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Curriculum Vitae

City: Emporia, KS

Teaching & Professional Interests

• Academic Libraries
• Graphic Materials: Maps / Art / etc.
• Information Needs / Behaviors of Specific Groups
• Information Visualization
• LIS as a Profession
• Reference and Information Services
• Scholarly and Scientific Communication
• Science and Technology Literatures

Research Interests

• Academic Libraries
• Graphic Materials: Maps / Art / etc.
• Information Needs / Behaviors of Specific Groups
• Information Visualization
• Scholarly and Scientific Communication

Dr. Susan Aber

Lecturer

Susan Aber is a geologist, gemologist, and map librarian who received her Ph.D. in Library and Information Science at Emporia State University (ESU - Kansas). She has taught in the ESU Earth Science Department for over 20 years, and her LIS dissertation focused on the information needs and information-seeking behaviors of geoscience educators in the academic community. She has managed the ESU Federal Depository Map Library for over 10 years and has taught for the library school as National Faculty at ESU since completing her doctorate.

Aber teaches many of her classes in an online format on the LIS topics of information resources and services in the disciplines, and map librarianship, including geographic information systems. Her research interests are in information use and user studies, as well as the scientific visualization of information using kite aerial photography (KAP - www.geospectra.net/kite) and amber (www.emporia.edu/earthsci/amber). Susan travels extensively and has won a prestigious award, along with her colleague and husband, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science/National Science Foundation for their KAP work on an Estonian bog.

Courses Taught

• > [220] Resources & Information Services in Professions and Disciplines [maps & GIS]

Education

• Ph.D. (Library & Information Science), Emporia State University (Emporia, KS), 2005
• Professional Certified Gemologist, Gemological Institute of America, 1987
• BS (Geology) University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS), 1977

Academic & Professional Experience

• Lecturer at Emporia State University, Earth Science Department (1988-)
• Lecturer at San José State University, School of Library and Information Science (2008-)
• National Faculty at Emporia State University, School of Library and Information Management (2007-)
• US Federal Depository Map Library Manager, Emporia State University, (1997-)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

For other publications and presentations, see Curriculum Vitae PDF above.

• Aber, J.S. & Aber, S.W. (2009). Kansas physiographic regions: Bird's-eye views. Lawrence, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Education Series 17. [Online information: www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Books/2009/Ed17/index.html]
• Aber, J.S., Aber, S.W., Buster, L., Jensen, W.E., & Sleezer, R.L. (2009). Challenge of infrared kite aerial photography: A digital update. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 112(1/2), 31-39.
• Aber, J.S., Aber, S.W., Janočko, J., Zabielski, R., and Górska-Zabielska, M. (2008). High-altitude kite aerial photography. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 111(1), p. 49–60. [BioOne October 2008 Featured Article]
• Aber, S. W. (2007). Fostering collaboration through qualitative research methods: Investigagting information needs of geoscience educators. Proceedings of the Fortieth Meeting of the Geoscience Information Society, 36, 9-13.
• Aber, S. W. & Aber, J. S., (2007, April). Endla und Nigula: Fesseldrachen-luftbildfotografie im dienste der forschung (Endla and Nigula: Kite aerial photography for scientific investigations). Drachen, 48-49. German Trans. W. Bieck.
• Aber, J. S., Aber, S. W., Pavri, F., Volkova, E. & Penner, R. L. (2006). Small-format aerial photography for assessing change in wetland vegetation, Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas. Kansas Academy of Science, Transactions, 109,47-57. Retrieved March 24, 2008, from the World Wide Web: www.emporia.edu/kas/trans109/trans109.htm#aber
• Aber, S. W. (2005). Information needs and behaviors of geoscience educators: A grounded theory study. Dissertation, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, 367.
• Aber, J. S., Eberts, D. & Aber, S. W. (2005). Applications of kite aerial photography: Biocontrol of salt cedar (Tamarix) in the western United States.Kansas Academy of Science, Transactions, 108, 63-66.

Selected Presentations

• Aber, J. S. & Aber, S. W. (2007). Kansas physiographic regions: A reappraisal. Kansas Academy of Science, Transactions 110, p. 293. [Annual meeting abstract.]
• Aber, J. S. & Aber, S. W. (2006).Kite aerial photography of wetland environments. Kite Aerial Photography in California, Pacific Grove, CA, November.
• Aber, S. W., & Lillard, L. L. (2006). Academic librarian perceptions of information needs of geoscience educators: A grounded theory study of subject specialty knowledge and training. Association for Information Science and Education. January 2006, San Antonio, Texas.
• Aber, S. W. (2005). Fostering collaboration through qualitative research methods: Investigating information needs of geoscience educators. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting. October 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Aber, J. S., Aber, S. W., Firooza, P., Korenman, T., Volkova, E., & Penner, R. L. (2005). Small-format aerial photography for assessing change in wetland vegetation: A case study from Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas. 20th Biennial Workshop on Aerial Photography, Videography, and High Resolution Digital Imagery for Resource Assessment, October 2005, Weslaco, Texas.

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