Education

Doctoral candidate, School of Library and Information Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill    Dissertation: The social construction of Web appropriation and use in American libraries: An interpretive and longitudinal approach    [proposal abstract]

M.A.  English Language and Literature,  Beijing Foreign Studies University

B.A.   English Program for Information Management Studies,  Beijing Foreign Studies University

Publications 

* Sonnenwald, D., & Li, B. (2003). Scientific collaboratories in higher education: Exploring learning style preferences and perceptions of technology. British Journal of Educational Technology, 34 (4), 419-431. [Abstract]

Li, B. (2002). Development in information society as reflected in the online abstracts of The Information Society (1983-2000). International Information and Library Review, 34 (4), 335-349.

* Li, B., & Newby, G. B. (2002). Laptop requirement usage and impact in graduate ILS education. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting 39 (p.83-91). Medford, NJ: Information Today. [PowerPoint slides]

Li, B. (Nov. 1996). An Analysis of Students’ Feedback on the Learning Strategies Training. Language Teaching and Research, Beijing Foreign Studies University Press [in Chinese].
[* peer-reviewed]

Presentations/Posters/Writings

Li, B. (2005).Perceptions and Use of the Web among American Librarians -- A Social Constructionist Approach Tested and Expanded. Poster session presented at the 2005 Annual Conference of Association for Library and Information Science Education, Boston, MA.

* Li, B. (2004). Empowering users: Cultures and conflicts from Social Informatics perspectives. Panel co-organizer and reactor, 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Providence, RI.

Li, B. (2004). The social construction of Web appropriation and use in American libraries: An interpretive and longitudinal approach.  Poster session presented at the 2004 Annual Conference of Association for Library and Information Science Education, San Diego, CA. [Abstract]

* Li, B. (2003). A comparison of Internet development and use in the United States and China: A selective review. Panel presentation, 2003 Annual Meeting of American Society for Information Science and Technology, Long Beach, CA. [Abstract]

Li, B. (2003). U.S. librarians’ conceptions of the World Wide Web: A methodological pilot study. Unpublished paper (49 pages).

Li, B. (2002). Using Social Construction of Technology to study the appropriation of the World Wide Web. Presentation, 2002 Annual Conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science, Milwaukee, WI.

Li, B. (1999). China’s social development into information society as reflected in Beijing Evening News during 1981 - 1997. Unpublished paper (30 pages).

Professional Experience

8/2004 -- 5/2005	Teaching Fellow School of Information and Library Science at UNC-CH
8/1998 -- 5/2002	Research Assistant School of Information and Library Science at UNC-CH
1/2000 -- 5/2000	Teaching Fellow School of Information and Library Science at UNC-CH
8/1999 -- 12/1999	Teaching Assistant School of Information and Library Science at UNC-CH
6/1999 -- 8/1999	Reference Librarian Assistant Undergraduate Library of UNC- Chapel Hill
2/1997 -- 4/1997	Researcher  English Center at Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China
9/1993 -- 7/1998	Lecturer  English Program for Information Management Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing

Research projects involved

• The evaluation of laptop requirement program (independent)
• NIH project evaluating nano collaboratory tools (with Dr. Diane Sonnenwald, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Online searching behavior (with Dr. Barbara Wildemuth and Dr. Frederick Kilgour, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• the effectiveness of learning strategies training (With Dr. David Nunan, University of Hong Kong)

Courses taught

• At University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (8/1999-5/2000; 8/2004 -- 5/2005)

• At English Program for Information Management Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University (9/1993-7/1998)

Professional Membership

American Society for Information Science & Technology    (SIG/TIS)

Association for Library and Information Science Education

Association of Internet Researchers

Association of Information Systems

Society for Social Studies of Science

Scholarships/Prizes/Honors

2004	Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Phi Mu International Library & Information Studies Honor Society
2003	Eugene Garfield ASIS&T Student Travel Award American Society for Information Science & Technology
2000	Sheila Suen Lai Scholarship of Library and Information Science Chinese American Librarians Association (an affiliate of the American Library Association)
2000 -- 2002, 2005	Lester Asseim Scholarship School of Information and Library Science at UNC-CH
1999 -- 2000, 2004	Margaret Ellen Kalp Fellowship School of Information and Library Science at UNC-CH
1998 -- 2002	Faculty Assistantship School of Information and Library Science at UNC-CH
1993 -- 1995	Scholarship from United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China
1990 -- 1991	University Scholarship Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China