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Susan Shoemaker

Associate Professor

Education

Ph.D. University of Illinois.
Major: Sociology, with emphasis on social inequality from a comparative perspective, 1989.

MLS. University of Illinois, 1998.

B.A. Bryn Mawr College
Major in Psychology and minor in English Literature, 1967.

Courses

7010 Introduction to Library and Information Science
7040 Reference and Online Services
7410 Social Science Reference
7620 Literacy and Library Involvement
7640 Library User Instruction

I have also taught Information Services for Diverse Users, Research Methods, and Applied Statistics in the GSLIS program at Simmons College in Boston.

Interests

I am interested in social aspects of Library and Information Science, especially as they relate to minority and gender status.

Publications

Susan Shoemaker, “Acquisition of Computer Skills by Older Users: A Mixed Methods Study”, Research Strategies, 19:3-4, 2005.

Caroline Haythornthwaite and Susan Shoemaker, “Minding your Practices: Exposure and Anonymity in Social Network Data". Internet Research Annual, 3, 2005.

Caroline Haythornthwaite, Michelle Kazmer Guziec, Jennifer Robins, and Susan Shoemaker, “Community Development Among Distance Learners: Temporal and Technological Dimensions”. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 6:1, 2000. (Reprinted in Learning, Culture and Community in Online Education, 2004.)

Ann Bishop, Tonyia Tidline, Susan Shoemaker, and Pamela Salela, “Public Libraries and Networked Information Services in Low-Income Communities.” Library and Information Science Research, 21:3, 1999.

Presentations

Susan Shoemaker, “Reference of the Future.” Invited speaker for Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System Conference, April 4, 2005.

Susan Shoemaker, “Researcher-Practitioner Collaborative Evaluation of User Instruction”. Selected for Juried Papers presentation at ALISE Conference, 2003.

Caroline Haythornthwaite, Michelle Kazmer Guziec, Jennifer Robins, and Susan Shoemaker, “Making Connections: Community among Computer-Supported Distance Learners”. Selected for presentation at ALISE Annual Meeting, January, 2000.

Ann Bishop, Susan Shoemaker, Tonyia Tidline, and Pamela Salela, “Information Exchange Networks in Low-Income Neighborhoods”. Selected for presentation at the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999.

Caroline Haythornthwaite, Michelle Guziec, Jennifer Robins, and Susan Shoemaker, “Virtual Communities.” Invited presentation at University of Illinois, April, 1999.

Contact Information

Email: skshoemaker -at- stkate.edu (replace -at- with @)
Phone: 651/690 8727
Fax: 651/690-8724
Office: Coeur de Catherine, 042