maria cristina pattuelli
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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Information and Library Science, 2007
School of Information & Library Science of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.
Dissertation: A user-centered approach to the development of a history domain ontology: helping teachers use digital primary sources.
Advisor: Dr. Stephanie W. Haas.

Dottore in Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (Cultural Heritage Studies), 1999
summa cum laude
Facoltá di Conservazione Dei Beni Culturali of the University of Bologna, Italy
Thesis: Metadata for the Description and Retrieval of Digital Resources on the World Wide Web.
Advisor: Prof. Dino Buzzetti

Dottore in Filosofia (Philosophy), 1992
summa cum laude
Dipartimento di Filosofia of the University of Bologna, Italy

Diploma in Archives, Paleography and Diplomatica, 1986
Scuola dell’Archivio di Stato di Bologna, Italy

RESEARCH INTERESTS

    + Organization of Information and Knowledge Representation
    + Metadata and Ontologies for Digital Libraries
    + Semantic Web
    + Learning Objects
    + User Studies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor. Pratt Institute – School of Information & Library Science. Fall 2007 – present.

Graduate Research Assistant. UNC-Chapel Hill, SILS. 2001- 2005.

Teaching Fellow. UNC-Chapel Hill, SILS. Fall 2001-Spring 2002; Summer Session 2006.

Director. Luigi Dal Pane Library. Castel Bolognese, Italy. 1986-2000.

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Honorable Mention, Doctoral Students Research Poster Competition, Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual (ALISE), January 2007.

Lester Asheim Scholarship, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006-2007.

Smith Graduate Research Grant, University of North Carolina Graduate School, Fall 2006.

Graduate Student Travel Grant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, September 2004.

Margaret Ellen Kalp Fellowship, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002-2003.

REFEREED ARTICLES AND PROCEEDINGS PAPERS

Pattuelli, M.C. (in press) Teachers’ perspectives and contextual dimensions to guide the
design of N.C. history Learning Objects and Ontology. Information Processing and Management.

Pattuelli, M.C. (2007). Helping Teachers Find Digital History Resources: A User-Centered Approach to Designing a Domain Ontology for Learning Objects. Poster presented at the 2007 ALISE Annual Conference. Seattle, WA, January 15-18, 2007.
http://www.alise.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=55584

Hert , C.A. , Denn, S.O., Gillman, D.W., Oh, J.S., Pattuelli, M.C., Hernández, N. (2007). Investigating and modeling metadata usage to support information architecture development in the statistical knowledge network. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 58(9), pp. 1267-1284.

Pattuelli, M.C. and Norberg, L.R. (2006). Identity matters: Constructing social identities through ontology-based metadata. In DC-2006: Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Manzanillo, Mexico, in October 2006. pp. 215-219.
http://dc2006.ucol.mx/papers/jueves/15.00/Pattuelli-Norberg Dublin Core 2006.ppt

Pattuelli, M.C. (2006). Context for content: Shaping learning objects and modeling a domain ontology from the teachers' perspective. In Blandford, A. & Gow, J. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Workshop on Digital Libraries in the Context of Users' Broader Activities (DL-CUBA), pp. 23-27. JCDL 2006, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
http://www.uclic.ucl.ac.uk/events/dl-cuba2006/papers/Pattuelli.pdf

Oh, J.S., Denn, S.O., and Pattuelli, M.C. (2005). Four-perspective model for metadata requirements engineering. Presented at the 2005 ASIST Annual Meeting. Charlotte, NC, October28-November 2, 2005.
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM05/abstracts/242.html

Pattuelli, M.C. and Zhang, J. (2004). An ontology-driven approach to accessing and understanding statistical information in the GovStat Project. Poster presented at the 2004 ASIST Annual Meeting. Providence, RI, November 13-18, 2004.
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM04/posters/235.doc

Denn, S., Oh, J.S., and Pattuelli, M.C. (2004). Defining a metadata structure to support integration. Poster presented at the 2004 ASIST Annual Meeting. Providence, RI, November 13-18, 2004.
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM04/posters/268.doc

Pattuelli, M.C., Norberg, L.R., and Smith, N. (2004). Using reusable learning objects and semantic tools to support concept-based teaching of the American South. Poster presented at the 2004 European Conference on Digital Libraries. Bath, UK, September 12-17, 2004.
http://www.ecdl2004.org/posters-demos.html

Haas, S.W., Pattuelli, M.C., Brown, R.T. & Wilbur, J. (2003). Understanding statistical concepts and terms in context: The GovStat Ontology and the Statistical Interactive Glossary. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for information Science and Technology, pp. 193-199. http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM03/abstracts/Mon-2-41.html

Pattuelli, M.C., Haas, S. W., Brown, R.T. & Wilbur, J. (2003). The GovStat Ontology. Proceedings of the National Conference on Digital Government Research, dg.o2003. Digital Government Research Center, pp. 355-358.

Brown, R.T., Wilbur, J., Haas, S.W. & Pattuelli, M.C. (2003). The GovStat Statistical Interactive Glossary (SIG). Proceedings of the National Conference on Digital Government Research, dg.o2003. Digital Government Research Center, pp. 322-323.

Greenberg, J., Pattuelli, M.C., Parsia, B. & Robertson, D.W. (2002). Author-generated Dublin Core Metadata for Web Resources: A Baseline Study in an Organization. JoDI: Journal of Digital Information 2(2). Also published in DC-2001. Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2001. National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan 2001 (pp. 38-46). www.nii.ac.jp/dc2001/proceedings/product/paper-06.pdf

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Pattuelli, M.C. (2004). The GovStat Ontology: Technical Report.
http://ils.unc.edu/govstat/papers.html

Nelson, M., Argue, B., Efron, M., Denn, S. & Pattuelli, M.C. (2001). A Survey of Complex Object Technologies for Digital Libraries. NASA/TM-2001-211426, (77 pp.).
http://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/ltrs/PDF/2001/tm/NASA-2001-tm211426.pdf

PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS

Pattuelli, M.C. (2005). International Library Education: Italian Library Education / Formazione Bibliotecaria Italiana. Invited talk at the 2005 Annual LAUNC-CH Conference. Chapel Hill, NC, March 14, 2005.

Denn, S., Gillman, D., Hert , C.A. , Oh, J.S., and Pattuelli, M.C. (2004). Metadata for the SKN: Philosophy, Progress, and Future Directions. Presentation to GovStat Project Meeting, May 14, 2004.

Pattuelli, M.C. (2003). Developing an ontology for the GovStat Project. Presentation given at the Doctoral Students Research Forum, SILS, UNC-Chapel Hill, March 28, 2003.

SERVICE

Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure (ARPT) Committee, Secretary, Fall 2007-present

Curriculum, Teaching, and Research Support Committee (CARTS), Member, Fall 2007-present

Personnel Committee, SILS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006-present

Membership Officer, European Student Chapter, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), 2006-present

Student Representative, Barriers and Opportunities: Globalization in LIS Education, International Conference, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 7-9 April, 2002.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) 2005-present

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2003-present
SIGART Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence.

American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) 2002-present
Digital Libraries (DL) Special Interest Group
European Student Chapter

Associazione Dottorandi e Dottori di Ricerca Italiani (ADI) (Italian Doctoral Students and Researchers Association) 2002-present

Associazione Italiana Biblioteche (AIB) (Italian Libraries Association) 1985-present