The University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science is delighted to announce the appointments of  Dr. James Elmborg and Dr. Christine Pawley to the faculty, with the rank of Assistant Professor, effective August 15, 2000.

Dr. Elmborg comes to The University of Iowa from Furman University and Wofford College, where he served as Andrew Mellon Librarian for Information Technology.  Previously he was Head of Library User Education at Washington
State University.  Dr. Elmborg also has extensive experience as a teacher of English literature and composition.   At Iowa his teaching and research will center on learning theories and models of teaching and learning as they relate to the librarian's role of collaborating in active learning projects.  He incorporates technology into the learning process at all levels.  Dr. Elmborg holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Kansas and an M.L.S. from Emporia State University.

Dr. Christine Pawley has taught information management and library and information studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the College of St. Catherine.  She is presently a visiting fellow at the School of Information Systems, Technology and Management at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.  Her interests include the history and sociology of reading, the social and cultural uses of information, and the defining of the profession's core values.  She has won numerous awards for her published research in the area of print culture.  Dr. Pawley holds the
M.A. and Ph.D. in library and information studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Her B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics is from Oxford University, UK.