LIS Lunch Talks, Fall 2009

Date	Presenter	Affiliation	Title/Abstract	Other
Sep 21	Paul Kantor	LIS, SC&I, Rutgers	Title: Library Performance Measurement: Impact, Quantity, Quality and Cost Abstract: This talk is a review of the various approaches to measuring library performance, most of which can be translated directly to the new digital environment. Among the topics to be reviewed are: The economic feedback loop; Three aspects of service; Three dimensions of performance; The specific case of access; . Asymptotes, efforts and weaknesses; Subjective or objective rates of success; Quantity Quality and Cost; Effectiveness and Efficiency; Functional costs. moving from individual libraries to groups of libraries, we consider . Aggregate statistics, More complex statistics 7 Cost functions, Data Envelopment Analysis. Finally, we ask about the value of what the library provides: Exchange Value; Perceived Value; Value of Information. A few thoughts about Surveys, Scales and Factors round out this high level view of library performance assessment.
Sep 28	Marie Radford	LIS, SC&I, Rutgers	Topic: Developing a Theoretical Model for Synchronous (Virtual and Face-to-Face) Reference Encounters - A prelude to Marie Radford's ASIST presentation: Thriving on Theory: A New Model for Virtual Reference Encounters, to be presented at the American Society for Information Science and Technology 2009 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, on November 6-11, 2009, co-presented with Lynn Connaway of OCLC.
Oct 5	Joe Sanchez	LIS, SC&I, Rutgers	Title: Producing Web video for Teaching and Research Abstract: With the decline in cost of digital video cameras and the rapid growth of free web video hosting sites such as Youtube, producing and sharing web videos has never been easier. In this Brown Bag session I will discuss how and why I use web video production as a key element in my course activities, show examples of various types of web video produced by my students, and describe ways in which I use web video as a means to promote my research and teaching activities.
Oct 12	Vibiana Cvetkovic	Library, Rutgers Camden	Title: Teaching Intellectual Honesty in a Tragically Hip World: Working with Generation M Abstract: In an increasingly online information environment, information literacy is key for finding and using the best sources. What is the role of librarians in providing information literacy competencies to users, particularly to Generation M (people born between 1980-1990). Is there a Gen M culture and if so how does it effect their behaviors in the quest for and utilization of information? These questions, along with teaching strategies, will be addressed by Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic, of the Paul Robeson Library and past President of the Library Instruction Round Table.
Oct 19	Carol Gordon	LIS, SC&I, Rutgers	Title: The Delaware Summer Reading Pilot Project Abstract A talented team of educators from the Delaware Department of Education and two technical high schools will describe their action research experience with the development and testing of a summer reading website. They will describe several facets of the project, including the research that informed the project, the development of a student-generated website, and a pre- and post-survey of summer reading participants. Findings of the pre-survey and future directions for the research will be discussed.
Oct 26	Prof. Geribert Jakob, Chair, & Prof. Dr. Lorenz-Meyer	Media Dept, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences	Title: A School like SC&I: Opportunities for faculty and students at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
Nov 2	Cathy Smith & Nina Wacholder	LIS, SC&I, Rutgers	Title: "Why users don't take suggestions: Semantic processing during the search process." Abstract: The objective of this research is to understand why searchers frequently fail to use potentially valuable suggested query terms. Our hypothesis is that the visual and semantic processing that take place during searching interfere recognition of related words. We are using the lexical decision methodology (McNamara, 2005) to measure semantic priming of related and unrelated words. We present brand new results from our first experiment. This work has been funded by Google.
Nov 9	no brown bag		(no meeting: ASIST 2009)
Nov 16	Nina Wacholder, Smaranda Muresan and Mark Aakhus	LIS & Comm, SC&I, Rutgers	Title: Are those fighting words? Expression of opposition in online text Abstract: Ironic as it may seem, opposition is an integral part of human collaboration. The goal of this cross-disciplinary research project is to synthesize research in communication theory and in natural language processing to advance our understanding of how opposition is expressed online. We report on our initial efforts to build an ontology of opposition informed by theoretical work in Communication.
Nov 23	Claire McInerney	LIS, SC&I, Rutgers	Topic: Building and Sharing Knowledge to Improve Primary Health Care -- Ongoing Research. Abstract: A collaborative team of faculty and students from SC&I and clinicians with Robert Wood Johnson and UMDNJ Medical Schools as well as other collaborators from Columbia University and University of Texas at Austin have developed a Knowledge Management protocol that uses communication and information interactions in small health care practices to improve knowledge sharing. The project is being piloted in a family medical practice in New Jersey. The talk will present a report on research progress and will solicit ideas for incorporating social media into the project for patients or clinicians.
Nov 30	Darmstadt Students	Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences	Talk on Pub-Med research
Dec 7	Marija Dalbello	LIS, SC&I, Rutgers	TBD
Dec 14	?	LIS, SC&I, Rutgers