SIS Research Forum with Donald Case - Sept. 2

The School of Information Sciences invites you to hear Dr. Donald O. Case speak on the history of information behavior research on September 2, from 12:00 – 1:00, in the Haslam Bldg., Room 202.

Dr. Case, a professor of the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information Studies, is the current President of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). We hope that you will join the School in welcoming Dr. Case present “Avoidance of Information in the Context of Information Seeking.”

This talk is free and open to the public.

What: SIS Research Forum with Dr. Donald O. Case

When: Wednesday, September 2, 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Where: Haslam Bldg. Room 202 (UT Campus)

For those attending at a distance and would like to participate in the live Centra lecture, visit: http://tinyurl.com/DonCaseResearchForum or http://asp8.centra.com/GA/main/00000187f9f1000001235fa1f5fd847b

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Title of Presentation: “Avoidance of Information in the Context of Information Seeking”

Abstract:

The history of information behavior research has gone through a number of changes in terminology and emphasis over more than 60 years. This is largely due to the expansion of phenomena examined under the banner of "information behavior." One area in which this has happened is the inclusion of non-intentional information acquisition; another is the deliberate avoidance of information. This presentation will examine this trend with an emphasis on how avoiding information has been treated within the literature of psychology, communication and information studies.

Donald O. Case Biography

             Donald O. Case holds the Ph.D. in Communication Research from Stanford University (1984) and the M.L.S. from Syracuse University (1977). He has held the post of Professor in the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information Studies since 1994, and was Director of the School of Library and Information Science for three years. Before joining UK, Case was a faculty member at the University of California, Los Angeles, from 1983 to 1994. During 1989 he received a Fulbright Fellowship to lecture at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

   Case's research interests include information behavior, social informatics and information policy. He is the author of over 30 refereed journal articles on these and other topics. Case's book, "Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior" (2002) was given the "Best Book of the Year" Award by the American Society for Information Science & Technology.  A second edition of "Looking" appeared in fall of 2006. He is currently (2008-2009) President of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), and is also on the Editorial Board for the Journal of ASIS&T.

For more information on this forum, contact Dr. Peiling Wang at peilingw@utk.edu.