SLAIS Faculty
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Caroline Haythornthwaite Research Interests: internet research, Social Informatics, Distributed Knowledge, Peer Production, Online Community, Online Social Networks, Online Learning/e-Learning, Collaboration
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Rafa Absar Research interests: Human-computer interaction; Human-information interaction; Multimodal interfaces; User-centred design; User experience and engagement. SLAIS Courses for 2011/12: LIBR 553 Understanding Information Users in Diverse Environments; LIBR 554: Database Design |
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Luciana
Duranti Research interests: Digital records forensics (accuracy, reliability and authenticity); Applicability of traditional diplomatic & archival concepts to contemporary records; Principles & methods for selecting, acquiring & preserving contemporary records; Theory versus practice: what works in real situations. SLAIS Courses for 2011/12: ARST 510: Archival Diplomatics; ARST 520: Selection And Acquisition Of Archival Documents; ARST 555: Preservation of Digital Records; ARST 610: Theoretical and Research Foundations of Archival Studies |
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Luanne Freund Research interests: Interactive information retrieval; Web-based information seeking; Organizational information behaviour; Contextual and task-based approaches to information access; Digital genres SLAIS Courses for 2011/12: LIBR 503 Foundations of Information Sources and Services; LIBR 530 Subject-based Information Services; LIBR 610: Theoretical & Research Foundations of Library & Information Studies |
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Rick
Kopak Research Interests: Link typing; Hypertext; Digital libraries; Human-computer interaction; Information-seeking in distributed information environments; Information architecture; Information design SLAIS Courses for 2011/12: ARST 591/LIBR 505: Research Methods in Information Organizations; ARST/LIBR 554: Database Design; LIBR 555: Information Design I – Systems; ARST/LIBR 600: Advanced Seminar in Research Methods |
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Victoria L. Lemieux Research Interests: Financial records and information systems; information failures in financial systems; records and information risk management, in particular data loss; and the application of visual analytics to large archival datasets SLAIS Courses for 2011/12: ARST 516: The Management of Current Records; ARST 540: Archival Public Services; ARST 575H/LIBR 514F: Information Visualization and Visual Analytics |
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Aaron Loehrlein Research Interests: Knowledge organization, especially user's interactions with knowledge organizing systems; Information architecture; Cognitive categorization; Information seeking behaviour and its effects on users' mental models SLAIS Courses for 2011/12: LIBR 502: Foundations of Resource Description and Access; LIBR 511: Cataloguing and Classification; LIBR 514E: Taxonomies: Research and Evaluation |
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Eric Meyers Research Interests: Youth Information Interaction, Collaborative Information Seeking and Retrieval, Theories of Learning and Cognition, Youth Services, School and Public Libraries, New Media, Virtual Worlds SLAIS Courses for 2011/12: LIBR 528:Services for Young Adults; LIBR 535: Instructional Role of the Librarian; LIBR 559B: New Media for Children and Young Adults |
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Giovanni Michetti Research Interests:Digital records management; Objects analysis and authenticity in digital environment; Archival arrangement and description; Digital preservation SLAIS Courses for 2011/12: ARST 515: Arrangement and Description of Archival Documents; ARST 556D: Archives and the Web |
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Lisa Nathan Research Interests: Environmental Sustainability & Information Systems;
Human-Computer Interaction SLAIS Courses for 2011/12: LIBR 501: Foundations of the Information Society and Information Organizations; LIBR 548H:Community Informatics; LIBR 561: Information Policy |
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Heather L. O'Brien Research Interests: Theories of user experience; Methods for evaluating user experiences with technology; Scale development and evaluation; Human-computer interaction, specifically user perception research; The role of affect, behaviour and cognition in users' interactions with technology; Information seeking, retrieval and use SLAIS Courses for 2011/12: LIBR 501: Foundations of the Information Society and Information Organizations; LIBR 578: Library Planning |
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Edie
Rasmussen Research Interests: Information retrieval in text, multimedia, and web environments; Digital libraries; Data mining; Bibliometrics SLAIS Courses for 2011/12: LIBR 581: Digital Libraries; LIBR 558: Information Retrieval Systems: Structures and Algorithms; LIBR 582: Digital Images and Collections; LIBR 610: Theoretical & Research Foundations of Library & Information Studies |
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Judi
Saltman Research Interests: Canadian children's literature; International children's literature; Canadian children's illustrated books; Canadian publishing for children SLAIS Courses for 2011/12: LIBR 520: Survey of Literature and Other Materials for Children; LIBR 521: Contemporary Literature and Other Materials for Children; LIBR 523: Canadian Literature and Other Materials for Children; LIBR 527: Services for Children |
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Mary
Sue [Susie] Stephenson SLAIS Courses for 2011/12: LIBR 500: Foundations of Information Technology; LIBR 512: Indexing; LIBR 557: Advanced Information Retrieval |
