Barbara M. Wildemuth

School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
100 Manning Hall, CB # 3360
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360

Phone: (919)962-8072 or (919)962-8366
Fax: (919)962-8071
Email: wildem@ils.unc.edu


EDUCATION

1989

Ph.D.

Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. College of Information Studies.
Major: Information Systems Design and Evaluation.
Dissertation: End-User Computing: The Adoption of an Intellectual Technology in Corporate Settings.

 

 

 

1982

M.Ed.

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Major: Educational Statistics and Measurement.

 

 

 

1976

M.L.S.

University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.

 

 

 

1971

B.Mus.Ed.

North Central College, Naperville, Illinois.
Major: Piano.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1988-Present

Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (1988-1989, Instructor; 1989-1996, Assistant Professor; 1996-2000, Associate Professor, SILS; 1996-Present, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine)

Courses taught:

Organizing and Retrieving Information (undergraduate)

Systems Analysis and Design (undergraduate)

Systems Analysis

User Interface Design

Human Information Interactions

Information Systems Effectiveness

Information Ethics

User Perspectives in Information Systems and Services

Database Systems

Seminar in Communication

Research in Implementing Information Systems

Introduction to Computing for Information Use

 

 

1985-1988

Teaching Assistant, College of Information Studies, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Courses taught:

Information Management Tools

Information Use in Organizations

Selection and Evaluation of Software

 

 

1979-1985

Associate Director, ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey

 

 

1978-1979

Head, Test Collection, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey

 

 

1977-1978

User Services Coordinator, ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey

 

 

1976-1977

Indexer/Abstractor, ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey

 

 

1975-1976

University Library Graduate Assistant, University of Illinois Undergraduate Library, Urbana, Illinois


SPECIAL HONORS AND AWARDS

2001

Outstanding Alumna Award, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois

 

 

2001

Methodology Paper Award winner (with D. Sonnenwald), Association for Library and Information Science Education

 

 

2000

ISI Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award, American Society for Information Science & Technology

 

 

2000

Outstanding Teacher of the Year, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

 

1996

Award for Best Theoretical Paper (with Friedman, Muriuki, Gant, Downs, and de Bliek), Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care

 

 

1990-1991

Certificate of Appreciation for service as ASIS Deputy SIG Cabinet Director

 

 

1990, 1991

Certificate of Appreciation for service to the ASIS Awards & Honors Committee

 

 

1989

American Society for Information Science Doctoral Research Forum Award

 

 

1987

American Society for Information Science/Institute for Scientific Information Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship


RESEARCH GRANTS RECEIVED

National Science Foundation, CISE Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, "Agile Views for Video Browsing: Advanced Surrogates, Control Mechanisms, and Usability"

Principal Investigator: Gary Marchionini; Co-PI: Barbara M. Wildemuth
Total: $518,855 (Wildemuth summer salary budgeted in grant)
Period: July 2001-June 2004

National Institute for Nursing Research, "A Knowledge-Based System for Continence"

Principal Investigator: Alice R. Boyington (Sponsor: Molly C. Dougherty; Co-sponsor: Barbara M. Wildemuth)
Total: $219,818 (5% of Wildemuth salary budgeted in grant)
Period: June 1999-May 2002

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Evaluation of an Adaptive Patient Data Entry Interface"

Principal Investigator: David F. Lobach, Duke University
Total: $1,871,292 (10% of Wildemuth salary budgeted for second year)
Period: October 1998-September 2001

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Teaching and Learning, "Mini-Grant Course Enhancement Proposal,"

Submitted by Diane Sonnenwald, Barbara M. Wildemuth, and Gillian Debreczeny
Total: $750
Period: Spring 1996

National Library of Medicine, "Preparing Tomorrow's Health Sciences Librarians: Feasibility and Marketing Studies"

Principal Investigators: Barbara Moran, Carol Jenkins, Charles Friedman
Total: $65,600
Period: October 1995-September 1996

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Junior Faculty Development Grant program, "The 'Known' in Known-Item Searches: A Pilot Study"

Total: $3,000
Period: January 1993-December 1993

Council on Library Resources, "End User Searching of MEDLINE"

Co-Principal-Investigator with Margaret E. Moore
Total: $4,000
Period: July 1991-June 1992 (extended through June 1993)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University Research Council, "Stages in the Adoption of User-Developed Computing Applications"

Total: $1,000
Period: December 1990-November 1992

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, "The Encouragement of End-User Computing: Management Practices that Work"

Co-Principal-Investigator with Barbara B. Moran
Total: $1,000 (for graduate assistant)
Period: Summer 1990

National Library of Medicine, "Information and Cognition in Medical Education"

Awarded to the Office of Educational Development, School of Medicine, UNC-CH
Principal Investigator: Charles P. Friedman; Co-Principal Investigators: Ruth de Bliek, Stephen M. Downs, Barbara M. Wildemuth
Total: $579,712 (25% of Wildemuth salary budgeted in grant)
Period: March 1990-June 1993

Competing renewal
Total: $578,898 (25% of Wildemuth salary plus summer salary budgeted in grant)
Period: February 1994-January 1998


REFEREED ARTICLES

Sutherland, L. A., Campbell, M., Ornstein, K., Wildemuth, B. M., & Lobach, D. (2001). Development of an adaptive multimedia program to collect patient health data. Journal of Preventive Medicine, in press.

Sonnenwald, D. H., Wildemuth, B. M., & Harmon, G. L. (2001). A research method to investigate information seeking using the concept of information horizons: an example from a study of lower socio-economic students' information seeking behaviour. The New Review of Information Behaviour Research, 2, 65-86. Abstract.

Sonnenwald, D. H., & Wildemuth, B. M. (2000, September). Investigating Information Seeking Behavior using the Concept of Information Horizons. SILS TR-2001-01. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, School of Information and Library Science, Technical Report Series. 20p.Winner of the 2001 ALISE Methodology Paper Competition. Abstract. PDF.

Wildemuth, B. M., Friedman, C. P., Keyes, J., & Downs, S. M. (2000). A longitudinal study of database-assisted problem solving. Information Processing & Management, 36, 445-459. Abstract.

O'Keefe, K. M., Wildemuth, B. M., & Friedman, C. P. (1999). Medical students' confidence judgments using a factual database and personal memory: A comparison. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 50(8), 698-708. Abstract.

Downs, S. M., Marasigan, F., Abraham, V., Wildemuth, B., & Friedman, C. P. (1999). Scoring performance on computer-based patient simulations: beyond value of information. Journal of the American Medican Informatics Association (AMIA Fall Symposium Supplement), 520-524. Abstract.

Abraham, V. A., Friedman, C. P., Wildemuth, B. M., Downs, S. M., Kantrowitz, P. J., & Robinson, E. N. (1999). Student and faculty performance in clinical simulations with access to a searchable information resource. Proceedings, AMIA Symposium, 648-652. Abstract.

Lipscomb, C. E., Moran, B. B., Jenkins, C. G., Cogdill, K., Friedman, C. P., Gollop, C. J., Moore, M. E., Morrison, M. L., Tibbo, H. R., & Wildemuth, B. M. (1999). Feasibility and marketing studies of health sciences librarianship education programs. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 87(1), 50-57. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., Cogdill, K., & Friedman, C. P. (1999). The transition from formalized need to compromised need in the context of clinical problem solving. In Wilson, T. D., & Allen, D. K. (Eds.), Exploring the Contexts of Information Behaviour: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Research in Information Needs, Seeking and Use in Different Contexts. 13/15 August 1998. Sheffield, UK. London: Taylor Graham, 290-303. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., Friedman, C. P., & Downs, S. M. (1998). Hypertext versus Boolean access to biomedical information: A comparison of effectiveness, efficiency and user preferences. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 5(2), 156-183. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., Crenshaw, L., Jenniches, W., & Harmes, J. C. (1997). What's everybody talking about?: Message functions and topics on electronic lists and newsgroups in information and library science. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 38(2), 137-156. Abstract.

Friedman, C. P., Wildemuth, B. M., Muriuki, M., Gant, S. P., Downs, S. M., & Ruth de Bliek, R. (1996). A comparison of hypertext and boolean access to biomedical information. In Proceedings of the AMIA Fall Symposium, 2-6. Received SCAMC Best Theoretical Paper Award. Abstract.

Moran, B. B., Jenkins, C. G., Friedman, C. P., Lipscomb, C. E., Gollop, C. J., Moore, M. E., Morrison, M. L., Tibbo, H. R., & Wildemuth, B. M. (1996). Preparing tomorrow's health sciences librarians: Feasibility and marketing studies. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 84, 541-548. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., de Bliek, R., Friedman, C. P., & File, D. D. (1995). Medical students' personal knowledge, searching proficiency, and database use in problem solving. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 46, 590-607. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., & Moore, M. E. (1995). End-user search behaviors and their relationship to search effectiveness. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 83, 294-304. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., & O'Neill, A. L. (1995). The 'known' in known-item searches: A pilot study. College & Research Libraries, 56, 265-281. Abstract. (Also translated into German and published in Zeitschrift fur Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie, 43(1): 23-45, 1996.)

Friedman, C. P., Wildemuth, B. M., de Bliek, R., Twarog, R. G., & File, D. D. (1994). Database searching proficiency and problem solving proficiency in a biomedical domain. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 6, 168-174. Abstract.

de Bliek, R., Friedman, C. P., Wildemuth, B. M., Martz, J. M., Twarog, R. G., & File, D. (1994). Information retrieved from a database and the augmentation of personal knowledge. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 1, 328-338. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., de Bliek, R., Friedman, C. P., & Miya, T. S. (1994). Information-seeking behaviors of medical students: A classification of questions asked of librarians and physicians. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 82, 295-304. Abstract.

de Bliek, R., Friedman, C. P., Wildemuth, B. M., Martz, J. M., File, D., Twarog, R. G., Reich, G. M., & Hoekstra, L. (1993). Database access and problem solving in the basic sciences. In Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, A Conference of the American Medical Informatics Association: Patient-Centered Computing, October 30-November 3, 1993, Washington DC, 678-682. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1993). Post-positivist research: Two examples of methodological pluralism. Library Quarterly, 63, 450-468. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., de Bliek, R., & Friedman, C. P. (1993). Measures of searcher performance: A psychometric evaluation. Information Processing & Management, 29, 533-550. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., de Bliek, R., He, S., & Friedman, C. P. (1992). Search moves made by novice end users. ASIS '92 Proceedings (Pittsburgh, PA, October 26-29, 1992), 29, 154-161. Abstract.

de Bliek, R., Martz, J. M., Reich, G. M., Friedman, C. P., & Wildemuth, B. M. (1992). Domain knowledge and information retrieval in bacteriology: An information science perspective. Academic Medicine, 67 (October supplement), S54-S56. Abstract.

Stine, W. D., & Wildemuth, B. M. (1992). The training of microcomputer users: Insights from two disciplines. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 33, 100-109. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1992). An empirically grounded model of the adoption of intellectual technologies. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 43, 210-224. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., Jacob, E. K., Fullington, A., de Bliek, R., & Friedman, C. P. (1991). A detailed analysis of end-user search behaviors. ASIS '91 Proceedings (Washington, DC, October 27-31, 1991), 28, 302-312. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1990). A method for inducing process models from qualitative data. Library and Information Science Research, 12, 329-340. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., de Bliek, R., Friedman, C. P., & Dekker, H. (1990). Measures of success in searching a full-text fact base. ASIS '90: Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Toronto, November 4-8, 1990, 27, 104-109. Abstract.

REFEREED ABSTRACTS, POSTERS, AND PRESENTATIONS

Boyington, A. R., Hall, E. P., & Wildemuth, B. M. (2001). Design and evaluation of a computer-based system fo continence health promotion. Poster presented at the Southern Nursing Research Society meeting (Baltimore, MD, February 1-3, 2001). Abstract.

Dempsey, B. J., Wildemuth, B. M., & Geisler, G. (1999). Use of an expanding directory interface for WWW legal resources [poster]. In Fox, E. A., & Rowe, N. (Eds.), Digital Libraries 99: The Fourth ACM Conference on Digital Libraries (August 11-14, 1999, Berkeley, CA). New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 223-224. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., Friedman, C. P., & Downs, S. M. (1999). Research alerts: Hypertext versus Boolean access to biomedical information: A comparison of effectiveness, efficiency and user preferences. interactions,6(1), 10-11. Abstract.

Fletcher, P.D., Small, R., Rollier, B. & Wildemuth, B. M. (1995). Lifelong learning for information professionals. 1995 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Systems.

Friedman, C. P., Wildemuth, B. M., Gant, S. P., Muriuki, M., File, D. D., Downs, S. M. & de Bliek, R. (1995). A comparison of Boolean and hypertext access to a basic science database [abstract]. Poster presentation at the 1995 Research in Medical Education meeting.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Sonnenwald, D. H., Marchionini, G., Wildemuth, B., Dempsey, B., Viles, C., Tibbo, H., & Smith, J. (2001). Collaboration Services in a Participatory Digital Library: An Emerging Design. SILS-TR-2001-03. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, School of Information and Library Science, Technical Report Series. 12p. Abstract. PDF.

Webster, L., Brassell, E., Sonnenwald, D. H., Wildemuth, B. M., Harmon, G. L., Byrd, G., & Bollenbacher, W. E. (2000). E-Mentoring Handbook: Lessons Learned from Two Electronic Mentoring Pilot Programs. SILS-TR-2000-3. Chapel Hill: Univeristy of North Carolina, School of Information and Library Science, Technical Report Series. 101p. Abstract. PDF.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1999). The relationship between a book's genre and the activities it supports. Discussion document prepared for "Designing Electronic Books," a pre-conference workshop sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction, May 16-17, 1999. Document available at http://www.fxpal.com/chi99deb/submissions/wildemuth.htm. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (Ed.) (1998). Collaboration across boundaries: Theories, strategies, and technology. Proceedings of the 1998 ASIS midyear meeting, Orlando, FL, May 16-20, 1998. Medford, NJ: Information Today, for the American Society for Information Science. (Online version available at http://www.asis.org/Conferences/MY98/proceedings.htm). Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1995). Defining search success: Evaluation of searcher performance in digital libraries. Discussion document for "How we do user-centered design and evaluation of digital libraries: A methodological forum," 37th Allerton Institute, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Document available at http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/allerton/95/s1/wildemuth.html. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., & Moore, M. E. (August 1993). End user searching of MEDLINE: Final report. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 363 357) Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (Ed.). (1990). External connectivity: Will my office system talk to my online vendor? Transactions of a session of the Mid-Year Meeting of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS), Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 13-17, 1990. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1989). End-user computing: The adoption of an intellectual technology in corporate settings (Doctoral dissertation, Drexel University, 1989). Dissertation Abstracts International, 50, 2283A. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1988). The management of end-user computing: Lessons from a qualitative study. ASIS '88: Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science (Atlanta, Georgia, October 23-27, 1988), 25, 41-47. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (September/October 1985). How to use information resources on testing and evaluation. Curriculum Review, 39. Abstract.

Gonzalez-Stupp, E. & Wildemuth, B. M. (1985). At home with ERIC: Online searching from your home computer. Princeton, NJ: ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation. ("After Dark" Edition: ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 267 099; "Knowledge Index" Edition: ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 267 100). Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (Summer 1984). Microcomputer-assisted testing: Resources from ERIC. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 3, 48-49. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (Ed.). (1981). A bibliography to accompany the Joint Committee's Standards on Educational Evaluation. ERIC/TM report 81. Princeton, NJ: ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 222 512). Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (Fall 1979). Procedures for identifying and selecting a minimum competency test. Education Libraries, 5, 8-9. Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1978). Research and evaluation studies from large school systems, 1977. Princeton, NJ: ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 166 262). Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1977). Test anxiety: An extensive bibliography. TM report 65. Princeton, NJ: ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 152 860). Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1977). Program evaluation in the arts: An annotated bibliography. Princeton, NJ: ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 151 424). Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1977). Minimal competency testing: Issues and procedures. An annotated bibliography. Princeton, NJ: ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 150 188). Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1977). Research and evaluation studies from large school systems, 1976. Princeton, NJ: ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 142 584). Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1977). Mastery learning and testing: An annotated ERIC bibliography. Princeton, NJ: ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 138 646). Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M., & Porter, D. E. (1976). State assessment and testing programs: An annotated ERIC bibliography. Princeton, NJ: ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 141 389). Abstract.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1976). Cheating: An annotated bibliography. Princeton, NJ: ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 132 182). Abstract.

BOOK REVIEWS

Wildemuth, B. M. (1991). Book Review, Developments in Microcomputing - Discovering New Opportunities for Libraries in the 1990s, edited by Ahmed H. Helal and Joachim W. Weiss. Information Processing & Management, 27, 594-595.

PRESENTATIONS

Wildemuth, B. M. (Organizer and presenter.) (2001). Methods for conducting Internet research. Session presented at the Internet Impact Symposium: Using and Studying the Internet at UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC, March 30, 2001.

Wildemuth, B. M. (2001). Watching what people do: Internet research involving transaction logs and questionnaires. "The Internet and Human Subject Research--Issues and Challenges," UNC-CH School of Public Health Institutional Review Board Retreat, Chapel Hill, NC, January 23, 2001.

Wildemuth, B. M. (2000). So you want an undergraduate major: the UNC-CH plans for an information science major. Annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, Chicago, IL, November 12-16, 2000.

Wildemuth, B. M., Su, L., & Hsieh-Yee, I. (Organizers and moderators). (2000). ASIST SIG ED doctoral seminar on research and career development. Special session of the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, Chicago, IL, November 12-16, 2000.

Wildemuth, B. M. (2000). Ethics at the (virtual) reference desk. SAIL 2000 (Southeast Affiliate of the International Aquatic and Marine Sciences Libraries and Information Centers), Research Triangle Park, NC, April 7, 2000.

Sonnenwald, D. H., & Wildemuth, B. M. (2000). E-Mentoring tomorrow's scientists. Spring meeting of Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education (SPIRE), Chapel Hill, NC, March 31, 2000.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1999). The influence of discipline/domain on information seeking behavior: medicine. Annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Washington, DC, November 1-4, 1999.

Su, L., Hsieh-Yee, I., & Wildemuth, B. M. (Organizers and moderators). (1999). ASIS SIG ED doctoral seminar on research and career development. Special session of the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Washington, DC, November 1-4, 1999.

Wildemuth, B. M., Sonnenwald, D. H., Kindon, V., & Brassell, E. (1999). Exploring electronic mentoring: a report from the field. ASIS Leadership Development Seminar, annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Washington, DC, October 31, 1999.

Wildemuth, B. M., & Marchionini, G. (Exhibitors). (1999). Human information interactions: design and evaluation. Managing Health Knowledge in the Twenty-first Century: Where Do We Stand?, a program and reception honoring Nina Woo Matheson, Kenan Center, UNC-CH, May 14, 1999.

Wildemuth, B. M. (Organizer and moderator). (1998). Award-winning student papers. Annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Pittsburgh, PA, October 26-29, 1998.

Wildemuth, B. M., & Hsieh-Yee, I. (Organizers and moderators). (1998). ASIS SIG ED doctoral seminar on research and career development. Special session of the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Pittsburgh, PA, October 26-29, 1998.

Wildemuth, B. M. (Organizer and moderator). (1998). Issues in administration in distance learning. Midyear Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Orlando, FL, May 18-20, 1998.

Wildemuth, B. M. (Organizer and moderator). (1992). ASIS SIG ED doctoral and post-doctoral research workshop. Special session of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Pittsburgh, PA, October 26-29, 1992.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1992). Information and cognition in medical education: Information retrieval behaviors of medical students. Invited lecture, New York Academy of Sciences, Computing and Information Science Section, January 14, 1992.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1991). Management of end-user vomputing. Invited lecture sponsored by the Wolpert Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, Northern Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science, Cleveland, March 13, 1991.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1990). Issues in interface design. UNC-CH Campus Computer Support Group, October 10, 1990.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1990). 'A chicken in every pot, a micro on every desk': The effects of computer accessibility on end-user computing. Midyear Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 14-16, 1990.

Wildemuth, B. M. (Organizer and moderator). (1990). External connectivity: will my office system talk to my online vendor? Midyear Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 14-16, 1990.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1989). End-user computing: The adoption of an intellectual technology in corporate settings. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Washington, DC, October 29-November 2, 1989.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1989). Interdisciplinary systems design: The contributions of library and information science. UNC-CH School of Information and Library Science Alumni Reception, Chapel Hill, NC, April 30, 1989.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1989). Rites of passage: From Ph.D. to tenure and beyond. Pre-Conference Workshop, Annual Meeting of the Association for Library and Information Science Education, January 3, 1989.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1987). Studying the adoption of end-user computing: A theoretical basis. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Boston, October 4-8, 1987.

Wildemuth, B. M. (1985). The ERIC Online Digest File. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Las Vegas, October 20-24, 1985.

Wildemuth, B. M. (Organizer and moderator). (1981). Computer literacy: What is it, how do we teach it? Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Washington, DC, October 25-30, 1981.

WORKSHOPS

Participant, "Designing Electronic Books," ACM SIGCHI '99 Pre-Conference Workshop, held at Pittsburgh, PA, May 16-17, 1999

Participant, "Information Retrieval Tools Workshop," sponsored by the National Science Foundation, held at the University of Pittsburgh, March 20-21, 1998

Participant, "How We Do User-Centered Design and Evaluation of Digital Libraries: A Methodological Forum," 37th Allerton Institute, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, held at Monticello, IL, October 29-31, 1995

Participant, "Exploratory Sequential Data Analysis: Traditions, Techniques and Tools," ACM SIGCHI '92 Pre-Conference Workshop, held at Monterey, CA, May 4, 1992

Participant, "Designing the Teaching of HCI," ACM SIGCHI '94 Pre-Conference Workshop, held at Boston, MA, April 24-25, 1994


PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Society for Information Science and Technology

 

2000, 2001

Technical Program Committee, ASIST Annual Meeting

 

1994, 1998, 2001

ISI Dissertation Scholarship Jury, Chair

 

1999

Founder and Chair, Special Interest Group on Information Seeking and Use

 

1998

Technical Program Co-chair, Midyear Meeting

 

1997-2001

Education Committee

 

1996

ISI Dissertation Scholarship Jury

 

1995

Best Student Paper Award Jury, Chair

 

1991-1994

Award of Merit Nominations Committee; Chair, 1993-1994

 

1989-1991

Membership Committee

 

1989-1991

Awards & Honors Committee

 

1989-1991

Deputy SIG Cabinet Director

 

1989

Member, SIG Cabinet Task Force on SIG Communications

 

1988-1989

SIG Cabinet Representative and Newsletter Editor, Special Interest Group for Office Information Systems

 

1984-1985

Workshop Chair, New Jersey Chapter

 

1981-1982

Chair, Special Interest Group for Information Services to Education

SIG CR, Classification Research
SIG ED, Education for Information Science
SIG HCI, Human Computer Interaction
SIG USE, Information Seeking and Use

Association for Computing Machinery

SIGBDP, Business Data Processing and Management
SIGCAS, Computers and Society
SIGCHI, Computer and Human Interaction
SIGOIS, Office Information Systems

Association for Information Systems

Charter member, 1994

Association for Library and Information Science Education

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (formerly The Institute of Management Sciences)

Section on Information Systems

Special Libraries Association


CAMPUS COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

School of Information and Library Science

Research and Doctoral Committee, 1989-90, 1990-91, 2000-01
Interaction Design Lab Advisory Board, 1998-2001
Ad Hoc Undergraduate Major Committee, Chair, 2000
Information and Technology Resources Committee, Chair, 1999
Dean's Achievement Award Jury, 1999
Undergraduate Minor Committee, Chair, 1996-97
Personnel Committee, 1988-89, 1993-94; Chair, 1995-96
Search Committee, 1992-93; Chair, 1994-95
Information Resources Committee, Chair, 1991-92
Admissions and Financial Aid Committee, 1991-92
Curriculum Committee, 1990-91

ILSSA Liaison, 1989-99

Campus-wide Committees

Task Force on Information Technology in the Undergraduate Curriculum, 2000-2001
SILS Dean Search Committee, 1997-1998
SILS Administrative Board, 1991-93


OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Proposal review panel member, National Science Foundation, 1998
Proposal reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2001

Referee

ACM SIGBIT Data Base, 1994
Information Processing & Management, 1995, 1999
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1991
Journal of Communication, 1992
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994, 1996
Library & Information Science Research, 2000
Library Quarterly, 1999
MIS Quarterly, 1990-1993
Annual Meeting, American Society for Information Science, 1992, 1996, 2000

Panel Moderator

Uses of classification in Web research and management. Annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, Washington, DC, November 8, 2001.

Technologies for communication. Annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, Washington, DC, November 6, 2001.

Award-winning student papers. Annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, Washington, DC, November 5, 2001.

International and interdisciplinary collaboration. "Sharing Our Strengths: Cooperative International Distance Education in Health Sciences Knowledge Management," supported by a grant from the North Carolina/Israel Partnership, Chapel Hill, NC, February 19, 2001.

Award-winning student papers. Annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, Chicago, IL, November 12-16, 2000.

Impact and use (usability): Contributed papers. Midyear meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Pasadena, CA, May 24-26, 1999.

Dynamics and dimensions of user information problems as foci of interaction in information retrieval. Annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Pittsburgh, PA, October 26-29, 1998.

Intra-organizational teams. Midyear meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Orlando, FL, May 18-20, 1998.

Retrieval--Theoretical analysis. Session of the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Pittsburgh, PA, October 26-29, 1992.

Information behaviors of managers. Session of the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Washington, DC, October 27-31, 1991.

SILS liaison, Student Paper Award, Microcomputer Users Group for Libraries in North Carolina (MUGLNC), 1993, 1994, 1995

Coordinator of the Drexel University College of Information Studies Special Interest Group on Innovation Diffusion, 1986-1987: Organize and schedule regular meetings to discuss recent diffusion research.

Editor, Interaction: The Newsletter of the Drexel CIS Doctoral Student Union, 1986

ERIC Technology Committee, 1980-1984: A system-wide committee with a charter to explore new technologies for use by the system, e.g., videodisc storage.

Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1981-1983: A publication of the National Council on Measurement in Education

Editor, Measurement News, 1979-1981: Newsletter of the National Council on Measurement in Education


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