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New members of the Board of Editors
Library & Information Science Research 37 (2015) 175
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Library & Information Science Research
Announcement
New members of the Board of Editors At the end of 2014 we were sorry to say thank you and goodbye to our hardworking board members whose terms had come to an end. In this issue we are very pleased to welcome six new colleagues to the Board who joined us at the beginning of 2015 and have already been hard at work. Each is a well-known scholar in his or her field of endeavor, and we will benefit immensely from their participation. More new members will be announced in the next issue. Svanhild Aabø is a professor in library and information science at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway. She holds a PhD in media science from Oslo University. Her publications have appeared in journals such as Information Economics and Policy, Information Research, Journal of Documentation, Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, Library & Information Science Research, and New Library World. Her research areas are public libraries, information and society, and valuation of libraries. Youngok Choi is an associate professor in the Department of Library and Information Science at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, where she teaches organization of information, digital libraries, metadata, and information technologies and systems in libraries. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 2000 and has published her research in Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, Journal of Academic Librarianship, and Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, among others. Her areas of research include information seeking behavior, image retrieval system design, digital libraries, human-computer interaction, and LIS education. Heting Chu is a professor in the Palmer School of Library & Information Science at Long Island University. She obtained her PhD degree in information studies from Drexel University in 1991. Her teaching and research interests include the use of information technology in library and information science, especially in the areas of information representation and retrieval, LIS education, research methods, and scientific communication. Dr. Chu has published more than 40 research articles in journals such as Journal of Academic Librarianship, Journal of Documentation, Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, and Library & Information Science Research. Her book “Information Representation and Retrieval in the Digital Age” (Information Today, 2nd ed., 2010) has been translated into Chinese, Korean and Arabic, and was also published in India. Yunfei Du is an associate professor in the Department of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton. He received his
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PhD in interdisciplinary information science from the University of North Texas, and taught at Wayne State University School of Library and Information Science before taking his current position. He has published in journals such as College and Research Libraries, Journal of Education for Library and Information Science Education, Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, and Library & Information Science Research. His co-authored book “Successful Community Outreach: A How-to-Do-It Manual” (Neal-Schuman) appeared in 2010 and “Small Libraries, Big Impact: How to Better Serve Your Community in the Digital Age” (ABC-CLIO) is in process. His research and teaching areas include information behavior, academic librarianship, distance learning, and community outreach and partnership. Lili Luo is an associate professor at the School of Information at San Jose State University. She received her master's in information management from Peking University and her PhD in library and information science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her primary areas of expertise include digital reference services, LIS education and research methods. She is particularly interested in studying the evolution of human-intermediated information services under the influence of emerging technologies, and she has led multiple research projects in this area, including a recent research grant, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, to study the best practices of providing reference service via texting. She has published actively in referencefocused journals such as Reference and User Services Quarterly, as well as in journals such as Journal of Education for Library and Information Science and Library and Information Science Research. Soo Young Rieh is an associate professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan where she teaches in the areas of information behavior and interactive information retrieval. Her research areas include web searching behavior, human judgments of information credibility and cognitive authority, and searching as learning. Her work has been published in College & Research Libraries, Information Processing & Management, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Library and Information Science Research, and Library Trends. She also co-authored the book “Designing Online Information Literacy Games Students Want to Play” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014). Her research projects have been funded by the MacArthur Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). She won the John Wiley Best JASIST Paper Award in 2005 and 2011 and the ASIS&T Best Conference Paper Award in 2010. She received her Ph.D. from Rutgers University, and previously held a position at Excite@Home Search and Directory Group as a human factors research engineer.
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Library & Information Science Research
Announcement
New members of the Board of Editors At the end of 2014 we were sorry to say thank you and goodbye to our hardworking board members whose terms had come to an end. In this issue we are very pleased to welcome six new colleagues to the Board who joined us at the beginning of 2015 and have already been hard at work. Each is a well-known scholar in his or her field of endeavor, and we will benefit immensely from their participation. More new members will be announced in the next issue. Svanhild Aabø is a professor in library and information science at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway. She holds a PhD in media science from Oslo University. Her publications have appeared in journals such as Information Economics and Policy, Information Research, Journal of Documentation, Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, Library & Information Science Research, and New Library World. Her research areas are public libraries, information and society, and valuation of libraries. Youngok Choi is an associate professor in the Department of Library and Information Science at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, where she teaches organization of information, digital libraries, metadata, and information technologies and systems in libraries. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 2000 and has published her research in Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, Journal of Academic Librarianship, and Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, among others. Her areas of research include information seeking behavior, image retrieval system design, digital libraries, human-computer interaction, and LIS education. Heting Chu is a professor in the Palmer School of Library & Information Science at Long Island University. She obtained her PhD degree in information studies from Drexel University in 1991. Her teaching and research interests include the use of information technology in library and information science, especially in the areas of information representation and retrieval, LIS education, research methods, and scientific communication. Dr. Chu has published more than 40 research articles in journals such as Journal of Academic Librarianship, Journal of Documentation, Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, and Library & Information Science Research. Her book “Information Representation and Retrieval in the Digital Age” (Information Today, 2nd ed., 2010) has been translated into Chinese, Korean and Arabic, and was also published in India. Yunfei Du is an associate professor in the Department of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton. He received his
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2015.06.001
PhD in interdisciplinary information science from the University of North Texas, and taught at Wayne State University School of Library and Information Science before taking his current position. He has published in journals such as College and Research Libraries, Journal of Education for Library and Information Science Education, Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, and Library & Information Science Research. His co-authored book “Successful Community Outreach: A How-to-Do-It Manual” (Neal-Schuman) appeared in 2010 and “Small Libraries, Big Impact: How to Better Serve Your Community in the Digital Age” (ABC-CLIO) is in process. His research and teaching areas include information behavior, academic librarianship, distance learning, and community outreach and partnership. Lili Luo is an associate professor at the School of Information at San Jose State University. She received her master's in information management from Peking University and her PhD in library and information science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her primary areas of expertise include digital reference services, LIS education and research methods. She is particularly interested in studying the evolution of human-intermediated information services under the influence of emerging technologies, and she has led multiple research projects in this area, including a recent research grant, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, to study the best practices of providing reference service via texting. She has published actively in referencefocused journals such as Reference and User Services Quarterly, as well as in journals such as Journal of Education for Library and Information Science and Library and Information Science Research. Soo Young Rieh is an associate professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan where she teaches in the areas of information behavior and interactive information retrieval. Her research areas include web searching behavior, human judgments of information credibility and cognitive authority, and searching as learning. Her work has been published in College & Research Libraries, Information Processing & Management, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Library and Information Science Research, and Library Trends. She also co-authored the book “Designing Online Information Literacy Games Students Want to Play” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014). Her research projects have been funded by the MacArthur Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). She won the John Wiley Best JASIST Paper Award in 2005 and 2011 and the ASIS&T Best Conference Paper Award in 2010. She received her Ph.D. from Rutgers University, and previously held a position at Excite@Home Search and Directory Group as a human factors research engineer.