Mary Chayko presents papers on methods and teaching

Prof. Mary Chayko recently presented the following papers: “Reimagining the Interview: Adapting Qualitative Methods to the Digital Realm” at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) on March 17 in Boston, Mass. “Disruptive Course...

Joyce Valenza publishes article in American Libraries

Prof. Joyce Valenza published “School Libraries Transform” in American Libraries. As a faculty member in a preservice program, and as a school librarian for more than 25 years, she writes about the role of school libraries in student empowerment.

Chirag Shah gives invited talk at University of Texas

Prof. Chirag Shah gave an invited talk on “Information Fostering: Being Proactive in Information Seeking” at University of Texas Austin on March 4.  In the talk, he discussed how to analyze a search process in an exploratory search task to be able to predict its...

Marie Radford gives two invited presentations in Buffalo, NY

Professor Marie Radford gave two invited presentations: Radford, M. L. “’I’ve Already Googled It and I Can’t Understand It:’ User’s Perceptions of Virtual Reference and Social Q and A.”  University of Buffalo, N.Y., March 3. Radford, M. L. “Collaboration and...