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Professional Activities
Athena Salaba, Ph.D., and Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D , School of Library and Information Science, presented "Extending the 'Explore' User Task Beyond Subject Authority Data Into the Linked Data Sphere" at the 2014 International ISKO Conference in Krakow, Poland, on May 19-22, 2014.
Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D, Karen F. Gracy, Ph.D., both from the School of Library and Information Science, and Kent State alumna Maja Zumer, M.L.S. '93, presented "Using a Semantic Analysis Tool to Generate Subject Access Points: A Study Using Panofsky’s Theory and Two Research Samples" at the 2014 International ISKO Conference in Krakow, Poland, on May 19-22, 2014.
Rebecca Meehan, School of Library and Information Science, presented "Use of Electronic Health Records in LTPAC: Qualitative Case Study of Early Adopter Facility" at the 2014 Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Health IT Summit in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 22-24, 2014.
Additional Comments: Meehan’s poster represented her qualitative analysis of a long-term, post-acute care center, which adopted a new system technology, the electronic health record, for maintaining residents’ health and medical records. Meehan’s poster can be viewed on the conference website at http://www.ahima.org/events/2014june-ltpac.
Kiersten F. Latham, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, was invited to give a presentation titled, “What if We Build Programs Around Emotions and Senses?” at the Take 5 group event on May 9. For more information on Latham’s talk or the Take 5 group, visit http://library.ohio.gov/youth-services/take5.
Don A. Wicks, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, assumed the role of coordinator of doctoral education for the College of Communication and Information following the retirement of George Cheney, Ph.D., at the end of June. Wicks led the School of Library and Information Science as interim director for more than two years and co-founded the Center for the Study of Information and Religion, which sponsors an academic journal and annual conferences and symposia. Wicks also served on the doctoral studies committee for the 2013-2014academic year.
Rick Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, presented "Auto-experimentation in Taumako Seafaring: Learning to Handle a Dugout Canoe" at the 20th annual conference of the New Zealand Studies Association, in association with the Norwegian Maritime Museum, the Kon-Tiki Museum and the University of South Australia in Oslo, Norway, on June 25-28, 2014.
Publications
Steven Brown, Evaluation and Measurement, and Taylor P. McKenzie, authored "Musical Preferences and Forms of Life," in Operant Subjectivity, Vol. 37, Issue 1-2, (2014): 51-60.
Yin Zhang, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, and Sonali Kudva, College of Communication and Information, authored "E-books versus Print Books: Readers' Choices and Preferences Across Contexts," in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Vol. 65, Issue 8, (2014).