Kate Marek appointed Dean of Dominican GSLIS
GSLIS
welcomes Kate Marek's appointment to the position of Dean. Marek is a professor
in the school, and had been appointed interim dean effective July 15, 2013. Marek earned her BA from the University of Texas at Austin,
her MLIS from Dominican University and her PhD from Emporia State University.
She worked in a variety of library settings before beginning her teaching
career at Dominican in 1999. Her recent publications include Using Web
Analytics in the Library (2011) and Organizational Storytelling for
Librarians: Using Stories for Effective Leadership (2010).
Marek has been involved with
online teaching and research in online pedagogy since 2006 and continues to be
active in the expansion of the GSLIS technology curriculum as well as with
university online and blended teaching development. She was named the first
Dominican University Borra Technology Fellow in 2011, a program which supports
research in the uses of technology in face-to-face and online courses. Her
academic areas of interest include information policy, technology developments
in information services, and the evolving needs of the LIS curriculum
Dominican GSLIS doctoral program director named; applications open for fall 2014 cohort
GSLIS welcomes Dr. Karen Brown's appointment as director of Dominican University GSLIS's doctoral program, effective January 1, 2014. Brown is a professor in the school, and teaches in the areas of literacy and learning, foundations of the profession, and collection management. She is the University’s 2002 recipient of the Follett Excellence in Teaching Award, and the 2005 Library Administration and Management Association’s Outstanding Researchers Award (with Kate Marek). Prior to joining Dominican University’s faculty in 2000, she developed and coordinated continuing education programs for the Chicago Library System, one of Illinois’ former regional library systems. She has also held positions focusing on management, collection development, reference, and instruction at the University of Wisconsin, University of Maryland, Columbia University, and Bard College. She holds a PhD in media ecology from New York University and Master’s degrees in library science and adult education from the University of Wisconsin. The application process is currently open for the fall 2014 doctoral program cohort (priority deadline is June 1); please visit gslis.dom.edu/admissions/phd for more information or to apply.
Elizabeth Zak, PhD '13 appointed editor of World Libraries
World Libraries, an international, free, peer-reviewed library and information science journal, welcomes Elizabeth Zak as editor, effective with volume 21. Zak teaches in Dominican's undergraduate seminar program and is assistant peer review manager for the Journal of Chemical Physics. She holds an MA in liberal studies from DePaul University and a BA in journalism from Columbia College Chicago, and earned her PhD from Dominican in 2013 with her dissertation "Do You Believe in Magic? Exploring the Conceptualization of Augmented Reality and its Implications for the User in the Field of Library and Information Science.” World Libraries is a unique, international, free, peer-reviewed library and information science journal founded in 1990 (originally titled Third World Libraries). World Libraries provides a forum dedicated to all aspects of librarianship throughout the world, especially for librarians and libraries in regions without associations or agencies to encourage scholarly communication and professional development. For more information please visit www.worlib.org.
Diane Foote
Assistant Dean
Dominican University GSLIS