Faculty Research and Teaching

Full-Time Faculty

David Eichmann, Director/Associate Professor, david-eichmann@uiowa.edu

Dr. Eichmann's research interests lie in the general area of information systems, particularly representation and retrieval. He is currently active in the adaptive filtering of newswire stories, question answering, and Web-based retrieval. These areas are complemented by work in image retrieval and video segmentation - providing a rich set of media prototypes, which he uses in his work in adaptive Web search agents.     Courses taught:       Web Search Engines   Design of Automated Systems   Database Systems   Hypertext Systems   Java Programming   Organization of Information I

James Elmborg, Assistant Professor, james-elmborg@.uiowa.edu

Dr. Elmborg's research interests focus around libraries as centers for teaching and learning. He works primarily in the area of academic librarianship. Specific interests include Information Literacy programming, pedagogy, and instructional technology.     Courses taught:       Foundations of LIS   Reference & Information Services   College and University Libraries   Information Literacy   User Education: Multimedia   Scholarly Domains   Online Information Systems   Web Search Engines   Practicum

Marc Light, Assistant Professor, marc-light@uiowa.edu

Dr. Light's research focuses on combining statistical modeling, natural language processing, and information retrieval.   Courses taught:       Design of Automated Systems   Programming for Text Manipulation

Christine Pawley, Associate Professor, christine-pawley@uiowa.edu

Dr. Pawley researches the history of readers and reading in nineteenth and twentieth century North America. Her book, Reading on the Middle Border: the Culture of Print Late Nineteenth Century Osage, Iowa, was published by the University of Massachusetts Press in April, 2001. She is currently researching the history of print culture in Cold War Wisconsin, focusing particularly on the Door-Kewaunee Regional Library Demonstration of 1950-1952.     Courses taught:       Research Methods   Public Libraries   Collection Development   History of Readers and Reading   Alternative Resources for Adults   Reading Interests of Adults   Foundations of LIS   Issues in LIS

Jennifer Burek Pierce, Assistant Professor, jennifer-burek-pierce@uiowa.edu

Dr. Pierce studies historic sexual and reproductive health texts. Of particular interest are works from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries addressed to women and adolescent readers. Questions posed by her research involve scientific and cultural norms that affect access to health information, government roles in health information dissemination, and the transmission of scientific and medical information about sexuality to lay audiences via popular magazines and other venues.     Courses taught:       Resources for Young Adults   Strategic Management   Program Evaluation

Padmini Srinivasan, Professor, padmini-srinivasan@uiowa.edu

Dr. Srinivasan's research focuses on formal models for information retrieval, query expansion using domain vocabularies, information extraction and text mining, with particular emphasis on applications in health informatics.     Courses taught:       Text Retrieval   Health Informatics   Digital Libraries   Informatics Tools for Health Care   Electronic Publishing   Decision Support   Foundations of LIS

Full-Time Faculty (Emeriti)

Esther Bierbaum, Professor Emeritus , EBierb8800@aol.com

Courses taught:       Organization of Information Resources   Special Libraries

Ethel Bloesch, Lecturer, ethel-bloesch@uiowa.edu

As Assistant to the Director, Ethel Bloesch coordinated graduate admissions, course scheduling, administration of comprehensive examinations, and alumni affairs. She also directed the annual Festival of Books for Young People and wrote the SLIS newsletter. Her side interest is music philately, and she is a frequent contributor to journals in this area.           Courses taught:       Practicum in Libraries and Information Centers

Carl Orgren, Associate Professor, carl-orgren@uiowa.edu

Courses taught:       Collection Development   Government Information Resources   Scholarly Domains   College and University Libraries   Special Libraries

Part-Time and Visiting Faculty

Nancy Baker, Adjunct Professor

E-mail: nancy-l-baker@uiowa.edu

Information Policy

Strategic Management

Barbara Black, Adjunct Instructor

E-mail: bblack@icpl.org

Resources for Young Adults

Greg Cotton, Adjunct Assistant Professor

E-mail: gcotton@cornellcollege.edu

Organization of Information II

Organization of Information III

Jean Donham, Adjunct Associate Professor

E-mail: JDonham@cornellcollege.edu

Information Literacy

Resources for Children

Strategic Management

Mary Iber, Adjunct Instructor

E-mail: MIber@cornellcollege.edu

Online Information Systems

Web Search Engines

Resources/Services: Science Resources

Mary Jo Langhorne, Adjunct Instructor

E-mail: mjlanghorne@mchsi.com

School Library Media Administration

School Library Media Practicum

Information Literacy

Judith A . Leavitt, Adjunct Instructor

E-mail: jleavit@rockwellcollins.com

Special Libraries

Competitive Intelligence

Marianne Mason, Adjunct Instructor

E-mail: marianne-mason@uiowa.edu

Government Information Resources

David McCartney, Adjunct Instructor

E-mail: david-mccartney@uiowa.edu

Topics: Introduction to Archives

Steve Ostrem, Adjunct Instructor

E-mail: steve-ostrem@uiowa.edu

Government Information Resources

Denise Rehmke, Adjunct Instructor

E-mail: rehmke@iowa-city.k12.ia.us

Reference and Information Services

Jacqueline Snider, Adjunct Instructor

E-mail: jacqueline.snider@act.org

Collection Management

Special Collections

Shana Stuart , Adjunct Instructor

E-mail: shana-stuart@mchsi.com

Public Libraries

Topics: Use and Users

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