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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 an Information Consultant, Reference Librarian, writer and speaker in the field. She is an adjunct faculty member at Long Island University's Palmer School of Library Science, as well as Pratt Institute, and San José State University where she teaches LIS students about emerging technologies. Ellyssa is a published author and has written about Web technologies and their applications in libraries for major library publications including Choice, School Library Journal, and ALA's Library Technology Reports. Her book Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals was published in February 2008. She blogs at iLibrarian (oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian) and InfoTangle.

Courses Taught

• > [246] Information Technology Tools & Applications - Advanced (Web 2.0)
• > [287] Seminar in Information Science – The Open Movement and Libraries

Education

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

Academic & Professional Experience

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute (2008-)
• Instructor, Simmons College (2007-)
• 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, (2005-2008)
• 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, September). Drupal and libraries. The CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research, 13(8).
• Kroski, E. (2008). On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies. Library Technology Reports, 44(5). Available from ALA TechSource.
• Kroski, E. (2008, July 1). All a Twitter: Want to Try Microblogging? School Library Journal. Available at School Library Journal.
• Kroski, E. (2008, February). Widgets to the Rescue. School Library Journal, 54(2).
• 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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