Information Sciences Faculty Members Present Research at ASIS&T Conference

School of Information Sciences faculty members played an integral role at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Sciences and Technology (ASIS&T), held Oct. 19-25 in Milwaukee.

"This year's ASIS&T Conference provides another example of how our Information Science faculty are moving the field forward by generating important new knowledge," said Mike Wirth, dean of the College of Communication and Information.

ASIS&T is the world's leading research society for information scientists working in academia and industry.

Faculty members and their original research projects are listed below.

-- Dr. Dania Bilal, "Information Behavior in the Arab World"

-- Dr. Bharat Mehra, "Conceptualizing Social Justice in the Information Sciences," "Human Information Behavior Concepts from a Perspective of IT Professionals in India," and "Conceptualizing Social Justice in the Information Professions"

-- Drs. Bharat Mehra and Dania Bilal, "International Students' Information Needs and Use of Technology" and "Information Behavior in Developing Countries: Research, Issues, and Emerging Trends"

-- SIS Lecturer Denise Bedford, "Knowledge Organization Systems Standards Committee"

-- Dr. Lorraine Normore, "Models of information organization: A case study" (with SIS student Michelle Garret)

-- Dr. Robert Sandusky, "A Web 2.0 enabled content management system for rural youth photographers: Social computing supporting community empowerment"

-- Dr. Robert Sandusky, Dr. Carol Tenopir, and SIS Lecturer Margaret Casado, "Uses of Figures and Tables from Scholarly Journal Articles in Teaching and Research" and "Figure and Table Retrieval from Scholarly Journal Articles: User Needs for Teaching and Research"

-- Dr. Carol Tenopir, "The Impact of the Internet on Users"

-- Dr. Peiling Wang, "Modeling Web Session Behavior Using Cluster Analysis: A Comparison of Three Search Settings," "Mining Web Search Behaviors: Strategies and Techniques for Data Modeling and Analysis" (co-presented with CCI doctoral student Lei Wu), and "Information-seeking behaviors of academic researchers in the Internet Age: A user study in the United States, China and Greece" (Runner-up, 2007 Best Information Behavior Conference Paper Award, Special Interest Group - Information Needs, Seeking and Use)

In addition, as a member of the ASIS&T Board of Directors, Dr. Suzie Allard took part in planning the conference.

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