[Asis-l] [Board] Three TN LIS Professors Honored in New College

[Richard Hill]

[Congratulations to all!!!  DIck Hill]


Three Tennessee Information Science Professors Honored in New College

Three professors at the School of Information Sciences (SIS), University of 
Tennessee, were recently honored for their exemplary research and 
technological innovation: Dr. Dania Bilal, Dr. Carol Tenopir, and Dr. 
Gretchen Whitney. These awards are noteworthy because SIS professors 
garnered these awards the first year the new College of Communication and 
Information was formed. SIS maintains leadership roles in research and 
technology arenas locally, nationally, and internationally.

Dr. Dania Bilal
Dr. Dania Bilal, associate professor, was awarded the College's Research 
Award. She was recognized for her recent publications in leading journals, 
including the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and 
Technology, Online Information Review, and Information Processing and 
Management. Dr. Bilal has also published popular articles in the local press.

Dr. Bilal's major research area concerns user information-seeking behavior 
in using the Web. She has been awarded a research grant by Eugene Garfield 
to investigate designing Web search engines that meet children's 
information-seeking behavior and needs. The preliminary results of this 
funded project were published in the proceedings of the Canadian 
Association for Information Science (CAIS/ACSI).

Bilal has also authored Automating Media Centers and Small Libraries: A 
Microcomputer-Based Approach, which is used in classrooms worldwide.


Carol Tenopir
Dr. Carol Tenopir, professor, was awarded a University 2003 Research and 
Creative Achievement Award at the 2003 Provost's Banquet. Designed to honor 
accomplished researchers known internationally in their fields, this award 
recognizes Dr. Tenopir for her advances in teaching, research, and service 
at the University.

Dr. Tenopir bridges the fields of information science, communication, and 
librarianship. She has published more than 200 journal articles and four 
books. In 2003, she was awarded the Research Award of the American Society 
for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). In 2001, she received the 
Excellence in Teaching Award from the Association for Library and 
Information Science Education (ALISE).

Dr. Elizabeth Aversa, director of the School of Information Sciences, said, 
"Carol Tenopir would be any dean or director's choice for this award in 
that she is not only an accomplished researcher but an exemplary teacher, a 
thoughtful mentor, and a generous contributor to the broad field of 
information and library sciences."

Dr. Gretchen Whitney
Dr. Gretchen Whitney, associate professor, has been awarded the College 
Faculty Innovative Technology Teaching Award. A 1999 recipient of the ALISE 
Pratt-Severn Award for Faculty Innovation, Dr. Whitney has continued to 
explore new technologies, such as PDA access to Blackboard and HTML-based 
lessons; instant messaging; Web blogs, and the Wiki Wiki Web.

She has also taken an historical approach to help new users understand the 
history of the Internet, and has introduced lessons on ASCII art to help 
students understand such basic issues as case sensitivity.

Since 1995, Dr. Whitney has been an active participant in the development 
of KORRNET (Knoxville Oak Ridge Community Information Network). Students in 
one class select a social service agency in the community and build a Web 
presence for them and train their staff in its maintenance. Along with 
teaching conceptual approaches to the understanding of the social and 
cultural interpretations of technology, she is currently integrating 
emerging technologies such as XML, DHTML, and iMovie.

In 1995, Dr. Whitney mounted the first Web page for the School of 
Information Sciences, alongside sites for two courses that she was 
teaching. In 1998, she presented perhaps the first research article in the 
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science that was supported 
by continual updates on a Web site. In 1999, she mounted the first 
Web-based Distance Education course for the School, which included the 
innovative audio-plus-HTML explanations of lessons.

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School of Information Sciences
University of Tennessee
News Release
May 29, 2003
For Immediate Release
Contact: Joel Southern, Coordinator of Public Information
865/974-6727, jsouthern at utk.edu


Joel Southern
Coordinator of Public Information and Development
School of Information Sciences
College of Communication and Information
University of Tennessee
1345 Circle Park Drive, Suite 451
Knoxville, TN 37996-0341
(865) 974-6727
jsouthern at utk.edu

Executive Director
American Society for Information Science and Technology
1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510
Silver Spring, MD  20910
FAX: (301) 495-0810
PHONE: (301) 495-0900

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