Spring 2009 Topics and Speakers:

• Monday, January 26, 4 pm HBK 2116
  Douglas W. Oard, University of Maryland
  “It may be flat, but it sure is big!”
  -- Abstract and Bio
• Tuesday, February 17, 10 am HBK 2119
  Eric m Meyers, University of Washington
  “From the Classroom to the (Virtual) Playground: Youth Social Information Interaction”
  -- Abstract and Bio
• Thursday, February 19, 10 am HBK 2116
  Jody K. Howard, University of Denver
  “The Relationship between School Culture and an Effective School Library Program; Four Case Studies”
  -- Abstract and Bio
• Monday, February 23, 10 am HBK 2119
  Michelle Kowalsky, Pepperdine University
  “The Development Processes of the Second Life Librarians”
  -- Abstract and Bio
• Wednesday, February 25, 10 am HBK 2119
  Mega Subramaniam, Florida State University
  “Computing and Information Science Education—From K-12 to Graduate Education”
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
• Monday, March 9, 4 pm HBK 2116
  Ping Wang, University of Maryland
  Douglas W. Oard, University of Maryland
  Kenneth R. Fleischmann, University of Maryland
  “PopIT: Scalable Computational Analysis of the Diffusion of Technological Concepts”
  -- Abstract and Bio
• Monday, March 16 Spring Break
• Monday, March 23, 4 pm HBK 2119
  Jari Multisilta, University of Tampere, Finland; and Consultant for Nokia
  "Next Generation Web for Network-based and Mobile Learning "
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
• Monday, March 30, 4 pm HBK 2119
  David Nichols, University of Waikato (New Zealand)
  "Experiences in Deploying Public Metadata Analysis Tools"
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
• Monday, April 24, 11 am HBK 2119
  HCIL Seminar: Mary Czerwinski
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
• Monday, April 27, 11 am HBK 2119
  HCIL Seminar: Joe Marks
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
• Monday, May 4, 4 pm HBK 2119
  Bill Kules, Catholic University of America
  "What Do Exploratory Searchers Look at in a Faceted Search Interface?"
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
• Monday, May 11, 4 pm HBK 2119
  Jagan Sankaranarayanan

Fall 2008 Topics and Speakers:

• Monday, September 8, 4 pm. HBK 2116
  Ken Fleischmann: Human-Computer Interaction Lab
  Paul Jaeger: Center for Information Policy and E-Government
  Derek Hansen: Center for the Advanced Study of Communities and Information John Bertot: Center for Library Innovation 
  Doug Oard: Computational Linguistics and Information Processing Lab
  Neil Fraistat: Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
  “Five-Minute Madness: A Whirlwind Tour of the Research Labs’ Status”
  
  
• Monday, September 15, 4 pm. HBK 2116
  Dr. Jen Golbeck, University of Maryland
  "Designing Systems to Help Find Experts"
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, September 22, 4 pm. HBK 2116
  Dr. David Yates, University of Maryland
  "Partial Least Squares Analysis in Information Science Research: An Analysis of Expertise Redeployment in Wiki-based Intranets"
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, September 29, 4 pm. HBK 2116
  Emi Ishita, Surugadai University
  "Children's Eye Movement While Reading Picture Books"
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, October 6, 4 pm. HBK 2116
  Douglas W. Oard, University of Maryland
  Jason R. Baron, National Archives and Records Administration
  Tamer Elsayed, University of Maryland
  Lidan Wang, University of Maryland
  "No, not that PMI: Search Technology for Legal E-Discovery "
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, October 13, 4 pm. HBK 2116
  Vagelis Hristidis, Florida International University
  "Information Discovery on Vertical Domains"
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, October 20, 4 pm. HBK 2116
  Kenneth Fleischmann, University of Maryland
  "The Ethical Implications of Values in Computational Modeling"
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, October 27, 4 pm. HBK 2116
  No speaker due to ASIS&T meeting.
  
  
  
• Monday, November 3, 4 pm. CSIC Special Location
  Thomas W. Malone, MIT
  "MIT Center for Collective Intelligence"
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Thursday, November 13, 4 pm. HBK 2116 Special Date
  Marc Smith, Telligent Corporation
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, November 17, 4 pm. HBK 2116
  Yan Qu, University of Maryland
  "Studies on Collaborative Knowledge Structure Construction"
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, November 24, 4 pm. HBK 2116
  Charles B. Lowry, Executive Director, ARL
  "Role and purpose of the Association of Research Libraries"
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, December 1, 4 pm. CSIC Special Location
  Prabhakar Raghavan, Yahoo
  “New Sciences for a New Web”
  -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, December 8, 4 pm. HBK 2116
  Diane Barlow, University of Maryland
  “Addressing Staffing Issues in Academic Libraries”
  -- Abstract and Bio

 

Spring 2008 Topics and Speakers:

• Monday, March 31, 4-5 pm. HBK 2119
  Diane Boehr, Head of Cataloging, National Library of Medicine
  "On the Record: Report of the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control"
  -- Abstract and Bio
• Tuesday, February 26, 10-11 am. HBK 2119
  John Bertot, Ph.D, Florida State University
  "Public Libraries and the Internet: Roles, Issues, and Policy"
  -- Abstract and Bio
• Tuesday, February 19, 10-11 am. HBK 2119
  María Esteva, University of Texas
  "The Aleph in the archive: appraisal and preservation of a natural electronic archive"
  -- Abstract and Bio
• Wednesday, February 13, 10-11 am. HBK 2119
  Dr. Jonathan Lazar, Towson University
  "Improving Information Access for Blind Users on the Web"
  -- Abstract and Bio
• Tuesday, February 08, 10-11 am. HBK 2119
  Dr. Padmini Srinivasan, The University of Iowa
  "Explaining and Predicting Web Page Status"
  -- Abstract and Bio
• Tuesday, February 05, 10-11 am. HBK 2119
  Jean Dryden, Information Studies, University of Toronto
  "Copyright in the Real World: The Impact of Copyright on Making Archival Material Available on the Internet"
  -- Abstract and Bio
• Wednesday, January 30, 10-11 am. HBK 2119
  Dr. Kristin R. Eschenfelder, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  "The 1980's Downloading Crisis: The Evolution of Use Rights for Licensed Databases"
  -- Abstract and Bio

Fall 2007 Topics and Speakers:

• Wednesday, December 5, 2:00-3:00 pm (rescheduled to Spring 2008)
  HBK 2116, Dr. Kathleen Smarick, University of Maryland, "Exploring Social Science Data on Terrorism and Preparedness" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Thursday, November 29, 2007
  10:30-11:30am
  HBK 2119, Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany, "Do Virtual Communities matter for Social Networks? Exploring the Role of Virtual Communities for the Development of Virtual Relationships of Patients" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  3:00-4:00Pm
  HBK 2119, Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany, "Community Building for Innovations: IT-supported Idea Competitions as a Tool for Open Innovation" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Tuesday, November 6, 1:30-2:30 pm
  HBK 4115, Dr. Curt Bonk, Indiana University, "How the Learning World Became Flat: Ten Knowledge Sharing and Technology Trends Equalizing Access to Learning" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, November 5, 2:00-3:00 pm
  HBK 2119, Dr. Paul T. Jaeger, University of Maryland, "The Community Impacts of Free Public Internet Access in Libraries" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, October 29, 2:00-3:00 pm
  HBK 2119, Dr. Trudi Bellardo Hahn, University of Maryland, "Research Support from Uncle Sam: Potential and Realities" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, October 22, 2:00-3:00 pm
  HBK 2119, Dr. Jimmy Lin, University of Maryland, "Computing in the Clouds: Thinking about Information Processing at "Web Scale"" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, October 15, 2:00-3:00 pm
  HBK 2119, Dr. Kenneth R. Fleischmann, University of Maryland, " Digital Libraries and Human Value" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, October 8, 2:00-3:00 pm
  HBK 2119, Dr. Douglas W. Oard, University of Maryland, "Lessons from the MALACH Project: Applying new technologies to improve intellectual access to large oral history collections" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, October 1, 2:00-3:00 pm
  HBK 2119, Dr. Delia Neuman, University of Maryland, "LEARN: A Model for Creating Knowledge in the Information Age" -- Abstract and Bio
  

Spring 2007 Topics and Speakers:

• Thursday, February 15, 9:30 am
  HBK 0108, Ron T. Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Investigating Teacher Use of Digital Video" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Tuesday, February 27, 9:30 am
  HBK 0108, Chris Hagar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Crisis, Farming and Community: Informatics and Emergency Response" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Thursday, March 1, 9:30 am
  HBK 0108, Lili Luo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Toward Sustaining Professional Development: Identification of Essential Chat Reference Competencies and Effective Training Techniques" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Tuesday, March 6, 9:30 am
  HBK 0108, Ajit Pyati, UCLA, "A Critical Theory of Library Technology: An Examination of Open Source Software in Libraries" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Friday, March 9, 9:30 am
  HBK 0108, Trudi Hahn, University of Maryland, College Park, "Mass Digitization: Implications for Preserving the Scholarly Record" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Tuesday, March 13, 9:30 am
  HBK 0108, Jennifer Golbeck, University of Maryland, College Park , "Social Information Access: Connecting Distributed Information and People on the Web" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Thursday, March 15, 10:00 am
  HBK 0108, Dave Yates, University of Southern California, "Collaborative Technology Support for Perspective Making and Perspective Taking in Synchronous and Asynchronous Virtual Interactive Contexts" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Tuesday, March 27, 10:00 am
  HBK 0108, Unmil Karadkar, Texas A&M University, "Perception-informed Digital Collection Interfaces" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Monday, April 2, 11 am
  HBK 2119, Genevieve Bell, Intel Corporation, "From the Edges of the Network:  Anthropological Musings on Wireless(ness)," joint colloquium with the HCIL seminar series -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Tuesday, April 3, 10 am
  HBK 0108, Prudence W. Dalrymple, Johns Hopkins University, "Is Information Enough? Exploring Inter-Disciplinary Approaches to Evidence-Based Practice" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Thursday, April 5, 10 am
  HBK 0108, J. Jason Li, University of Arizona, "Optimal Search-based Feature Subset Selection for Gene Array Cancer Classification" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Thursday, April 12, 4 pm
  HBK 4115, Ping Wang, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland at College Park, "Organizational Consequences of Fashion in Information Technology" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Thursday, April 19, 10 am
  HBK 0108, Scott Paquette, University of Toronto , "Knowledge Management Systems and Customer Knowledge Use in Organizations" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Tuesday, April 24, 10 am
  HBK 0108, Derek Hansen, University of Michigan , "Online Community Repositories:  Integrating Conversation and Collaboratively Authored Documents" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Thursday, April 26, 10 am
  HBK 0108, Jan Chong, Stanford University, "Knowledge Sharing and Work Practice" -- Abstract and Bio
  
  
• Wednesday, May 9, 11:30 am
  Room 2120 A.V. Williams Building, Efthimis N. Efthimiadis, "The Use of Sketches as a Tool for Identifying Gaps in Students' Conceptual Models of 'How Search Engines Work", joint CLIP and Information Studies Colloquium -- Abstract and Bio

Fall 2006 Topics and Speakers:

• Wednesday,September 13 "Bridging Computer Science and Behavioral Science: Research Examples " by Joseph A. Konstan , Professor of Computer Science and Engineering , University of Minnesota -- Abstract and Bio
• September 20, 4 pm, Eileen Abels, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, "Internet Public Library" and "the Institutional Review Board at Maryland" -- Abstract and Bio
• October 4, 4 pm, Alexandra McKeown and Anne Geronimo, Office of Research
  Administration and Advancement, University of Maryland, Support for Research at
  College of Information Studies
• October 11, 4 pm, Allison Druin and Jerry Fails, College of Information Studies,
  University of Maryland, "Mobile Storytelling" -- Abstract and Bio
• October 19 (Thursday), 3 pm, Margaret Dalton, University of Alabama, "Exporting American Librarianship: A Work in Progress" -- Abstract and Bio
• October 25, 4 pm, Judith Klavans, College of Information Studies, University of
  Maryland, "Computational Linguistics for Metadata Building" -- Abstract and Bio
• November 1, 4 pm, Samer Faraj, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland,
  "Exchange Structure of Electronic Knowledge Networks" -- Abstract and Bio
• November 8, 4 pm, Daniel Weitzner, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) -- Abstract and Bio
• November 13 (Monday), 11 am, Robert McArthur, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia, "Socio-cognitive Representation of Meaning in Electronic Communication," jointly hosted with Computational Linguistics and Information Processing Laboratory (CLIP) Colloquium Series." -- Abstract and Bio
  
• November 15, 4 pm, Farid Ahmed, Catholic University of America, “Secure Content Distribution: How Does Digital Watermarking Help?”. -- Abstract and Bio
• November 29, 4 pm, Katherine Stewart, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, "Success Factors in Open Source Software Development: A Theoretical Model and Empirical Tests". -- Abstract and Bio
• December 6, 4 pm, Gary W. Strong, MITRE Corp. "Modeling Phase Change Behavior" -- Abstract and Bio
• December 15, 10:30 am, Kari Kraus, Zotero. "Writing Down Pictures: Linguistic Description of Digital Images" -- Abstract and Bio

SPring 2006 Topics and Speakers:

• January 25: "Learning@Europe: sharing culture and fun in a virtual world with students from all over Europe" by Caterina Poggi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Abstract and Bio
• February 1: "What Practitioners Have to Say about Preparing Subject Specialists for Academic and Research Libraries" by Dr. Diane Barlow and Pat Fisher, College of Information Studies , University of Maryland. Abstract and Bio
• Tuesday, February 7, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. in HBK 0108*: "Finding the Archive in Digital Libraries: Samples of a Research Agenda" by Dr. Paul Conway, Duke University. Abstract and Bio
• Friday, February 10, 2:00 p.m., McKeldin Library 6137:** "Digital Technologies and Education: Distraction or Panacea?" by Dr. Frank Moretti, Executive Director, Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning,Columbia University.
• Tuesday, February 14, 9:30 a.m. in HBK 0108*: "Multi-perspective Requirements Modelling" by Professor Pericles Loucopoulos, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. Abstract and Bio
• Thursday, February 23, 9:30 a.m.*: "An Affect-Cognition Model (ACM) of Individuals’ Decisions about ICT Use" by Dr. Ping Zhang, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University. Abstract and Bio
• Wednesday, March 1, 9:30 a.m.*: "Intellectual Property and Intellectual Access: Exploring the Tensions" by Dr. John N. Gathegi, College of Information, Florida State University. Abstract and Bio
• Monday, March 6, 9:30 a.m.* "Growing Older in the Information Age: Civic Engagement, Social Relationships, and Well-being among Older Internet Users in China and the United States" by Bo Xie, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Abstract and Bio
• Wednesday, March 8, 9:30 a.m.*: "Information Policy, Information Access, and Democracy" by Paul Jaeger, College of Information, Florida State University. Abstract and Bio
• Wednesday, March 15, 9:30 a.m.*: "Assessing Information Literacy Skills: A Rubric Approach" by Megan Oakleaf, Librarian for Instruction and Undergraduate Research, North Carolina State University. Abstract and Bio
• Friday, March 31, 9:30 a.m.*: "Supporting Representation Construction in Sensemaking" by Yan Qu, of Information and the Department of Computer Science Engineering at the University of Michigan. Abstract and Bio
• Thursday, April 6: "A Multidisciplinary Approach to Manage the Risk of Information Systems Security and Privacy Incidents" by Fariborz Farahmand, Visiting Assistant Professor of Management, Krannert School of Management and Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, Purdue University. Abstract and Bio
• Wednesday, April 12: "Policy-driven Online Community Development" by Dr. Vedat Diker, College of Information Studies , University of Maryland. Abstract and Bio
• Wednesday, May 3: "Popular Concepts Beyond Organizations: Exploring New Dimensions of Information Technology Innovations" by Dr. Ping Wang, College of Information Studies , University of Maryland. Abstract and Bio

Fall 2005 Topics and Speakers:

• December 15: "Factors Affecting the Access to and Use of Scholarly Scientific Information by Graduate Students of Colombia," by Margarita Echeverri, Tulane University and College of Information Studies . Abstract
• December 8: by Neil Fraistat, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH). Abstract
• December 1: "Recovering Community with Documents: The Carr Store Research Project," by Donald Linebaugh, Director, Historic Preservation Program, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, University of Maryland. Abstract
• Tuesday, November 15, in room 0108:** "Understanding Implicit Feedback: Behaviors, Context and Relevance," by Diane Kelly, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina. Abstract
• Wednesday, November 9**: "Systems for Older and Disabled People: Research in Applied Computing at the University of Dundee," by Professor Alan Newell, Applied Computing, University of Dundee, Scotland. Abstract
• November 3: "Retrieval and Evaluation of Emails and Email Threads," by Yejun Wu, College of Information Studies , University of Maryland. INTERNAL ONLY Abstract
• October 27: "An insider's look at BRIDGE - the Bilingual Resource Inference and Dictionary Generation Environment," Burcu Karagol-Ayan, Tandeep Sidhu, and Miriam Matteson. INTERNAL ONLY Abstract
• October 13: "Policy Capturing Models for Multi-faceted Relevance Judgments," by Xiaoli Huang. INTERNAL ONLY Abstract
• October 6 at 3:00 p.m.*: "Finding Everything: GALE at Maryland," Douglas W. Oard, College of Information Studies , University of Maryland. Abstract
• September 22: "Moving Towards Question Answering Systems for Evidence-Based Medicine," Jimmy Lin, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland. INTERNAL ONLY Abstract
• September 15: "Preserving Digital Client Records From a Bankrupt Law Firm: An NDIIPP-sponsored Search for Solutions to the Archival Donut," David A. Kirsch and Anthony M. Ramirez, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. Abstract

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