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Faculty Research Roundup Throughout the year, professors at the Faculty of Information conduct rigorous, interdisciplinary, and groundbreaking research that contributes to society and helps shape the field of information. Learn more about their recent research activities and scholarly efforts over 2009-2010. Matthew Brower Dr. Brower was involved in the production of seven shows at the University of Toronto Arts Centre (UTAC), including Brothel Without Walls at the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography festival in memory of Marshall McLuhan, and Gord Peteran: Recent Works. In addition, he co-organized “Feeling Photography”, a major international conference which addressed the theme of photography and affect, and attracted 130 participants from around the world. His publications explore topics ranging from “photographic emergence” (the ability of the camera to make manifest things the eye cannot see), to the importance of sardonic portraiture in Janus Dukszta’s collection. Nadia Caidi Although Professor Caidi will be on sabbatical leave in fall 2010, her book, A Right to Know? Access to Information in a Post 9/11 World, will be published for the 10 th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 events. She will continue to pursue her research on the information practices of vulnerable communities, including newcomers, immigrant groups, and Aboriginal communities. Prof. Caidi helped with the integration of the On Demand Book Service (ODBS), permitting easy access to reading materials as well as providing ODBS-related equipment for peoples of First Nation communities. Her work has earned her numerous invitations to speak at various settlement sector-related meetings, and consultant contracts with Human Resources and Social Development Canada, and Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Jennifer Carter Professor Carter was the Chair of the Steering Committee of the “Taking Stock Conference” held at Hart House and UTAC from April 22-24, 2010, which brought together a network of scholar-parishioners, academic researchers, and graduate students studying museological issues. Her research on the history and theory of exhibition practice led to a public lecture invitation at the Design Exchange in Toronto, where she presented, “Architecture by Design: Display, Narrative and Performance in Exhibition Practice.” She has also been engaged in the European Marie Curiefunded series of workshop conferences entitled “NaMu, Making National Museums,” which studies the emergence and evolution of national museums in historic and global contexts. Currently, Prof. Carter is involved in a collaborative research project, From Coexistence to Convergences: Studying Partnerships and Collaborating Among Libraries, Archives and Museums. Joan Cherry Besides fulfilling her responsibilities as Associate Dean, Professor Cherry conducted a web-based survey of students in Master’s degree programs in six information schools across Canada including Dalhousie University and the University of Western Ontario, investigating satisfaction rates for students in their respective programs. Initial findings are that student satisfaction is higher at UofT than the average rating across the six schools. She is also involved in a project to study partnerships and collaboration among libraries, archives, and museums. Chun Wei Choo Professor Choo completed two collaborative research projects, one with sylvio cyr, a Master’s student at the Faculty, which was published in the Journal of Documentation. The paper, “The Individual and Social Dynamics of Knowledge Sharing – An Exploratory Study,” concluded that knowledge sharing behaviour is influenced by three sets of dynamics: a rational calculus that weighs the costs and benefits of sharing; a dispositional preference that favours certain patterns of sharing outcomes; and a relational effect based on working relationships. Professor Choo also worked with Dr. Riva Alvarenga-Neto on a paper titled “Beyond the ‘Ba’: Managing Enabling Contexts in Knowledge Organizations”, which reviews and extends the work of Professor Ikujiro Nonaka on ‘ba’, a social space for creating and sharing knowledge, and suggests that managing knowledge is fundamentally about creating an environment that is conducive to knowledge interaction. The paper was published in the Journal of Knowledge Management. Juris Dilevko In addition to teaching six courses in the field of librarianship, Professor Dilevko will be involved in the following long-term research projects: Canadian literary culture in the late 1940s and 1950s; the serpentine history of school libraries in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s; and a critical analysis of the book reviews of a wellknown United States literacy critic. matthew Brower nadia caidi Jennifer carter Joan cherry chun Wei choo Wendy Duff Professor Duff is the Director of the Digital Curation Institute, and founding members of AX-NET, an international 16 informed | autumn 2010
Faculty Research Roundup Wendy Duff Fiorelle Foscarini alan galey Jenna hartel Stephen hockema team of researchers interested in facilitating access to primary materials. Her current research focuses on four areas: archival users, access to archival material, digital curation, and, most recently, the convergence of libraries, archives, and museums. She is the principal investigator on a collaborative project exploring said convergence. Another of her collaborative projects investigated the impact of technology on museums for the Canadian Heritage Information Network, which resulted in three unpublished reports and a refereed conference paper presented at Cultural Heritage Online called “Empowering Users: An Active Role for User Communities.” Fiorella Foscarini Professor Foscarini joined the Faculty in January 2010. She is developing a new course that builds on record management and archival principles and methods, and explores issues of diplomatics, genre theory, and structuration. Prof. Foscarini presented a paper on new approaches to electronic records management at the 8 th European Conference on Digital Archiving held in Geneva in April. Alan Galey This year, Professor Galey’s research has focused on the history and future of the book, bridging the fields of book history, digital humanities, and critical information studies. This also marked the first year of his seven-year project, Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE). He was the co-leader of the Textual Studies team, contributing a book chapter, “Beyond Remediation: The Role of Textual Studies in Implementing New Knowledge Environments.” He is continuing with the project, Archive and Interface in Digital Textual Studies: from Cultural History to Critical Design, with emphasis on Shakespeare, investigating the cultural history of the archive in scholarly editing and building an online library of interface components. In addition, Prof. Galey presented a paper that focused on the Architectures of the Book project, at the Material Cultures conference in Edinburgh, and will present “The Ekindling Reciter: Performing Reading and Concealing Texts in the E-Book Demo” at the Modern Language Association conference in Los Angeles. Jenna Hartel Professor Hartel has created a foundation for future studies of serious leisure with her work on the ethnographic study of information in the hobby of gourmet cooking. Her paper, “Managing Documents at Home for Serious Leisure: A Case Study of the Hobby of Gourmet Cooking,” provides the first detailed account of hobby-related information collecting. Professor Hartel’s publications appeared in the Journal of Documentation and will appear in Information in Everyday American Life. In addition, she presented her work on this topic at the Seventh International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS) in London, England. At the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), she hosted the panel “Toward a Positive Information Science?” and also designed and delivered “Metatheoretical Snowmen,” which drew one of the largest crowds at ASIST. The latter panel was repeated at CoLIS in London and will be presented again in Toronto in October 2010. Stephen Hockema Over the past year, Professor Hockema refined and focused his ongoing research with students into a coherent topic revolving around parallels between formality in software design/development and form/ content/presentation distinctions in information. On June 30, he left the iSchool to embark on a new career developing software. He will work with a partner on mobile applications, such as iAnnotate. The applications will target specifically the iPhone and iPad devices, as well as contracts associated with them. Andrew Clement Professor Clement continues to explore the social and public policy implications of the emerging information/communication infrastructure, with the aim of contributing to its socially progressive development. His classes, research, workshops, and lecture series bring attention to the threats to privacy, identity integrity, and other civil liberties posed by the increasingly pervasive insinuation of surveillance technologies and practices. He is also working on identity, privacy and surveillance research as well as related public education initiatives, affiliated with his involvement in The New Transparency: Surveillance and Social Sorting research project. informed | autumn 2010 17
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