Christinger Tomer Associate Professor Department of Library and Information Science School of Information Sciences University of Pittsburgh

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1 Christinger Tomer Associate Professor Department of Library and Information Science School of Information Sciences University of Pittsburgh EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts, English, College of Wooster, 1971 M.S. in Library Science, School of Library Science, Case Western Reserve University, 1973 Ph.D., Library and Information Science, Case Western Reserve University, (Thesis: Book preservation for libraries: a systematic approach.) PRESENT ACADEMIC STATUS Associate Professor, 1995-present. RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Alman, Susan and Frey, Barbara, and Kearns, Lorna, and Tomer, Christinger (2012) Information Overload: Strategies for Personal Information Management and More Effective Online Teaching In 4th Annual Quality Matters Conference, Tucson, Arizona, October, Tomer, Christinger (2012) Building Library and Archival Services in the Cloud In: Library 2.012, October, Tomer, Christinger (2012). Open Source Options for Digital Curation. In: Library 2.012, October, Alman, Susan and Frey, Barbara and Tomer, Christinger (2012) Cohort-Based Learning: Initial Findings of a Comparative Assessment In: Learning 2.0, August Alman, Susan and Epstein, Barbara and Tannery, Nancy and Tomer, Christinger (2012) Development of a post-masters online librarianship: a case study. Journal of the Medical Library Association. (In Press)

2 Alman, Susan and Frey, Barbara and Kearns, Lorna and Tomer, Christinger (2012) Social and Cognitive Presence as Factors in Learning and Student Retention: An Investigation of the Cohort Model in an ischool Setting. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. (In Press) Alman, Susan and Frey, Barbara and Kearns, Lorna and Tomer, Christinger (2012) A Study of Personal Information Management Strategies for Online Faculty. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks (JALN). ISSN (Submitted) Alman, Susan and Frey, Barbara and Tomer, Christinger (2012) Cohort-Based Learning: Initial Findings of a Comparative Assessment. In: Annual Meeting of the Asynchronous Learning Network, November 2011, Orlando, Florida. Alman, Susan and Tomer, Christinger (2012) Building a Virtual Computing Laboratory (VCL) for Online Education in LIS. In: Annual Meeting of the Association for Library and Information Science Education, 2012, Dallas, Texas. Callery, Bernadette and Tomer, Christinger (2012) From Consumers To Creators: Collaborative Digital Preservation Projects In A Graduate LIS Setting. In: Annual Meeting of the Association for Library and Information Science Education, January 2012, Dallas, Texas. Tomer, Christinger (2012) Learning Management Systems. In: Designing Online Learning: A Primer for Librarians. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN Alman, Susan and Tomer, Christinger (2011) Cloud Computing in LIS Education. In: Getting Started with Cloud Computing: A LITA Guide. A LITA Guide. Neal-Schuman, New York, pp ISBN Alman, Susan and Tomer, Christinger (2011) In the Clouds: Building a Virtual Computing Laboratory. In: Annual Meeting of the Asynchronous Learning Network, November 2011, Orlando, Florida. SELECT PUBLICATIONS Books/Chapters Information Technology Standards for Libraries. DOI: /E-ELIS Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, 3rd edition. Marcel Dekker,

3 Wireless Services in Libraries. DOI: /E-ELIS Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, 3rd edition. Marcel Dekker, World Wide Web (WWW). DOI: /E-ELIS Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, 3rd edition. Marcel Dekker, (With Susan W. Alman.) Cloud Computing and LIS Education, in Getting Started with Cloud Computing: a LITA Guide. Neil-Schuman, Computing and Networking in Public Libraries, Macmillan Computer Encyclopedia, "Distance Education at the University of Pittsburgh," Benchmarking Distance Education: the Library and Information Studies Experience. Libraries Unlimited, (With Susan Alman) "Electronic library resources and the idea of location independence," in The Digital Word. Edited by George P. Landow and Paul Delany. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, Open Source Software, Macmillan Computer Encyclopedia, Personal Computers, Macmillan Computer Encyclopedia, Refereed Journals "Developing financial support for library preservation," Journal of Academic Librarianship 11 (1985): "Electronic library resources and the idea of location independence," Journal of Computing for Higher Education 4 (Fall 1992): "Identification, evaluation, and selection of books for preservation: a systematic approach," Collection Management 3 (1979): "Information technology standards for libraries," Journal of the American Society for Information Science 43 (September 1992): "Selecting library materials for preservation," Library and Archival Security 7 (1985):

4 "A statistical assessment of two measures of citation: the impact factor and the immediacy index," Information Processing and Management 22 (1986): Virtual libraries, virtual communities, and the future of public libraries," Journal of Computing for Higher Education 7 [1995]: Other Publications Taxpayer Return on Investment in Florida Public Libraries. (With Jose Marie Griffiths, Donald W. King, Thomas Lynch, and Julie Harrington) Florida Division of Library and Information Services, RECENTLY FUNDED RESEARCH ACIE Grant to create a digital repository of Masters of Library and Information Science alumni presentations, discussions, and visits to foster a mentoring community among current students. Funded Grant Proposal to IMLS for Post Master's Degree Certificate of Advanced Studies in Health Sciences Librarianship Funded. (With Susan W. Alman, Barbara Epstein, et al.) Grant Proposal to IMLS for Professional Education of a Cadre of Students from the Philadelphia Free Library Funded. (With Elliot Shellkrot, Susan W. Alman, et al.) Grant Proposal to IMLS for Continued Development of the Internet Public Library Funded. (With Eileen Abels, et al.) Grant Proposal to IMLS for WISE+, Web-based Information Science Education Consortium Funded. (With Bruce Kingma, et al.) Grant Proposal to IMLS to Establish Distance Education Program for LIS in the U.S. Virgin Islands Funded. (With Susan W. Alman, et al.) Grant Proposal to IMLS for a Study of LIS Workforce Requirements (with Jose Marie Griffiths, et al.) Funded. SIS Entrepreneurship Fund Proposal to Establish Video Recording Capability for Distance and Blended Education Funded. SIS Entrepreneurship Fund Proposal to Establish an Open Source 4

5 Computing Laboratory in Support of Education for Digital Libraries Funded. Grant Proposal to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for Support of LIS Students Specializing in Public Librarianship, Funded. 5