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City: New York, NY

Teaching & Professional Interests

• Information Architecture
• Information Systems and Technologies
• New Web Technologies
• Social Marketing and the New Web

Research Interests

• Academic Libraries
• Computer / Information Networks
• Continuing Education in LIS
• Distance Education in LIS
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Information Architecture
• Information Systems and Technologies
• LIS Education and Programs
• Organization of Information
• Reference and Information Services
• Users and Uses of Information Systems
• Social Marketing and the New Web
• Emerging Web Technologies

Ellyssa Kroski

Lecturer

Ellyssa Kroski is a Reference Librarian at Columbia University's Butler Library. She also works as an Information Consultant providing services in Web strategy, project management, IA, social marketing, content development, and production in both the library and corporate sectors. She is an adjunct faculty member at Long Island University as well as at SJSU where she teaches LIS students about Web 2.0 technologies. Ellyssa has worked with information technologies since the mid-90's.

Ellyssa is a published author and has written about emerging technologies and their applications in libraries for major library publications and scholarly journals. Her book, Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals, was published February 2008 by Neal-Schuman Publishers. Ellyssa teaches professional development workshops and provides technology instruction throughout the northeast and is a national conference speaker and moderator. She utilizes her blog InfoTangle as a fast publishing platform for her library and technology related articles, and provides daily news and opinion about emerging tech in the library world at the iLibrarian blog.

Courses Taught

• > [246] Information Technology Tools & Applications - Advanced (Web 2.0)

Education

• MLIS (Library and Information Science) Long Island University (2004)
• B.A. Mount Holyoke College (1991)

Academic & Professional Experience

• Adjunct Faculty, Palmer School of Library Science, Long Island University, (2007-)
• Lecturer, School of Library and Information Science, San José State University (2007-)
• Information Consultant, Ellyssa Kroski & Associates, (2005-)
• Reference Librarian, Columbia University, (2005-)
• Library Assistant, Wood Tobé-Coburn School, (2003-2004)
• Executive Producer, Carfax Abbey Horror Film Database, (2000-2003)
• Internet Consultant, Ellyssa Kroski, (1996-2000)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

• Kroski, E. (2008). Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals. New York: Neal-Schuman.
• Kroski, E. (2007). Folksonomies and user-based tagging. In Courtney, N. (Ed.). Library 2.0 and Beyond: Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow's User. Westwood, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
• Kroski, E. (2007). The social tools of Web 2.0: Opportunities for academic libraries. Choice. 44.
• Kroski, E. (2006). How to automate a small library. WebJunction, Retrieved 10/18/07, from http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=13125

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