SUZIE
ALLARD, PH.D
Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee
School of Information Sciences
448 Communication Building
1345 Circle Park, Knoxville TN 37996
(865) 974-1369 email: sallard@utk.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Communication, 2003.
M.S.L.S. University of Kentucky. Library and Information Science,
1999.
B.A. California State University, Northridge. Economics, Cum
Laude, 1982.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Digital Libraries, Digital Preservation, Health Communication,
International/Intercultural Communication
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, School of Information
Science, College of Communication and Information, Aug 2003-present.
Instructor, University of Kentucky, College of Communications
and Information Studies, Department of Communication, Academic
years 2001-2002, 2002-2003.
Research Assistant, University of Kentucky, "Targeting
Mass Media Campaigns for Risky Sexual Behavior", HIV
Prevention Project, 5/01 - 8/01; 6/02 – 8/02. Principal
Investigators: Philip Palmgreen & Rick S. Zimmerman
Research Assistant, University of Kentucky "Genetic Information
Seeking Skills (GENIS2) Coaching", Grant Proposal Development,
College of Communications and Information Studies, 8/00 -
5/01. Principal Investigator: J.David Johnson.
Instructor, University of Kentucky, College of Communications
and Information Studies, School of Journalism and Telecommunications,
Academic year 1999-2000.
HONORS
Emerald Outstanding Paper Award for Excellence, May 2003,
The Electronic Library, for “Digital Libraries and Organizations
for International Collaboration and Knowledge Creation”
in Vol. 20 No.6, 2002
James M. Cretsos Leadership Award, American Society for Information
Science & Technology, 2002.
SOASIST Student Chapter Member of the Year, Southern Ohio
Chapter of the American Society for Information Science &
Technology, 2002.
Raymond S. Rogers Prize for Excellence in Graduate Work, American
Communication Association, 2002.
Presidential Fellowship, University of Kentucky. Full academic
support and stipend for academic year 2002-2003.
Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student. Instructional
and Developmental Division of the International Communication
Association, 2002.
Commonwealth Research Award. July 2002 for academic year 2002-2003
to support work presented in Seoul, South Korea.
International Communication Association 2002 Top 3 Paper in
the Health Communication Division (Co-author) for "How
Information Seeking Models and Theories Portray the Avoidance
of Information" Case, D.O., Johnson, J.D. Andrews, J.E.,
& Allard, S.
Doctoral Student Travel Award, International Communication
Association Health Communication Division. To support conference
attendance in Seoul, South Korea, 2002.
SIG Member of the Year, 2001, American Society for Information
Science and Technology. In recognition of work for SIG-DL.
Commonwealth Research Award. September 2001 for academic year
2001-2002 to support work presented in Bangalore, India.
Article of the Year, 2001, American Communication Journal,
for "Erasing the Barrier between Minds: Freeing Information,
Integrating Knowledge.” Full citation under published
writings.
Kentucky Opportunity Fellowship, University of Kentucky. Full
academic support and stipend for academic year 2001-2002.
Commonwealth Research Award. March 2001 for academic year
2000-2001 to support work presented in Beijing, China.
Prove IT (Information Technology) Works! Research Award.
For research conducted with Professor Jackie White, UK-SLIS
-- "Student Performance and the Information Technology
Environment: A Comparison of CATS Scores and the Library Media
Report." Sponsored by the University of Louisville School
of Education and the Kentucky Department of Education. March
2001.
Association of Emeriti Faculty Scholarship, University of
Kentucky. December 2000.
Presidential Fellowship, University of Kentucky. Full academic
support and stipend for academic year 2000-2001.
Mensa Education and Research Foundation Scholarship. For academic
year 2000-2001.
Beta Phi Mu. International honor society for library and information
science. Inducted in May 2000.
Commonwealth Research Award. Oct. 1999 for academic year 1999-2000
to support work presented at conference in Toronto, Canada.
University Graduate Student Development Award. From the University
of Kentucky Graduate School for the 1999-2000 academic year.
PUBLICATIONS, GRANTS & PRESENTATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Academic Journals
Case, D.O, Johnson, J.D., Andrews, J.E., Allard, S.L., &
Kelly, K.M. (2004) From two-step flow to the Internet: The
changing array of sources for genetics information seeking.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and
Technology, 55(8).
Allard, S. (2002). Digital Libraries: A Frontier for LIS Education.
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science,
43(4), 233-248.
Allard, S. (2002). Digital Libraries and Organizations for
International Collaboration and Knowledge Creation. The Electronic
Library, 20(5) 369-381. Winner: 2003 Emerald Outstanding Paper
Award for Excellence.
Allard, S. & Holsapple, C.W. (2002) Competitiveness: From
the Knowledge Chain to KM Audits. Journal of Computer Information
Systems, 42(5), 19-25. (Special issue on knowledge management).
Johnson, J. D., Andrews, J. E., & Allard, S. (2001). A
Model for Understanding and Affecting Genetics Information
Seeking. Library and Information Science Research, 23(4),
335-349.
Allard, S. (2001). Erasing the Barrier between Minds: Freeing
Information, Integrating Knowledge. American Communication
Journal, 4(2). Available at http://www.acjournal.org/holdings/vol4/iss2/articles/allard.htm
Winner: American Communication Association 2001 American Communication
Journal Article of the Year.
Allard, S. (2000). LIS Education Development: Strategies for
Improving Awareness Part 2, in the "Visible College"
column of the Journal of Education for Library and Information
Science. 41(3), 244-249.
Allard, S. (2000). LIS Education Development: Strategies for
Improving Awareness Part 1, in the "Visible College"
column of the Journal of Education for Library and Information
Science. 41(2), 158-161.
Refereed Journals: Accepted for Publication
Case, D.O, Johnson, J.D., Andrews, J.E., and Allard, S.L.
Avoiding versus Seeking: The Relationship of Information Seeking
to Avoidance, Blunting, Coping, Dissonance, and Related Concepts.
Accepted for publication in the Journal of Communication.
White, J. & Allard, S. A Conundrum: Student Assessment
and the Library Media Program. Accepted for publication in
Knowledge Quest.
Refereed Journals: Out for Review
Andrews, J., Allard, S. & Johnson, J.D. Intention to seek
cancer genetics-related information. Under review at Social
Science and Medicine.
Kelly, K.M., Andrews, J., Case, D.O., Allard, S., Johnson,
J.D. Help with decision making and interest in genetic testing
for hereditary cancers among Appalachian Kentuckians. Under
review at Journal of Cancer Education.
Book Chapters
Allard, S. (2004). "ETDs as an Innovation: Using Theory
to Grow an ETD Program" in E. A. Fox, S. Feizbadi, J.
M. Moxley, and C. R. Weisser (eds), The ETD Sourcebook: Theses
and Dissertations in the Electronic Age, Marcel Dekker.
Allard, S. (2002). "Knowledge Creation," in C.W.
Holsapple (ed), Handbook on Knowledge Management1: Knowledge
Matters, Springer-Verlag : Heidelberg.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Allard, S. (2004). Building Digital Libraries through Collaboration
Within and Between Nations: Growing the Network. [Abstract]
Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society
of Information Science and Technology. Upcoming.
Allard, S. & McMillan, G. (2004). Informed Creation Aids
Preservation: Preparing for the Future at the Moment of Creation.
[Abstract]. Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Information Science and Technology. Upcoming.
Allard, S. (2004). Communication channels and the adoption
of digital libraries for electronic theses and dissertations.
Proceedings of the 2004 Joint ACM/IEEE Conference on Digital
Libraries. ACM Press: NY. 381.
Noar, S. M., Zimmerman, R. S., Palmgreen, P., Allard, S. L.,
Lustria, M. L. A., Matuza, M. L., & Cupp, P. K. (2003).
Development of a safer sex mass media campaign targeting high
sensation-seeking and impulsive decision-making young adults
[Abstract].
2003 National HIV Prevention Conference Abstract Book, M3-C0903,
59-60.
Allard, S. (2001). Unleashing the Power of Knowledge Creation:
Organizing Digital Libraries for International Collaboration,
in Ching-chih Cheng (ed), Global Digital Library Development
in the New Millennium: Fertile Ground for Distributed Cross-Disciplinary
Collaboration. Tsinghua University Press: Beijing. 485-486.
Allard, S. (2000). Metamorphosis: Measuring Attitudes Towards
Becoming a Digital Library Document Creator. Abstract of report
of on-going research presented at Connections '00, The Sixth
Great Lakes Information Science Conference, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville (28 Oct 2000) appeared in Canadian Journal
of Information and Library Science/Revue canadienne des sciences
de l'information et de bibliotheconomie (CJILS/RCSIB)
Allard, S. (2000). Measuring Attitudes Towards Becoming a
DL Document Creator. Juried paper available in the proceedings
of the Third International Symposium on Electronic Theses
and Dissertations, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
18 March 2000.
Allard, S. (1999). Integrating Knowledge Between Disciplines.
Abstract from a presentation at Connections '99, The Fifth
Great Lakes Information Science Conference, University of
Toronto, Toronto, ON. (23 Oct 1999.) appeared in Canadian
Journal of Information and Library Science/Revue canadienne
des sciences de l'information et de bibliotheconomie (CJILS/RCSIB)
Allard, S. (1999). The Virtual Library: Formation, Function
and Future. Paper presented and published in proceedings of
Twenty-First Annual Communications Research Symposium. University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, 16 April 1999.
Other types of Publications
Allard, S. (2004). Conference Report: Seventh International
Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Distributing
knowledge worldwide through better scholarly communication.
DLib Magazine, Sept 2004, 10(9).
Case, D.O. & Allard, S. (2004). Looking Hard at JASIS&T:
Results of a Series of Surveys, Focus Group Interviews and
Other Studies. Bulletin of the American Society for Information
Science & Technology, Apr/May2004, 30(4).
Allard, S. (2002). Conference Report: Digital Library: IT
Opportunities and Challenges in the New Millennium:. 8 - 12
July 2002, Beijing, China. DLib Magazine, Sept 2002, 8(9).
Available at http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september02/allard/09allard.html
Allard, S. & Fox, E.A. (2002). Conference Report: The
4th International Conference of Asian Digital Libraries: Digital
Libraries: Dynamic Landscapes for Knowledge Creation, Access
and Management. DLib Magazine, Jan 2002, 8(1) Available at
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january02/fox/01fox.html
Allard, S. (2001). Introduction to the Databases Issue. In
ACM Crossroads Student Magazine (Spring 2001 - 7.3). Available
at http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds7-3/intro73.html
Allard, S. & Holsapple, C.W. (2001). Knowledge Management
as a Key for E-Business Competitiveness: From the Knowledge
Chain to KM Audits. Research Paper No. 160 in the archives
of the Kentucky Initiative for Knowledge Management (1 Oct
2001).
White, J. & Allard, S. (2000). Comparison of CATS Scores
and Library Media Report. Research results report for the
Kentucky Department of Education. (14 August 2000). Available
at http://www.kde.state.ky.us/oet/customer/CATSScores.asp
Allard, S. (2000). Expanding the OAI Mission. Position statement
in Extending Interoperability of Digital Libraries: Building
on the Open Archive Initiative. Meeting held at ACM Digital
Libraries '00, San Antonio, TX, 3 June, 2000. Available at
http://fox.cs.vt.edu/~oai/june00/oai63_proceedings.pdf
GRANTS
Grant Funded Research
Targeting Mass Media Campaigns for HIV Prevention: Processing
Messages. Principal Investigators: Suzie Allard, Seth Noar
(University of Kentucky), Philip Palmgreen (UK) & Rick
Zimmerman (UK- PI of main grant). This is an additional component
to the existing National Institute of Mental Health Grant
# 1-R01-MH63705-01. In the field March 2004-July 2004. $30,000.
SARIF Summer Graduate Research Assistant. Digital Preservation.
Summer 2004. $3000.
The Child Health Care Visits: Adult Cancer Prevention Project,
Qualitative Research Consultant, University of Kentucky. Principal
Investigator: Margaret M. Love. Appalachian Cancer Network,
$10,000.
Grant Application to be submitted
Mass Media Campaigns for Delay of Initiation of Sex (working
title). Principal Investigator: Rick Zimmerman (University
of Kentucky). Suzie Allard, Consultant. Being submitted to
National Institutes of Health, Sept 2004.
Grant Submitted, Not Funded
Informed Creation Aids Preservation. Principal Investigators:
Suzie Allard & Gail McMillan (Virginia Tech). Reviewed
by the National Digital Information Infrastructure Project,
Library of Congress. $2,152,696. Submitted 11/2003, disposition
announced 4/2004.
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Presentations
Informed Creation: A New Approach to Preservation of Digitally
Born Document. School of Information Sciences Research Forum,
University of Tennessee. 29 November 2003.
Bringing ETDs to your University: An Interactive Session,
facilitator and organizer for plenary session presentation
which includes an international panel and multilingual attendee
participation. Presented at the Sixth International Symposium
on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Humboldt-University
Berlin, Germany, May, 2003.
Fusion or Friction? Exploring the Relationship between Mass
Communication and New Media. Department of Communication,
University of Kentucky. 26 February 2003
A Tool for All Scholars: Tips for Conducting Focus Group Research.
College of Communication and Information Studies Spring Colloquia
Series: Research Methodologies, 6 February 2003.
Facilitating Constructive Class Discussion in Times of Social
Crisis, panel member of the Roundtable “Teaching Communication
in Times of Social Conflict.” Intercultural Division,
International Communication Association Conference, Seoul,
Korea, 16-23 July, 2002.
Let’s Talk ETDs: An Interactive Session, facilitator
and organizer for the opening plenary session presentation
which included an international panel and attendee participation.
Presented at the Fifth International Symposium on Electronic
Theses and Dissertations, Brigham Young University, 30 May,
2002.
Student Performance, the Library Media Center and the Information
Technology Environment. A review of the research findings
from the White and Allard study of CATS scores and Library
Media Center reports. Presented to the Shelby County Public
Schools Librarians, 27 Nov 2001.
Leadership Development Workshop -- "Focused Talk: Learning
What your Organization's Members are Thinking". Session
was designed at the request of the Society to help organizational
leaders hone skills to gather information from membership
to aid in strategic planning decisions. Presented at the ASIST
Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., 4 Nov 2001.
ETDs as an Institutional Innovation: A Student's Perspective.
Invited speaker at a plenary and breakout session at the Fourth
International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations,
Caltech, California. 22-24 March, 2001.
The Open Archive Initiative: Facilitating Information Access
and Fueling Knowledge Creation. Seminar presented at the Center
for Computational Sciences, University of Kentucky. 6 Feb
2001.
Optimizing Knowledge: Technology as a Tool to Remove the Barriers
between Disciplines. Seminar presented at the Center for Computational
Sciences, University of Kentucky. 8 Feb 2000.
Digital Libraries: Taming the Information Frontier. Invited
speaker at the American Society for Information Science, Southern
Ohio Chapter, Annual Meeting and Awards. University of Kentucky,
William T. Young Library, 29 Sept 1999.
Refereed Conference Presentations (*sole
author)
* Informed Creation: The Role of ETDs in the Preservation
of Digitally Born Documents, Allard, S. Seventh International
Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Lexington,
Kentucky. June, 2004.
Sensation seeking and impulsive vs. rational decision-making
as moderators of perceived effectiveness of HIV/STD public
service announcements. Zimmerman, R.S., Palmgreen, P., Noar,
S.M., Lustria, M.L.A., Matuza, & Allard, S.L. American
Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA. November 15-19,
2003.
Familial Cancer in Appalachia: Genetic Testing Intentions.
Kelly, K.M., Andrews, J., Case, D.O., Allard, S.L., &
Johnson, J.D. 22nd Annual Education Conference of the National
Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina,
September 11-16, 2003.
Child Health Care Visits: Adult Cancer Prevention Phase 1.
Love, M., Costich, J., Anyaegbunam, C., Allard, S., Hall,
L., Joyce, J., Linville, L., Rubio, A. and Stapleton, B. [will
update conference name and dates]
Genomics: The perfect information seeking research problem.
Johnson, J.D., Andrews, J.E., Allard, S., Case, D.O. Health
Communication Division, International Communication Division,
San Diego, California, June, 2003.
Focus Group Recruiting in Health Communication Campaigns:
Lessons from a Project on Risky Sexual Behavior, Allard, S.,
Palmgreen, P., & Zimmerman, R. Health Communication Division,
International Communication Division, San Diego, California,
June, 2003.
* Roma and the E-Media, Intercultural Division, International
Communication Association Conference, Seoul, Korea, 16-23
July, 2002.
How Information Seeking Models and Theories Portray the Avoidance
of Information, Case, D.O., Johnson, J.D. Andrews, J.E., &
Allard, S.L., International Communication Association Conference,
Seoul, Korea, 16-23 July, 2002. Top 3 Paper in Health Communication
Division.
Using Knowledge Management to Facilitate Medical Research,
Allard, S. & Andrews, J.E., Medical Library Association
Conference, Dallas, TX, 17-23 May, 2002.
New Challenges and Perspectives of Cancer Genetics Information
Seeking, Andrews, J.E., Johnson, J.D., & Allard, S. Medical
Library Association Conference, Dallas, TX, 17-23 May, 2002.
* Digital Libraries: An Environment for Enhancing Knowledge
Creation in Developing Nations. The 4th International Conference
of Asian Digital Libraries, Bangalore, India, 10-12 Dec 2001.
Organized by University of Mysore and IIT in collaboration
with NISSAT DSIR, Govt of India.
A Model for Understanding and Affecting Cancer Genetics Information
Seeking, Johnson, J.D, Andrews, J.E. Allard, S., ASIST Annual
Meeting, Washington, D.C., 3-8 Nov 2001.
* Knowledge Creation: Advancing and Innovating Ideas. College
of Communications and Information Studies Graduate Student
Symposium, University of Kentucky. 13 April 2001.
* Creating Knowledge, It's in the Organization. 6th Annual
Convention of the American Communication Association. University
of Louisville, Kentucky. 29 Sept. 2000.
* Metamorphosis: Understanding DL Document Creators. Poster,
Association of Computing Machinery's Digital Library '00 Conference.
San Antonio, TX. 4-7 June 2000 .
* Removing Barriers for Scholarly Communication between Disciplines.
College of Communications and Information Studies Graduate
Student Symposium, University of Kentucky. 4 March 2000.
* Digital Libraries: A Frontier for LIS Education. ALISE 2000
Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, 13 Jan 2000.
* Erasing the Barrier between Minds: Freeing Information,
Integrating Knowledge. 5th Annual Convention of the American
Communication Association. Journal. 1 Oct. 1999.
