S y r a c u s e U n i v e r s i t y Fall 2008 l VOL. 10, NO. 2
School of Information Studies The Original I n f o r m a t i o n S c h oo l
Innovation at the iSchool Entrepreneurial thinking unites the interdisciplinary iSchool community
Margaret D. Spillett, editor
ntrepreneurship has played a dominant role in shaping Ameri can history and driving the national economy, and American universities have provided a fertileE environment for innovative ideas to take root and grow. Here at Syracuse University, Chancellor Nancy Cantor has described the campus as “a place where creative exchanges occur easily across disciplines and colleges” and where students “have been given real, entre preneurial opportunities in settings where students with diverse interests from diverse backgrounds can ‘mix it up.’” The School of Information Studies, grounded in interdisciplinary study and prob lem solving, supports entrepreneurial activ ity on many levels. Innovation occurs in our partnerships with community organizations and local business owners, how we teach our courses, and our bleeding-edge research. The iSchool faculty, students, and alumni Professors Lee McKnight and Craig Watters work with students in the Wireless Grids Lab, where students spur economic growth through their business access emerging technologies not yet on the market, including McKnight’s new wireless grids software, Innovaticus.
ventures and through their research that paves “Americans in big numbers iSchool community urged the way for new technologies and manage ment processes. are looking to entrepreneurs to ‘unleash its creativity to Needed Now More than Ever to rally the economy.” A new study by the Ewing Marion Kauff increase its impact’ man Foundation reports that Americans see — Carl Schramm, president and CEO entrepreneurship as the answer to the current of the Kauffman Foundation Margaret D. Spillett, editor financial crisis. “Americans in big numbers are looking to entrepreneurs to rally the economy,” In her 2006 speech, “Universities and Their he School of Information Studies officially began its 2008-09 said Carl Schramm, president and chief execu Connected Communities: Creating Capital for academic year with its annual Fall Convocation ceremony tive officer of the Kauffman Foundation, in an the Future,” Chancellor Cantor describes the September 12 in Heroy Auditorium. Dean Elizabeth D. Liddy October 1 release. “More than 70 percent of great contributions private universities make opened the event with a welcome to the faculty, staff, and voters say the health of the economy depends to economic growth and competitiveness. “Our Ph.TD. students and then introduced Associate Chancellor and Provost Eric on the success of entrepreneurs, and a full 80 definition of ‘capital’ must be stretched to percent want to see the government use its include the cultural and social capital of trust F. Spina, who delivered the keynote address. resources to actively encourage entrepreneur ing networks of peoples, ideas, and cultures that “It’s very exciting to be in the midst of what amounts to a harmonic ship in America.” are bound to invigorate the new economy,” she convergence of intellectual ferment and unity of purpose directed Additionally, many experts believe that said. “Scholarship in Action serves us all well— toward bringing our great strengths to bear on the greatest challenges in the 21st-century global economy with campus and community alike—as it sparks an facing the world,” Spina said. “In fact, that pretty much captures the many manufacturing jobs being sent over entrepreneurial attitude that invites diverse essence of SU’s vision, Scholarship in Action.” seas, America can remain the stronghold of the participants to pool ideas creatively. Such ‘com knowledge economy through its universities and munities of experts’—some scholars, some Spina went on to list a series of accomplishments and new research innovation. Jeff Bussgang of Businessweek.com practitioners, some citizens, some students— partnerships that the University and the iSchool were involved in over predicted that America’s greatest export will seem especially well suited to address the most the past year. He acknowledged the role new Dean Liz Liddy has had in be entrepreneurism, and noted that many pressing concerns of our shifting economies and advancing the school since her appointment last spring. international innovators have been educated environments.” The “i” in iSchool stands for much more than information, Spina said. in the United States. The 2008 edition of the It is important to note that entrepreneur It also stands for: World Knowledge Competitiveness Index ranks ship does not just mean running a business, the United States in the top spot; and although but rather it is thinking of new and innovative l Interdisciplinary—shown through the multidisciplinary nature other nations are gaining ground, some organi ways to offer products and services to patrons, of the school’s faculty and programs as well as the cross-campus zations, like the Kauffman Foundation, believe says Associate Provost for Entrepreneurship collaborations and the importance of IT to every other field American universities can help the country and Innovation and iSchool Professor Bruce continued on page 5 secure this historic strength. continued on page 8 f a l l 2 0 0 8 Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies Ho2 me Page
Inside this Issue Feature Articles Innovation at the iSchool 1 2008 Fall Convocation 1 Creating new breed of Share with us your information professional 5 Five decades of fervor 6 HindSights Bernard named director of executive education 7 trust you enjoyed our last celebratory internships or hire students with the expertise Library students create Home Page, which centered on our very that they learn in the iSchool. The quality of strategic plans 12 ’ n a e D exciting iOpening, with photos of many our student body is very impressive, and I was Students create digital library of our new spaces. While we continue pleased to be able to award 16 Scholarships for in Costa Rica 13 toI be exhilarated by the lovely environs in which Graduate Leadership this fall to ensure that the iSchool awards 16 Graduate we work, we have a few more embellishments best and the brightest are able to join us. Leadership Scholarships 20 to Hinds Hall, which you’ll read all about in our In addition to focusing on our everyday life next issue — but just a hint now. One is the in the school, I’ve been thinking that it would be School News addition of an Innovation Studio on the ground great to hear stories from our alumni of what Dean’s Column 2 floor, which will enable studio-based methods your education and time here with us have led Faculty Column 3 of teaching and learning that promote collabora- you to. In fact, I think we should call these remi- Faculty News 3 tion, idea generation, and rapid prototype devel- niscences as HindSights, given our location in iSchool News Briefs 4
s opment for student and faculty team projects. Hinds Hall. What I’m thinking of is how we can Student News 10 The second is a partnership with colleagues in recognize the significance today of an event or New Faces in Hinds Hall 16 the College of Visual and Performing Arts on learning from years ago, that was not clear to us Student Profiles C Designing the Information Space: The Windows then. For many of us, it was a particular course Project — a design competition that will result or professor who had a lasting impact, and either robert Sherman 11
u l o in the selection of one or more commissioned knowingly or unknowingly influenced our career raed Sharif 17 site-specific art pieces for the iSchool by students paths, or perhaps a fellow student who years Alumni News to be permanently installed in the Hinds Hall later re-emerged in a network of professional window wells on the ground floor, which right associates and opened new doors for you. Barb From the Director 14 now are raw grey concrete. So stay tuned. Settel, director of alumni relations and annual Class Notes 14 For now, we are back to a more regular giving, and I would love to learn from your Alumnus Profile
m academic routine, with our classes filled with HindSights, so please share. We hope to feature michael Librizzi 15 the largest enrollment we have ever had — a HindSights in future editions of our Home Page Development Forum 18 60 percent increase at the masters’ level. Our newsletter. I look forward to hearing from you, n List of Donors 19 students are so aware of the significance and and to hopefully seeing many of you at our centrality of what they’ve chosen to major in as various alumni events around the country. undergrads or graduate students, that it makes all our courses and student events quite stimulating and expectant. Not only do our students realize
this, but so do employers, and again this year we S y r a c u s e U n i v e r s i t y have been fortunate to welcome many, many Elizabeth D. Liddy recruiters to campus who are looking to offer Dean PAGE School of Information Studies T h e O r igi n a l I n f o r m a tio n S c h ool
Home Page is published twice a year by the School of Information Studies, Hinds Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY 13244, 315-443-2911; ischool.syr.edu; [email protected] Elizabeth D. Liddy, Dean Executive Editor: Barbara Settel G’73, G’76 [email protected] Editor: Margaret D. Spillett, [email protected] Contributing Writers: Leah M. Galka G’09 Pradnya Khadapkar G’10 Tracy Twombly ’09 Timeka N. Williams ’10 Design and Production: Kiefer Creative Photography: John Dowling Alyse French ’10 Susan Kahn Steve Sartori Margaret D. Spillett Alumni share their experiences with iSchool community during 2008 Homecoming Address submissions to: This year, the iSchool’s annual Homecoming Alumni Panel featured (clockwise) Diego Martinez G’06 Margaret D. Spillett, 229 Hinds Hall, TNM, manager at the National Bureau of Asian Research in Seattle; Zane Williams ’04, G’05 IM, a senior Syracuse NY 13244; [email protected]. risk advisor at Ernst and Young in New York City; David Harrison G’07 LIS, a market research analyst at Dawnbreaker Inc. in Rochester, N.Y.; Theresa Mason ’06, a systems administrator for sales and service at Honeywell (formerly Hand Held Products) in Skaneateles Fall, N.Y.; and Ryan Scherer ’06, a programmer at Wegmans Food Markets Inc. in Rochester, N.Y. Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies f a l l 2 0 0 8 Ho3 me Page
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Professor rejoins ‘faculty of one’ y t l u c a
Steven Sawyer
n August 2008, I joined the faculty of Syracuse that has allowed me to spend more than University’s School of Information Studies as 15 years studying software developers, an associate professor. It is a great privilege to more than a decade with real estate join such a dynamic group of scholars. To do so agents, and nearly eight years with at a premier iSchool that is part of such as spec police and other public-safety officers. I tacular University is a rare honor. It is also a Now, I’ve begun to explore two more homecoming: I’m joining for the second time. areas of work undergoing great change: How did this happen? It started in 1994 coaches and scientists. While different, when I joined the iSchool as an assistant professor. Then, in 1999 I both are facing tremendous changes as left to help start Penn State’s iSchool (now College) of Information new digital technologies enter their plac Sciences and Technology. My five years of faculty experience at es of work. Both areas are also passions: Syracuse had convinced me that the model of collegiality, inter- I am a scientist and in my past I was a disciplinarity, the synthesis of scholarship and education, and the competitive rower and U.S. National N focus on the nexus of information, technology, and people was Rowing Team coach.
worth “exporting” to colleagues at other places. Starting a school Third, I bring an enthusiasm for e is uncommon work: heady and difficult. Translating the collegial collaboration. This extends from my Steven Sawyer
ity embodied in Syracuse’s “faculty of one” concept, the value of colleagues at the iSchool through to fac S W inter-disciplinarity, and the commitment to be both a scholar and ulty in Sports Management, Maxwell, an educator is demanding work. In the nine years of building Penn and other places on campus. I’m keen State, I realized that I missed what I was trying to share. to work with our superb doctoral students, and to encourage our In the time I was away the iSchool grew, expanding both its many outstanding undergraduate and master’s students to consider intellectual depth and educational breadth. Many more great fac a scholarly path for their career.
ulty members joined. Superb students continued to enliven the Fourth, I’ll bring my research into the classroom. My courses are classroom with their interests and enthusiasm. New facilities—like designed around constructivist learning: cases, open-ended prob & Hinds Hall and research centers—opened. And, the soul of the lems. Class with me combines doing these problems with examples iSchool—its commitment to people-centered technologies and the and issues from current industry mixed up in a very “heads-in” roles that information play in our lives—stayed true. How could I experience. V not want to be part of this? So, I did not come “back;” I had the Find out for yourself: come visit my class to find out, stop by my chance to join a great place, again! office to chat, or send an e-mail to begin a conversation. It is great What do I bring? First, and perhaps obviously, I am committed to be here, again! e i to the school’s tradition of scholarly excellence, educational enthusi asm, and collegiality. Second, my scholarship complements current Steven Sawyer is an associate professor with a strong interdisciplinary
and emerging strengths. My research explores—empirically and background. He holds a B.S. in Marine Transportation from the United S W theoretically—the changing nature of work. In particular, I focus on States Merchant Marine Academy, an M.S. in Ocean Engineering from how knowledge work is evolving as new information and communi the University of Rhode Island, and an M.S. in Management Information cation technologies enter the workplace. Systems and a D.B.A. in Management Information Systems from Boston My approach is to get deeply involved with workers who are University. taking on new technologies. I’ve been fortunate to garner funding
Bob Benjamin, profes- Derrick L. Cogburn, Stockholm; and with B. Addom at the 2008 sor of practice, delivered a associate professor, has American Political Science Association conference. paper at the International been elected president Cogburn will also teach a new course Federation for Information of the American Political on distributed collaboration and emerging Processing Congress in Science Association’s technologies for 11 students from the telecom- Milan, Services Science Information Technology munications and network management; infor- Track, Sept. 6-10. The and Politics section. mation management; library and information Bob Benjamin paper, “Explaining the Derrick L. Cogburn has also science; and instructional design, development, Evolving Web: Mixing Cogburn been awarded a two-year, and evaluation programs. Technology with Pleasure,” will be published $12,000 Enitiative grant; a in Industry Oriented Conference-Services Science, $50,000 JPMorgan Chase phase II collaboration Kevin Crowston, Springer Press, late in 2008. The paper was grant; and a pending $50,000 Sloan grant. professor, has written a co-authored by Benjamin; R. Wigand, University He published “Teaching Globalization, book chapter on “Internet of Arkansas; and J. Birkland, iSchool graduate Globally: A 7-Year Case Study of South Africa- Genres” to be published in student. U.S. Virtual Teams” in Information Technologies the Encyclopedia of Library Benjamin, Wigand, and Birkland also co- and International Development (ITID) with N. and Information Sciences, authored “Web 2.0 and Beyond: Implications Levinson. He also authored a book chapter in the M.J. Bates (Ed.). for Electronic Commerce,” which was presented Taylor and Francis Group’s Routledge Handbook of Kevin Crowston Crowston presented by Wigand at the International Conference Internet Politics as well as two conference papers: with M.J. Scialdone, N. Li, on Electronic Commerce, Innsbruck, Austria, with F. Espinoza and D. James at the International J. Howison, and R. Heckman “Group Maintenance Aug. 18-22. The paper will be published in the Association for Media and Communication in Technology-Supported Distributed Teams” in Conference Proceedings. Research 2008 conference, July 20-25 in Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings, f a l l 2 0 0 8 Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies Ho4 me Page
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Anaheim, Calif., Aug. 9-13; with J. Howison He presented a poster with Q. Li, R. Heckman, manager. She and her co-author, I. Guzman, and A. Wiggins “Opportunities for eScience E. Allen, U. Y. Eseryel, J. Howison, and A. Wiggins also presented their paper, “Get to Know Your Research on Free/Libre Open Source Software” on “Asynchronous Decision-Making in Distributed IT Professionals.” and “Replication of FLOSS Research as eResearch” Teams” at the Conference on Computer- Also at AMCIS 2008, Guzman and Kaarst- in Proceedings of the Oxford e-Research 08 Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Brown co-chaired the first mini-track on “IT Conference, Oxford, England, Sept. 11-13; with San Diego, Nov. 8–12. Culture and Values in Organizations and J. Howison and A. Wiggins “Social Dynamics Society” and hosted an open discussion of of FLOSS Team Communication Across Michelle Kaarst-Brown, associate IT-related cultural issues. The track will be held Channels” and “eResearch Workflows for professor, presented a paper co-authored with again at AMCIS 2009 in San Francisco. Guzman Studying Free and Open Source Software I. Guzman at the 6th bi-annual International and Kaarst-Brown encourage authors to submit Development” in Proceedings of the IFIP 2.13 Conference on Cultural Attitudes Toward papers for consideration. Kaarst-Brown can be Working Conference on Open Source Software Technology and Communication (CATaC) reached at [email protected]. (OSS2008), Milan, Italy, Sept. 7–10. held June 24-27 in Nimes, France. The paper, Two of Crowston’s papers have recently “Decisions, Decisions: Ethnography or Mixed- Bruce Kingma, associ- been accepted for presentation and publication Method Approaches to Study Cultural Issues in IS ate provost and profes- in Proceedings of the International Conference Research?” debates the challenges cultural research- sor, presented with K. on Information Systems (ICIS 2008). He will be ers face in balancing time, access, and resources. Schisa “The Economics of publishing with H. Annabi and R. Heckman In August, Kaarst-Brown co-facilitated the Learner-Centered Online “Depicting What Really Matters: Using Episodes MISQ Executive Writer’s Workshop at AMCIS Education” on Aug. 14 to Study Latent Phenomenon”; and with Q. Li, 2008 in Toronto. Kaarst-Brown is on the edito- as part of the eLearning R. Heckman, E. Allen, U. Y. Eseryel, and J. Howison rial board for MISQ Executive, a professional Bruce Kingma discussion group session “Decision-Making Paths in Self-Organizing journal that publishes high-quality research at the World Library Distributed Teams.” papers written for the senior level business and Information Congress: 74th International Federation of Library Association and Institutions (IFLA) General Conference and Council in Quebec City. The theme of the iSchool News Briefs conference was “Libraries Without Borders: Navigating Towards Global Understanding.” Prof. Arnone receives third NLG grant Lavender has taught courses on archives and preserva- Marilyn P. Arnone, research associate professor, recently tion, and his research focuses on the preservation of cultural R. David Lankes, received her third National Leadership Grant (NLG) from heritage. The workshops were co-sponsored by the iSchool associate professor and the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support and Gaylord Brothers as part of SU’s South Side Initiative. Information Institute of the S.O.S. for Information Literacy project. Syracuse executive direc- This newest grant, “A Demonstrated Project to Prof. McKnight’s Wireless Grids Corp. tor, was appointed to the Update Standards for 21st Century Librarians,” will be named one of Network World’s Nine Institute of Museum and used to update the system to address new American Wireless Companies to Watch Library Services’ Task Force Association of School Librarians standards. She will address Professor Lee McKnight’s company, Wireless Grids R. David Lankes on 21st Century Skills for these new standards within the current system, retrofit Corporation of Syracuse, has been named to Network Libraries and Museums. hundreds of existing lessons within the database, provide World’s ‘Nine Wireless Companies to Watch.’ This is the He also presented a paper at the Oxford virtual training on integrating the new standards, and latest in a series of recognitions the company has received e-Research ’08 Conference at Oxford expand the content level standards to the state level. for its new product, Innovaticus. University. The paper, “Cyberinfrastructure In July, his company received a $75,000 Grant for Facilitators: New Approaches to Information Prof. Cogburn awarded Growth award from the Metropolitan Development Professionals for e-Research,” was co-authored two-year NSF grant Association of Syracuse and Central New York Inc. to by Lankes, D. Cogburn, M. Oakleaf, and Associate Professor Derrick L. Cogburn was awarded support the development of Innovaticus. His product is J. Stanton. The paper is available online for a two-year $199,927 grant by the National Science expected to create three new jobs and generate $5 million Oxford University Research Archive. Foundation to support an interdisciplinary project titled, in revenue. Lankes was also a consultant to the “VOSS: Developing a Comparative Meta-Analytical Model MacArthur Foundation on the topic of the for Evaluating and Facilitating Accessible CI-Enabled Virtual Prof. Qin named a fellow Future of Libraries and was part of the project Organizations.” at prestigious Chinese institute team funded by the MacArthur Foundation to Cogburn, the director of Center for Research on Associate Professor Jian Qin was named the first research plan for Reference Extract, a credible search Collaboratories and Technology Enhanced Learning fellow at the International Collaborative Academy of engine built on the work of librarians. Communities (COTELCO), will head the project with pro- Library and Information Science (ICALIS) at Wuhan In addition, Lankes has made the following fessors from across Syracuse University. The project will University—home to the top ranked information manage- presentations: “If They Build It They Will Come,” encompass four phases and will examine 10 sample virtual ment program in China. Rethinking Access to Information IFLA Satellite organizations in order to build a meta-analytical model. During her four-year appointment, Qin will work Conference in Boston; “Theory Meets Practice: with Chuanfu Chen, dean of the School of Information Educators and Directors Talk,” Reference Prof. Lavender assists in preserving Management at Wuhan University and executive direc- Renaissance Conference in Denver; “The Black history in Syracuse tor of ICALIS, and other faculty and doctoral students Dewey-Level Shift,” WiLSWorld Conference This Fall, iSchool Professor Kenneth Lavender presented at Wuhan on a research project entitled “The Info-Tech in Madison, Wis.; “Participatory Librarianship two workshops on collecting and preserving the history of Impact on Scientific Communication and Collaboration.” Update,” ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, Black people in Syracuse. Qin will lead the yearlong project that will investigate Calif.; “Social Networking and Reference,” The first workshop was geared toward organiza- the impact of information technology on scientific commu- Reinvented Reference 4: Emerging Technologies tions and institutions and explained the basics of archival nication and collaboration from socio-behavioral, organiza- for Reference Services (an ALA pre-conference) arrangements. The second workshop focused on how tional, and use perspectives. l in Anaheim, Calif.; “You Are the Future of individuals and families can preserve their historical family Libraries: No Pressure,” Path to the Future, a collections. Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies f a l l 2 0 0 8 Ho5 me Page
University of Maryland Libraries Speaker Series in College Park, Md.; “Same Old Story: Everything is Different,” Metro Spring Conference in Brooklyn, iSchool team receives an NSF grant to create N.Y.; and “LIS and the Ivy League,” Cornell University Libraries in Ithaca, N.Y. ‘new breed of information professional’
Margaret D. Spillett, editor Nancy McCracken, research associ- ate professor, received a Certificate of Award biologist studying the way chemotherapy inter says. “Our proposal hopes to define the education and acts with a tumor at the cellular level works training of a new breed of information professionals for a Best Paper at a conference in Poland. years to develop the expertise needed to assess called CI-facilitators. These individuals will ensure that McCracken presented the paper, “A Cluster- those changes. Meanwhile, advances in tech researchers in the science, technology, engineering, and Based Classification Approach to Semantic Anology that enable the biologist to store, retrieve, manipu mathematics (STEM) disciplines can utilize the large- Role Labeling,” at the Twenty First International late, and analyze the large amounts of data she collects are scale datasets, images, databases, and other information Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other developing at a rate faster than she can keep up. collections they need to advance their work.” Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems Likewise, international researchers working in The team will design an educational program at the Switzerland on the world’s largest and most advanced graduate and undergraduate levels that will teach a set of (IEA/AIE-2008) held in Wroclaw, Poland, particle physics lab, CERN, need to send new data, focused skills, knowledge, and capabilities. This program June 18-20. The paper was co-authored by access their previous research, and collaborate with col will include current courses, new courses, internships, tech McCracken, K. Mehrotra, and N. Ozgenzil. leagues back in their home countries. But again, their nical training, and a variety of other learning modules. expertise is not in developing the technical infrastruc These students will graduate knowing how to: Lee McKnight, associ- ture to ensure this process happens smoothly. l assess and identify socio-technical needs l ate professor, presented Who are the experts? Researchers at the iSchool are set up technology/collaborative tools and facil hoping to define this new group of workers that they’re itate their use to the World Bank and calling cyberinfrastructure facilitators, or CI facilitators. l archive results of work Brazilian Ministry of Science Funded by a two-year, $244,000 grant from the National l act as the catalyst between researcher and and Technology on Science Foundation’s Office of CyberInfrastructure, the technologies needed to facilitate the research “Wireless Grids in Regional iSchool team will investigate “CI-Facilitators: Information process Innovation Ecosystems” in Architects across the STEM Disciplines.” The team is The iSchool researchers believe this skill set will Lee McKnight Brasilia, Brazil, Oct. 21. headed by Associate Dean for Research Jeff Stanton, Dean shorten the time it takes to achieve a goal in the STEM Elizabeth D. Liddy, SU Chief Information Officer and disciplines. “We see CI-facilitators excelling in the three He presented his Professor Paul Gandel, and professors Derrick L. Cogburn, ‘I’s’ —information, infrastructure, and improvisation,” paper, “The Future of the Internet is Not the R. David Lankes, and Megan Oakleaf. Stanton says. “They will have the research skills to dis Internet,” at TPRC’s 36th Research Conference “The rapid pace in the development of information cover the needs of information users and will be able to on Communication, Information, and Internet infrastructure implies that only individuals who dedicate adapt available technology to satisfy those needs.” l Policy in Arlington, Va., Sept. 26-28. their professional lives to it can truly keep up,” Stanton Also attending from the iSchool were pro- fessors M. Garcia-Murillo and M. Mueller; recent graduate Y.J. Park, now of Delft University; and doctoral candidate B. Kuerbis — all of whom also presented at the conference. Convocation McKnight was a respondent at the continued from page 1 American Political Science Association’s l Inclusive—rooted in the iSchool’s philosophy that access to information Annual Meeting, Aug. 28- Sept. 1, for a panel is key to democratizing society on “Global Multistakeholder Networked l Indefatigable—overcoming barriers of space and time through the Convergence for ICT Policy,” in Boston. iSchool’s adoption of pioneering distance-learning courses and programs l Innovation—the iSchool’s commitment to combining invention with Milton Mueller, professor and inspiration Convergence Center director, was invited to l Impact—including the “truly exemplary work” being done by iSchool speak at the Cornell University Information faculty and students Science Colloquium Nov. 19. The topic of his “This is all inspiring and important, and I know there’s more where that talk was “Internet Addressing and Routing: came from,” Spina said. “I urge you to unleash your creativity to increase the The New Flashpoint for Global Internet iSchool’s impact.” Governance.” Following Spina’s remarks Dean Liddy congratulated the faculty and Ph.D. students share some refreshments and some Leading commentators discussed the laughs with Prof. Barbara Kwasnik at the 2008 Fall staff on a successful previous year and challenged them to continue to press future of ICANN at a United Nations Internet Convocation in Heroy Lobby. forward in the coming academic year. Governance Forum workshop organized by During the ceremony, Liddy awarded Assistant Professor Carsten the Internet Governance Project (http://inter- Oesterlund the 2008 Robert I. Benjamin Junior Faculty Award. The award recognizes a junior faculty netgovernance.org). The workshop was part of member who has made significant contributions to the iSchool and has demonstrated excellence and the annual meeting of the Internet Governance originality in research. Oesterlund’s research interests include distributed and virtual work, organizational Forum in Hyderabad, India. learning and knowledge, communication practices, and medical informatics. He received an engraved Mueller gave his inaugural address on “The glass sculpture, and will also have his named engraved on the Robert I. Benjamin Junior Faculty Award Future of Freedom on the Internet: Security, plaque, which will be displayed in the iSchool lounge. Privacy, and Global Governance” at the Liddy also recognized a few staff and faculty members who celebrated anniversaries with the Technology University of Delft, Oct. 17. The University, including: paper, “Disrupting Global Governance: The l Susan Bonzi, Director of Instructional Quality and Associate Professor, 25 years Internet Whois Service, ICANN, and Privacy,” l Joan Laskowski, Administrative Specialist, Information Institute of Syracuse, 25 years authored by Mueller and Ph.D. candidate l Scott Bernard, Director of Executive Education and Professor of Practice, 10 years M. Chango, was accepted for publication by the l Peggy Brown, Director of Instructional Design, 10 years Journal of Information Technology and Politics. l Milton Mueller, Professor and Director of Convergence Center, 10 years l Carsten Oesterlund, Assistant Professor, 5 years continued on page 6 f a l l 2 0 0 8 Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies Ho6 me Page
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Mueller was a featured speaker at the EU Association Annual Conference in Columbus, Qin presented a paper on the epistemologi- Presidency Conference on “The Internet of Ohio, and “Evidence-Based Bridge Building: cal analysis of social and controlled semantics at Things” in Nice, France, Oct. 6. K-16 Partnerships for First-Year Student the conference organized by the International Success” at the Academic Library Association of Society for Knowledge Organization, which was Megan Oakleaf, Ohio Annual Conference in Wilmington, Ohio. held in Montreal in August. Later in August, assistant professor, co- Oakleaf was the primary speaker at the she attended the NSF Curriculum, Course, authored “Evidence vs. 8th Annual Augustana Information Literacy in and Laboratory Improvement PI meeting and Anecdote: Using Syllabi to Academic Libraries Workshop at the University reported on the Science Data Literacy proj- Plan Curriculum-Integrated of Alberta (Augustana Campus). She deliv- ect in a poster. Qin gave a presentation on Information Literacy ered a talk entitled “Considering Assessment: “Folksonomies and Taxonomies: Where the Instruction” in College Evaluating Student Learning and Informing Two Can Meet” at a workshop co-organized Megan Oakleaf and Research Libraries in Evidence Based Decisions Using Rubrics and by the Networked Knowledge Organization November 2008. Performance Measures” to academic librarians Systems and CENDI, an interagency working At the Library Assessment Conference from the United States and Canada. group of senior scientific and technical informa- hosted by the Association of Research Libraries, tion managers from 13 U.S. federal agencies. Oakleaf presented a paper, “Assessment Cycle Jian Qin, associate pro- At the International Conference on or Circular File: Do Academic Librarians Use fessor, was invited by the Dublin Core and Metadata Applications in Information Literacy Assessment Data?”, spoke University Carlos III, Madrid, late September, Qin and doctoral students on two panels, “Covering Assessment in LIS for a two-week visit in May. M. Chen and X. Liu presented their new Education” and “The New ACRL Institute for She gave presentations research project at the plenary session. The Information Literacy Immersion Institute Track: on metadata research to project used a combination of natural language Assessment in Action,” and delivered a post- local libraries and informa- processing, machine techniques, and Google conference workshop, “Getting Started with Jian Qin tion groups and to the application programming interface search Learning Outcomes Assessment: Purposes, faculty and students at the results to extract tag relations. Practical Options, & Impact.” Department of Library and Information Science. Qin is also a co-author of the new book, Oakleaf and P. Owen, adjunct professor, In May, she was also invited by the Chinese Metadata, which was published in June by Neal- presented “Using Evidence to Bridge the 12-13 Academy of Science Library to give a lecture on Schuman. Gap” at the Ohio Educational Library Media ontology design and application.
Five decades of fervor Timeka N. Williams, contributing writer ily time and travel. “My wife and I can now During his time at the iSchool, Gibbons enjoy more time together and with our five has taught 12 different courses, including IST hat began as a childhood children and their families,” Gibbons says. 614 Management Principles for Information fascination that compelled “We’re looking forward to what’s ahead.” Professionals and IST 233 Introduction to a young boy from Buffalo, Gibbons’s intended retirement marks Computer Networking. He has been a pio New York, to build his first the second major shift in his career, the first neer in online education, having researched radio at age 11 has devel being his move from a corporate executive online learning delivery options for the school opedW into what Professor Bill Gibbons—now position at Verizon to the teaching arena in in the 1990s and then developed an animated all grown up—considers a fulfilling career. 1991. The change was one Gibbons says he’d graphical learning environment with then- After more than 50 years in the telecommuni been leaning toward since his first boss sug undergraduate student Adam Rubin within cations field, the iSchool professor of practice gested he make long-term plans about where Palace, a precursor to today’s SecondLife. says it’s time to move on to the next stage he wanted to go in his career. “I had oppor Gibbons has also played an active role of his life—a stage he says will include fam tunities to teach during my time at Verizon in the life of the iSchool, and has served on and found I really liked it,” Gibbons says. “I numerous committees. He has sat on several liked sharing ideas and being able to field search committees, including the commit questions and look at things in a different tee that selected former dean Raymond F. way. I was able to couple it with my radio von Dran. Gibbons was also instrumental in background, and it’s been a great journey at establishing a 3-credit study group for iSchool SU for 14 years.” students interested in earning certifications Before he joined the iSchool faculty in through the Center for Business Information 1994, Gibbons, an executive at Verizon, aided Technologies. in the development of a master’s degree in Throughout his career at the iSchool, telecommunications program at the State Gibbons has worked as the senior research University of New York at Utica. As the daily associate for the Center for Emerging commute from Jamesville to Utica began Network Technologies (CENT). “I have to wear on him, Gibbons approached his always enjoyed tinkering,” he says. “As a child friend Jeffrey Katzer, a former iSchool dean, I kept trying to take apart clocks, radios, or now deceased, about working at SU. Once toasters. I encourage my students here at SU Gibbons entered the iSchool’s Ph.D. pro to do the same thing—to get more involved gram, he immediately began teaching. “One than just trying to memorize a chapter out of of my highlights here in the iSchool has been a book.” l returning to school in my 50s and being able to do Ph.D.-level work,” he says.
Professor Bill Gibbons will retire in December after 14 years with the iSchool. Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies f a l l 2 0 0 8 Ho7 me Page
Prof. Scott Bernard appointed to new
Steven B. Sawyer, director of executive education position
associate professor, has Margaret D. Spillett, editor been named senior editor of the Journal of Information cott Bernard G’98 has been named Doctorate of Professional Studies, prepares Technology. director of executive education at him well for this exciting role.” the School of Information Studies Bernard, a professor of practice in the Sawyer was also named (iSchool). Dean Elizabeth D. iSchool since 1998, has headed up the to the editorial board of Liddy created this position to pro school’s Washington, D.C., programs for Steven B. Sawyer the Journal of the American videS educational opportunities that result in the past eight years and served as the liai Society for Information high quality information leaders in the ever son with the National Defense University’s Science and Technology, starting in January changing global workplace. Information Resources Management College 2009, and served as assistant director (with T. In his new role, Bernard will establish and its chief information officer certification. a formal Executive Education (ExecEd) He has also been integral in organizing the Finholt from the University of Michigan) at the program at the iSchool under the guidance Executive Master’s in eGovernance with first summer workshop of the Consortium for of the dean and associate deans, and will the Swiss Federal Institute and in develop Science of Socio-Technical Systems (CSSTS), support the master’s degree program direc ing the iSchool’s Executive Information held July 20-25, 2008 in tors in promoting courses, certificates, and Management master’s program and the new Ann Arbor, Mich. seminars that are aimed at mid-career stu professional doctorate. He published with J. Cooprider and dents and alumni. He will also assist with “I look forward to working with col the iSchool’s new Doctorate of Professional leagues and school partners to develop a P. Guinan “Social Interactions of Information Studies in Information Management, major new capability that will further iden Systems Development Teams: A Performance and will work with the iSchool’s Center tify the iSchool as an academic leader with Perspective” in Information Systems Journal, for Business Information Technology on a full range of offerings to students and 18(3), 1-13. training and certification courses for work alumni,” Bernard says. “The ExecEd pro Sawyer published with C. Hinnant and ing professionals. gram will provide new offerings that will T. Rizzuto “Planning for Platforms: Pennsylvania’s “Scott will spearhead the effort to solidi increase our outreach and ongoing relation fy our previously somewhat disparate efforts ship in a number of information fields that Transition to Enterprise Computing as a in the important arena of executive educa call for continuing refreshment as technolo Study in Strategic Alignment” in Government tion,” Liddy says. “Scott’s leadership role in gy, theory, and practice continually evolve. Information Quarterly 25(3), 645-668. our earliest ExecEd effort—the Washington, I am thrilled to be the iSchool’s first direc He also published with F. Yi “The D.C., Program, as well as his ongoing teach tor of executive education, and I look for Computerization of Service: Evidence of the ing for us as a professor of practice and ward to working to create a wonderful new Effects of Information and Communication leadership in the initial planning for our capability for our school.” l Technologies in Real Estate” in E. Davidson, M. Barrett, and J. DeGross’ (Eds) IT and Change in the Service Economy: Challenges and Possibilities for the 21st Century, London: Kluwer, 199-212. Small is also co-principal investigator (co-PI) “Students’ Views of a Learning Management Sawyer participated on a panel entitled on an Institute of Museum and Library Services- System: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study” in “Turning Products Into Services and Services funded grant (Arnone, PI, and A. Diekema, Communications of the Association for Information Into Products: Contradictory Implications co-PI) entitled, “A Demonstration Project to Systems (CAIS); with W. Ke (Clarkson of Information Technology in the Service Update Standards for 21st Century Librarians.” University) “Participating in Open Source Economy” at the International Federation On Oct. 7, Small made a presentation on Software Projects: The Role of Empowerment” for Information Processing 8.2 Working “The 21st Century Library” to a visiting group in Proceedings of the Pre-International Conference Conference on IT and Change in the Service of K-12 educators from Thailand. Small pre- on Information Systems Workshop on Human- Economy: Challenges and Possibilities for the sented her project, “Enriching Literacy through Computer Interaction Research in Management 21st Century, Aug. 10-13, 2008, in Toronto. Information Technology” to the Meredith Information Systems, December 2008 in Paris; Symposium on Oct. 17. with S. Heshan (assistant professor at the Ruth V. Small, In December, Small hosted the Center University of Arizona) “Adaptive System Use: Laura J. & L. Douglas for Digital Literacy’s annual Institute for Digital An Investigation at the System Feature Level” Meredith Professor and Empowerment, with this year’s theme “Insights in Proceedings of the International Conference on director of the Center Incite Innovation.” Information Systems (ICIS), December 2008 in for Digital Literacy, Paris; and with S. Heshan “Online Seller Trust has received a Kellogg Ping Zhang, associ- and Use of Online Auction Marketplaces” Foundation/Enitiative ate professor, is the co- in Proceedings of the Pacific Asia Conference Ruth Small grant for her research founding editor-in-chief on Information Systems (PACIS), July 2008 in project, “Facilitating the (with D. Galletta from SuZhou, China. This paper was nominated for Innovation Process: Motivational Influences University of Pittsburgh) the best paper award. and Information Requirements.” Small and her of the Association for Zhang also co-chaired the Americas team, consisting of M. Arnone, research asso- Information Systems (AIS) Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS ciate professor; D. Kelly, CEO of Intellectual Ping Zhang first transactions journal— 2008) Management Information System Camp Assets Management Associates in Alexandria, AIS Transactions on Human- for Junior Faculty. l Va.; and two graduate research assistants, will Computer Interaction. conduct a pilot survey of public library support Zhang has also published “Motivational for innovators and will work with public librar- Affordances: The Fundamental Reasons for ians to further develop a digital library of video ICT Design and Use” in Communications of the interviews with child and adult inventors and ACM (Association for Computer Machinery), entrepreneurs. 51(11); with S. Bhattacharyya (Ph.D. student) f a l l 2 0 0 8 Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies Ho8 me Page
Continued from page 1 “‘Academic entrepreneurship’ includes opportunites for Kingma. “‘Academic entrepreneurship’ students…to engage with the community in their courses includes opportunities for students, regard less of major, to engage with the community around innovative commercial, social, or environmental in their courses around innovative commer products and services.” cial, social, or environmental products and services,” he says. “It provides a more enrich — Bruce Kingma, associate provost for entrepreneurship and innovation ing classroom by engaging students in their discipline or profession with the real world attract new clientele, and researching how innovators and entrepreneurs about their use and provides a stronger bond between the to encourage innovative thinking among of the library and librarians about the resourc University and the community.” children. (See ischool.syr.edu/research/entrepre- es they offer to entrepreneurs. Associate neurship/index.aspx for a complete listing of Professor Scott Nicholson leads an innovative Infusing Innovation iSchool entrepreneurial projects.) project, the Library Gaming Programs, which into the iSchool Also, Enitiative grants funded the cre promotes a variety of gaming activities as In 2007, the Kauffman Foundation award ation of a dozen new courses in entre relevant library services and a way for librar ed Syracuse University a five-year, $3 mil preneurship, more than doubling enroll ies to increase their effectiveness in reaching lion grant to encourage faculty and students ments in entrepreneurship courses from new patrons. “This is the kind of ‘out of the throughout Central New York to work with 1,900 to over 4,800 students. For example, box’ thinking that represents the entrepre communities of experts across disciplines professors Murali Venkatesh and Mike neurial spririt,” Kingma says of Nicholson’s and geographic boundaries. Together, their D’Eredita each developed a new course, project. “Another stellar example is the efforts will foster entrepreneurial education Technology as Public Good and Technology BOOST initiative, led by iSchool students and innovation in three key development Entrepreneurship, respectively, to promote providing technology literacy training to areas: technology, neighborhoods, and the student interaction with local community women reentering the workforce.” arts. Kingma heads the Enitiative Program members and business people. D’Eredita co- (entrepreneurship.syr.edu), which manages the teaches the course with Nasir Ali, the head of Flow of Innovation Fed distribution of the grant money to support the Syracuse Technology Garden, an incuba by Many Sources these entrepreneurial projects and people. tor for Central New York start-ups. “Students Another cross-campus partnership is Since the program began, iSchool faculty directly interact with one or two successful, supporting the development of innovative and students have received 17 Enitiative experienced entrepreneurs from the com curriculum. JPMorgan Chase’s 10-year, $30 grants to fund a diverse selection of projects, munity just about every week of the course,” million partnership with Syracuse University including building technology infrastructure D’Eredita says. is helping to better prepare students to meet on Syracuse’s South Side, creating an inter Meredith Professor Ruth V. Small and the challenges of the global economy and disciplinary web design center for students Kingma are working on a project to bring manage large-scale information systems. to build sites for local entrepreneurs, infus entrepreneurship education to public librar Associate Dean Robert Heckman of the ing libraries with gaming to better serve and ies. This project also includes surveying iSchool heads the partnership curriculum
The iSchool Impact Here’s a short sampling of iSchool students, faculty, and alumni who have started their own business ventures.
Adam C. Cannon G’09 Founder Robert Diamond ’01 Founder and editor-in-chief Jill Hurst-Wahl, adjunct professor Owner Syracuse Paranormal BroadwayWorld.com Hurst Associates Ltd. Phone: 609-468-2425 Address: New York City Address: P.O. Box 2964, Syracuse, NY 13220 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.broadwayworld.com Phone: 315-243-4403 Web site: www.SyracuseParanormal.com Founded in 2003 E-mail: [email protected] Founded in March 2007 Offers an interactive way for theater-goers and Web site: www.HurstAssociates.com Non-profit organization that documents and professionals to find information and news about Founded in February 1998 analyzes cases of paranormal activity. the theater community. Assists clients in planning digitization programs and implementing social networking tools. Dave Chennell ’10 Co-founder Susan Dischiave, professor of practice Owner Zaang CADEIT Michelle L. Kaarst-Brown, associate professor Owner Web site: www.zaang.com Founded in 2000 Berkena Business Strategies Founded in 2008; launch of web site is pending Provides database solutions and general consulting Operated from 1987-1994 Offers students the opportunity to ask questions of to government agencies, accounting firms, non- Provided executive consulting to both small business other students; students get paid for answering profits and public school districts and universities. and larger financial services firms. questions. Lili Steven Hu G’04 Founder and CEO Philip Kaplan ’97 Founder and President Kevin Crowston, professor Co-owner InGameAd Interactive AdBrite Web Architechs China office: Suite 1705, F/17, Tower1, Kerry Everbright City, Address: San Francisco Phone: 315-426-0272 No.218, West TianMu Road, Shanghai 200070 Phone: 415-975-0916 ext. 213 E-mail: [email protected] U.S. office: 853 Maryland Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.web-arch.com Phone: +86 21 53550415 Web site: www.adbrite.com Founded in 1996 Web site: www.ingamead.com.cn Founded in 2002 Provides Internet consulting and web site Provides in-game advertising solutions and operates Allows companies to buy and sell advertising online development assistance. an independent in-game advertising network. and gives advertisers more control and transparency than other ad networks. Maxine Davis G’73 Founder Every Life is a Story LLC Sean Keesler G’08 Owner Phone: 612-871-5610 An independent consulting E-mail: [email protected] company Web site: www.tellyourhistory.com Address: 130 Academy St., Manlius, NY 13104 Founded in 2005 Phone: 315-682-0830 Creates personal documentaries using personal E-mail: [email protected] interviews, photographs, and home movies. Founded in 2008 Provides independent instructional technology consultation for higher education. Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies f a l l 2 0 0 8 Ho9 me Page
committee, which has already developed tion security, and collaborative work environ iSchool’s Recipe for Success nine new courses, including Technology in ments, to name a few. Other iSchool faculty Innovative, interdisciplinary, inclusive, Action, Financial Systems Architecture, and members are finding ways to work with the indefatigable, and impact—these are the Large-Scale Computing Challenges, and Central New York community and school words Provost and Vice Chancellor Eric F. expects to launch a new undergraduate minor systems to more fully integrate these lessons Spina used to describe the iSchool during in global enterprise technology in the next in information systems into K-12 education his speech at the 2008 Fall Convocation (see year. See globaltech.syr.edu for more details. and worker retraining programs. related story, page 1). Students and alumni The JPMorgan Chase partnership is The National Science Foundation (NSF) report that the iSchool also inspires. These funding ground-breaking research involving is supporting innovative curriculum build ingredients combine to create an environment iSchool faculty in green technology, informa ing at the iSchool. Funded by a two-year, conducive to entrepreneurship, they say. $244,000 grant from the NSF Office of Lili Steven Hu G’04 was a student in CyberInfrastructure, an iSchool team, led by the M.S. information management pro Prof. Murali Venkatesh and his students support local Associate Dean for Research Jeff Stanton, is gram when he first met a venture capitalist entrepreneurs by providing wireless Internet access defining a new breed of information profes who showed interest in his idea of creating at such places as the Beauchamp Public Library. sionals through its project, “CI-Facilitators: a virtual world dedicated to various brands. Information Architects across the STEM Today, Hu’s idea has become InGameAd Disciplines.” The team is designing an educa Interactive, a leading partner for marketers tional program at the graduate and undergrad seeking to place their products in online uate level that will teach a set of focused skills, games and virtual worlds in China. This idea knowledge, and capabilities that will define a CI facilitator. (see related story, page 5). Alumnus Mike Librizzi ’05 and employees introduced his start up Briz.com at the Web2.0 Expo in September in New York City.
Pete Kistler ’10, R.J. Sherman ’09, Eric A. Marks, adjunct instructor and Board of Mark Pollitt, adjunct professor President Trace Cohen ’10 Founders Advisor member President and CEO Digital Evidence Professional brand-yourself.com, LLC AgilePath Corporation Services Inc. Web site: www.brand-yourself.com Address: 38 Merrimac St., Newburyport, MA 01950 Address: P.O. Box 1309, Ellicott City, MD 21041 Founded in 2008 Phone: 978-462-5737 Phone: 410-598-3008 Helps students build professional web identities Web site: www.agile-path.com E-mail: [email protected] at their own URLs where they can showcase their Founded in December 2003 Web site: www.digitalevidencepro.com strengths and supplement their resumes. Provides management and technology consulting Founded in August 2003 services for federal agencies and departments and Provides business and forensic consulting services, pre- for commercial F1000 corporations. sentations, documentation, educational materials, and Ilona Koti G’01, G’04 Founder educational programs in the fields of information secu- Crystalview Consulting Group rity and digital forensics. Address: Pollock Pines, CA 95726 Lee W. McKnight, associate professor President Phone: 530-644-4577 Wireless Grids Corporation E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://wgrids.com Jeffrey Rubin ’95, G’98, professor of practice Web site: http://crystalviewconsultinggroup.com Founded in 2004 Founder and CEO Founded in 2008 Enables the sharing of music, videos, documents or Internet Consulting Services Inc. Provides life coaching and consulting to information pictures across a wide array of devices using embed- Phone: 315-443-1872 professionals to help them achieve academic goals ded wireless grid technology. E-mail: [email protected] and make career transitions. Web site: www.internetconsult.com Founded in 1996 Jason Mills ’95, G’96 CEO Provides clients with innovative technological solu- Michael Librizzi ’05 Founder New Life Journeys LLC tions Briz.com Web site: http://www.newlifejourneys.com for their web design needs. Phone: 866-622-BRIZ Founded in 2006 E-mail: [email protected] Provides a one-stop online shop for coaching and Web site: www.briz.com technology solutions for the wellness industry Arthur P. Thomas, adjunct professor CEO Founded in 2007 Counterpoint Provides opportunities for businesses to form com- Phone: 716-860-9701 Scott Nicholson, associate professor creator munities and create web profiles; serves as a net- E-mail: [email protected] working site for Tulipmania 1637 Web site: www.counterpointllc.com small businesses. Web site: boardgamegeek.com/game/33732 Founded in 1992 Board game that uses math, economic principles, and Provides performance-improvement advice and investment strategies to illuminate lessons from the solutions Elizabeth D. Liddy G’77, G’88, dean President and CEO world’s first bubble market, the tulip crash in Holland to small to medium sized businesses. TextWise LLC in the 1600s. Web site: www.textwise.com Founded in 1994; sold in 1999 Designs content-driven technology solutions to help Ricky Podsiadlo ’09 Founder and President users understand the meaning of text and to deliver Winter Hat Shoppe useful semantic applications. Phone: 516-644-7484 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.winterhatshoppe.com Founded in 2006 Online store that sells winter hats. f a l l 2 0 0 8 Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies Ho10 me Page
of promoting brand placement within video a diverse group of excited participants who and online games has attracted the attention have the potential to accomplish something of some major venture capitalists, who have significant, including creating an Innovation provided the funds necessary to get the Studio in the ground floor of Hinds Hall, an company off to a booming start. experimental lab for students and faculty to Hu says the interdisciplinary nature play with technology in creative ways. Liddy of the iSchool’s courses and expertise was is also supporting the Windows Project, a the single most important influence on his multidisciplinary design competition for stu success after college. “I can’t emphasize its dent-led teams that will result in the selec importance enough,” he says. “We are an tion of one or more commissioned site-spe extremely interdisciplinary company.” His cific art pieces to be permanently installed in company involves technology associated the Hinds Hall window wells on the ground with virtual words, an understanding of floor. “It’s so exciting when people have an gamers’ minds and motivations, consumer idea and want to commit their time to it,” she insights, communication skills, and strategic says. “I want to have start-up funds for really planning. cool stuff. I want to be able to say to people “The iSchool’s curriculum and spirit who have these terrific ideas that might have of interdisciplinary intellectual challenge great impact, ‘OK, go for it. We’ll support undoubtedly reinforce my inherent love of you.’ That’s how you get new courses, hands- combining things to come up with better on experiences for students, and new initia solutions,” Hu says. “The professors who tives. It’s very entrepreneurial.” taught me at the iSchool all embody such Making an Impact The school’s innovative atmosphere combined with its small size inspires many Prof. Michael D’Eredita launched a new course, iSchool students to venture into new projects Technology Entrepreneurship, at the Syracuse or assume leadership roles. “At the school, I Technology Garden, an incubator for Cental always felt I was part of a growing business New York start-ups. because that’s what the school is,” says Philip Kaplan ’97, an iSchool Advisory Board mem fall at Babson and is expected to roll out on the ber who has founded several new ventures, Syracuse University campus in the next year including his current company AdBrite, of or so. “I find the things I’m learning in class which he is president. “The iSchool is open more relevant the more Zaang progresses,” he to people starting new programs and having says. He credits another iSchool entrepreneur, new ideas for research.” Pete Kistler ’10, co-founder of brand-yourself. For iSchool junior Dave Chenell ’10, it com, for getting him involved with Zaang. only took one summer as a dishwasher and one University leadership believes that such year of college training to give him the initia “playing” or “coloring outside the lines,” to tive to start his own web design company, CS quote Chancellor Cantor, can have tangible Web Design of Guilford, Conn., the summer effects on the Central New York and world after his sophomore year. “Almost two years wide community. Dean Liddy agrees. later, we have a host of successful clients and “In the iSchool, we give our students lati JPMorgan Chase plan to expand in the future,” Chenell says. tude to improvise, to explore, to risk, to put what they learn to unexpected uses—along supports innovative a spirit.” He also hopes to better utilize “We are currently beginning work on the curriculum, such as with strong guidance and direction from a the strong alumni network and find other University Union web site here at Syracuse.” the “elevator pitch” very creative faculty,” says Dean Liddy, her entrepreneurs with whom he can share Chenell has teamed up with two peers at in IST 444. Students self a national award-winning entrepreneur, experiences. “Having a powerful network is Babson College in Massachusetts to develop had one minute to sell another company, Zaang, which he describes who still meets with students to share her their idea to Associate a must for any successful entrepreneur, and as Facebook meets Yahoo Q&A service for insights and experiences as they embark on Provost Bruce Kingma there is probably no better network than the their own exciting entrepreneurial journeys. during a staged time- alumni one,” he says. college students. Chenell is excited about this “And the results are frequently quite surpris out at the Carrier Alumnus Mike Librizzi ’05 and senior company as it has attracted some interest and ing and inspiring.” l Dome. R.J. Sherman ’09 (see related stories, pages support from venture capitalists in the Boston 15 and 11) also credit the iSchool faculty, and area. The beta trial of Zaang was launched this student and alumni networks with playing a crucial role in the success of their business ventures. The iSchool faculty members are themselves an entrepreneurial group. Nearly a quarter of the iSchool’s 40 full-time faculty Student News members own or have owned their own com panies, including Dean Elizabeth D. Liddy. Information—Information Transforming They enrich classroom lessons with their Ph.D. student Jaime Snyder experience from the business world of infor wins awards for her papers People,” took place from October 24 through mation and also serve as a sounding board or Ph.D. student Jaime Snyder G’10 won a $750 29 in Columbus, Ohio. informal consultants for ambitious student student scholarship to attend the Association She received the award for her paper and alumni innovators. for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence entitled “Image-Enabled Discourse: Towards For example, Librizzi returned to cam (AAAI) Fall Symposium on Multimedia an Exploratory Analytic Framework.” pus last year to present his business plan to Snyder earned a bachelor’s of fine arts in a group of faculty and staff for comments Information Extraction Nov. 7 through 9 in and suggestions. Sherman periodically chats Arlington, Va. painting and glass from Temple University’s with his faculty advisor, Jeffrey Rubin, who The symposium examined the divide Tyler School of Art in 1993 and a master’s of shares lessons about running his own com between how biological and computational fine arts in painting from Stanford University in pany, Internet Consulting Services, with systems solve cognitive problems. Snyder 1997. She is focusing her doctoral research on the young entrepreneur. Hu says he remains presented a poster based on a paper she visual information, image-enabled discourse, “immensely grateful” to iSchool faculty and multimodal communication. members Robert Heckman, Ian MacInnes, submitted to conference organizers, “An David Lankes, and Martha Garcia-Murillo Exploratory Approach for Modeling Image- who challenged him to approach problems Enabled Discourse.” with an open mind and by employing lessons She also won a New England Chapter of from all areas. the American Society for Information Science Liddy runs the iSchool much like a and Technology (ASIS&T) Student Travel venture capitalist investing in innovative ideas. She funds projects that pull together Award to attend the 2008 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. The meeting, “People Transforming Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies f a l l 2 0 0 8 Ho11 me Page
S t u D e n t p r o f i l e In racing and business, it pays to take some risk
Margaret D. Spillett, editor
or some people, the Seven years later, Sherman still runs the idea of launching their company while juggling the demands of own business sounds his academic responsibilities and his com risky, but at 15, Robert mitments as president of iVenture, the stu (R.J.) Sherman thought dent entrepreneurship club at the iSchool. it was the least risky However, things are about to change again FF thing he could do, for Sherman. especially when com For the past six months, he and class pared to his other interest—dirt bike racing. mates Pete Kistler ’10 and Trace Cohen ’10 An avid off-road motorcycle racer, Sherman have been working on a new company that has taken his share of risks. In fact, he’s lac is almost ready for launch. Brand-yourself. erated his liver, injured his neck, shattered com is a web platform for students to build a his big toe, and lost his spleen on his way professional web identity at their own URL to becoming a top five nationally ranked, (like “JohnnyStudent.com”). They can use expert class dirt bike racer. But no matter the site to showcase their strengths, convey how bad an accident, he always gets back on their unique value, provide tangible proof the bike. of past performance, and supplement their Today, Sherman is a senior triple major in resumes. “I am shifting my priorities away the information management and technology from Charles River Web Connections to program at the iSchool and in the finance and brand-yourself.com,” Sherman says. “With entrepreneurship programs at the Whitman brand-yourself.com, we are making a lot of School of Management, and he has learned big moves. We are making some great prog the value of taking risks. ress with industry leaders and are excited to “Racing is a discipline,” he says. “You get some of our new products out there.” web design and development company as Robert (R.J.) Sherman ’09 learn a lot about yourself out there on the 40- to He sees the move away from his first well and serves as a mentor and consultant 80-mile long course alone—how you deal with company to a new one as a logical progres for Sherman. “Our conversations are very stressful situations, how you overcome obsta sion for his career. “I like to change things up productive and move me forward,” Sherman cles, and how you can channel your passion for regularly,” he says. Sherman had to decide says. “It’s that mentoring that I really love. something to be self-motivated. You become whether to make a major investment in his I try to get to know my professors and find resilient. You just get back up and go.” first company to take it to the next level or out where their passion lies, because usually So founding his own web design and refocus his energy on his latest idea. “We I can apply that to some aspect of my life.” development company, Charles River Web have received a fair amount of private fund While Sherman enjoys running his own Connections, came easy to Sherman. “There ing for brand-yourself.com, and are working companies, he says that being an entrepre was no risk associated with it,” he says. “I with programmers around the country to get neur sometimes means that he has to wear was living with my parents so if I made zero the new systems built and going,” he says. too many hats. Eventually, he says he’d money, I still had dinner on the table and a “I am much more of a fire starter than one to like to move into IT consulting. “I want to roof over my head. I realized early on that I keep them burning. I don’t like to think of come into a company that has a marketing did not want to spend my summers work myself as a serial entrepreneur, but in some team, that has accounting, and everything is ing at a fast-food restaurant, grocery store, ways I am.” set up,” he says. “Now I just need to make or gas station. Sitting down with a project, Sherman often finds he learns the most it better. Raising that bar is really where my creating something new, and learning all the through his interactions with professors out passion lies. Thanks to my first passion—dirt time—now, I could see myself working at side of class. For example, his advisor, Jeffrey bike racing—I know what to do. I’ll devote that job.” Rubin, professor of practice, owns his own myself to it and just let it ride.” l
Ph.D. student K. Matthew Ph.D. candidate Tina Finneran LIS student Jill Golden Dames appointed SU library wins ISI Best Doctoral wins 2007 Federal Library copyright and information Dissertation Proposal Award Technician of the Year award policy advisor Tina Finneran, an iSchool Ph.D. candidate, won Jill Golden G’09, a distance student in the M.S. in K. Matthew Dames G’01 was appointed copy- the Institute for Scientific Information’s Thomson Library and Information Science program and the right and information policy advisor at Syracuse Best Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Award for federal library technician at the Marshall Center University Library, effective August 2008. In this her proposed research in personal information Research Library in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, newly created position, Dames provides strategy, management. Germany, was named the 2007 Federal Library advice, guidance, and education to the library on Her proposal, Factors that Influence Users Technician of the Year by the Federal Library and copyright and information policy issues so the to Keep and/or Leave Information Items: A Case Information Center Committee. library can effectively deliver information, scholar- Study of College Students’ Personal Information During 2007, Golden implemented numerous ship, and related services to the University and its Management Behavior, earned her a $1,500 new services, demonstrated an exceptional com- constituents. scholarship and a trip to the American Society mitment to service and applied innovative thinking, Dames was awarded the Lemke Book Award for Information Science and Technology technical skills and knowledge of library resources in 2001, and currently is enrolled in the iSchool’s (ASIS&T) annual conference in Columbus, Ohio, for the benefit of a diverse user community, the doctoral program, where he is researching rheto- October 24-29. award release stated. ric and framing in information policy. Dames As part of her coursework in the required has earned a bachelor’s degree in business from IST 613 Planning, Marketing, and Assessing Bernard M. Baruch College, and a law degree Library Services class taught by Assistant from Northeastern University School of Law. Professor Megan Oakleaf, she created a strate- gic plan for a student net portal at the Marshall Center Research Library. f a l l 2 0 0 8 Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies Ho12 me Page
Library students create strategic plans for community organizations
Margaret D. Spillett, editor
he Golisano Children’s Hos these students can make a positive impact in pital at University Hospital the community. When Oakleaf reached out hopes to establish a Family to Golisano Children’s Hospital about the Resource Center for the possibility of collaboration, Cristina A. Pope, patients and their families co-chair for the Family Resource Center Twho face the challenge of learning about an development committee, happily agreed. illness and coping with the cascade of worries Two teams of graduate students vol associated with the diagnosis. unteered to develop a strategic plan for Professor Megan Oakleaf seeks to find Golisano Children’s Hospital that included practical problems for her students to tackle marketing ideas, a budget, timetables, and in the required IST 613 Planning, Marketing, an assessment plan. Meanwhile, their class and Assessing Library Services course so that mates selected similar projects at a range of other organizations, including Cicero-North Syracuse High School and the Fayetteville Students in IST 613 learn the key elements of Free Library. The students’ work at these developing a strategic plan for libraries by applying organizations was impressive, according to those lessons in community-based projects. project collaborators. “This is an absolutely amazing exam assisting these patients and their families. ple of the type of interaction with Syracuse “It was so much more engaging to work University that can benefit the Golisano on a class project that appealed to me on Children’s Hospital,” says Thomas R. Welch, a personal level,” says graduate student MD, director of the Golisano Children’s Melissa McElroy-Elve of Liverpool, N.Y. Hospital and professor and chair of the “Family-centered care is an important com Department of Pediatrics at Upstate Medical ponent of the medical field and is certainly University. “The level of detail and profes an area of which information specialists in sionalism that these students provided for us medical settings must be aware and be able was exemplary.” to develop an appropriate supporting role for Pope, director of Health Sciences Library those settings.” at SUNY Upstate Medical University, col Oakleaf says she wanted the students to laborated with the two student groups on work on community-based projects to gain the Family Resource Center and agrees with experience in assessing community needs Welch’s assessment. “They were wonderful and making an impact on people outside of to work with,” she says. “We were really sur the University. She designed the class so stu prised by the quality of their report. It was dents could step beyond theory and apply very professional.” research methods, while providing a service She says the students came up with cre to the community. ative marketing ideas and identified some “Lots of librarians don’t have the time or community agencies that could partner with training to make an assessment plan, but our the Family Resource Center to offer more class projects give the students that opportu support services to the children and their nity,” Oakleaf says. families. The students also provided a litera In addition to the Golisano Children’s ture review of health-related materials that Hospital project, student teams enrolled could be used by the resource center. through online and campus-based version “As we move forward with implementing of the course have created plans for a wide the Family Resource Center, we’ll definitely range of projects. The students have created use some of their ideas,” Pope says. web sites for libraries, developed newsletters, Nothing could make the students hap designed book donation programs, outlined pier than to see their ideas implemented and collection development procedures, and
Professor Megan Oakleaf teaches Golisano Children’s Hospital Cazenovia Library students how to plan, market, and assess Family Resource Center: The project created a comprehensive plan e-Gyptian Expedition: The Cazenovia Public Library and Museum library services through for the establishment of a resource center for children who come to plans to install a computer in their Egyptian Gallery, which contains an a variety of hands-on the hospital for treatment and for their families. The students prepared impressive array of Egyptian artifacts, including the prize jewel of the col- projects with partners a report that included current literature available on planning a medical lection, a mummy named Hen. This project describes a plan to increase across Central New York and beyond. resource center, comparisons to similar programs at other hospitals, the number of school field trips while providing content that is useful to marketing plans, and lists of other community resources that could part- educators and that caters to New York State learning standards. ner with the hospital. Cicero-North Syracuse Fayetteville Free Library High School Media Center Homebound Book Delivery Service: This outreach project pro- Mash the Stacks with Digital Ink: This project examined how posed a partnership between the Fayetteville Free Library and Meals- Cicero-North Syracuse High School Media Center could launch an on-Wheels, with the goal of bringing library services to a population that online book review service for its students. The plan describes how does not come into the library for a variety of reasons. Meals on Wheels students can post book reviews or book trailers (similar to the catchy volunteers would provide a book delivery service along with a meal, and movie trailers out of Hollywood) through Web 2.0 technologies, such as the library would provide reading materials. blogs and online forums. Gaming Service for Teens: Gaming as a library service has been gaining popularity among U.S. libraries in the past few years. This project outlines a plan for introducing gaming services, including video and board games, for teenagers at the Fayetteville Free Library. Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies f a l l 2 0 0 8 Ho13 me Page
iSchool students and alumna create digital library in Costa Rica
Leah M. Galka, contributing writer
wo iSchool graduate stu American colleges. The challenge of the dents recently traveled to library project, says Moyer-Hennessy, was Monteverde, Costa Rica, with deciding which materials to include. “This alumna Laurie Kutner G’98 was the most time-consuming and important to help create a digital library part of the project because it was necessary to ofT community development resources. The create a coherent collection,” she says. The students, Cindy Dykes G’08 and Michelle team then converted the selected materials Moyer-Hennessy G’08, spent seven weeks to PDF format and created metadata for each this summer working with digital materials record. The metadata will be searchable in generated from the Monteverde Institute’s both English and Spanish. Sustainable Futures program. “I was so impressed by how prepared Their work will allow the public, includ these two students were, through their digital ing students and researchers across the globe, librarianship courses at SU, to address all the to virtually access about 250 of the institute’s complex issues and challenges presented by documents related to sustainable community this project,” says Kutner of the University development and ecotourism. The collection of Vermont. spans from 1995 to 2007 and includes plan Dykes, who is in her final semester in ning documents, final reports, PowerPoint the MSLIS program, says she drew on many presentations, architectural drawings, photos, of her iSchool courses for this project. She maps, and other forms of data. cites Jian Qin’s Metadata (IST 681), Barbara “We had an incredible group working on Kwasnik’s Cataloging of Information this project, and I’m immensely proud of what Resources (IST 604), and Jill Hurst-Wahl’s we accomplished,” says Moyer-Hennessy, Creating Managing and Preserving Digital iSchool students Cindy Dykes G’08 and Michelle Moyer-Hennessy G’08 work who graduated from the iSchool this summer Assets (IST 677) as especially valuable cours to build a digital library in Monteverde, Costa Rica. with a master’s degree in library and infor es for this project. mation science (MSLIS) and Certificate of Dykes also notes how valuable this expe Advanced Study in digital libraries. rience was for her. “I think, as with many of The creation of the library was a joint effort these types of experiences, one walks away benefits. She says her walk to work was “too between Syracuse University, which sup with more than they left,” she says. “I also beautiful to pass up.” The wildlife—includ plied the interns; Kutner, project director and learned that if we—as a global society—are ing birds, butterflies, monkeys and sloths— library associate professor at the University truly committed to equal information access as well as the “gorgeous views of the Gulf of of Vermont; Marlene Leiton Campbell, the for all, we need to support efforts being Nicoya” created a strong appreciation of the on-site library services coordinator at the made to improve the physical access to the environment and culture of the region. Monteverde Institute; and the University Internet.” She explains that Internet service Both students say the internship was a of South Florida, which supplied the digital in Monteverde was not dependable and that valuable resume-building experience, but library software and support and will house their selection decisions were limited by Kutner notes that it also had a less tangible the library’s web site on its server. their Internet connections—some objects value. “Thanks to Cindy and Michelle, we The library will provide access to the could not be included in the library because will be able to provide access to an important previously inaccessible research materi they were too large. body of local information that will directly als created by students in the Sustainable While there were challenges to working benefit the local community,” Kutner says. Futures program from several participating in Costa Rica, Dykes says there were also And that’s priceless. l
planned for new facilities or special programs by the project assignment at Fletcher Free who patronize the library frequently, but the at the libraries. Library in Burlington, the class project real challenge is to identify groups who need “These amazing, high-quality, commu led to her dream job at that same library. the library and the barriers that prevent them nity-centered projects are terrific exemplars “When a job opened up there, I applied and from using it.” of the iSchool’s commitment to Scholarship got it, despite it being a terribly competi Ben Goldman G’09 and Bradley Shipps in Action and demonstrate the commitment tive job market where I live,” she says. “I G’09 also worked on a project that hoped to of both our students and faculty,” says Liz am now happily employed full-time at the bring library services to a broader audience. Liddy, dean of the iSchool. “Megan and her library where I hope to spend the majority They collaborated with the Cazenovia Public students have done an outstanding job, of of my career—a full year before getting my Library and Museum on a plan to attract which I am extremely proud.” degree!” more student classes to take field trips to the Each student team provides the host Tibbi Angelastro G’09 and classmate facility to visit its Egyptian collection. library with a literature review, project plan, Deborah McHugh G’09 jumped at the chance “The appeal of the course is that you marketing plan, and assessment plan. to work with the Fayetteville Free Library get to apply what you learn to a real project, The students’ work has also led them to and the Syracuse area Meals on Wheels pro and potentially contribute to the success of job offers and prestigious awards, including gram on Homebound Book Delivery Service. a library’s project or program,” Shipps says. Jill Golden G’08, an online student and librar Meals on Wheels volunteers, working with the “The course and project reinforced the ian at the Marshall Center Research Library Fayetteville libraries, would deliver a book as importance of starting any project with clear in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. well as a meal to homebound people. objectives in mind, identifying and commu So impressed with Golden’s project, her “The project appealed to us right away,” nicating with the appropriate audiences, and supervisor nominated her for the Library of McHugh says. “I already volunteer for continuously assessing the impact of your Congress’s 2007 Federal Library Technician Syracuse Meals on Wheels, and we both efforts to make improvements and guide of the Year Award, and Golden won. “The live in Manlius, so we’re very familiar with future efforts.” l project planning skills I’ve learned have real Fayetteville library.” ly helped with my job and directly benefited Angelastro adds: “This project is impor Minhee Cho ’10 contributed to this report. my career,” Golden says. tant, because libraries don’t consider the peo For Emer Feeney G’09 of Burlington, ple who don’t come into the library as much Vt., who admittedly was initially uninspired as they should. It is easy to serve the users f a l l 2 0 0 8 Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies Ho14 me Page
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B.S. in Information Management and Technology Nicholas Zwinggi ’02 is a web developer for Help others invest wisely in Marcus Thomas LLC in Cleveland. Simon Sjogren ’06 is pursuing a master’s degree in education at Radford University iSchool education in Virginia. Ron Ishak ’07 is a project manager, build Barbara Settel, director of Alumni Relations and Annual giving ing web applications for online trading s I write this column, we are all your success in your careers affirm that belief. at Ciptadana Securities, one of the largest stock broker and financial services coping with the effects of the Moreover, you, our alumni, are one of the companies in Indonesia. u l a economic meltdown. The finan- best resources we have for marketing the Jasmine Thompson ’07 is a financial advisor cial crisis is over arching. It affects school. Time after time we hear from incom- at JPMorgan Chase in Chicago. ourA homes, employment, investments, and ing students, “my neighbor told me about Justin Breese ’08 is enrolled in the master’s retirement. I hope by the time this publica- this program;” “my supervisor is an SU alum degree in information management pro tion reaches you, we will have begun to see and encouraged me to apply to the School gram at SU School of Information Studies. Anthony Brown ’08 is enrolled in the master’s improvements, but it is inevitable that we will of Information Studies;” “my co-worker took
M degree in information management pro not be able to recoup all the losses we have the distance program and she loved it;” “the gram at SU School of Information Studies. each suffered. But I am a “cup is half full” librarian at the public library inspired me to Yakeema Cobb ’08 is enrolled in the master’s i n person, so it won’t surprise those of you who choose this career and attend Syracuse.” degree in information management pro know me that I am focusing on the positives. We are indebted to the alumni who gram at SU School of Information Studies. So here’s some good news. You can’t sing our praises and serve as ambassadors James Crimmer Jr. ’08 is enrolled in the master’s degree in information manage
e c i o v lose your education. In fact, it is one of the of the field and the school. We also see the ment program at SU School of Information few investments that will go up in value potential to enlist more of you directly in Studies. as every other stock plummets. Even if in recruitment-related activities. Dean Liddy Brian Doty ’08 is an analyst at Diamond the short term there are layoffs and hiring is committed to providing small grants and Consultants in Chicago. freezes, the employment outlook for gradu- recruitment materials to alumni who would Ryan Fee ’08 is working for GE with the ates in the field of information management, like to meet with prospective students at Information Management Leadership Program. technology, and librarianship is excellent. information sessions, college fairs, and in Darryn Glenn ’08 is a technology analyst with And, you can always leverage the world-wide schools and guidance counselors’ offices. Merrill Lynch in New York City. iSchool alumni network to help you advance International alumni who are traveling to Abina Griffith ’08 is an associate consultant and your career. their homes abroad would receive support systems analyst with Computer Sciences But these may be tough times for those to present our programs to groups at edu- Corporation in New York City. s who have yet to attend college or pursue an cational institutions. We will also work with Grant Haggan ’08 is a systems analyst with Computer Sciences Corporation in advanced degree. While a poor economy alumni who want to host an information ses- Chantilly, Va. often encourages people to stay in school sion at their company to inform employees Nicholas Hall ’08 is a private wealth manager and get graduate degrees, investments and about our graduate and executive education with Wachovia Securities in Chester, N.J. savings, which were to pay for college, are programs. Joe Hecker ’08 is a manager-in-training at now diminished. Schools with lower in-state If you would like to become more National Income Life Insurance Co. in tuition rates will be attractive and competi- involved in telling our story, please contact me East Syracuse. Merim Isaeva ’08 is enrolled in the master’s tion for scholarships at private institutions will ([email protected]) or Sue Corieri, director degree in information management pro be greater. of enrollment management ([email protected]). gram at SU School of Information Studies. Despite these challenges, we at the We will be happy to enlist you formally in Jessica Juliano ’08 is employed by GE Security iSchool believe we have the best value for these efforts. And keep up the great work with the IT Project Leader/Information the dollar and we know that many of our to all of you who are already promoting our Management Leadership Program in Brad enton, Fla. alumni agree. Your pride in your degree and programs. l Karla Jorge ’08 is enrolled in the master’s degree in information management pro gram at SU School of Information Studies. Daniel Kelly ’08 is an information systems analyst at Liberty Mutual in Portsmouth, N.H. Jonathan Krauss ’08 is a project manager with Discover Financial Services in Your News Riverwoods, Ill. Kaitlin Lambracht ’08 is enrolled in the mas P l e a s e o r c o n t a c t ter’s degree in information management g use the enclosed envelope to let us know about your Barbara Settel program at SU School of Information professional and personal accomplishments so we can Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving include them as news items in future issues of Home School of Information Studies Studies. Page. Also, please inform us of any address changes. Syracuse University Benjamin Maljovec ’08 is enrolled in the Y o u m a y a l s o 343L Hinds Hall, Syracuse NY 13244-4100 master’s degree in information manage 315-443-5604 ment program at SU School of Information visit the alumni web site at ischool.syr.edu/alumni to Fax: 315-443-6886 Studies. update your address, make a gift to the school, or join [email protected] the online alumni community. You can now submit Freddie Maneiro ’08 is a software quality class notes online. assurance specialist at Sunday Interactive in Fargo, N.D. Dexter McKinney ’08 is enrolled in the master’s degree in information man agement program at SU School of Information Studies. Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies f a l l 2 0 0 8 Ho15 me Page
a l u m n i p r o f i l e The buzz about Briz.com
Margaret D. Spillett, editor
s a sixth-grader, Michael develop and maintain their web presence and Librizzi ’05 dreamed also manage their local marketplace. This is a of one day opening his huge opportunity.” own bait and tackle Librizzi says the biggest opportunity lies shop. Although he in the growing trend of the Internet “going A hasn’t fished in years, local”—or the increase in local searches that A his desire to run his bring up geographically based results. “Local own business is stronger search is the fastest growing search out there than ever. In March 2007, he left a lucrative right now,” he says. “Nobody has really career at Morgan Stanley to pursue his dream focused before on all angles of social net of becoming an entrepreneur. working and local search through the eyes of “Growing up, I watched my father and the small-business owner. That’s what we’re grandfather who owned their own construc doing.” The company is also helping small tion businesses and witnessed their entrepre business utilize micro-blogging—a new web neurial passion and hard work,” says Librizzi, application using local and vertical searches Michael Librizzi ’05 who graduated with a dual degree from to highlight events and news specific to a the iSchool’s B.S. in information manage location or industry. Since leaving Morgan Stanley, Briz.com ment and technology and Whitman School Briz.com, which currently has more than has been his life. Currently, he works sun-up of Management’s B.S. in finance. “They 1,000 business members, was among the to sundown out of a makeshift office in the instilled those values in me, so I’ve always ranks of eBay and Microsoft who were debut basement of his parents’ Long Island home. had a focus on and kind of liking for the small ing new products and services at the Web 2.0 “If I’m not sleeping, I’m working,” he says. business marketplace. In elementary school, Expo in September at the Javits Center in “You have to love a good challenge.” I guess the cool thing to me then was running New York City. “This is really good expo He also loves the positive feedback he my own bait shop.” sure for the company, and I’m really hoping receives from the small businesses that are Today, he’s launched what many would to get some people interested in what we’re benefiting from his company, including a consider a very “cool” business for the 21st doing,” he says. company in New York that found a cross- century, Briz.com. He describes Briz.com in He says his iSchool courses, especially marketing partner in a related company from its most basic terms as the “Facebook” for Dave Dischiave’s database courses, helped Florida, or a business that jumped to the top small businesses. The basic services on the him understand information management spots in a Google search. “We’ve had some networking site are free to the businesses and from a conceptual level. “I could teach myself real great response to increasing exposure of consumers, so the company makes money by coding from a book because I understood the the businesses,” he says. “That’s where I get selling advertising on the site and by offer concepts behind it,” Librizzi says. Syracuse the most satisfaction—hearing about how my ing additional subscription-based services to has also offered a variety of other supports company is helping these other small busi small businesses. “Briz.com is where small to the young entrepreneur—mostly through ness owners.” businesses share their buzz locally—news, networking with faculty and students. He The coming year will be very telling for coupons, events—anything a small business also presented his initial business plan to Briz.com. Librizzi says he doesn’t know if Briz. owner wants to share,” he says. some iSchool faculty and staff for their feed com will be the “next big thing.” He does know He sees his company serving a business back and suggestions. “I’ve had a lot of good he’s learned a lot and the potential for success group that has yet to be explored. “Only 48 people helping me out so far and giving me is there. “You can’t let anyone tell you what to percent of small businesses in America even good advice,” he says. “But the best support do,” he says. “This type of concept is not your have a web site,” Librizzi says. “So we’re has come from Syracuse—not just the staff average brick and mortar kind of store. If it hits, giving small business owners a place to go to and faculty but also my peers and friends.” then the sky’s the limit.” l
Arlene Melchiorie ’08 is an administrative spe Lueth Yak ’08 is a patient safety representative Donald Dennis G’07 is BYTES (Bunnelle cialist at Syracuse University. at St. Joseph’s Health Care in Syracuse. Youth Technology Experience Series) Chris Mitchell ’08 is employed at Northwestern M.S. in Library and project manager for the Georgetown Mutual in New York City. Information Science County Library System in Georgetown, Kirill Morozov ’08 is enrolled in the master’s S.C. The project involves a youth literacy degree in information management pro Ilona Koti G’01 started her own practice, strategy incorporating usage of interac gram at SU School of Information Studies. Crystalview Consulting Group, for infor tive video gaming, creation of digital arts James Powell ’08 is enrolled in the master’s mation and records management in Pollock productions, and development of video degree in information management pro Pines, Calif. game designs by young people. gram at SU School of Information Studies. Margaret Neill G’05 was promoted to library Kelly Regan G’07 is a library media specialist at Amrika Ramnath ’08 is assistant comptroller at manager in technical services and systems Intermediate School 61 Leonardo DaVinci Restaurant Associates in New York City. at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library in in Corona, N.Y. Alex Regenstreich ’08 is in advertising sales at Las Cruces, N.M. Cheryl Seymour G’07 is an itinerant school Minyanville in New York City. Carrie Rampp G’05 is director of library ser library media specialist for the Franklin Alyssa Rubin ’08 is pursuing graduate study vices at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Essex Hamilton BOCES in Malone, in culinary arts at the Culinary Institute of Pa. N.Y. America in Hyde Park, N.Y. Anne Chernaik G’06 has expanded her role Karen Watson G’07 is a school librar Didier Rutagabama ’08 is an information at College of Lake County Library in ian at Waterman Elementary School in systems analyst at Liberty Mutual in Grayslake, Ill. She is now department chair Skaneateles, N.Y. Portsmouth, N.H. and instructor for the library technical assis Marcia Alden G’08 is a product analyst at Tom Sjoberg ’08 is employed at GE in the tant program in addition to her duties as ref Polaris Library Systems in Liverpool, N.Y. Information Management Leadership erence librarian. Philip Bahr G’08 is a reference and media Program in Schenectady, N.Y. Dan Muzyka G’06 is a web developer at a radio librarian at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Anthony Viggiano ’08 is employed at Cigna in company, Entercom Communications, in Conn. Bloomfield, Conn. Portland, Ore. Rebecca Bayrer G’08 is a library services Paul Wachtler ’08 is enrolled in the master’s Heather Davidson G’07 is an assistant profes manager at Kaiser Permanente South degree in information management pro sor/reference librarian at Valley City State San Francisco Medical Center in San gram at SU School of Information Studies. University in Valley City, N.D. Francisco. f a l l 2 0 0 8 Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies Ho16 me Page
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Alison Bersani G’08 is an engineering librar Carmen DelValle G’08 is a teacher/librarian Siridatar Khalsa G’08 is a biology teacher in ian at the Carlson Science and Engineering at Public School 35 in Bronx, N.Y. New York City. Library at the University of Rochester in Angela Desilva G’08 is a teacher/librarian at Kathleen Lalier G’08 is a teacher/librarian at Rochester, N.Y. Public School 219 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Public School 216 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Denis Bieniek G’08 is a teacher/librarian at Michele DiGregorio-Mercado G’08 is a Hyoungbae Lee G’08 is a Korean studies Public School 142 in New York City. teacher at Francis Lewis High School in librarian at Princeton University Library in Kathryn Buturla G’08 is enrolled in the certifi Fresh Meadows, N.Y. Princeton, N.J. cate of advanced studies for school media Nanette Dougherty G’08 is a teacher/librarian Michelle Logan G’08 is a librarian assistant program at SU School of Information at Public School 164 in Brooklyn, N.Y. at Onondaga County Public Library in Studies. Jen Ferguson G’08 is research and instruction Syracuse. Lara Chmela G’08 is enrolled in the certificate liaison for library and technology services at Julie Matz G’08 is librarian at the Ronald of advanced studies for digital libraries pro Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. McNair School, Public School/Middle gram at SU School of Information Studies. Jean Friestad G’08 is a contractor at School 147Q in Cambria Heights, N.Y. Eva Class G’08 is a teacher/librarian at Public Accountemps in Des Moines, Iowa. Heather McIntosh G’08 is a library associ School 119 in Bronx, N.Y. Kent Gerber G’08 is a catalog librarian at ate at Gwinnett County Public Library in Philippe Cloutier G’08 is a library special Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minn. Lawrenceville, Ga. ist at McDonough Holland and Allen in Robin Gerstenblatt G’08 is a teacher/librarian Rasheedah Nasir G’08 is a teacher in New Sacramento, Calif. at Public School 108 in New York City. York City. Emily Cornell G’08 is a school media special Amy Gratz G’08 is a clerk/reference librarian Andrew Pasterfield G’08 is a programmer at ist at Midwood High School in Brooklyn, at Fayetteville (N.Y.) Free Library. University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. N.Y. Stacy Grossbard G’08 is a teacher at Public Nira Psaltos G’08 is a media specialist at Monica Crandall G’08 is a librarian assistant at School 115 in New York City. Bayside High School in Bayside, N.Y. Fayetteville (N.Y.) Free Library. Howard Hamme G’08 is a librarian at Fresno Cathy Revellese G’08 is a librarian at Public Elisa Cruz G’08 is a teacher/librarian in New (Calif.) County Public Library. School 382/386 in Bronx, N.Y. York City. Sharon Hawkes G’08 is an administrative assis Robin Rosen G’08 is a librarian at Public School Melissa Danko G’08 is a cataloging specialist at tant at Auburn (Maine) Public Library. 8 in New York City. Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va. Kristen Hensley G’08 is an outreach services Michele Ryan G’08 is a youth librarian at Stacey DeCaro G’08 is a school media special associate at Cornell University Physical Oneida (N.Y.) Public Library. ist at Medford (N.J.) Township Schools. Sciences Library in Ithaca, N.Y. Kristen Schmidt G’08 is a publishing specialist Julia Iannello G’08 is a school media specialist at at Thomson Reuters in Cleveland. Valleyview Elementary in Oneonta, N.Y. Cheryl Seymour G’08 is a library media S h are your Hin d S i g h t s Sarah Jacobwitz G’08 is a secretary at Utica specialist at Franklin Essex Hamilton College in Utica, N.Y. BOCES in Malone, N.Y. Have you realized the significance today of an event or learn- Cleo Jarvis G’08 is a library media specialist Maryalice Smith G’08 is a school nurse teacher ing from years ago? If so, share your HindSights with us. at Granville T. Woods Public School in in Saranac Lake (N.Y.) Central Schools. A new guest column in Home Page, HindSights will share Brooklyn, N.Y. Maureen Southorn G’08 is a school library alumni stories about lessons learned or connections made at Gerard Johnson G’08 is an English-as-a- media specialist in the Weedsport (N.Y.) the School of Information Studies that have a direct impact second-language teacher in New York Central School District K-12. on their lives today. City. Andrea Swenson G’08 is a library media Send your HindSights to Barbara Settel, [email protected], Elizabeth Kerr G’08 is a library media special specialist at East Side Community High or Margaret Spillett, [email protected]. Please keep submis- ist at Enders Road Elementary School in School in New York City. sions to under 600 words. Photos are welcome. Manlius, N.Y.
New Faces Around Hinds Hall Alecia Zema between the iSchool’s IT services and external relations workers such as software developers, real estate agents Office Coordinator III staff, and leads the iSchool web committee. and law enforcement officials. An active researcher, he 114 Hinds Hall Most recently, he served as the senior technology has received more than $3.8 million from such agencies Alecia Zema joined the iSchool last spring on a tempo- manager of United Way of Central New York, where he as the National Science Foundation, IBM, Corning, and rary basis and was hired full-time this summer. She assists oversaw and managed the web presence and technology the National Center for Real Estate Research to support faculty members with such tasks as creating class lists and infrastructure. Before his work at United Way, Clarke was his work. posting faculty office hours, copying and ordering text, and director of dynamic media at Edit Point Video in Syracuse. He is co-author of three books, dozens of journal collecting student evaluations. She handles much of the He earned a BFA in computer graphics from the articles and book chapters, and more than 130 presenta- school’s event planning and manages the school’s work- College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse tions. He serves the associate editor of The Information study students. University, and is currently working toward an online Society, editorial board member of the International Journal She provides general administrative support to stu- MBA at Northeastern University in Boston. of Advanced Media and Communication, an editorial board dent services staff members. She has worked for the past member of the Journal of Information Technology, editorial five years in a variety of administrative support positions Steven Sawyer board member of Information Technology & People, among throughout the University. Prior to that, Zema worked Associate Professor many other editorial positions and professional reviewer as an outside field technician and assistant construction 344 Hinds Hall appointments. splicer at Verizon. Steven Sawyer officially rejoined the iSchool this August Sawyer holds a B.S. in marine transportation from She holds a B.A. in psychology and art from Russell as an associate professor. He comes to the Syracuse the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and an M.S. in ocean Sage College in Troy, N.Y. University faculty from the College of Information engineering from the University of Rhode Island. He Sciences and Technology at Penn State. Sawyer began also holds an M.S. in management information systems Michael Clarke his career as an assistant professor at the Syracuse and a Doctor of Business Administration from Boston Web Producer University iSchool in August 1994 before accepting the University. Among numerous honors, he was named the 110 Hinds Hall position as a founding member of the iSchool at Penn 2001 Faculty Member of the Year at the iSchool at Penn Michael Clarke is responsible for maintaining the iSchool’s State in August 1999. State and the 1997 Jeffrey Katzer Professor of the Year web site, creating new web pages and web-based applica- His research interests lie in the socio-technical rela- here at SU. tions, and supporting efforts to better utilize new media tionships among new forms of computing and institu- to reach the iSchool’s audiences. He serves as the liaison tional change. He has focused in particular on knowledge Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies f a l l 2 0 0 8 Ho17 me Page
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Tracy Twombly, contributing writer
aed—the Arabic word study, research, and look for answers to such for pioneer or explor questions as: What are the major obstacles to er—is the perfect equitable access to information and knowl emblem for School of edge? How can we overcome these obstacles Information Studies and make information and knowledge more R Ph.D. candidate Raed openly available and easily accessible to as R many people as possible around the world, M. Sharif, a pioneer of the international especially those in the less economically movement for open access to information, developed countries? How can access to, and an explorer of diverse fields of knowl and use of, these resources improve people’s edge. Sharif, who joined the iSchool in 2004 socioeconomic development?” and expects to finish his Ph.D. by the end of His dissertation focuses on the social and 2009, immerses himself in this open access economic costs and benefits of open access movement in order to “empower people to and re-use of Public Sector Information and help them make more informed deci (PSI)—information generated by and for gov sions about different dimensions of their ernments using public funds. His research lives, such as health, education, investment, focuses on the United States, one of the few employment, traveling, etc., which will con countries that make most PSI openly avail sequently improve their standard of living able to the public. “PSI is a very important and socioeconomic development.” resource,” Sharif says, “and making it openly Sharif’s interest in information, technol available and easily accessible or restricting Raed M. Sharif, Ph.D. student ogy, and community development began in access to it can greatly impact the socioeco the first 17 years of his life, during which he nomic development of societies.” He expects lived in Jabalya refugee camp in Palestine’s the lessons learned from studying the U.S. committee of the InterAcademy Panel on Gaza Strip. He lived among 120,000 people case will help him better study and under International Issues—a consortium of 96 in an area of less than four square miles, stand the PSI status in the less economically national science academies around the world— witnessing poverty and inadequate access developed countries. Program on Digital Knowledge Resources and to basic resources, health services, and edu In addition to his academic research, Infrastructure in Developing Countries. Sharif cation. The experience, he says, made him Sharif is involved in several international orga also serves on the Committee on Data in determined to use knowledge and educa nizations and activities that contribute to the Science and Technology (CODATA) Young tion as the main tools for improving the lives open access movement. In 2005, he worked Scientists Committee, and planned the 21st of the people of Palestine and other strife- as a fellow with the U.S. National Academy CODATA International Conference in Kyiv, ridden countries. of Sciences (NAS), and he credits his mentor Ukraine, in October. He attended Birzeit University in there, Paul Uhlir, with exposing him to many Sharif’s passion for his international activi Palestine, where he earned a bachelor’s global initiatives that “are trying to overcome ties only gives him more drive and energy for degree in economics and political science, some of the institutional, socioeconomic, tech working on his dissertation. After complet and a master’s degree in business admin nical, legal, and policy obstacles to access infor ing his Ph.D., he expects to pursue his wide istration. Upon receiving a scholarship mation and knowledge.” Since then, he has range of passions—research, teaching, and through the Ford Foundation’s International worked on almost a dozen projects and activi continuing his international and community Fellowship Program, he then enrolled at the ties and traveled to more than 15 countries to advocacy—despite any difficulties he may iSchool to study information science and promote open access values and practices. He face. “Impossible is nothing,” he says, quot technology and explore the role of informa was recently elected chair of the UN-GAID ing a Beijing 2008 Olympics advertisement tion access, use, and policies in bridging some Community of Expertise on Enhancing that caught his eye during a trip to China last of the world’s divides. “I wanted to come to a Access to and Application of Scientific Data winter. Sharif’s professional and educational school where these issues are discussed and in Developing Countries (e-SDDC) Young success is evidence that he has every inten promoted,” Sharif says, “a school where I can Scientists Forum, and is on the steering tion of proving that to be true. l
Heather Turner G’08 is enrolled in the cer M.S. in Information Management Miriam Haile G’08 is a business systems ana tificate of advanced study in digital librar lyst at Accenture in Seattle. ies program at SU School of Information Simon Boyce G’02 is director of govern Jeff Herrine G’08 is an ISO supervisor at PPL Studies. ment and legislative affairs for the Navajo Services Group in Allentown, Pa. Jodi Wagstaf G’08 is a school media special Nation’s Washington, D.C., office. Boyce is Pakesh Jain G’08 is a software associate at ist at W.A. Olmsted Elementary School in the Nation’s principal lobbyist and legisla Susquehanna International Group in Bala Harpursville, N.Y. tive strategist. He represents the Nation and Cynwyd, Pa. Matt Weaver G’08 is a web librarian at the Navajo Nation Telecommunications Dolphy Kalra G’08 is an SAP analyst at Lever Westlake Porter Public Library in Westlake, Commission on telecommunications issues X Inc. in Mountain View, Calif. Ohio. to Congress, the FCC, and the FTC. Mohammed Kashif G’08 is a consultant at Meghan Westbrook G’08 is a research services Amit Goyal G’07 is a senior analyst with Ernst Deloitte in New York City. and electronic resources librarian at Union and Young in New York City. Youngseek Kim G’08 is enrolled in the Ph.D. Institute and University in Montpelier, Vt. Christie Addepalli G’08 is an information program in information science and technol Megan Wianecki G’08 is a circulation clerk at systems analyst at Liberty Mutual in ogy at SU School of Information Studies. Fayetteville (N.Y.) Free Library. Portsmouth, N.H. Cheng-Hsun Lee G’08 is a programmer Stacey Wicksall G’08 is a school library Patricio Castro G’08 is a web manager for at Progressive Expert Consulting in media specialist at Waterloo (N.Y.) Grand Lodge of New York in New York Syracuse. Central Schools. City. Ran Liu G’08 is an enterprise resource planning Akshay Deshpande G’08 is an analyst at analyst at Corning Inc. in Corning, N.Y. Certificate of Advanced Diamond Management and Technology Studies in School Media Di Lu G’08 is an application developer at John Consulting in Chicago. Mezzalingua Associates in East Syracuse. Marie Stroup G’07 is a school library media Elizabeth Famodimu G’08 is an associate at Abhijit Mane G’08 is a developer support specialist at Fairley Elementary School in KPMG in New York City. analyst at ESRI in Redlands, Calif. Hannibal, N.Y. Melody Garcia G’08 is a business systems ana lyst at JPMorgan Chase in New York City. f a l l 2 0 0 8 Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies Ho18 me Page
Rishi Mashelkar G’08 is an associate data base technologist at Epsilon in Wakefield, Mass. Grassroots is so iSchool: Numbi Mugo G’08 is a consultant at Accenture in New York City. help us reach a higher ground Gautam Mukherji G’08 is a senior business analyst at Cognizant Technology Solution Paul Brenner, Assistant Dean for advancement in Teaneck, N.J. any of us aspire to reach a “It’s Your Turn” Zodwa Mutambasere G’08 is an associate spe point of financial abundance Purchase equipment needed for the Traveling cialist at SITA in Bohemia, N.Y. Murugan Pandian G’08 is a retail application in our lives—a time when Library Game Lab of Syracuse, which will visit developer for Bright House Networks in we might turn our thoughts library conferences and allow librarians to learn p o l e v e D East Syracuse, N.Y. outwardM to pay tribute to those who helped about the variety of games available. Neem Parekh G’08 is an IT analyst at Ernst us reach this pinnacle. We wait to give to $500 – $1,000 and Young in New York City. these organizations, hoping that time will (Scott Nicholson) William Patrick G’08 is a quality assurance build a bigger gift that will have more of an manager at AXA Equitable in Syracuse. “Go the Distance” impact. Annie Patterson G’08 is an IT security analyst Every year we have a student or two who is at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors In reality, modest gifts make a noticeable at the tail end of their degree and has run out in Washington, D.C. difference in the day-to-day happenings within of money. Help these students finish up their Krishnakanth Rajaram G’08 is an intern at the school. A few hundred dollars can cover Bungee Labs in Orem, Utah. degree by paying for their last few credits. the expenses for a student to attend a confer- Prasad Raote G’08 is a consultant at Unisys $3,000 – $6,000 ence, or for a faculty member to purchase Corp. in Blue Bell, Pa. (Kathy Allen) cameras for a multimedia class. Other projects Sharad Rathi G’08 is an associate at KPMG in New York City. require larger levels of support that can “Beam Me Up, Scotty” Meenal Sathe G’08 is a staff member at Ernst enhance what we can achieve as a school. Syracuse’s South Side today has very limited and Young in San Francisco. m What else can these targeted gifts do for our Internet access and access to computing. Zachary Schwartz G’08 is a business devel students and faculty? iSchool undergraduate and graduate students oper at UCS Inc. in Lincolnton, N.C.
t n e Well, Communications Director Margaret are working to implement a wireless infrastruc- Sonia Singh G’08 is a consultant at Diamond Spillett and I met with the faculty (and later ture and public-access Technology Center on Management and Technology Consulting in Chicago. staff) to brainstorm on funding ideas with the South Side to improve access, foster skill Michele Smith G’08 is a lead information sys an emphasis on affordable gifts that could building, and promote entrepreneurship. Seed tems engineer at the MITRE Corporation really make a difference to the school and funding for the project was received from the in Bedford, Mass. faculty member. We hoped to unearth some Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Purchase Chandrasekhar Sridhar G’08 is an analyst at interesting, creative, and fun ideas that might equipment needed to strengthen the wireless Diamond Management and Technology
F inspire alumni and friends to support a spe- signal installed by iSchool students in IST 466 to Consulting in Chicago. Ping Wei G’08 is a research associate in cific idea that will directly benefit a faculty benefit residents of the South Side community.
u r o the physics department at Syracuse member or student. $5,000 University. I want to share with you now a sampling (Murali Venkatesh) Executive M.S. in of the ideas that were generated from those “Seedlings to Sunflowers” Information Management meetings: Support a seed business development fund for Diane Lowery G’08 is manager of outsourcing “Once Upon a Time…” student entrepreneurs to try out their ideas at CGI in Oswego, N.Y. Create a web-based competition for young and test their business plans with feedback Norma Ott G’08 is a computer scientist at the m children that guides them through the research from industry professionals. $10,000 Department of Defense in Washington, of a curriculum-related science topic, allows (Michael D’Eredita) D.C. Dennis Papula G’08 is director of IT policy and them to create an electronic storybook compliance at the U.S. General Services based on their research results, and provides We will post more of these unique Administration in Washington, D.C. opportunities for publishing their books on the funding opportunities on our web site: http://ischool.syr.edu/creativeways. M.S. in Telecommunications and Center for Digital Literacy’s “Curiosity Creek” Network Management web site. $15,000 Just as we educate our students to pull (Ruth Small and Marilyn Arnone) together disparate bits of data into a compre- Huan Qi G’02 is an account delivery man ager in the IT service/outsourcing area hensive knowledge of information, we seek “Put Me In Coach, for Hewlett Packard in Beijing. an expansive network of individual donors to I Want to Play” Christopher Bohlk G’08 is a web systems provide a solid foundation for our future as a Purchase equipment for the Virtual Coaching administrator at Cornell University in leading iSchool. If you would like to be part of Ithaca, N.Y. Project (VCP). VCP is focused on exploring the that support network, send me an e-mail at Majak Dut G’08 is a quality assurance analyst bounds of IT by asking the question: Can the [email protected] or give me a call at at Aspen Systems in Phoenix, Ariz. traditionally face-to-face environment of a crew Dhanya Kirup G’08 is an associate at KPMG in 315-443-6139. l team be morphed into an IT-mediated environ- New York City. ment that places the coach and athlete(s) in Chirag Modi G’08 is a data center administra different locations albeit interacting in real time tor at Susquehanna International Group in Bala Cynwyd, Pa. through video, audio, and hard-data steams? Qian Zhang G’08 is an analyst at Goldman $50,000 – $100,000 Sachs in New York City. (Michael D’Eredita) Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology Heshan Sun G’08 is an assistant professor of IT at University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz. Dale Thompson G’08 is an assistant professor at University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. l Syracuse University | S choo l of I nfo r mation S tu d ies f a l l 2 0 0 8 Ho19 me Page
Erin A. McQuiston Dorothy B. Sutton Dianne K. Melnychuk Matthew Syrett Thank You to Our 2007-08 Donors Maria Meredith Carl A. Talbot Carl A. Metosky and Patty A. Gallagher Eunice Ellen Teel Douglas O. and Barbara H. Michael Ann M. Tenglund Thanks to all of our donors who support Syracuse University, and especially to Marie C. Miczan Leatrice M. Thompson the following whose gifts directly benefited the School of Information Studies: Kevin D. and Myra Y. Miller Ronelle K. H. Thompson Anne P. Mlod William M. Thomson and Jane M. Thomson Margaret M. Apostolos-Peters Michelle K. Fitzgerald William E. Moen $25,000 + Peter W. Tifft Robert J. Armao and Rebecca A. Rector Patricia A. FitzGerald Rick A. Molnar Charles I. and Nancy H. Clarvit William J. Tracz Ralph A. Austin, Jr. Perry E. and Deborah R. Fowler Gary G. Moore Louis A. and Patricia Mautino Andrew Phillip and Kristen Trapasso Waldo C. Babcock Patience A. Frederiksen Elaine M. Morgan Carolyn K. 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Caspole Mark Francis Jaeger Catherine A. Reed Ashley McGraw Architects William J. Meyer and Diane S. Meyer Thomas L. Cassada Richard C. and Jane K. Janis Mary E. Reinke Association for Federal Information Ruth V. Small John D. Chasse and Arlene I. Jenks Lois Mae Reymann Resources Management Robert Wedgeworth Linda M. Negus-Chasse Laurie A. Jerva Louise C. Richards AT&T Foundation Vel F. Chesser David W. and Hong L. Ju Robert A. Rioux, III $500-$999 Bertot Information Consultant Lili S. Chiao Joseph Patrick Kane Priscilla A. Robb Jennifer A. Amadeo Services Inc. Deborah J. Christensen Tuan S. Kao Bernice L. Rocque Scott A. and Joyce M. Bernard CMP Media Inc. Kai Ming and Suk Wan Chu Jeffrey S. Kazin Bethel A. Rodriguez Darline L. Carter-Aubin Constellation Energy Group Peter J. Ciabattoni, Jr. Brian Keery Esther R. Roscoe Anne R. Diekema Creative Media Solutions Andrew J. and Judith R. Clark Catherine E. Kellogg Edward P. 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iSchool awards 16 Graduate Leadership Scholarships to incoming students
Margaret D. Spillett, editor he School of Information Studies (iSchool) at During an awards lunch, faculty and staff members Syracuse University is pleased to announce the provided the scholarship recipients with ways in which recipients of the 2008 Graduate Leadership they could engage in the life of the school. Ideas ranged Scholarships. This scholarship program was from working on research projects and organizing an Tlaunched this year to recognize excellence in applicants online book or discussion group to taking a leadership and to encourage them to participate in and lead the role in a student organizations and recruiting over breaks. graduate student organizations and other initiatives within This year’s 16 scholarship recipients are enrolled in the school. three of the master’s degree programs in both the cam- “As a leading iSchool, we find that the best and pus and distance-learning formats. They are: brightest often apply, but sometimes aren’t able to l Tasha Beers, school media distance program attend due to financial reasons,” says Dean Elizabeth l Rebecca Buerkett, school media distance program D. Liddy. “Our hope is that the leadership scholarships l Ashley Christopher, information management will enable these high-achieving students to enroll in our program top-ranked programs.” l Christina Parker Evola, school media The scholarship covers six tuition credits a year for distance program both years of study in one of the master’s degree pro- l Scott Goff, school media program l James Powell, information management program grams. As a recipient of the award, students are expected l Michael Luther, library and information l Jennifer Recht, library and information to participate in the life of the school through a variety science program science program of activities such as assisting with the administration l Amanda Mitchell, library and information l Peter Schult, library and information of student organizations and serving as peer advisors. science program science distance program Scholarship recipients must maintain good standing l Ambika Narayanan Kutty, information manage- l Leah Sopchak, library and information academically and overall performance in the school. ment program science program A committee of iSchool faculty, staff, and administra- l Jocelyn Ozolins, school media distance program l Clark Thompson, information management tors select recipients based on their application and sup- l Susan Page, library and information science distance program porting materials in a competitive review process. program l April Yannarelli, school media distance program N Y PAI D U.S. P ost a g e sy ra cus e, No nPr o f it Or g . S y ra cus e Un iv er sity l oo n S c h o i t r m a o n f I The Original School of Information Studies Information of School i t y s n i v e r U e s S y r a c u 13244 Studies nformation I NY all H inds inds University Syracuse H Syracuse School of of School