Dr. Tenopir teaches at the University of Tennessee School of Information
Sciences and is Interim Director of Research for the College of
Communication and Information.
Established in 1965, the Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture recognizes and
honors members of the information community who have made significant
contributions to the field of information science and to NFAIS itself.
NFAIS President Lucian Parziale said that “Carol is a well-known and
respected member of the global Information Community. As a researcher in the
information sciences, her work has been a major contributing factor in the
advancement of our knowledge and understanding of user behavior across all
disciplines with regard to databases, journals and other information
resources…”
President Parziale went on to say that “as a professor, mentor, and role
model, [Tenopir] is continuing to shape a new generation of professionals
who will be better able to meet the needs of future information users as a
result of her guidance. I speak for the entire NFAIS Board in saying that we
are very pleased to bestow our organization’s highest honor upon her.”
Tenopir expressed both surprise and pleasure when being told about her
selection as the Miles Conrad Lecturer.
“The list of prior awardees is quite impressive, and I did not expect to
eventually find my name placed among them,” said Tenopir. “It is personally
and professionally very gratifying to have been selected to follow in their
footsteps, and I am grateful to the NFAIS Board for having bestowed this
honor upon me.”
Tenopir is no stranger to awards. Among many other honors, she is the
recipient of the 1993 Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award from the
American Society for Information Science/Institute for Scientific
Information and the 2000 ALISE Award for Teaching Excellence. She also
received the 2002 Research Award from the American Society for Information
Science & Technology, the 2004 International Information Industry
Lifetime Achievement Award in Hong Kong, and the 2005 Fulbright Senior
Specialist Award, University of Oulu, Finland.
Tenopir’s career covers almost thirty years of library and information
science experience, including work at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (1981-1983), the University of Hawaii at Manoa (1983-1994)
and the University of Tennessee Knoxville (1994-present). She is the author
of five books, has published more than 200 journal articles, and since 1983
has written the "Online Databases” column for Library Journal.
Dr. Tenopir joins a list of Miles Conrad Lecturers who are representative
of the leaders and creative thinkers of the information world. Her lecture,
entitled Building Bridges to Information Products and Services, will be made
available on the NFAIS web site in March 2006.
Tenopir has also been very active within industry associations. She has
served on the Board of the American Society for Information Science &
Technology (1994-1997), as a Director of the Hawaii Library Association
(1990-1992), and on countless committees for the Tennessee Library
Association and the Special Libraries Association. She currently
participates on numerous industry Advisory Boards, Editorial Boards, and
Think Tanks. Tenopir holds a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from
the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, a Master of Science, Library
Science, from California State University, Fullerton, and a Bachelor of
Arts, English and History, from Whittier College, Whittier, CA.
