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City: Mishawaka, IN
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1-574-621-8000
Teaching & Professional Interests
- Academic Libraries
- Buildings / Facilities
- Critical Perspectives on LIS
- Digital / Virtual Libraries
- Evaluation of Service
- Information Needs / Behaviors of Specific Groups
- Information Needs / Behaviors of the Public
- Information Needs and Behaviors / Practices
- LIS Education and Programs
- LIS Faculty and Students
- Libraries and Society / Culture
- Pedagogy in LIS
- Philosophy / Values / Ethics of LIS
- Public Libraries
- Strategic Planning / Marketing / Lobbying
- Users and Uses of Information Systems
- Emerging Technologies in Libraries and Information Systems
Research Interests
- Information Literacy and Instruction
- LIS Education and Programs
- LIS Faculty and Students
- Pedagogy in LIS
- Users and Uses of Information Systems
- Emerging Technologies in Libraries and Information Systems
- Libraries as Learning Organizations
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Dr. Michael Stephens
Assistant Professor
Dr. Michael Stephens received his PhD in information science in 2007 from the University of North Texas via an IMLS fellowship. Prior to joining the the faculty at San José State University in 2011, he taught at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University.
His recent publications include the co-authored article "The Impact and Effect of Learning 2.0 Programs in Australian Academic Libraries" for the New Review of Academic Librarianship; the chapter "What's Next? Tracking Tech Trends" for Reference Reborn: Breathing New Life into Public Services Librarianship, and the co-authored chapter "Friended, Tweeted, Posted: Social Sharing for Project and Knowledge Management," in Managing Knowledge in Projects. He currently writes the monthly column "Office Hours" in Library Journal exploring issues, ideas and emerging trends in library and information science education.
Stephens has spoken about emerging technologies, innovation, and libraries to audiences in over 26 states and in five countries, including a research tour of Australia and presentations for the US embassies in Germany and Turkey.
Courses Taught
Education
- Ph.D. (Information Science) University of North Texas (2007)
- MLS, Indiana University (1995)
- BA (Telecommunications & Film) Indiana University (1987)
Academic & Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, San José State University (2011-)
- Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Dominican University (2007-2011)
- Instructor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Dominican University (2006-2007)
Selected Publications (last five years only)
- Klerk, J. & Stephens, M. (2011). Is the role of libraries in reading innovation fading? In M. Gerritzen, G. Lovink, M. Kampman, & A. Blauvelt, I read where I am: Exploring new information cultures. Valiz.
- Stephens, M. & Cheetham, W. (2011). The impact and effect of learning 2.0 programs in Australian academic libraries. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 17(1), 31-63.
- Stephens, M. (2011). What's next?: Tracking tech trends. In D. Zabel (Ed.), Reference reborn: breathing new life into public services librarianship (203-215). Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited.
- Jones, K. M. & Stephens, M. (2010). Friended, tweeted, posted: Social sharing for project and knowledge management. In T. Srikantaiah, M. E. D. Koenig, & S. Al-Hawamdeh, Convergence of project management and knowledge management (231-246). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
- Stephens, M. (2008). The Pragmatic Biblioblogger: Examining the motivations and observations of Early Adopter Librarian Bloggers. Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 13, 4, 311-345.
- Stephens, M., & Collins, M. (2007). Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and the Hyperlinked Library. Serials Review, 33, 4, 253.
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