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Research Areas
- Business and Competitive Intelligence
- Legal Informatics
- Users' Information Needs and Uses in E-Government, E-Commerce and E-Learning
Academic Background
Ph.D. from Syracuse University, 1995, in Information Transfer
LL.M. (Master of Laws) from the University of Osijek, 1986
LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) from the University of Osijek, 1982
Published Works
Peer-reviewed books and book chapters
Fisher, K. E., Erdelez S., & McKechnie, E. F. (Eds.) (2005). Theories of Information Behavior. Medford, NJ: Information Today.Erdelez, S. (2005). Information Encountering. In K. E. Fisher, S. Erdelez, and E. F. McKechnie (Eds.) Theories of Information Behavior. Medford, NJ: Information Today.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Erdelez, S. and Levitov, D. D. (submitted). Potential of inclusion of information encountering within information literacy models. Library & Information Science Research.Erdelez, S., Moore, J.L., & He, W. (submitted). An Examination of the search experience variable in information behavior research. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Adkins, D., & Erdelez, S. (2006). A survey of teaching practices for LIS reference source instruction. Reference & User Service Quarterly.
Moore, J. L., Erdelez, S.., & He, W. (2006). Retrieval from a case-based reasoning database. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 10(4).
Jonassen, D.H., & Erdelez, S. (2005). Usability of case libraries by teachers. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 22(2), 67-74.
Erdelez, S. (2004) Investigation of an opportunistic acquisition of information in the controlled research environment. Information Processing & Management, 40, 1013-1025.
Houston, R. D., & Erdelez, S. (2004). The digital divide: Who really benefits from the proposed solutions for closing the gap. Journal of Information Ethics, 13(1), 19-33.
Doty, P., & Erdelez, S. (2002). Information micro-practices in Texas rural courts: Methods and issues for e-government. Government Information Quarterly, 1, 369-387.
Peer-reviewed papers in published conference proceedings
Moore, J. L., & Erdelez, S. (2006). An examination of the search experience variable in information behavior research. Business Education and Computer Information Systems Research SIG Proceedings. American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.Houston, R., & Erdelez, S. (2002). The digital divide: Who really benefits from proposed solutions for closing the gap? Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, 49, 99-106.
Presentations
Peer-Reviewed Presentations
Moore, J. L. & Erdelez, S. (April 2006). An Examination of the Search Experience Variable in Information Behavior Research. American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, California. [NATIONAL]
Erdelez, S., Huang, X., Means, T. & Yadamsuren, B. (January 2006). Information Behavior of researchers in the MU Life Sciences Center. Poster presentation at the annual conference of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. (NATIONAL)
Erdelez, S., & Means, T. (October 2005). Measuring changes in information sharing among life science researchers. Paper accepted for presentation at 2nd International Conference on Knowledge Management (INTERNATIONAL)
Erdelez, S. & Jonassen, D.H. (May 2005) Teachers' perceptions about usability of a case library. Technology and Learning Symposium at New York University. (NATIONAL)
Adkins, D., Tao, D., & Erdelez, S. (January 2005). Reference source instruction: A model for teaching. Panel presentation at the annual conference of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. (NATIONAL)
Erdelez, S. (November 2004). Combining system-centered and user-centered design and evaluation in a case-based reasoning search environment. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. (NATIONAL)
Erdelez, S. (November 2004). The role of emotions in Information Encountering. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. (NATIONAL)
Jonassen, D., & Erdelez, S. (November 2004). Bibliographic access using a case-based reasoning engine. Poster session presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. (NATIONAL)
Erdelez, S. (October 2004). Information Encountering in an academic library environment. Presentation at the Library Research Seminar III. (NATIONAL)
Moore, J., Erdelez, S., & He, W. (October 2004). Information retrieval from a case-based reasoning search engine. Presentation at the annual conference of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. (NATIONAL)
Erdelez, S., Peterson, G., Sievert, M. E., & Hales, J. (September 2004). Characteristics of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) user studies. Poster session at MEDINFO 2004. (INTERNATIONAL)
Erdelez, S. (October 2003). Information Encountering as a theoretical framework of information behavior. Presentation at 3rd Annual ASIST SIG USE Research Symposium, Long Beach, CA. (NATIONAL)
Erdelez, S. (May 2003). The impact of change in Web-based IR systems on users' experience. Presentation at the Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia. (INTERNATIONAL)
Erdelez, S., & Adkins, D. (January 2003). Sharing and collaboration in teaching LIS: Two innovative projects. Presentation at the annual conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Philadelphia, PA. (NATIONAL)
Houston, R., & Erdelez, S. (November 2002). The digital divide: Who really benefits from proposed solutions for closing the gap. Contributed papers presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Philadelphia, PA. (NATIONAL)
Erdelez, S. (November 2002). Functional elements of an information encountering episode. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Philadelphia, PA. (NATIONAL)
Erdelez, S., & Fisher, K. (July 2002). Theory development in information user studies. Panel presentation at 4th International Conference on Concepts of Library and Information Science (COLIS 4), Seattle, WA. (INTERNATIONAL)
Awards and Honors
UM New Faculty Teaching Scholars Program – Fellow, 2002-03.
Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award for use of information technologies in LIS teaching. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), 2001.