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Thomas R. Kochtanek
Associate Professor
303 Townsend Hall
(573) 882-8919
E-mail: KochtanekT@missouri.edu
Research Areas
- Distributed Learning Environments
- Information Retrieval Systems
- Library Information Systems
Academic Background
Post-Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia, 1984, in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine; Medical Information
Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, 1978, in Information Storage and Retrieval Systems
B.S. from Case Institute of Technology-Cleveland, Ohio, 1973, in Management Science
Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, 1978, in Information Storage and Retrieval Systems
B.S. from Case Institute of Technology-Cleveland, Ohio, 1973, in Management Science
Published Works
“The Effects of Domain Knowledge and Web Experience on User Search Performance in a Digital Library Context”, accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) accepted 2004; to be published in 2006.
Nory Jones and Thomas R. Kochtanek “Success Factors in the Implementation of a Collaborative Technology and Resulting Productivity Improvements in a Small Business” Book chapter appearing 2005 in the Idea Group Inc. book, Advanced Topics in End UserComputing, Volume 4, edited by Dr. Mo Adam Mahmood.
“Interactive Digital Library Resource Information System: A web portal for Digital Library Education” European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL 2004) Bath, England, U.K. September 13-15, 2004. Poster session.
Jones, Nory and Thomas Kochtanek, “Success Factors in the Implementation of a Collaborative Technology and Resulting Productivity Improvements in a Small Business: An Exploratory Study” Journal of End User Computing 16(1), 1-20, Jan-March 2004.
Ahmad Rafee Che Kassim and Thomas R. Kochtanek, “Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating an Educational Digital Library Resource” Online Information Review, Vol.27 No.3, 2003, pp.160-168.
Kochtanek, Thomas “Project Whistlestop” presented at E-Libraries 2003 May 7, 2003; published in Collected Presentations : InfoToday 2003 May 6-8, 2003 New York City, NY.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “How Close are we to realizing Vannevar Bush’s dream of the Memex?” Technology Column #8, LibraryLink, December 2003. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “Standards Part II: XML and related Markup Languages”. Technology Column #7, LibraryLink, July 2003. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “Standards and Standards Organizations for Information Technology”. Technology Column #6, LibraryLink, March 2003. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “Developments in e-Books”, Technology Column #5, Library Link, November 2002. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. and Joseph R. Matthews Library Information Systems: From Library Automation to Distributed Information Access Solutions, Libraries Unlimited, A Division of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (published in hardback October 2002, 287 pages)
Jones, Nory and Thomas Kochtanek, “Success Factors in the Implementation of a Collaborative Technology and Resulting Productivity Improvements in a Small Business: An Exploratory Study” published in Journal of End User Computing (2002).
Ahmad Rafee Che Kassim and Thomas R. Kochtanek, “Interactive Digital Library Resource Information System: A Web Portal for Digital Library Education” presented at the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2002) sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and IEEE. Refereed and published in the Proceedings of the Second ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries edited by Gary Marchionini and William Hersh. Portland, Oregon July 14-18, 2002.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “Developments in Digital Libraries”, Technology Column #4, Library Link, July 2002. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Jones, Nory and Thomas Kochtanek, “Consequences of Web-based technology usage” Online Information Review, Vol.26 No.4, 2002 MCB University Press.
Kochtanek, Thomas R., John Wedman and Charles Seavey, “Distributed Learning: The Development of Courses and Programs in LIS at the University of Missouri-Columbia” in Distance Education in Library and Information Science, edited by Dan Barron. Published by Libraries Unlimited 2002.
Kochtanek, Dr. Thomas, Jim Borwick, Rafee Kassim, Sean Cordes, and Mark Adams,
“Interface Design for Integrating Disparate Web Sites”published in the Proceedings of the 24th Annual National Online Meeting, Learned Information (May 2002). Peer reviewed and full paper published in conference proceedings.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “Developments in the Online Database Industry”, Technology Column #3, Library Link, April 2002. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Adams, Mark and Thomas R. Kochtanek “Interface Design for a Collaborative Web Project” presented by M. Adams at the Museums and the Web 2002 conference held in Boston, MA April 17-20, 2002.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “Integrated Library Systems”, Technology Column #2, Library Link, January 2002. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Nory Jones and Thomas R. Kochtanek “Success Factors in the Implementation of a Collaborative Technology and Resulting Productivity Improvements in a Small Business” Book chapter appearing 2005 in the Idea Group Inc. book, Advanced Topics in End UserComputing, Volume 4, edited by Dr. Mo Adam Mahmood.
“Interactive Digital Library Resource Information System: A web portal for Digital Library Education” European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL 2004) Bath, England, U.K. September 13-15, 2004. Poster session.
Jones, Nory and Thomas Kochtanek, “Success Factors in the Implementation of a Collaborative Technology and Resulting Productivity Improvements in a Small Business: An Exploratory Study” Journal of End User Computing 16(1), 1-20, Jan-March 2004.
Ahmad Rafee Che Kassim and Thomas R. Kochtanek, “Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating an Educational Digital Library Resource” Online Information Review, Vol.27 No.3, 2003, pp.160-168.
Kochtanek, Thomas “Project Whistlestop” presented at E-Libraries 2003 May 7, 2003; published in Collected Presentations : InfoToday 2003 May 6-8, 2003 New York City, NY.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “How Close are we to realizing Vannevar Bush’s dream of the Memex?” Technology Column #8, LibraryLink, December 2003. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “Standards Part II: XML and related Markup Languages”. Technology Column #7, LibraryLink, July 2003. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “Standards and Standards Organizations for Information Technology”. Technology Column #6, LibraryLink, March 2003. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “Developments in e-Books”, Technology Column #5, Library Link, November 2002. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. and Joseph R. Matthews Library Information Systems: From Library Automation to Distributed Information Access Solutions, Libraries Unlimited, A Division of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (published in hardback October 2002, 287 pages)
Jones, Nory and Thomas Kochtanek, “Success Factors in the Implementation of a Collaborative Technology and Resulting Productivity Improvements in a Small Business: An Exploratory Study” published in Journal of End User Computing (2002).
Ahmad Rafee Che Kassim and Thomas R. Kochtanek, “Interactive Digital Library Resource Information System: A Web Portal for Digital Library Education” presented at the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2002) sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and IEEE. Refereed and published in the Proceedings of the Second ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries edited by Gary Marchionini and William Hersh. Portland, Oregon July 14-18, 2002.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “Developments in Digital Libraries”, Technology Column #4, Library Link, July 2002. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Jones, Nory and Thomas Kochtanek, “Consequences of Web-based technology usage” Online Information Review, Vol.26 No.4, 2002 MCB University Press.
Kochtanek, Thomas R., John Wedman and Charles Seavey, “Distributed Learning: The Development of Courses and Programs in LIS at the University of Missouri-Columbia” in Distance Education in Library and Information Science, edited by Dan Barron. Published by Libraries Unlimited 2002.
Kochtanek, Dr. Thomas, Jim Borwick, Rafee Kassim, Sean Cordes, and Mark Adams,
“Interface Design for Integrating Disparate Web Sites”published in the Proceedings of the 24th Annual National Online Meeting, Learned Information (May 2002). Peer reviewed and full paper published in conference proceedings.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “Developments in the Online Database Industry”, Technology Column #3, Library Link, April 2002. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Adams, Mark and Thomas R. Kochtanek “Interface Design for a Collaborative Web Project” presented by M. Adams at the Museums and the Web 2002 conference held in Boston, MA April 17-20, 2002.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. “Integrated Library Systems”, Technology Column #2, Library Link, January 2002. MCB University Press, West Yorkshire, England.
Awards and Honors
High Flyer teaching award College of Education (Academic year 2005-2006)
October 1, 2006 – September 30, 2007 PI for Project Whistlestop with Truman Foundation $85,907 (Year 11)
October 1, 2005 – September 30, 2006 PI for Project Whistlestop with Truman Foundation $8x,000 (Year 10)
High Flyer teaching award College of Education (Academic year 2004-2005)
October 1, 2004 – September 30, 2005 PI for Project Whistlestop with Truman Foundation $79,898 (Year 9)
November 1, 2004 – October 31, 2005 co-PI for RDT Library System Development with MoDOT $48,209
October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004 PI for Project Whistlestop with Truman Foundation $75,000 (Year 8)
April 1, 2003 – March 31, 2004 co-PI for RDT Library System Development contract with MoDOT for $70,000
October 1, 2002 – September 30, 2003 PI for Project Whistlestop with Truman Foundation $82,000 (Year 7)
October 1, 2001 – September 30, 2002 PI for Project Whistlestop with Truman Foundation $71,760 (Year 6)
April 1, 2002 – March 31, 2003 co-PI for RDT Library System Development contract # R198-026 with MoDOT for $60,314
October 1, 2006 – September 30, 2007 PI for Project Whistlestop with Truman Foundation $85,907 (Year 11)
October 1, 2005 – September 30, 2006 PI for Project Whistlestop with Truman Foundation $8x,000 (Year 10)
High Flyer teaching award College of Education (Academic year 2004-2005)
October 1, 2004 – September 30, 2005 PI for Project Whistlestop with Truman Foundation $79,898 (Year 9)
November 1, 2004 – October 31, 2005 co-PI for RDT Library System Development with MoDOT $48,209
October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004 PI for Project Whistlestop with Truman Foundation $75,000 (Year 8)
April 1, 2003 – March 31, 2004 co-PI for RDT Library System Development contract with MoDOT for $70,000
October 1, 2002 – September 30, 2003 PI for Project Whistlestop with Truman Foundation $82,000 (Year 7)
October 1, 2001 – September 30, 2002 PI for Project Whistlestop with Truman Foundation $71,760 (Year 6)
April 1, 2002 – March 31, 2003 co-PI for RDT Library System Development contract # R198-026 with MoDOT for $60,314
Editorships
Journal/Textbook: Online Information Review
Position: Editorial Board
Time: June 2002 - Present