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San Jose: Clark Hall 420B
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Teaching & Professional Interests

• Books / Printing / Publishing Industry
• Web design and programming
• Manuscripts and incunabula

Research Interests

• Books / Printing / Publishing Industry
• Distance Education in LIS
• Information Architecture
• Designing information products for a global audience
• Web programming languages

Dr. Linda Main

Professor

Linda Main received her Ph.D. at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign). She also holds Masters degrees from the University of Wales (Aberystwyth) and the University of Dublin, Trinity College (Ireland). She spent many years working in the library of Trinity College Dublin rotating through many different departments including rare books and manuscripts. She was also a project Coordinator for CELDS (US Army Corps of Engineers) and a database coordinator for the Recidivism Database (US Dept. Justice).

Main teaches classes in a primarily online format. She has written three books and published many articles. Her research interests are in designing information products for a global audience, and Web programming languages delivered online.

Main has been involved in many consultancy projects including projects for the British Library, the Bibliotheque National, the Benito Juarez Autonomous University (Oaxaca, Mexico), the State Technical Library (Prague), and Udaras na Gaeltachta. She also works with a small Eastern European consultancy business that develops Web sites; and a consultancy project developing Web content for agencies in Iceland and Greenland.

Courses Taught

• > [240] Information Technology Tools & Applications
• > [246] Information Technology Tools & Applications - Advanced (XML/XSLT)
• > [246] Information Technology Tools & Applications - Advanced (Web 2.0)
• > [280] History of Books and Libraries
• > [287] Seminar in Information Science

Education

• Ph.D. (Library & Inf. Science) University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) (1989)
• MA (History & Political Science) University of Dublin, Trinity College (Ireland) (1984)
• MLIS (Library & Information Science) University of Wales (Aberystwyth) (1979)
• BA (History & Political Science) University of Dublin, Trinity College (Ireland) (1974)

Academic & Professional Experience

• Professor and Associate Director San José State University, School of Library & Information Science (2001-)
• Project Coordinator CELDS (Environmental Database): US Army Corps of Engineers funded project: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1984-1986)
• Database Coordinator Recidivism Database: Dept. Justice funded project: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1983-1986)
• Assistant Librarian: University of Dublin, Trinity College (1979-1983)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

For other publications/presentations, see Professional Activities PDF above.

Books and Parts of Books

• Main, L. (2002). Building Web sites for a multinational audience. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
• Main, L. (2000). Javascript. In A. Kent & J. G. Willams (Eds.), Encyclopedia of microcomputers. (Vol. 25, pp. 185-240). New York: Dekker.

Journal Articles

• Main, L. (2001). The global information infrastructure: Empowerment or imperialism? Third World Quarterly 2001, 22(1), 83-97.

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