011) h e S I S Secretary: Meredith Goins Susan Jennings (through 2010) A l u m n i Board has Texperienced many The changes to the Alumni Board shifts and changes awards and events are significant to all over the past year. graduates. The 2008-09 Board unani- SIS As with any orga- mously agreed to expand and define two Tiffani Conner nization there come awards, the Distinguished Alumni Award Alumni Awards times when house cleaning is in order and the Innovator’s Award. and the 2008-09 Board dealt with many The first award has been in place of these issues. Our goal in addressing since 2002, and the Board voted to Nominations are encouraged a long needed redux of our bylaws was require recipients of this award to have for the 2010 Distinguished to address the changes that have been at least 10 years of professional service in Alumni Award. evolving with the Board over time. These our field. The Innovator’s Award is our changes include the mentoring program, newest award and is meant to recognize This award honors an officer changes and position vacancies, newer graduates (at least 2 years out) alumnus or alumna who broadening of events, and technological who are doing remarkable work early in graduated at least ten advancements. their career. Our hope is to recognize and years previously and During the 2008-09 academic year, appreciate our colleagues who are movers who demonstrates a the Alumni Board modified the bylaws and shakers as well as distinguished pro- meritorious career based significantly. Most of these changes were fessionals. on service, teaching, put into effect to clarify actions in the The Board also voted to recognize the and/or scholarship . event of unexpected changes. The changes Board’s two popular events as the Fall ranged from simple clean-up of wording, and Spring events, allowing the Board adding two new Articles (VII and VIII), a greater level of engagement with stu- Nominations are encouraged renumbering two others (Articles IX dents and faculty. In an attempt to ignite for the 2010 Innovator’s and X), and moving the date for Board a greater partnership and networking Award. nominations back one month (Article opportunities with students, the Board IV, Section 2), to significant recognition felt that broadening our events would This award honors an alumnus or of officially assigning the SIS Director as increase opportunities and allow us to alumna who graduated at least two ex-officio member of the Board (Article design more creative activities. years earlier and who demonstrates V), redefining and clarifying officer duties The year ahead looks exciting and innovation in the field of library and (Article IV, Section 4), and recognition of full of potential. We partnered with the information sciences through cutting events and awards (Articles VII and VIII). Student Affairs Committee to host the edge activities, forward thinking, lead- The 2008-09 Alumni Board officers SIS Fall Picnic at Tyson Park on October ing trends, or reinventing a traditional diligently worked to develop more inclu- 24th. The Board is now working on plans service . sive ways to join mentors and protégés, for the Spring event, Alumni & Friends allowing for more networking opportu- Day. The Board is developing a truly The next award will be announced at nities and the use of Web 2.0 technolo- exciting program for next March 27. the 2010 Alumni & Friends Day . For gies hoping to increase the connection Make sure you mark the date and see the award criteria, visit http://www sis. . alumni and students experience. Related back page for details. We invite all alums, utk edu/alumni/distinguishedalumni. is the current discussion of developing an faculty and students to join us in all of Alumni Blog, an idea generated by Nata- our events so that we can make this year lie Clewell (Class of 2007), which will be a memorable outreach and networking Submit your nominations by Jan. 4: hosted by SIS and contributed to by SIS opportunity. alumni. Watch for a call for volunteers http://www.sis.utk.edu/alumni- later in the year. award-nominations

12 College of Communication & Information | School of Information Sciences gia. Susan Jennings is an assistant profes- Clark takes reins of CCYAL sor at the Appalachian State University The Center for Children’s and Young Alumni News Belk Library in Boone, NC. Adult Literature (CCYAL) has a new The ALA Emerging Leaders pro- Murray Browne publishes book part-time director. Alumnus Miranda gram is a leadership development pro- Clark (SIS S I S a l u m n u s gram which enables newer library work- ’97), who is Murray Browne (SIS ers from across the country to participate not sched- ’98) has published a in problem-solving work groups, to uled to start new book, The Book network with peers, to gain an inside her position Shopper: A Life in look into ALA structure, and to have an until January, Review. Browne says opportunity to serve the profession in a has wasted no that the idea for the leadership capacity. It puts participants time ensuring book was born over on the fast track to ALA committee vol- the smooth 10 years ago as part unteerism, as well as other professional physical relo- of a project he started library-related organizations. Miranda Bridges Clark cation of the in Dr. Carol Tenopir’s center and planning a wildly successful Information Industry class. You can read Yan Zhang becomes assistant Open House on November 2. more about the book at thebookshop- professor Clark has been a lecturer at SIS since per.org which links to Browne’s blog, a Yan Zhang (SIS ’04) is a new assis- 2004 and a CCYAL board member since Media Resources page, the publisher and tant professor at the University of Texas 2003. She was the graduate teaching assis- a Library Resources page. On his blog, iSchool. Zhang studies people’s psycho- tant to Jinx Watson in 1995 and went on http://thebookshopper.typepad.com, logical processes when interacting with to become the founding librarian at the you’ll see a reference to retired Associate information retrieval systems. She is Episcopal School of Knoxville. Professor Bill Robinson, along with Dr. completing her dissertation, “People’s “I am thrilled to take the center into Robinson’s review of The Book Shopper. Construction of Mental Models of an its second decade and help facilitate the “The Book Shopper is like a great indy Information-rich Web Space” at the transition into its new home in the Com- bookstore... you never know what you’re University of North Carolina School of munications Bldg,” she said. “This is a going to find. It’s chocked full of quirky Information and Library Science. Zhang wonderful first step for the center.” stories and recommendations, and the has received awards from IBM and has While engaged in the day to day proprietor is friendly, smart, and loves published her work in journals such as operations of the center, Clark is also his books.” — Daren Wang Executive JASIST, Information Processing & Manage- brainstorming strategies to expand the Director, Decatur Book Festival. ment, and D-Lib. She will teach classes in use of the examination collection to the information architecture and understand- Librarian of the Year award university and larger community. ing and serving users. “We have relied heavily on our Jennifer Carless received the Librarian fabulous volunteer Board of Directors, of the Year award from the Keiser Uni- Teresa Welsh gains tenure which has stewarded the center with a versity Library in Orlando, Florida this Dr. Teresa S. Welsh (SIS ’93) has steady hand for its first 10 years,” says fall. Carless is the director of the campus been awarded tenure and promoted to Clark. “They are truly the heart of the library at Keiser University, a system with associate professor at the University of operation.” 15 locations. She was also honored with Southern Mississippi School of Library And while hers is the first paid staff the Extraordinary Contribution Award, and Information Science. She is the position for the center beyond GTA which is the library system’s highest Assistant Director of the Katrina Research support, Clark’s stipend is for merely an honor. Center Repository there. Welsh received 1/8 time position. One of the immedi- both her MS and Ph.D. (CCI ’02) from ate goals of this position is to expand SIS grads among ALA Emerging UT. She says, “I treasure what I learned this position to a half-time or a full-time Leaders there as well as the profs who mentored position. Keep your eye on http://www.sis.utk. The American Library Association has me, particularly Drs. Tenopir, Whitney, edu/ccyal to learn more about upcoming selected two SIS alumni for its Emerging Pemberton, and Robinson.” authors the center will host this spring, Leaders Class of 2010. Susan Jennings including Gary Paulsen, Deborah Wiles, (SIS ’07) and Natalie Clewell (SIS ’07). and Deborah Ellis. Clewell is a librarian at West Georgia Technical College in Douglasville, Geor-

Interface | Fall 2009 13 2005 Class Chris Durman is a music librarian for public Notes Cl ass Notes services at the UT Libraries in Knoxville. Update your Record: Iris Godwin is a technical services librarian www.sis.utk.edu/alumni/directory/update and dental, nursing and allied health subject librarian at the Oregon Institute of Technol- ogy in Klamath Falls, Ore. 1973 1998 Michael Schneider is a librarian at the Min- Franciel Linares Betty Stewart is a teacher with the Duval is a group leader on the Infor- nesota School of Business in Elk River, MN. County Public Schools in Jacksonville, Fla. mation Management and Technology team at International Associates, Inc. in Oak Ridge. Katherine Stepp is a media coordinator at 1975 South View High School in Hope Mills, NC. 2000 Carole Working is the principal at Quince Marques Stewart is an IT associate with Orchard High School with the Montgomery Meredith Goins is a research associate at Achievement First in Brooklyn, NY. County Public Schools in Columbia, Md. Oak Ridge Associated Universities in Oak Ridge, Tenn. 2006 1977 Anthony Smith is the director of Digital Initia- Rachel Kirkland is a librarian at Weems Melissa Fearing Hasbrouck is a systems tives, Resources, and Services at the University Elementary School in Manassas Park, Va. administrator with the Mercer County of Miami in Homestead, Fla. Library System in Lawrenceville, NJ. Jim Malone is Information Services Librarian 2001 at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. 1981 This fall he was interviewed by Quatar Radio. Debby Andreadis is the assistant director Richard Steele is a librarian with the US In 2007, he was the library director at the for Education and Research Services at the American University of Afghanistan. Environmental Protection Agency in Boulder Howard Doane Library at Denison University City, Nevada. in Granville, Ohio. Cara Moffett is a librarian at South College Asheville in Burnsville, N.C. 1989 2002 2007 Tracy Krieg McCowan is the library direc- Louis Morgan is an assistant professor and tor of the World Mission University in Los librarian for Public Service and Learning at Natalie Clewell is a librarian at the Douglas Angeles. Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn. Campus of West Georgia Technical College in Douglasville, GA. 1992 Brittany Witte is a librarian at West Valley Middle School in Knoxville. Susan Jennings is the lead librarian for desk David Bunnell is the director of Institutional services and assistant professor with Belk Effectiveness at Griffin Technical College in 2003 Library at Appalachian State University in Griffin, Ga. Rhonda Grimsley is a library media special- Boone, N.C. 1993 ist at John F. Kennedy Middle School in 2008 Chesapeake, Va. Elizabeth Coxe is an information and training Karen Brunsting is the curator of visual manager for the Louisiana Legislative Auditor 2004 resources at Rhodes College in Memphis. in Baton Rouge, La. Deborah Babb is an electronic services Russell Campbell is an information tech- 1996 librarian at Christian Brothers University in nology specialist with True North Custom Memphis. John Palmer is the assistant director of South- Publishing in Chattanooga, Tenn. western Assemblies of God University in Tiffani Conner is an extended sites librarian Alison Connor is an IT analyst at UT Knox- Waxahachie, Tx. at Lincoln Memorial University in Harriman. ville. 1997 Fred Rascoe is a systems librarian at the April Knepp accepted a position working for Arnold Engineering Development Center Tim Henderson is the director of digital pro- Library Associates Companies after working Technical Library in Tullahoma, Tenn. grams at Humanities Tennessee in Nashville. at the United States Agency for International Michelle Wyatt is a library assistant at North- Development (USAID) in Washington, D.C. Danielle Knowles is an associate support spe- east State Community College in Jonesbor- She was a technical services librarian in the cialist with SirsiDynix in Huntsville, Al. ough, Tenn. Knowledge Services Center responsible for collection development, acquisitions, refer- ence, and other small special library duties.

14 College of Communication & Information | School of Information Sciences Anya McKinney is a reference librarian at South College in Knoxville. National Awards of SIS Faculty Linn Monahan is a records specialist with Source One Management, Inc. in Morgan- 1971 — Present town, WV. Jackie Porter is a school media specialist/ Association of Library and Information Science Education librarian at Fulton High School in Knoxville. Teaching Excellence Award, Dania Bilal, 2007 Kevin Reynolds is an assistant university Miles Conrad Award, National Federation of Abstracting and librarian for learning and access services at the Indexing Services, Carol Tenopir, 2006 University of the South in Winchester, Tenn. Outstanding Information Science Teacher, American Society Christi Underdown is an assistant cataloger for Information Science & Technology, Peiling Wang, 2005 for the Center for Popular Music in Nashville. 2009 OCLC/ALISE Research Grant Award, Association for Library and Information Science Education, Peiling Wang, 2005 Laurel Durham is a library media specialist at Sevierville Primary School in Knoxville. Lifetime Achievement Award, International Information Industry Awards, Carol Tenopir, 2004 Jason Ezell is the director of QEP in informa- tion literacy/assistant professor of English at SIG-of-the-Year Award, American Society for Information Science Lincoln Memorial University in Harriman. and Technology (ASIST), Dania Bilal, 2003 Sabra Jennings is a reference librarian at the Excellence in Association Publications award, American Society University of Texas at Tyler in Tyler, Tx. of Association Executives, Carol Tenopir, 2002, 2003 Matthew Lighthart is a library manager with James M . Cretsos Leadership Award, American Society for the Virginia Beach Public Libraries in Virginia Information Science and Technology (ASIST), Suzie Allard, 2002 Beach, Va. Research in Information Science Award, American Society for Amy Love is a reference librarian at the Ashe County Public Library in West Jefferson, NC. Information Science and Technology (ASIST), Carol Tenopir, 2002 Debbie Valine is an assessment analyst with Award for Excellence in Teaching, Association of Library UT Libraries in Knoxville. and Information Science Education (ALISE), Carol Tenopir, 2000 Sarah Wright is a technical information Induction into African-American Hall of Fame, John Tyson, 1994 specialist with Information International Associates in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Distinguished Service Award . Black Caucus of ALA, John Tyson, 1992 Julie Wyatt is a library associate with the Bedford Public Library System in Moneta, Va. Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award, Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Gretchen Whitney, 1999 Inducted as Fellow of ARMA International, Mike Pemberton, 1998 In Memoriam Britt Literary Award, Records Management Quarterly, Mike Pemberton, 1994-95, 1989-90 Betty Henderson (SIS ’83) died of cancer in October. She was a cataloger at Ingram. Doctoral Forum Award, American Society for Information Science Previously, she was a cataloger at Vanderbilt and Technology, Peiling Wang, 1994 University and Tennessee Tech libraries. Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award, American Society for Information Science/Institute for Scientific Information Anita L. Dotson (SIS ’97) (ASIST/ISI), Carol Tenopir, 1993 ASIST Research Award, Jose-Marie Griffiths, 1990 ALA Knowledge Industry Publication Award, Gary Purcell, 1985 AASL Achievement Award, Glenn E . Estes, 1979

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SIS Alumni & Friends Day | March 27, 2010

Practical Information Seeking Experiences

ome and listen to a panel of work- Soliciting proposals from SIS alumni: Cing information professionals and SIS alumni tell stories about how their patrons The SIS Alumni Board is looking for a few speakers to and colleagues find, share, and access comprise a panel of speakers who want to share their everyday information . Included will be tips information seeking experiences at Alumni & Friends Day for a successful reference interview, how to make your 2010 . Interested alumni should email Joel Southern an resources more usable, and the ongoing debate about abstract of their talk at jsouthern@utk edu. by January 4 . Google & Wikipedia vs . authoritative sources . The winning abstracts will be selected by the SIS Alumni Dr . Carol Tenopir will be the keynote speaker and will Board and SIS faculty by mid-January . discuss her ongoing research on how faculty and stu- dents look for, find, read, and use scholarly articles . What: Alumni & Friends Day 2010

Where: UT Visitor’s Center (2712 Neyland Dr) When: March 27, 2010, 1-4pm http://www .sis .utk .edu/alumni