Research
SLIS Faculty Research Profile
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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, Shaw
- Scholarly Communication: Cronin, Japzon, Milojević, Shaw
- Citation Analysis: Cronin, Milojević, Shaw, Yang
- Serials and Journal Ranking:
- Discourse Analysis: Herring
- Quantitative Methods: Paolillo
- Evaluation and Outcomes Assessment: Applegate, Shachaf
- Teaching and Learning: Applegate, Rosenbaum
- Information Seeking Behavior: Robbin, Schilling
Information Tools and Technologies
- Information Visualization: Börner, Chen
- 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, Milojević, Walsh
- Metadata: Jacob, Walsh
- Ontologies: Jacob
- Semantic Web Technologies: Ding, Paolillo, Walsh
- Cyberinfrastructure Development: Börner
Information in Digital Environments
- Digital Libraries: Chen, 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, Japzon
- Government Information: Robbin
Information Institutions
- Management of Information Organizations: Applegate
- Academic Libraries and Librarianship: Applegate
- Public Libraries and Librarianship: Japzon, Preer
- Health Sciences Libraries and Librarianship: Schilling
- International and Comparative Librarianship: Shachaf
- Reference Services: Applegate, Japzon, Shachaf
- Collection Development and Management:
- Disability-related Resources and Services: Irwin
- Bibliographic Instruction and Information Literacy: Japzon, 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, Paolillo, Rosenbaum
- Community Networks: Japzon, 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: 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.
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SLIS Ph.D. Student Research Profile
Timothy Bowman
My broad research interests include human-computer interaction, social informatics, information architecture, networking and information visualization as it pertains to the entire information life cycle. My current work has involved exploring the theories, frameworks, and methods used to examine management of social relationships in social network sites (SNS). I'm particularly interested in Erving Goffman's concept of impression management.
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