Carol Tenopir is a professor at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the Director of Research for the College of Communication and Information, and Director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies. Her areas of teaching and research include: information access and retrieval, electronic publishing, the information industry, online resources, and the impact of technology on reference librarians and scientists. She is the author of five books, including, Communication Patterns of Engineers, (IEEE/Wiley InterScience, 2004) with Donald W. King.
Dr. Tenopir has published over 200 journal articles, is a frequent speaker at professional conferences, and since 1983 has written the “Online Databases” column for Library Journal.
She is the recipient of the 1993 Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award from the
American Society for Information Science/Institute for Scientific Information and the 2000
ALISE Award for Teaching Excellence. She also received the 2002 American Society for Information Science & Technology, Research Award and the 2004 International Information Industry Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Tenopir holds a PhD degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois.
Presentation: Sharpening the Value Edge of Academic Libraries
Sunday 28 November, 4.30pm - 5.30pm
Academic libraries bring value to their stakeholders in research, teaching, and learning. Measuring, demonstrating, and increasing that value is a challenge faced by librarians world-wide. Tenopir’s presentation will discuss methodologies and provide findings from her research projects that demonstrate the value, outcomes, and return on investment of the collections and services offered by academic libraries.
