Editors
Dr. Michelle Kazmer
Dr. Kazmer is an associate professor at FSU and teaches courses in information organization, information needs, information services, and theory development. Her Ph.D. (2002) is from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her M.L.S. (1994) is from the University of Pittsburgh, and she holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1993) from Columbia University. She has worked as a rare book cataloger, an academic engineering librarian, and a technical information specialist for an American automotive manufacturer. Dr. Kazmer began teaching online and researching online learning in 1997. Her research focuses on knowledge creation and sharing within and outside online environments. A primary setting for her research has been LIS education and she has published and presented extensively on topics related to LIS education. She co-edited a book, “Learning, Culture and Community in Online Education: Research and Practice,” published in 2004. She is the co-PI of two IMLS-funded projects that support LIS education to improve the diversity of public service librarians.
Dr. Kathleen Burnett
Dr. Burnett is a professor and former associate dean at FSU and teaches courses in information needs assessment, international and comparative information services, LIS education, and the doctoral proseminar in research and teaching. Her Ph.D. (1989) and M.L.S. (1979) degrees were awarded by the University of California School of Library and Information Studies, and her B.A. in German Literature by the University of California, San Diego (1978). She has been principal and co-principal investigator on several grants to improve LIS education, including two grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that funded a multi-institutional project, Project Athena, to expand, diversify and prepare future LIS faculty. Currently she is a co-PI (with Michelle Kazmer and others) on an NSF grant studying virtual scientific collaboration, and an IMLS grant studying emerging literacy. Dr. Burnett began publishing on technology in LIS education in 1992. She has been honored for her work in this area through the ALISE Methodology Award (2001) and the Florida State Universtiy President’s Award for Excellence in Technology for Instruction (2001). With former doctoral students Laurie J. Bonnici and Shawne D. Miksa, and doctoral candidate Joonmin Kim, she developed a methodology for measuring the frequency, intensity and topicality of interaction in online learning, published in JELIS and JASIST in 2007. Her current research foci include disciplinary identity and developing a theoretical foundation for understanding implications of gender and power in the interweaving of the technical and social factors that shapes information education at the beginning of the 21st century.
