Christine L. Borgman
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Christine L. Borgman is Professor and University of California
Presidential Chair in Information Studies at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
, University of California, Los Angeles
. She was previously visiting professor at the Oxford Internet Institute
(Oxford University), Loughborough University
, Fulbright Visiting Professor at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Eötvös Loránd University, and Scholar-in-Residence at the Rockefeller Foundation
Study and Conference Center in Bellagio
, Italy
. Borgman is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
. Her research interests include digital libraries, information seeking, information retrieval, information policy, infrastructure, and human-computer interaction, but she is best known for her work in scholarly communication, scientific information, and bibliometrics
.
Borgman is the author of more than 150 publications in the fields of information studies, computer science, and communication. She has twice won the Best Information Science Book of the year award from American Society for Information Science and Technology
for From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in a Networked World (MIT Press
, 2000) and Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet (MIT Press, 2007). She is a co-principal investigator for the Center for Embedded Network Sensing
(CENS) and for the Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype (ADEPT) project, both funded by the National Science Foundation
.
She holds a Ph.D.
in Communication
from Stanford University
, M.L.I.S.
from the University of Pittsburgh
, and B.A.
in Mathematics
from Michigan State University
.
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
Presidential Chair in Information Studies at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
The Graduate School of Education and Information Studies is one of the professional graduate schools at the University of California, Los Angeles...
, University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
. She was previously visiting professor at the Oxford Internet Institute
Oxford Internet Institute
The Oxford Internet Institute is a multi-disciplinary institute based at the University of Oxford, England, and housed in buildings owned by Balliol College, Oxford. It is devoted to the study of the societal implications of the Internet, with the aim of shaping research, policy and practice in...
(Oxford University), Loughborough University
Loughborough University
Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...
, Fulbright Visiting Professor at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Eötvös Loránd University, and Scholar-in-Residence at the Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
Study and Conference Center in Bellagio
Bellagio
Bellagio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located on Lake Como. It has long been famous for its setting at the intersection of the three branches of the Y-shaped lake, which is also known as Lario....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. Borgman is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
. Her research interests include digital libraries, information seeking, information retrieval, information policy, infrastructure, and human-computer interaction, but she is best known for her work in scholarly communication, scientific information, and bibliometrics
Bibliometrics
Bibliometrics is a set of methods to quantitatively analyze scientific and technological literature. Citation analysis and content analysis are commonly used bibliometric methods...
.
Borgman is the author of more than 150 publications in the fields of information studies, computer science, and communication. She has twice won the Best Information Science Book of the year award from American Society for Information Science and Technology
American Society for Information Science and Technology
The American Society for Information Science and Technology, sometimes abbreviated ASIS&T or ASIST, is a non-profit membership organization for information professionals...
for From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in a Networked World (MIT Press
MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts .-History:...
, 2000) and Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet (MIT Press, 2007). She is a co-principal investigator for the Center for Embedded Network Sensing
Center for Embedded Network Sensing
The Center for Embedded Networked Sensing is a research enterprise funded by the National Science Foundation based at the University of California, Los Angeles....
(CENS) and for the Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype (ADEPT) project, both funded by the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
.
She holds a Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in Communication
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, M.L.I.S.
Master of Library and Information Science
The Master of Library and Information Science is the master's degree that is required for most professional librarian positions in the United States and Canada. The MLIS is a relatively recent degree; an older and still common degree designation for librarians to acquire is the Master of Library...
from the University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
, and B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
from Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
.
Partial bibliography
- Effective online searching : a basic text (M. Dekker, 1984)
- Scholarly communication and bibliometrics (Sage, 1990)
- From Gutenberg to the global information infrastructure : access to information in the networked world (MIT Press, 2000)
- Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet (MIT Press, 2007)