PAPER & WILDCARD SESSION: PRESENTATIONS
THURSDAY (2/28)
4:00pm - 5:30pm (late afternoon)
PAPER SESSION #3 • Session Chair: Brian Cantwell Smith, University of Toronto
Location: De Neve Plaza B
The Role of the Arts in an iSchool Education
Robert Heckman and Jaime Snyder
Syracuse University; rheckman@syr.edu
Topics: Nature and scope of iSchools and iResearch, Other
Keywords: arts, aesthetics, i-professionals
Community Identity: Peer Prestige and Academic Hiring in the iSchools
Andrea Wiggins, Michael J. McQuaid, and Lada A. Adamic
Syracuse University; University of Michigan; awiggins@syr.edu
Topics: Nature and scope of iSchools and iResearch
Keywords: identity, community, prestige, hiring
"Just me in a Closet with a Computer": Student Perceptions of Undergraduate Information Technology Programs
Heekyung Choi
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; hchoi8.uiuc@gmail.com
Topics: Nature and scope of iSchools and iResearch
Keywords: informatics, IT education
Taylor’s Value-Added Model: Still Relevant After All These Years
Michael B. Eisenberg and Lee Dirks
University of Washington; Microsoft Corporation; mbe@u.washington.edu
Topics: Nature and scope of iSchools and iResearch
Keywords: value-added, information theory, design, information technology, systems
WILDCARD SESSION #5 • Session Chair: Ramesh Srinivasan
Location: Covel Commons, South Bay Room
Bridging Discourses: Exploring the Relationship between Information Technologies and International Development
Ramesh Srinivasan, Steven Jackson, Tapan Parikh, and Jessica Wallack
University of California, Los Angeles; University of Michigan; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, San Diego; Center for Development Finance, India; srinivasan@ucla.edu
Topics: Community techologies and networking, Cultural information systems, Information technology and services for under-addressed communities
Keywords: development, international, information society, microfinance, community
WILDCARD SESSION #6 • Session Chair: Derek Hansen
Location: Covel Commons, West Coast Room
iSchools and Undergraduate Education
Derek L. Hansen, Susan M. Bonzi, Lori Kendall, and David W. McDonald
University of Maryland; Syracuse University; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Washington; shakmatt@gmail.com
Topics: Nature and scope of iSchools and iResearch
Keywords: undergraduate education
WILDCARD SESSION #7 • Session Chair: Tatjana Aparac-Jelusic •
Location: De Neve Plaza, Sycamore Room
iSchools in Central and South Europe: Developments and Challenges
of Cooperation
Tatjana Aparac-Jelusic, Christian Schloegl, Maja Zumer and Anna Maria Tammaro
University of Zadar, Croatia (Hrvatska); taparac@unizd.hr
Topics: Nature and scope of iSchools and iResearch
Keywords: I-schools, Central and South Europe, education policy, curricula development, distance education, cooperation in I-education
WILDCARD SESSION #8 • Session Chair: Richard James Cox
Location: Bradley Room 217
Can iSchools Fulfill Their Mission Without Archival Studies?
Richard James Cox, Ronald Larsen, Michèle V. Cloonan, and Anne J. Gilliland
University of Pittsburgh School; Simmons College; University of California,
Los Angeles; rjcox111@comcast.net
Topics: Cultural information systems, Preserving digital information, Other
Keywords: Archives, preservation, heritage, memory, curation
