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Professional Activities
Rebecca Meehan, School of Library and Information Science, presented "Usability Improvements to Electronic Health Records: Finding Realistic Paths to Success" at the International Conference on Health Informatics in Lisbon, Portugal, in January 2015.
Summary: The paper will be published in the conference proceedings, pages 514-518, ISBN: 978-989-758-068-0, SCITEPRESS
Additional Comments: At the same conference, Meehan was session chair for "Current Research in Health Informatics."
Yosh Hakutani, Department of English, presented “Jack Kerouac’s Haiku and The Dharma Bums” and chaired a special session, “The Genesis and Development of the Chicago Renaissance,” at the Modern Language Association Annual Convention in Vancouver, Canada, Jan. 8-11, 2015.
Marianne Martens, School of Library and Information Science, presented "Through the Looking Glass: How Danish LIS Education Reflects Mandates on Culture" at the 2015 ALISE Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, on Jan. 27, 2015.
Summary: Martens presented her “Works in Progress” poster.
Kiersten Latham, School of Library and Information Science, presented "Beyond the Senses: The Magical, the Mystical and the Numinous in Museums" at the University of Michigan Museum of Art's Museum Studies Program Fall Lecture Series in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Nov. 20, 2014.
Belinda Boon, School of Library and Information Science, presented "Active Online Teaching Strategies: Sharing Best Practices" at the Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching and Learning in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 6, 2015.
Publications
Kenneth Cushner, School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, and Jennifer Mahon, Kent State alumna, authored "Revising and Updating the Inventory of Cross-Cultural Sensitivity," Intercultural Education, Vol. 25, Issue 6, (2014): 484-496.
Yin Zhang, School of Library and Information Science, and Shengli Deng authored "Social Q&A or Library Virtual Reference Service: What is Behind the Choices of Chinese Information Seekers?" in Libri - International Journal of Libraries and Information Services, Vol. 64, Issue 4, (2014): 327-340.
Miriam Matteson, Susan Musser and Elizabeth Allen, School of Library and Information Science, authored "From Good to Great Managers: The Case for a Structured Continuing Education Program in Library Management" in Library Management, Vol. 36, Issue 1/2, (2015): 127-141.
Summary: The paper examines the perceptions of librarians toward continuing education in library management.
Additional comments: Musser and Allen are M.L.I.S. students at Kent State.