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Lynn Westbrook, School of Information
Welcome. This site provides basic information on my professional life, and you are most welcome here. Please send me your suggestions and questions.
As my vita indicates, my background is in human information interactions with a focus on contextual factors, including the cognitive, affective, and behavioral facets of the individual's experience. Several students have worked with me on research projects and I always welcome new colleagues in this work.
I've published on intimate partner violence information issues, digital reference communication, mental model theory, interdisciplinary information seeking in Women's Studies, information literacy, and information needs analysis.
My current research projects center on identifying means of strengthening formal information system support for survivors of intimate partner violence and gaining a better understanding of the role of mental models in personal information experiences in academia and times of personal life crisis.
My teaching uses a praxis-based approach to management, information retrieval, reference, collection management, instruction, research methods, and information use analysis. My service includes co-editing a book series on research methods, research mentoring, grant management, and various A.L.A. contributions.
Again, you are most welcome and I hope to hear from you.