Scholarly Activities

Publications (completed and in progress)

“Introduction to Resource Description and Access: cataloguing and classification in the digital era." In-progress as textbook for Neal Schuman/Facet Publishing, approx. Fall 2012.

 

“Barbara R.F. Kyle (1913-1966) : Lessons Learned." In-progress as a biographical/historical study of classificationist Barbara Kyle.

 

"Social Cataloging". In-progress for as chapter in New Directions in Information Organization. Eds. Jung-ran Park and Lynne C. Howarth. Emerald Library and Information Science Book Series. Proposal accepted, May 2011.

 

"Functional Future for Bibliographic Control"—Guest Editor, special issue of Journal of Library Metadata, In-progress for June 2012 publication.

 

“Historical and Current Implication of Understanding Quality in Cataloging in School, Public and Academic Libraries." co-authored with Barbara Schultz-Jones, Karen Snow, and Ric Hasenyager. For special issue of Library Trends entitled Next Generation Discovery and Access (Ed. K.LaBarre), Summer/June 2012. In Press.

 

“Implications of RDA on cataloging practice and research." Proceedings of the annual Conference on Cataloging and Metadata, University Center for Library Science Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, September 29-October 1, 2010. Invited. Submitted Nov 2010 for translation and publication.

 

“A Framework of Automatic Subject Term Assignment for Text Categorization: an indexing conception-based approach."Co-authored with EunKyung Chung (first author) and Samantha K. Hastings. Submitted to Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 61, no. 4, April 2010. PDF

 

“Resource Description and Access (RDA) and new research potentials." ASIST Bulletin, vol. 35, no. 5, June/July, 2009. PDF

 

“Comparison of MARC Content Designation Utilization of WorldCat Records with National, Core, and Minimal Level Standards. Co-authored with A. Eklund (first author), W. Moen, S. Polyakov, and G. Snyder. Journal of Library Metadata, vol. 9, no. 1/2, 2009. PDF

 

“Frequency, Intensity, and Topicality (FIT) Analysis of Instructional Styles & Interaction Practices in Online Learning.” Joonmin Kim, Suyoung Lim, Kyoungsik Na, Kathleen Burnett, Laurie J. Bonnici, and Shawne D. Miksa. Paper accepted for the Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization Spanish Chapter. 11-13 March 2009, Valencia, Spain. PDF

 

“A Survey of Local Library Cataloging Tool and Resource Utilization.” Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, vol. 49, no. 2, Spring 2008. Peer-reviewed. PDF

 

“You Need My Metadata: demonstrating the value of cataloging.” A Response to the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, Library of Congress. Submitted July 2007 to the Working Group in response to open call for testimony. Journal of Library Metadata, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring 2008. Peer-reviewed. PDF

 

“Educators: What are the Cataloging Issues Students Get Excited About? – professional and intellectual appeals of cataloging and students’ misconceptions of cataloging. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 3, January 2008.  Peer-reviewed, Invited. PDF

 

“Them! Google’s Ambivalence to Library and Information Science.”
ASIST Bulletin, vol. 34, no. 1, October/November 2007.  (Chosen as Editor’s Pick in Informed Librarian Online, November 2007) PDF

 

 “Understanding "support" of FRBR's four user tasks in MARC encoded bibliographic records.” ASIST Bulletin, vol. 33, no. 6, August/September 2007. PDF

 

“Challenges of Change: a review of cataloging and classification literature, 2003-2004.”  Library Resources and Technical Services, vol. 51, no. 1, 2007. Peer-reviewed, Invited. PDF

 

“The Development of a Facet Analysis System to Identify and Measure the Dimensions of Interaction in Online Learning.” First author, co-authored with K. Burnett, L. Bonnici, A. Dagli, and J. Kim.  Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 58, no. 11, September 2007. Peer-reviewed. PDF

 

“Frequency, Intensity, and Topicality in Online Learning: an exploration of the interactive dimensions that contribute to student satisfaction in online learning.” Co-authored with K. Burnett, L. Bonnici, and J. Kim. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, vol. 48, no. 1, Winter 2007. Peer-reviewed. PDF

 

“Learning From Artifacts: metadata utilization analysis.” Co-authored with W. Moen, S. Polyakov, A. Eklund, and G. Snyder. Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, June 11-15, 2006, Chapel Hill, NC. Peer-reviewed. PDF

 

“Metadata Assistance of the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records’ Four User Tasks: a report on the MARC Content Designation Utilization (MCDU) Project.” Co-authored with W. Moen, S. Polyakov, A. Eklund, and G. Snyder. Proceedings of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) 9th International Conference, Vienna, Austria, July 2006. Peer-reviewed. PDF

 

"A Survey of the Extent and Utilization of Cataloging Tools and Resources within Technical Services in the  North Texas Public Libraries.”  Grant proposal submitted for the OCLC/ALISE Library & Information Science Research Grant Program, September 2004. Grant awarded December 2005. PDF

 

“Examining Present Practices to Inform Future Metadata Use: an empirical analysis of MARC Content Designation Utilization.” Co-authored with Dr. William Moen. Grant proposal submitted to The Institute for Museum and Library Studies, February 2004. Grant awarded September 2005. PDF

 

“Pigeonholes and Punchcards: identifying the division between library classification research and information retrieval research, 1952-1970. Dissertation. Florida State University, 2002. PDF (please note pagination is slightly off in this version)

 

Presentation, Lectures and Workshops