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EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Library and Information Studies
Rutgers University
School of Communication, Information & Library Studies
2000
Master of Library Science in Library
Science (Cum Laude)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
School of Library, Information & Archive Studies
1988
RESEARCH STATEMENT
Both my research and teaching activities are
informed by my
belief that societies that exercise a policy of open dissemination of
and
access to information are those that allow its citizenry to achieve
personal
and societal goals. The aim of my research is to examine questions of
how to
achieve information policies and practices that will allow information
to serve
as an engine of renewal and growth.
Theoretically, I draw from
the framework laid by Overman and
Cahill in their 1990 article Information policy: A study of values
in the
policy process (Policy Studies Review, 9(4), 803-818.) This article
recognizes the important part that formal organizations, specifically
governments, have on the information dissemination process. I extend
the
Overman and Cahill model to include other types of organizations
besides
government, and other forms of dissemination, besides policy.
Specifically, I
see the areas of scholarly communication within academic institutions
as part
of the information dissemination fiber that promotes intellectual and
academic
freedom.
The discipline of library and information science provides an ideal
framework for examining such questions
and introducing these questions to the next generation of
professionals. Our traditional emphasis on equitable
access to information is out underlying ethical justification. As a
researchers and a teacher, I build on the skills
of organization of information to examine the nature, uses and
functions of information in society.
Teaching Interests
* Information Policy
* Scholarly Communication
* Government and Intergovernmental Organization Information
* The Philosophy of Information
* Information Resources and Services
COURSES TAUGHT
Graduate
* Human Information Behavior
* Humanities and Social Science Reference
* Information Policy
* Introduction to Internet
* Introduction to Library and Information Science
* Fundamentals of Library and Information Studies
* General Reference Resources
* Government Information Resources
* International Information Sources
* Scholarly Communication
Undergraduate
* Information Policies, Politics and Power
* Leadership in the Electronic Environment
* Management of Technological Organizations
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor
PRATT INSTITUTE
School of Information & Library Science
2005-
Part Time Lecturer
Rutgers University
School of Communication, Information & Library Science
2001–2005
Adjunct Faculty
Queens College, CUNY
Graduate School of Library &Information Science
1999-2000 2004–2005
Adjunct Lecturer
St. John's University
Library and Information Science Division
2002
Faculty Lecturer
Bar Ilan University
Department of Information Science
2000–2001
Visiting Lecturer
Hebrew University
School of Library, Information & Archive Studies
2001
Teaching Assistant
Rutgers University
School of Communication, Information & Library Science
1998–2000
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Israeli Center for Libraries
Database Manager and Head of Publications
1990–1996
Hebrew University Institute of
Contemporary Jewry
1989–1990
Hebrew University Library of the
Graduate School of Library, Archive and Information Studies
1986–1988
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
International
Professors Project
IPP FELLOW and Board member
"Project Fellows are
members who help further the goal of internationalized curricula with
culturally local sensitivities. Fellows research and do scholarship
related to Project goals. They are the in-university support network
for International Professors and Instructors. In short, IPP
Fellows are the ones who make things happen or lay the groundwork for
happenings"
ACTIVITIES &
ASSOCIATIONS
* ALA LRRT Shrea Award Committee,
Chair (2007-8)
* ALISE Pratt-Severn Award
Committee (2007)
* ALA GODORT,
Notable Document (International) judge (2007-8)
* Committee Member, GIOPS
(Government Information and Official
Publications Sections) IFLA, 2001-2005.
* Editorial Board, Committee
for Translating Dewey to Hebrew, 1996–1998
* American Society for
Information Science and Technology (ASIST)
member, 1996–
* American Library Association
(ALA) member, 1996–
* Association of Jewish
Librarians (AJL) member, 1996–
* International Federation of
Library Association (IFLA) member, 2000–
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