Elin K. Jacob, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Library and Information Science
Director, SLIS Doctoral Program

Representation of knowledge, including theories of classification and categorization; indexing systems as cognitive scaffolding; design, implementation and evaluation of ontologies and metadata schemes; and information architecture. Philosophy of information.

Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 1994

Jacob, E.K., & Priss, U. (In press). Application of faceted classification structures in electronic knowledge resources. In H. Albrechtsen and J.-E. Mai (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop. Silver Spring, MD: American Society for Information Science.

Priss, U., & Jacob, E.K. (In press). Utilizing faceted structures for information systems design. In Knowledge: creation, organization and use: Proceedings of the ASIS 1999 Annual Conference, October 31-November 4, 1999, Washington, DC.. Medford, NJ: Information Today for the American Society for Information Science.

Jacob, E.K., & Albrechtsen, H. (1999). When essence becomes function: post-structuralist implications for an ecological theory of organisational classification systems. In T.D. Wilson & D.K. Allen (Eds.), Exploring the contexts of information behaviour. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Research in Information Needs, Seeking and Use in Different Contexts, 13-15 August 1998, Sheffield, UK (pp. 519-534).

Jacob, E.K., & Shaw, D. (1998). Sociocognitive perspectives on representation. In M. E. Williams (Ed.), Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, vol. 33 (pp. 131-185). Medford, NJ: Information Today for the American Society for Information Science.

Albrechtsen, H., & Jacob, E.K. (1998). The dynamics of classification systems as boundary objects for cooperation in the electronic library. Library Trends, 47(2), 192-211.

Jacob, E. K., & Albrechtsen, H. (1997). Constructing reality: the role of dialogue in the development of classificatory structures. In I. C. McIlwaine (Ed.), Knowledge organization for information retrieval: Proceedings of the 6th International Study Conference on Classification Research, 14-16 June 1997, London (pp. 42-50). The Hague, Netherlands: International Federation for Documentation.

Jacob, E. K. (1995). Communication and category structure. In B. H. Kwasnik, P. Smith, R. Fidel, and C. Beghtol (Eds.), Advances in Classification Research, Vol. 4. Medford, NJ: Information Today.

Jacob, E. K. (1994). Classification and crossdisciplinary communication: Breaching the boundaries imposed by classificatory structure. In H. Albrechtsen and S. Oernager (Eds.), Advances in Knowledge Organization, Vol. 4: Knowledge Organization and Quality Management (pp. 101-108). Frankfurt/Main: Indeks Verlag.

Jacob, E. K. (1992). Classification and categorization: Drawing the line. In B. H. Kwasnik and R. Fidel (Eds.), Advances in Classification Research, Vol. 2 (pp. 67-83). Washington, DC: ASIS Monograph Series, Learned Information.

Marino, S., & Jacob, E. K. (1992). Questions and answers: The dialogue between composition teachers and reference librarians. Reference Librarian, 37, 129-142.

Wildemuth, B., Jacob, E. K., Fullington, A., de Bliek, R., & Friedman, C. P. (1991). A detailed analysis of end-user search behaviors. ASIS '91: Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, 28, 302-312. Washington, DC: American Society for Information Science.