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Dr. Jennifer Weil Arns, Visiting Assistant Professor, is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Doctoral Studies at the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science, where she teaches classes related to public libraries, research methods, organization and communication theory, and program planning and evaluation. She holds an A.B. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship at Syracuse University, an M.L.S. from the School of Library and Information Science at the University of California at Berkeley, an M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a Ph. D. from the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests focus on the creation of knowledge in public and private settings. jarns@gwm.sc.edu
Todd Barlow, Adjunct Professor of Practice , manages the Solutions Usability department at SAS. He is responsible for the usability of SAS software, establishing usability engineering practices, and defining the role of usability in development processes. Prior to working at SAS, he worked as a consultant designing and evaluating interfaces for consumer electronics, weapon systems, and telecommunication software. He holds a B.S.I.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a B.A. from the University of Maryland, an M.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Insitute, and a Ph.D. in psychology from North Carolina State University. todd.barlow@sas.com
Ron Bergquist, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, earned his Ph.D. in Information and Library Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006. As a graduate teaching fellow from 2000-2006, he has taught INLS200 (040): Retrieving and Analyzing Information, INLS261 (050): Tools for Information Literacy, and INLS 843 (341): Seminar in Public Libraries. He has a B.A. in Geography from the University of Texas at Austin , an M.A. in Middle East Studies from the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, CA , an M.S.L.S. from SILS, and is a Colonel (retired) in the U.S. Air Force. His dissertation was about public libraries in North Carolina, but his research interests also include information visualization, visual language, user-centered design, and public library policy. http://www.unc.edu/~bergr.
Matthew S. Brody, Adjunct Professor of Practice, is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources at UNC at Chapel Hill. He is responsible for managing the University's EPA non-faculty human resources program and also serves as principal deputy to the University's Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to his current position, he served as Assistant Provost for Academic Personnel at UNC at Chapel Hill and previously held management positions both at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Duke University. He holds a B.S. in information systems management and an M.S. in Management from the University of Maryland University College. He also holds a current certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). matt_brody@unc.edu
Robert Capra recently completed a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Virginia Tech where he was a member of the Center for Human-Computer Interaction. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis and worked as a Senior Member of Technical Staff for SBC Labs (recently merged with AT&T) in the area of voice user interfaces. His research interests are in the areas of human-computer interaction, electronic information management, finding and refinding information, and voice user interfaces. Capra is currently researching information interfaces and personal information management at the School of Information and Library Science at UNC Chapel Hill. http://people.cs.vt.edu/~rcapra/
Hugh Cayless, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is a member of the software engineering team at Lulu. Cayless holds a BA in classics and history from Cornell University, a PhD in classics from UNC at Chapel Hill, and an MSIS from SILS. His research interests include markup languages, digital libraries, and electronic publishing. hcayless@email.unc.edu
Scott Childs, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is an Assistant Director for Research and User Services and Clinical Assistant Professor of Law. He holds a B.S. from Auburn University, a J.D. from the University of Alabama and an M.L.S. from Florida State University. He served as head of reference at the Louisiana State University Law Center Library before coming to UNC at Chapel Hill in 2001. Childs' interests include legal reference work and teaching legal research. He taught legal research to first-year law students at Cornell and LSU and is actively engaged in teaching the Advanced Legal Research and Advanced Legal Research & Writing classes at the School of Law. cchilds@email.unc.edu
Sheila Devaney has a B.A. in English from the University at Albany, State University of New York; an M.A. in English from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and an MLS from North Carolina Central University. She is currently the MBA Career Resource Center Manager at Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC at Chapel Hill. Prior to working at Kenan-Flagler, she was the Journalism & Media Studies Librarian and a Reference & Instruction Librarian for seven years at the University of Georgia. She also serves on the local board of Special Libraries Association and works on several committees for SLA on the national level. Her research interests include virtual reference, humanities and social science reference services, Library 2.0 technologies, distance education, and mass media and culture. sheila_devaney@unc.edu
Beth Doyle, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is the Collections Conservator for the Duke University Libraries. She is responsible for managing the library's conservation lab, training and overseeing the conservation technicians, students, and volunteers, and serving on the library disaster response team. She also performs conservation treatments on both general and rare materials. Prior to this position, Doyle was the Conservator for Special Projects at the Harvard University Library Weissman Preservation Center. She is a past co-chair of the ALA-ALCTS Physical Quality and Treatment Discussion Group and teaches workshops for the Triangle Research Library Network and the Southeast Library Network. Doyle holds a B.A. in photography from the University of Dayton (Ohio), and an M.L.I.S. and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Library and Archives Preservation from the University of Texas at Austin. b.doyle@duke.edu
Joel Dunn, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, holds a B.S. in business administration and an M.S. in computer science from UNC at Chapel Hill. He is currently Associate Vice Chancellor for Administrative Systems at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In that role, he directs application development for enterprise-level systems as well as the enterprise data management team. Prior to this, he was a member of UNC at Chapel Hill's staff for over 20 years, as a programmer, manager, and eventually executive director of UNC at Chapel Hill's Administrative Information Systems department. Dunn also worked for MCNC as Director of Data Center Services. j_dunn@uncg.edu or joel_dunn@unc.edu
David G. Ernsthausen, Faculty Teaching and Research Support Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School. He consults and instructs faculty and students in the selection and efficient use of resources that are most likely to provide useful information for their research and instruction needs. He also guest lectures for classes in the MBA and Bachelors degree programs on library and research resources available to students at UNC at Chapel Hill. David has worked at the Kenan-Flagler Business School since 1997. Prior to 1997 he worked for 7 years as a reference librarian in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. David has an MBA from the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University and a Master of Library Science degree from Indiana University. David_Ernsthausen@unc.edu
Serena Fenton, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, has a M.S.I.S. from SILS, an M.A. in architecture from the University of Washington and a B.A. in art education from Western Washington University. Fenton joined the UNC at Chapel Hill faculty in January 2003, after three years as senior information designer and web programmer for ibiblio.org. Her teaching areas include visual communication, graphic design and digital/web media. Fenton has more than 20 years of experience in design, visual communication and fine art. She worked in the studios of Milton Glaser, and Pasanella and Klein and ran her own architectural firm. Recent publications include A Case Study In The Organizational Development Of A Digital Library: SunSITE - MetaLab - Ibiblio; The Problem of Access in Contributor-Run Digital Libraries (co-authored with M. Efron and P. Jones) and Information Archeology. Her research interests include visual communication, digital storytelling and gaming theory. http://www.ibiblio.org/fents. sfenton@unc.edu
Laura Gasaway, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is the Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law. Prior to coming to UNC at Chapel Hill, she held similar positions at the University of Oklahoma . She was also the director at the law library for the University of Houston . Professor Gasaway received her M.L.S. and B.A. in political science from Texas Woman's University and her J.D. from the University of Houston . She has authored numerous publications on Copyright law. She regularly teaches copyright, intellectual property and cyberspace law in the law school. Gasaway served as President of the American Association of Law Libraries, has been the Chair of the Special Libraries Association Copyright Committee, is active in the American Bar Association, and is an international consultant on copyright issues. She served as the first Virtual Scholar in Residence for the Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland, University Campus. laura_gasaway@unc.edu
J. William Hays, Instructor, is the Network Manager for the computer science department. In addition to providing network support, he also is experienced in workgroup server and database administration and desktop support under a variety of operating systems. He received a B.S. in biology from the College of William and Mary in 1983 and an M.A. in comparative literature from UNC at Chapel Hill in 1986. bil_hays@unc.edu
Terry Hill, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice
Joni Keller, Associate Director for Network Management Systems and Applications, has worked with Jim Gogan in UNC's ITS-Networking group since 1997. She is a native of Chapel Hill, and has been part of UNC since 1988. Dr. Keller received her B.S. Physics from UNC in 1991, M.S. Physics from Penn State in 1993, and Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering in 2004 on "Network Service Management: Preparing the Internet for Telemedicine."
Anne Klinefelter, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is Director of the UNC at Chapel Hill Law Library and Clinical Assistant Professor of Law at the UNC at Chapel Hill School of Law. She holds B.A., M.L.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of Alabama. Prior to coming to UNC, she worked in law libraries at the University of Miami and Boston University. anne_klinefelter@unc.edu
Thomas R. Kochtanek, Visiting Associate Professor, is Associate Professor in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Prior to joining the Missouri faculty, Dr. Kochtanek was a lecturer at Case Western Reserve University, where he received his Ph.D. in library and information science. He has also completed post-doctoral work in medical information systems at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Kochtanek has taught a course on the applications of technology in libraries at UNC at Chapel Hill each summer since 1989. He has published and presented numerous papers in the areas of library information systems, information storage and retrieval, digital libraries and asynchronous learning networks. kochtanekt@missouri.edu
Miha Kovac is currently associate professor at the Department of Library and Information Science and Book Studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is author of a book on Slovene book publishing and numerous articles on book studies that were published in different international journals. He worked has a consultant to textbook publishers in Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro. In 2004 and 2003, together with Mojca K. Sebart, he published a series of articles on textbook publishing in former communist countries in Slovene and in international journals. In April 2004, he participated as a textbook specialist in the World Bank Mission in Georgia (former Soviet Union). Among his topics of interests: local and global politics and media policy in transition countries. In 2006, he started to edit Slovene edition of National Geographic Magazine.
Selden Lamoureaux, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice.
Teresa Leonard, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is Director of News Research at The News & Observer. She began her career with the N&O in 1987 and was named director in 1993. Ms. Leonard received her B.A. in journalism from UNC at Chapel Hill in 1982 and M.S.L.S. from UNC at Chapel Hill in 1987. She is active in the Special Libraries Assocation, having served as both chapter president and division chair, and she has served as visiting faculty to the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. tleonard@nando.com
Tamika Barnes McCollough has a B.A. in Biology from UNC at Chapel Hill and a MLS from North Carolina Central University. She is currently director of the EPA Library in Research Triangle Park, NC. Previously she was head of reference and information literacy at North Carolina A&T State University and the Engineering Services Librarian at North Carolina State University. She holds elected positions at both the local and national level of SLA and works on several committees for ACRL and ALA. tbmccollough@gmail.com
Charles B. McNamara, Adjunct Associate Professor, is the Curator of Rare Books for the Academic Affairs Library. Previously he was the Associate Rare Book Librarian and Curator of the Arthur Dean Collections of French History and Literature at Cornell University and Rare Books Cataloger for the University of Rochester Libraries. Professor McNamara has an M.S.L.S. from Columbia University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in French and European history from Fordham University. He is active in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of ACRL, and is the editor of Bookmark and the Hanes Lecture Series. cbmcnama@email.unc.edu
Bill Meyers, Clinical Lecturer, is a long-time computer enthusiast and recovering software developer. He has worked primarily in language processing and computer security, where he co-holds two US patents, but enjoys any interesting technology. He also plays homemade music with friends and practices and teaches Tai Chi. billmeyers2003@yahoo.com
Erik Mitchell, is the IT Development Librarian at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. His work includes integrated library system management, digital library development, and information literacy instruction. He holds a MLIS from the University of South Carolina, a BA from Lenoir-Rhyne College and is a Ph.D. student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to his work at Wake Forest University, Erik worked at Pfeiffer University in reference, systems, and serials. Erik’s research interests include information management and organization, uses of digital libraries in collaborative scholarship, metadata-driven information systems, and popular uses of metadata and digital libraries in knowledge management.
Suchi Mohanty, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is Reference and Instruction Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction at the R. B. House Undergraduate Library, coordinating the Library's participation in the Freshman Writing Program. She is also manager of the Reference Desk, supervising both traditional and IM reference activities. Suchi's interests include virtual reference, specifically IM reference, and instruction methods geared towards undergraduates. Suchi is an active member in the Instruction Section of ACRL, and has presented on the Undergraduate Library's popular "IM a Librarian" service. Suchi has worked at the Undergraduate Library since 2002, and has a B.A. in English from Mary Washington College, and a M.S.L.S. from UNC at Chapel Hill. smohanty@email.unc.edu
Anne L. Morisseau, MSLS, adjunct instructor, is the Associate Director of Business Integration at Bristol-Myers Squibb, supervising a team of information professionals who provide communication and learning solutions, perform information needs assessment activities and monitor information needs across the enterprise. Previously, she was the manager of Information Education at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), leading a team of information professionals who provide instructor-led training and e-learning on information management products and services for knowledge workers in the organization. She has also been an Information Analyst for Glaxo Wellcome in the Commercial Information Area where she provided information expertise on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, genetics and intellectual property. In addition, she was also the product manager for two key desktop information systems. Previously, Ms. Morisseau was a Training Consultant at The Dialog Corporation for eight years. She has also served as an independent consultant in the information industry, an adjunct faculty member of Catholic University of America in the School of Library and Information Science and as Chair of the Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division of the Special Library Association. Ms. Morisseau's areas of expertise include pharmaceutical and medical information, intellectual property and instructional design.anne.morisseau@bms.com
Rita Moss, adjunct instructor, is Business/Economics Librarian and Head of the Reference Desk Section in Davis Library. In this position she conducts research for faulty and students as well as business people outside the university system. As Head of the Desk section she hires and trains graduate students, supervises professional subject librarians and schedules all desk coverage. Rita has both undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of North Wales, United Kingdom as well as an MSLS from UNC at Chapel Hill. Rita is active in ALA, this year chairing the Academic BRASS Committee, is a member of the AFL-CIO Advisory Committee and the Endowment Committee of NCLA. She is also an advisory board member for Princeton University Press. Rita teaches several one day workshops on Business Resources each year for SoliNet. She contributes bi-monthly articles to the Gale Business Newsletter and is the author of Strauss's Handbook of Business Information (2004). moss@email.unc.edu
Tommy Nixon, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is a Humanities Reference Librarian in the Davis Library Reference Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . He, along with two former colleagues, was responsible for the Literature section of the eleventh edition of the Guide to Reference Books . Before returning to Carolina, Tommy worked in Reference in Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University. He received an A.B. in English and M.L.S. from UNC at Chapel Hill. tommy_nixon@unc.edu
Lisa Norberg, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is the Coordinator of Instructional Services for the Academic Affairs Library at UNC at Chapel Hill. She received her M.L.S. from Indiana University and is working on an M.Ed. in Training and Development. Before coming to UNC, she served as the Public Affairs Librarian for George Mason University and Public Affairs/Government Information Librarian at Pennsylvania State University's Capital College. She is active in ALA and has published and presented papers on information access, reusable learning objects and instructional design. lnorberg@email.unc.edu
Darby Orcutt, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is Senior Collection Manager for Humanities and Social Sciences at North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries, where he oversees the management of collections in all formats across the Humanities & Social Sciences subject areas, as well as collections-related data analysis and reporting across all subject areas. He holds an M.A. in Communication Studies from UNC at Chapel Hill and an M.S.L.S. from SILS, and has worked as a library vendor and an antiquarian book scout. He actively publishes and presents in the fields of library science and communication studies, teaches in NCSU's Department of Philosophy & Religion and University Honors Program, and has previously taught at SILS and in UNC at Chapel Hill's Department of Communication Studies. darby_orcutt@ncsu.edu
Ruth Ann Palmquist, Visiting Assistant Professor, has taught Information Resources and also Research Methods at UNC at Chapel Hill. She holds an M.A. in library science from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in information transfer from Syracuse University. rpalmquist@cox.net
Pam Pease, Adjunct Professor of Practice, has an M.A. in Illustration from Syracuse University and a B.S. in Design from the University of Cincinnati . She has more than twenty years experience in interdisplinary design, and seven years experience in the field of children's literature. Pease is the author of several interactive books for children and adults, a frequent workshop presenter at schools and museums, and the founder of Paintbox Press. Research interests include visual literacy and artistic collaboration. ppease@paintboxpress.com
Tim Pyatt, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is University Archivist for Duke University. Previously he was Curator of Manuscripts and Director of the Southern Historical Collection for the UNC at Chapel Hill Academic Affairs Library. Pyatt has an M.L.S. from North Carolina Central University and a B.A. in history from Duke University. Pyatt is an active member of the Society of American Archivists, past President of the Society of North Carolina Archivists and has served on North Carolina's State Historical Records Advisory Board since 2000. Along with SILS professor Helen Tibbo, he is co-principal investigator for the NHPRC-funded Managing the Digital University Desktop project, a study of how university employees manage electronic records. tim.pyatt@duke.edu
Greg Raschke is the Associate Director for Collections and Scholarly Communication at the NCSU Libraries where he leads and administers programs to develop, manage, and preserve the Libraries' collection of more than 3.6 million volumes. His responsibilities include planning for digital collections, including the digitization of special and unique collections of value to scholars and researchers. He also leads the Libraries' partnerships in developing new and sustainable channels for scholarly communication. He holds the MS in Library and Information Science and the BA in History and Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has published and presented on diverse topics such as the future of research library collections, electronic resources and organizational change, and recruitment practices in academic libraries. greg_raschke@ncsu.edu
Susan Rathbun-Grubb, Teaching Fellow, has an A.B. and M.A.T. in English from Duke University, and received her MSLS from SILS in 1994. Since then she has worked in a variety of library/information settings. Currently, she is in the SILS doctoral program. Her research interests include LIS education, librarianship as a career, cataloging and classification, and personal information management.
Terrell Russell, Teaching Fellow, is a Ph.D. student at SILS and has B.S. degrees in both computer engineering and information technology and service organizations. He also has his M.S. in computer networking. All three are from North Carolina State University. His research interests revolve around identity, social tagging and folksonomy, and cognitive authority and expertise. http://sils.unc.edu/people/phd.html#russell
Connie Schardt, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is the Education Coordinator at the Medical Center Library at Duke University. She is a distinguished member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals, and holds a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.L.S. from San Jose State University. She has created several web-based tutorials to support the teaching of evidence-based medicine that are used by academic libraries across the country. She has published and presented number papers and workshops on hospital library standards, the JCAHO accreditation process, evidence-based medicine and distance education. schar005@mc.duke.edu
Pam Sessoms, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is the Electronic Reference Services Librarian in the Reference Department of Davis Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her professional interests include virtual reference services and assistive technologies for library users with visual disabilities. She has a BA and an MLS from UNC at Chapel Hill and has been with the Reference Department since 1994. pam@unc.edu
Tim Shearer is the Web Access Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed his MSLS at UNC in 1997 and is currently a student in the UNC ILS doctoral program. He is primarily interested in how information systems infrastructure can serve both the public and staff as users.
Gerry Solomon, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is an Assistant Section Chief of Evaluation Services in the Instructional Technology Division of the Public Schools of North Carolina/Department of Public Instruction. Previously she was a media coordinator for three years at the New Hope Model School located in Orange County and was a media specialist and teacher in Fairfax County, Va., for 14 years. She was named Media Educator of the Year in 1987 by the Virginia Educational Media Association. Solomon holds an M.L.S. from the College of Library and Information Services at the University of Maryland and a B.A. in education from College of Notre Dame of Maryland. gsolomon@ruby.ils.unc.edu
Christina Spurgin, Teaching Fellow.
Diane Steinhaus, Adjunct Associate Professor, has been the Public Services Libriarian in the UNC Music Library since 1992. She is responsible for all reference and instructional services and selects some categories of materials for the collection. Diane is active in the Music Library Association and is currently Past-Chair of the Southeast Chapter of MLA. She has a BA in Music from the University of California at Davis, a MA in Musicology from Boston University, and a MLS from the University of Rhode Island. dstein@email.unc.edu
Fred Stutzman, Teaching Fellow, is a Ph.D. student in SILS and holds a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He studies social software, online social networks, and digital identity.
Hill Taylor, has a PhD in Education from UNC-Chapel Hill with a concentration in qualitative research methods and cultural studies. He also has a MA in English and teachers courses on new media and writing in UNC’s English department. He is currently completing the requirements for his MLS at UNC SILS. Dr. Taylor’s research focuses on Human Information Interaction, Visual Rhetoric, Network Science, and Literacy in Social Media.
Larry Taylor, has a BS in Intermediate Education from Appalachian State University in 1974 and a MSIS from UNC at Chapel Hill in 2007. Mr. Taylor taught for several years in Australia and North Carolina before pursuing his interest in computing at Duke Medical Center, Digital Equipment Corporation and MCI. He is actively involved in planning and building the virtual UNC campus in the multi-user virtual environment of Second Life. uskala@email.unc.edu
Matthew Turi, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is the Manuscripts Reference Librarian in the Manuscripts Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to coming to UNC, he worked for the North Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board. His scholarly interest focuses on scholarly use of manuscript and archival materials. He holds an MSLS from SILS. turi@email.unc.edu
Michael Van Fossen, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice, is the State/International Documents Librarian at UNC at Chapel Hill's Davis Library. Previously, he was a Cataloger of State Publications at the State Library of North Carolina. Van Fossen received his B.A. in political science from UNC-Greensboro and an M.S.L.S. from SILS. He is a contributing indexer to the Hispanic American Periodicals Index and edits an annual column in the Journal of Government Information. He is on the editorial board of North Carolina Libraries and is active in the North Carolina Library Association. mike_vanfossen@unc.edu
Philip Vandermeer, Music Librarian and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music, is the chief administrator of the Music Library and responsible for developing the Music Library collections. He is currently President of the Music Library Association, and has served as chair of the Strategic Planning Committee for the University Libraries as well as Book Review Editor for /Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. In addition to his teaching duties at SILS, he also teaches ethnomusicology in the Department of Music. He has an M.S.L.S. from the University of Tennessee and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. vanderme@email.unc.edu
Rebecca Vargha, SILS Librarian.
Meredith Weiss, Adjunct Instructor, is the Associate Dean of Administration, Finance, and Information Technology at the UNC at Chapel Hill School of Law and a Ph.D. student at SILS. She holds a B.S. in Human Resources from the University of Delaware and M.B.A. and M.I.S. degrees from North Carolina Central University. Her research interests include information technology management and leadership, evidence-based management, computer-mediated communication, user interface design, information system development and evaluation, and business intelligence systems.
Mary Wilkins Jordan, Teaching Fellow, has a B.A. in psychology and a B.S. in Political Science from Quincy University. She also holds a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University and a M.L.I.S from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
Katherine Wisser, Teaching Fellow, received a BA in 1989 from Bates College and a MA in 1997 from University of New Hampshire, in Southern History. She completed her MSLS degree in August 2000 at SILS and entered the doctoral program in Fall 2000. Her current research projects include topics in cataloging and classification, subject analysis and other forms of document representation. She is the NC ECHO Metadata Coordinator at UNC Chapel Hill. kwisser@unc.edu