# /programsandresearch/grants/awarded.htm

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# Research grants awarded

## 1985 to present

Year | Title | Type | Name
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2009 | Folktales and Facets | LISRGP | Kathryn La Barre University of Illinois Carol Tilley University of Illinois
Addressing the Metadata Bottleneck by Developing and Evaluating an Online Tool to Support Non-specialists to Evaluate Dublin Core Metadata Records | LISRGP | Michael Khoo Drexel University
Investigating Gaze Behavior in Faceted Search Interfaces for Library Catalogs | LISRGP | Bill Kules The Catholic University of America
2008 | Analyzing Image Searching on the Web: How Do Undergraduates Search and Use Visual Information? (.pdf: 150 K/25 pp.) Project presentation at ALISE 2009 Annual Conference (.ppt: 14.M/25 slides) | LISRGP | Youngok Choi Catholic University of America
Developing and Evaluating a Query Recommendation Feature to Assist Users with Online Information Seeking and Retrieval Project presentation at ALISE 2009 Annual Conference (.ppt: 758.5K/19 slides) | LISRGP | Diane Kelly University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
User Based Question Answering: An Exploratory Study of Community Generated Information Exchange in Yahoo!Answers Project presentation at ALISE 2009 Annual Conference (.ppt: 1.7M/22 slides) | LISRGP | Rong Tang Simmons College Sheila Denn Simmons College
2007 | Self-views of Information-Seeking Skills: Undergraduates' Understanding of What It Means to be Information Literate (.pdf: 60K/19 pp.) Project presentation at ALISE 2008 Annual Conference (.ppt: 256.5K/30 slides) | LISRGP | Melissa Gross Florida State University Don Latham Florida State University
Investigating the User Needs and Preferences for a Specialized Environmental Library (.pdf: 414 K/53 pp.) Project presentation at ALISE 2008 Annual Conference (.ppt: 626K/27 slides) | LISRGP | M. Asim Qayyum University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Carlos Suarez Balseiro University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Tania Garcia-Ramos University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
2006 | Citation Analysis of Library and Information Science Faculty Publications: ISI Databases and Beyond Project presentation at ALISE 2007 Annual Conference (.ppt: 1.2MB/27 slides) | LISRGP | Lokman Meho Indiana University Kiduk Yang Indiana University
Assessment of Library Support Services for Distance Learners: A Case Study of the University of Nairobi, Kenya | LISRGP | Joyce Kanini Mbwesa University of Nairobi
The Return on Investment of Collaborative Virtual Reference Service (.pdf: 166K/39 pp.) Project presentation at ALISE 2007 Annual Conference (.ppt: 192K/20 slides) Project cost spreadsheet (.xls: 75K/3 sheets) | LISRGP | Jeffrey Pomerantz University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Use of Collaborative Tagging in Public Library Catalogs (.pdf: 143K/38 pp.) Project presentation at ALISE 2007 Annual Conference (.ppt: 323K/27 slides) Related article: Spiteri, Louise F. 2007. "The Structure and Form of Folksonomy Tags: The Road to the Public Library Catalog." Information Technology and Libraries, 26,3(September): 13-25. | LISRGP | Louise Spiteri Dalhousie University
2005 | A Survey of the Extent and Utilization of Cataloging Tools and Resources within Technical Services in the North Texas Public Libraries | LISRGP | Shawne Miksa University of North Texas
The Mining of Cataloging Knowledge from Bibliographic Data for Automatic Subject Cataloging Related Article: Wang, Jun and Meng-Chen Lee. 2007. "Reconstructing DDC for Interactive Classification." in Proceedings of the Sixteenth ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management 2007, 137-146. New York: ACM Press. | LISRGP | Jun Wang Peking University Hong Xu University of Pittsburgh
A Dual Approach to Web Query Mining: Towards Conceptual Representations of Information Needs (.pdf: 6.6MB/15 pp.) | LISRGP | Peiling Wang University of Tennessee at Knoxville
2004 | Developing a Thesaurus for Indexing Images across Diverse Domains (pdf: 272K/50 pp.) | LISRGP | Corinne Jorgensen Florida State University
Consumer Health Information Services in American Public Libraries: An Assessment of Current Status and Educational Needs | LISRGP | Feili Tu Nancy Zimmerman University of South Carolina
Academic Reference Librarians and Extending Access to Primary Sources | LISRGP | Elizabeth Yakel University of Michigan
2003 | Image Intermediation: Visual Resource Reference Services for Digital Libraries Other publications based on this research include: Goodrum, Abby A. 2005. "I Can't Tell You What I Want, But I'll Know It When I See It: Terminological Disconnects In Digital Image Reference." Reference and User Services Quarterly 45,1(Fall): 46-7, 51-3. Goodrum, Abby A. 2006. "Surrogation, Mediation and Collaboration: Access to Digital Images in Cultural Heritage Institutions." In New Libr@ries and Knowledge Spaces: Critical Perspectives on Information and Education, ed. Cushla Kapitzke and Bertram C. Bruce. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Goodrum, Abby A. 2003. "Visual Resource Reference: Collaboration Between Digital Museums and Digital Libraries." D-Lib Magazine, 9,2(February). Available online at: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/february03/goodrum/02goodrum.html. | LISRGP | Abby A. Goodrum Syracuse University
Vocabulary Alignment via Basic Level Concepts (.pdf: 332K/16 pp.) | LISRGP | Rebecca Green University of Maryland
The Thank You Study: User Satisfaction with Digital Reference Service (.pdf: 482K/23 pp.) | LISRGP | Joseph Janes The University of Washington
2002 | Optimizing Metadata Creation: A Model for Integrating Human and Automatic Processes | LISRGP | Jane Greenberg The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Operationalizing Barriers in Dissemination of African Research and Scholarship (.pdf: 239K/25 pp.) | LISRGP | Lorna Peterson University at Buffalo SUNY
Reification of Information Seeking Habits | LISRGP | Wonsik Shim Florida State University
2001 | Global Collective Resources: WorldCAT as the Foundation for International Library Cooperation (.pdf:8 files 36-116K/8-32 pp.) | LISRGP | Anna Perrault University of South Florida
Ease of Use versus User Control: Desired Interface Model and Functionalities for Web-based Online Databases (.pdf: 314K/28 pp.) | LISRGP | Hong Xie University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Identification of Resource Types of Web Accessible Information | LISRGP | Hong Xu University of Pittsburgh Arlene Taylor University of Pittsburgh
1999 | Clustering Fiction Works to Improve Online Catalog Displays (.pdf: 426K/ 33 pp.) Other publications based on this research include: Carlyle, Allyson, and Joel Summerlin. 2002. "Transforming Catalog Displays: Record Clustering for Works of Fiction." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 33,3/4: 13-25. E-print available online at: http://projects.ischool.washington.edu/acarlyle/Papers/transforming_displays_2.htm. Carlyle, Allyson, and Sara Ranger. 2001. "Facilitating Retrieval of Fiction Works in Online Catalogs." In Advances in Classification Research. Volume 12. Proceedings of the 12th ASIST SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop, held at the 64th ASIS&T Annual Meeting, November 2-8, 2001, Washington, DC, ed. Efthimis Efthimiadis. Medford, NJ: Information Today, for the American Society for Information Science and Technology: 1-11. E-print available online at: http://projects.ischool.washington.edu/acarlyle/Papers/fiction_works_sigcr02.htm. Carlyle, Allyson. 2000. "Transforming Catalog Displays: Record Clustering for Works of Fiction." In Dynamism and Stability in Knowledge Organization: Proceedings of the Sixth International ISKO Conference, 10-13 July 2000, Toronto, Canada, eds. Clare Beghtol, Lynne C. Howarth, and Nancy J. Williamson. Wurzburg, Germany: Ergon Verlag: 320-326. E-print available online at: http://projects.ischool.washington.edu/acarlyle/Papers/transforming_displays.htm. | LISRGP | Allyson Carlyle University of Washington
An LCSH-Based Controlled Vocabulary for the Dublin Core Metadata Record: A Feasibility Study | LISRGP | Lois Mai Chan University of Kentucky
An English-Russian Dictionary of LIS Terminology: The First Such Web Based Resource | LISRGP | John Richardson University of California Los Angeles
Tracking the Viability of an Evaluation Tool for Public Library Adult Fiction: The Five-Year Mark | LISRGP | James Sweetland University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1998 | The Applicability of Selected Classification Systems to Image Attributes Named by Naive Users | LISRGP | Corinne Jorgensen University of Buffalo-State University of New York
Genre as Interface Metaphor: Exploiting Form and Function in Digital Environments | LISRGP | Elaine Toms Dalhousie University
Object Description on the Internet: A Study of Current Standards and Proposed Metadata Cores in a Digitized Historical Fashion Collection | LISRGP | Marcia Lei Zeng Kent State University
1997 | Examining the Attributes of Information Resources on the World Wide Web and Testing for Their Usefulness as Metadata | LISRGP | Francis Miksa University of Texas at Austin
Computational Representation of Web Objects in an Interdisciplinary Digital Library: A Survey and Experiment in Polymer Science | LISRGP | Jian Qin University of Southern Mississippi
1996 | Library Research Seminar | Misc. | Arthur Young and Jane Robbins
Workshop for Metadata for Networked Images/Imagebases | Misc. | Paul Evan Peters
A Descriptive Study of the Usability of Geospatial Metadata | LISRGP | Myke Gluck Florida State University
A Demonstration System for the Explicit Control of Bibliographic Works and Relationships | LISRGP | Gregory H. Leazer University of California Los Angeles
Quality Criteria for Evaluating Information Resources and Services Available from Federal Websites Based on User Feedback | LISRGP | Charles R. McClure Syracuse University
1995 | A Computer-Generated Subject Validation File Based on Frequency of Occurrence of Assigned Library of Congress Subject Headings Phase II: Error Correction and Analysis | Misc. | Lois Mai Chan University of Kentucky
A Relational Thesaurus: Modeling Semantic Relationships Using Frames | LISRGP | Rebecca Green University of Maryland
The Impact of Electronic Journals on Scholarly Indiana University Communication: A Citation Study | LISRGP | Stephen P. Harter
Graphical Table of Contents for Electronic Documents | LISRGP | Xia Lin University of Kentucky
Analyzing the Viability of Using Peer Group Holdings as an Evaluation Tool for Public Library Adult Fiction | LISRGP | James Sweetland & Judith Senkevitch University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1994 | Feasibility of a Machine-Generated Subject Validation File Based on Frequency of Occurrence of Assigned Library of Congress Subject Headings | Misc. | Lois Mai Chan University of Kentucky
Hypertext Bibliographic Retrieval: A Comparison of Linkage Environments | LISRGP | Alexandra Dimitroff & Dietmar Wolfram University of Wisconsin
End-user Understanding of Subject Headings | LISRGP | Karen M. Drabenstott & Amy J. Warner University of Michigan
Developing Control Mechanisms for Intellectual Access for Discipline-based Virtual Libraries--A Study of the Process | LISRGP | Lei Zeng Kent State University
1993 | An Empirical Test of Gopher Search Using Three Organization Schemes | LISRGP | Carolyn O. Frost University of Michigan
A Study on Network Publication | Misc. | F. W. Lancaster University of Illinois
Toward the Bibliographic Control of Works: Derivative Bibliographic Relationships in the Online Union Catalog | LISRGP | Richard P. Smiraglia Long Island University
Information Visualization | Misc. | Ben Shneiderman Consortium Research University of Maryland at College Park
Evaluating Public Library Fiction Collections: Is There a Core List of Classics? | LISRGP | James H. Sweetland & Judith J. Senkevitch University of Wisconsin
1992 | Enhancing a New Design for Subject Access to Online Catalogs | LISRGP | Karen M. Drabenstott University of Michigan
References to Information in Scientific Articles | Misc. | Frederick Kilgour University of North Carolina
Electronic Texts and Traditional Indexes: A Study of Applicability and Performance | LISRGP | Elizabeth D. Liddy Syracuse University
Measuring Diversity in Collections in OCLC Public Libraries | LISRGP | Judith Serebnick Indiana University
Implementation and Performance Evaluation of an Image Decompression Algorithm | Misc. | Clement T. Yu The University of Illinois at Chicago
1991 | A Descriptive Study of the Functional Components of Browsing | LISRGP | Barbara Kwasnik Syracuse University
The Art of Back-of-the-Book Indexes (grant extension - add. funding) | Misc. | Elizabeth D. Liddy Syracuse University
The Future Role of Public Libraries in the Use of Non-Bibliographic Internet/NREN Information Services | LISRGP | Charles McClure Syracuse University
A Study of the Quality of Chinese Records in the OCLC Database and a Proposal for a Rule-Based Validation System | LISRGP | Edie Rasmussen University of Pittsburgh
1990 | Optimal Selection of Records for CD-ROM | Misc. | Abraham Bookstein University of Chicago
Determining the Content of Machine-Readable Subdivision Records | LISRGP | Karen Markey Drabenstott The University of Michigan
The Art of Back-of-the-Book Indexes | Misc. | Elizabeth D. Liddy Syracuse University
Interface Design for Subject Searching on an Online Catalog | LISRGP | Padmini Srinivasan The University of Iowa
A Study of Scholars' Access to the Documents They Cite | LISRGP | Keith Swigger Texas Woman's University
Automatic Hierarchical Organization of Phrases Using Machine-Readable Dictionary Information | LISRGP | Amy J. Warner The University of Michigan
Data Compression | Misc. | Clement Yu The University of Illinois at Chicago
1989 | Design Principles for Third Generation Online Public Access Catalogs | Misc. | Nicholas Belkin Rutgers
The Current State of Resource-sharing/ Collaboration/ Cooperation Within the Library Community | Misc. | Richard M. Dougherty The University of Michigan
Investigation of a Rule-Based System for the Use of DDC as a Subject Approach to Search On-Line Catalogs | Misc. | Elizabeth E. Duncan University of Pittsburgh
Advanced Retrieval Methods for Online Catalogs | Misc. | Edward A. Fox Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The General Structure of a Knowledge Base for Anglo-American Cataloging Rules | LISRGP | Ling Hwey Jeng University of Maryland
Identifying Barriers to Effective Subject Access in Library Catalogs | LISRGP | F. W. Lancaster University of Illinois
The Federal Roles in Support of Public Library Services | Misc. | R. Kathleen Molz Columbia University
An Investigation into the Structure of LCC and LCSH to Support the Development of a Classification Knowledge Base | LISRGP | Dagobert Soergel University of Maryland
Toward Integration of Online Resources: Development of Procedures for Linking Database References to Records in Online Catalogs | LISRGP | Linda Smith University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The Language Distribution of Serial Records in the OCLC Online Union Catalog | LISRGP | Gretchen Whitney The University of Arizona
Compression of Data for Retrieval | Misc. | Clement Yu The University of Illinois at Chicago
1988 | Research of Knowledge-based Descriptive Cataloging of Cartographic Publications: An Experimental Advice-giving System Mapper | LISRGP | Harold Borko University of California Los Angeles
An Automatic Method of Enhancing Topical Searching for Online Catalogs Based on Classification Clustering | LISRGP | Ray R. Larson University of California Berkeley
The Use of Journals by Scholars: Implications for Designing an Interface to the Electronic Journal | Misc. | Jan Kennedy Olsen Cornell University
Automatic Syntax Based Phrase Construction for Content Analysis (grant extension - add. funding) | Misc. | Gerard Salton Cornell University
The Relationship between Library Holdings of Small Indiana University Publishers' Books and Selection Sources Particularly Reviews | LISRGP | Judith Serebnick Indinana University
An Analysis and Profile of the Library of Congress Classification | Misc. | Nancy J. Williamson University of Toronto
Adaptive Term Weighting Retrieval | Misc. | Clement Yu The University of Illinois at Chicago
1987 | Convertibility of OCLC Online Union Catalog Subject Headings to Non-English Language Subject Headings | LISRGP | Emilia Bernal-Rosa University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras
An Investigation of the Application of the Revised MARC Format for Three-dimensional Objects to Museum Collections | LISRGP | Esther G. Bierbaum The University of Iowa Iowa City
Analytical Study on Perceptions of Bibliographic Data on a Title Page | LISRGP | Billie Grace Herring The University of Texas at Austin
Subject Representations in OCLC Monographic Records | LISRGP | Pamela Reekes McKirdy Simmons College Boston
Conversion of Data from Louisiana State University and ACRL | Misc. | Robert E. Molyneux Louisiana State University Baton Rouge
A Guide to the Machine Readable Version of the ACRL Statistics | Misc. | Robert E. Molyneux Louisiana State University Baton Rouge
Automatic Syntax Based Phrase Construction for Content Analysis | Misc. | Gerard Salton Cornell University
Name-Authority Project | Misc. | Jerry D. Saye The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Measurement of Scatter in the Superintendent of Documents Classification | LISRGP | Lee Shiflett Louisiana State University
Extent of Variations in Personal and Corporate Names Found in the OCLC Bibliographic File | LISRGP | Arlene G. Taylor Columbia University
Brief Checklists for Setting and Verifying Collection Levels | LISRGP | Howard D. White Drexel University
Term Weighting in Document Retrieval | Misc. | Clement Yu The University of Illinois at Chicago
1986 | Variations in Subject Cataloging on Non-LC Cataloging Records in the OCLC Database | LISRGP | Lois Mai Chan University of Kentucky
Assessing Access to Alternative Press Publication: Women's Press Titles in the OCLC Database | LISRGP | Suzanne Hildenbrand State University of New York at Buffalo
Tables of Contents in OPACs | LISRGP | Mark T. Kinnucan University of Western Ontario
Dynamics of the OCLC Online Union Catalog | LISRGP | Debora Shaw University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Studies in Automatic Cataloging | LISRGP | Elaine Svenonius University of California Los Angeles
Holdings as a Measure of Journal Value | LISRGP | Danny P. Wallace Louisiana State University
1985 | An Expert System Approach to Syntactic Parsing and Information Retrieval | Misc. | Douglas Metzler University of Pittsburgh