IS Research - Current Projects
The Department of Information Studies faculty are renowned for excellence in research. They have made numerous contributions to the advancement of professional practice: developing standards for libraries, leading workshops, and serving as officers of national professional associations. Known for distinguished scholarship in the field, they have published extensively and delivered lectures around the globe.
Alexandria Digital Earth ProtoType (ADEPT) / Alexandria Digital Library (ADL)
The central goal of the Alexandria Digital Earth ProtoType project was to make geo-spatial information resources intended for research purposes usable for teaching and learning at the undergraduate level. The Alexandria Digital Library (ADL), constructed as part of the (U.S.) Digital Libraries Initiative Phase I (1994-1998), provides access to geo-spatial resources in many media via sophisticated searching mechanisms (Hill & Janee, 2004).
Co-Principal Investigator: Christine Borgman
British Library Endangered Archives Program grant for “Strategies for archiving the endangered publications of French India (1800-1923),” 2009-2011
Applies digital preservation and access approaches and international institutional collaboration to address the problem of how to rescue and make available primary information resources that were created by colonial administrations and are now “orphaned” in their post-colonial environments.
Principal Investigator: Anne Gilliland
CENS (Center for Embedded Network Sensing (CENS)
CENS is a U.S. National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center based at UCLA that includes dozens of cooperating scientists, technologists, educators, and teachers (middle school and high school). CENS is a large, multidisciplinary research collaboration among multiple universities.
Co-Principal Investigator: Christine Borgman
Homework Center Outcomes
Funded by an American Library Association research grant this project seeks to develop models for evaluating the outcomes of public library homework assistance programs.
Co-Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter
Co-Principal Investigator: Cindy Mediavilla
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant for "Building the Future of Archival Education and Research," 2008-2012
- Recruiting, funding and mentoring a diverse cohort of doctoral students to become the next generation of academics in the US.
- Initiation of a new international forum (AERI) for academics and doctoral students in Archival Studies, including research exchange, training in a range of methodologies, mentoring, and scholarly infrastructure building.
Principal Investigator: Anne Gilliland
“Pluralizing the Archival Paradigm: A Needs Assessment for Archival Education in Pacific Rim Communities,” 2005 -
Funding received from University of California Pacific Rim Research Program.
- Working in partnerships with other faculty, students, and community members to identify needs for pluralizing archival education and develop an international action agenda.
Co-Principal Investigator: Anne Gilliland
Co-Principal Investigator: Sue McKemmish, Monash University
