Jodi Williams
Assistant Professor of Library Information Services and Coordinator
Office: | Katz Library (Augusta) |
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Phone: | 621-3341 |
Fax: | Not Available |
Office hours: | By Appointment |
E-mail: | |
WebSite: | JCWilliams |
As an online instructor here at UMA, helping students to connect with each other as well as to connect with their instructor and the content of a course is an integral component to successful learning! My role in the online courses I teach is as a facilitator as much as an instructor, and I am always learning from students as well. Teaching at a distance can be demanding and time-consuming, but the mix of students in our Library program from Maine, the United States and around the world is eclectic! Each year at graduation to see our students receive their degrees and to be able to share in that moment is rewarding!
I completed my Ph.D. in Information Science at Drexel University. My concentration is on system design and information seeking behavior. My dissertation, "The Impact of Concept Map Visualizations on the Information Behavior, Perceptions of Performance, Learning and Use of Novices in the Information Retrieval Context" is available (for the interested) at iDEA: Drexel E-repository and Archives
As a member of UMA's Information and Library Services program I am interested in undergraduate education in library science and library support staff issues and helping the wider library field recognize that education in library science at any level is a means to better serving our patrons! My work has been published in various journals and presented at national and international conferences as well as here locally in New England.
Education
B.A., Southern Connecticut State University, 1997M.L.S., Southern Connecticut State University, 1999
Ph.D., Drexel University, 2007
Conference Presentations
- Williams, J.C. "Support Staff in the Library; a presentation on the history, role and current issues." Maine Library Association Conference, Augusta Maine 2005.
- Atwood, M., Gross, M., McCain, K. & J. Williams. "Science of Design: Why We Need It and Why It Is So Difficult to Achieve." Human Computer Interaction Consortium. Winter Workshop- Colorado, 2005.
- Williams, J.C. "Mentoring in the Library: Inspiring Growth and Sharing Ideas… What we need to know and where we can learn it!" New England Technical Services Librarians Conference, Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 2004 Conference Proceedings
- Atwood, M.E., McCain, K.W., & Williams, J.C. (2002) "How does the design community think about design?" In Proceedings of Designing Interactive Systems 2002, New York: ACM, 2002, pp125-132.
- Williams, J. Goodrum, A. (2001) "Scholarly Publishing on the Web: Link Analysis of the
Top 200 Highly Cited Computer Science Articles on the WWW". Proceedings of the 64TH ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Vol. 38, 2001
Poster Presentations
- Atwood, M., Williams, J.C. & McCain, K. (2004) "Building Bridges: Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering", Association of Information Science and Technology Providence, Rhode Island (2004)
- Williams, J.C. (2003) "How Does the Design Community think about design: An examination of citation patterns of key authors' work in the design literature" Association of Library & Information Science Educators Doctoral Students SIG Research Poster Session, Philadelphia, PA (2003)
Awards
- Listed in 2006 Who's Who Among American Teachers, Gale Publications
- Recognized as a Pioneer in Online Education: Connecticut State University System
- Teaching Assistant Excellence Award: Drexel University
- Future Librarian Award: Connecticut Library Association
- Recipient of the H.W. Wilson Foundation Award