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Teaching & Professional Interests

• Government Documents
• Information Needs / Behaviors of Specific Groups
• Information Policy
• Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
• Political Economy of Information
• Research Methods

Research Interests

• Government Documents
• Information Needs / Behaviors of Specific Groups
• Information Policy
• Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
• Political Economy of Information
• Research Methods
• Human rights and information

Dr. Susan L. Maret

Lecturer

Susan Maret teaches an online seminar "Information Secrecy and Freedom of Information" for the School of Library & Information Science at San José State University. Dr. Maret has a research interest in information ecology, information seeking behavior, information integrity, security classification of information and national security controls on information, the Freedom of Information Act and its exemptions, and the relationship of human rights and access to environmental information. A former science and government documents librarian, Dr. Maret is a member of the Progressive Librarians Guild's Coordinating Committee, on the Electronic Green Journal Board of Editors, and was a Wingspread Statement Precautionary Principle participant.

You can visit Dr. Maret's Web site to learn more about her work and ideas.

Courses Taught

• > [200] Information and Society
• > [251] Interface Design for Information Services
• > [281] Seminar in Contemporary Issues [Information Secrecy and Freedom of Information]

Education

• Ph.D. (Critical Information Studies, Minor Environmental Policy) The Union Institute and University, 2002.
• M.L.S. (Library Science) University of Arizona, 1988.
• B.A. (English) University of Arizona, 1985

Academic & Professional Experience

• Lecturer, School of Library and Information Science, San José State University (2005-)
• Postdoctoral research project, environmental information and human rights, HURIDOCS, Geneva, Switzerland (October - December, 2004)
• Adjunct Teaching Faculty, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado, Denver (2003-2007)
• Adjunct Teaching Faculty, Library and Information Science Program, University of Denver (2002-2007)
• Senior Instructor, Reference and Instruction Services, Auraria Library, University of Colorado, Denver (1997-2004)
• Instructor, Reference and Instruction Services, Auraria Library, University of Colorado, Denver (1992-1997)
• Visiting Reference Librarian, Penrose Library, University of Denver (1992)
• Government Documents Reference Librarian, Government Documents Department, Hayden Library, Arizona State University (1991)
• Visiting Science Reference Librarian, Noble Science and Engineering Library, Arizona State University, Tempe Arizona (1990-1991)
• Chief Medical Librarian, Mesa Lutheran and Valley Lutheran Hospitals, Mesa, Arizona (1981-1989)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

• Maret, S. L. & Goldman, J. (2008). Government secrecy: Classic and contemporary readings. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
• Maret, S. (2008). Review of Praeger Security International Online [http://psi.praeger.com/help.aspx] Charleston Advisor 9(3). www.charlestonco.com/
• Maret, S. (2007). Review of Historical Dictionary of Cold War Intelligence by Nigel West. Scarecrow Press, 2007. Defense Technical Journal 16(2).
• Maret, S. (2007) Review of The Encyclopedia of Earth. The Charleston Advisor 9(1), 36-38. Available at www.charlestonco.com/
• Maret, S. (2006). Review of the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) Database. The Charleston Advisor 8(2), 43. Available at www.charlestonco.com/
• Maret, S. (2006). On Their Own Terms: a Lexicon with an Emphasis on Information-related Terms Produced by the U.S. Federal Government. 3rd edition. Federation of American Scientists Website: www.fas.org/sgp/library/maret.pdf [PDF].
• Maret, S. (2006). Formats are a quest for truth: HURIDOCS human rights materials for library and human rights workers. Progressive Librarian 26. Available at libr.org/pl/26_Maret.html.
• Maret, S. (2006). Contributor to Jan Goldman, Words of Intelligence: a Dictionary. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
• Maret, S. (2006). Review of Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice by Jason Coburn. MIT Press, 2005. Electronic Green Journal 23. Available at egj.lib.uidaho.edu/egj23/index.html.
• Maret, S. (2006). Formal and Informal Restrictive Information Categories in the FSU/Russian Federation. Project on Government Secrecy, Federation of American Scientists Web site: www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/class.htm.
• Maret, S. Introduction to the 1956 Report on Classified Information (Coolidge Committee Report). The Memory Hole: www.thememoryhole.org/foi/coolidge.htm.
• Maret, S. (2006). Review of Govsearch. The Charleston Advisor 7(3), 18. Available at charlestonco.com/
• Maret, S. (2006). Review of Milsearch. The Charleston Advisor 7(3), 20. Available at charlestonco.com/
• Maret, S. (2005). Review of HURISEARCH, a human rights search engine. The Charleston Adviser 7(2), 23. Available at charlestonco.com/
• Maret, S. (2005). Review of Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment by Jennifer Clapp and Peter Dauvergne. MIT Press, 2005. Electronic Green Journal 22. Available at egj.lib.uidaho.edu/egj22/maret1.html.
• Maret, S. (2005). Review of Landmines and Human Security: International Politics and War's Hidden Legacy by Richard A, Matthew, Bryan McDonald and Kenneth R. Rutherford (eds.). State University of New York Press, 2004. International Journal of Humanities and Peace 20 no. 1.

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