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Joan K. Lippincott is the Associate Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). CNI, jointly sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries and Educause, includes about 200 member organizations concerned with the use of information technology and networked information to enhance scholarship and intellectual productivity. Joan has played a central role in establishing and expanding CNI since its founding in 1990. She served as interim Executive Director of the Coalition from November of 1996 to July of 1997, following the untimely death of founding Executive Director Paul Evan Peters. Joan is responsible for programs focusing on the use of networked information to transform institutions, including New Learning Communities, Working Together, and Assessing the Academic Networked Environment. Joan's active professional life includes membership in the Steering Committee of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, service on the board of the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage, work as founding chair and member of the Association of College and Research Libraries New Directions in Teaching and Learning Discussion Group, and membership in the American Library Association. Prior to joining CNI in 1990, Joan worked at the American Council on Education, the National Institute on Postsecondary Governance and Finance, Cornell University's Mann Library, George Washington University, Georgetown University, and the State University of New York at Brockport. In 1999 Joan completed her doctoral degree in Education Policy, Planning, and Administration--with a focus on higher education--at the University of Maryland at College Park. She earned a master's degree in Library Science from the State University of New York at Geneseo, and also completed graduate work at George Washington University and Cornell University. She earned an A.B. with honors from Vassar College. Joan has written on a variety of topics, including collaboration between librarians and information technologists, networked information, end-user searching, and teaching and learning in the networked environment. |
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“My Information:” Digital Libraries, Social Networking, and the User Experience |
| Information is woven into our lives through the myriad systems that we access and the social networks in which we participate. Increasingly, those in the academic world, both faculty and students, will create and enhance personal information environments. Using mobile devices that will either carry or link to their favorite information resources or provide easy access to new ones, they will collect information, communicate, create new products, and share with colleagues, family, and friends. Will libraries, archives, and museums be integral resources in these environments or will they be peripheral players? Understanding user needs and behaviors will be key to developing information environments and services that enhance academic work and delight the imaginations of a wide variety of users. |
| Publications |
| http://www.cni.org/staff/joan_publications.html |
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