Author Archives: Michael Stephens

About Michael Stephens

Dr. Michael Stephens is an Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. His research focuses on use of emerging technologies in libraries and technology learning programs. He currently writes the monthly column “Office Hours” in Library Journal exploring issues, ideas and emerging trends in library and information science education. Stephens has spoken about emerging technologies, innovation, and libraries to audiences in over 26 states and in nine countries. He is fascinated by library buildings and virtual spaces that center around users, participation, creating content, and encouraging the heart. As a professional he worked 15 years in public libraries.

Web Sleuths featured on CBC Podcast

Hey all – this is fun! School of Information graduate Corrina Oates was interviewed on this podcast about her INFO 200 paper that we use as an assignment synthesis example. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation folks must have found her paper via web search and reached out to her! Her interview starts at around 12:55 into […]

Links to LRM Videos

Hey all – @kevinm helped me discover I had an old link in the “Getting Started” post for the LRM. Here is the updated version: Literature Review Matrix Download: Web (Captioned) Lecture Slides Video Podcast (mp4) Audio Podcast. (mp3) @kevinm also asked for clarification about the column of the LRM devoted to the Theorhetical or […]

Useful Article on Information Grounds

Hey all – One of you may have cited this in your Blog report #4…I had it open in a tab and thought it would be good to share: https://informationr.net/ir/12-2/paper291.html Might be useful to this of you looking at information grounds, students, etc. Fisher, K.E., Landry, C.F. and Naumer, C. (2006). “Social spaces, casual interactions, […]