Grants
My external grants fall into two arenas: research and student support. My internal grants fund a variety of research projects and travel for presentation at peer-reviewed, national conferences. If you have any interest in working together on grant applications, please let me know. My current research focuses on: identifying the information-interactions of people in crisis, as well those who support them; developing measurable assessments of information-support efficacy for personal crisis communities; design of digital environments to support information generation, community development, and interactive problem-solving for people in personal crisis situations. I am particularly interested in joint applications with colleagues working with digital library design, usability, community network and agency analysis, and interpersonal information engagement.
A few recent examples of my grant end-products are listed below.
Faculty Research Assignment, University of Texas, Spring 2011, Full course/administration release
- Four projects are underway: analysis of a secondary community network; pattern and implication discovery of police documents; resource design and development for public librarians; and examination of questioning behavior in expert systems
- An article is in submission re the police documents study
- A web site is in 3rd stage design and 2nd stage content development for the public librarians work
- Data analysis is still underway for the other two projects
Summer Research Assignment, University of Texas, $10,000
- Understanding Crisis Information Needs in Context: The Case of Intimate Partner Violence Survivors. Library Quarterly. 78 (3): 237-261. 2008. [Winner of 2008 Jesse Shera Research Award]
- Crisis Information Concerns: Information Needs of Domestic Violence Survivors. Information Processing and Management. 45 (1): 98-114. 2009.
- Progressive Information Engagement Model: Service Implications of Using and Losing Information in Crisis Situations. American Library Association Conference at the Library Research Round Table Research Forum. June 28, 2008.
Cultivating Digital Librarianship Faculty, Institute of Museum and Library Services, $1,232,993
- Four students admitted and making successful progress on their degrees
- Students are publishing as well as presenting both full papers and posters in national venues
Temple Teaching Fellowship, University of Texas School of Information, $5,000
- Information Myths and Intimate Partner Violence: Sources, Contexts, and Consequences. Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology. 60 (4): 826-836. 2009.
Stepping Up Grant, Institute of Museum and Library Services, $744,366
- Six management workshops completed
- Seventeen students graduated
- Four students taken to the 2009 American Library Association conference
- Six students taken to the 2010 Texas Library Association conference