Research

SLIS Faculty Research Profile

Electronic commerce, information architecture, computer-mediated communication; managers and information in organizations; information policy and electronic networking; and the intersection of sociological and library and information science theory.

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Areas of SLIS Faculty Research

In 2006, SLIS ranked #1 in the nation in research productivity for the second successive time (Adkins & Budd, 2006). Thomson Scientific's (2006) analysis of library and information science journals (2001-2005) ranked IU second in the impact of its publications, behind Harvard University. SLIS tenured and tenure-track faculty (Bloomington and Indianapolis) conduct cutting-edge research in the following broad areas:

Information Research

Philosophy of Information: Day, Jacob
Complex Systems: Börner, Ekbia, Paolillo
Scientometrics: Börner
Informetrics: Cronin, Meho, Shaw
Scholarly Communication: Ball, Cronin, Meho, Nisonger, Shaw
Citation Analysis: Cronin, Meho, Nisonger, Shaw, Yang
Serials and Journal Ranking: Nisonger
Discourse Analysis: Herring
Quantitative Methods: Paolillo
Evaluation and Outcomes Assessment: Applegate, Nisonger, Shachaf
Teaching and Learning: Applegate, Rosenbaum
Information Seeking Behavior: Robbin, Schilling

Information Tools and Technologies

Information Visualization: Börner
Spatial Information: Ekbia
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: Börner, Ding, Yang
Agent-based Modeling: Ekbia
Natural Language Processing: Paolillo, Yang
Categorization, Classification, and Concept Maps: Jacob, Walsh
Metadata: Jacob, Walsh
Ontologies: Jacob
Semantic Web Technologies: Ding, Paolillo, Walsh
Cyberinfrastructure Development: Börner

Information in Digital Environments

Digital Libraries: Ball, Walsh, Yang
Digital Media: Herring, Paolillo, Walsh
Digital Arts and Humanities: Day, Walsh
Virtual Reference Sources and Services: Shachaf
Electronic Business: Ding, Rosenbaum

Information in Organizations

Organizational Informatics: Robbin, Rosenbaum, Shachaf
Strategic Intelligence: Cronin
Knowledge Management: Day, Hara
Government Information: Ball, Robbin

Information Institutions

Management of Information Organizations: Applegate
Academic Libraries and Librarianship: Applegate
Public Libraries and Librarianship: Preer
Health Sciences Libraries and Librarianship: Schilling
International and Comparative Librarianship: Shachaf
Reference Services: Applegate, Shachaf
Collection Development and Management: Nisonger
Disability-related Resources and Services: Irwin
Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy: Schilling
History of Libraries, Librarianship, and the Book: Preer
European Documentation Movement: Day

Social Informatics

Distributed Cognition: Ekbia
Social Networks and Network Science: Börner, Herring, Meho, Paolillo, Rosenbaum
Community Networks: Rosenbaum
Collaboratories and Communities of Practice: Hara, Herring, Shachaf
Computer-Mediated Communication: Hara, Herring, Shachaf
Gender and Technology: Herring
Political Economy of Information: Day
ICT Policy: Ball, Paolillo, Robbin
Censorship and Intellectual Freedom: Preer
Privacy: Robbin
Ethics: Preer

Students have opportunities to work on research projects with faculty members. If you are interested in a particular area of research, please feel free to contact the appropriate SLIS faculty member.

SLIS Ph.D. Student Research Profile

Andrew Kurtz

My general research interests are in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction, Mobile Computing, Pervasive Computing, and Computer-Mediated Communication. My dissertation research focuses on studying the influence aesthetics has on measurable usability components, such as learnability and memorability. Other research projects have been in the areas of: mobile/pervasive computing, computer-mediated discourse analysis, and news filtering and personalization.