Episode 11 Madhav Kakkar Seeing India become independent, academia, loneliness in old age
In conversation with Professor Madhav Kakkar, who talks about his childhood in India and seeing India become independent from British rule, moving to the US, career in academia and leadership roles, losing his wife, and loneliness of old age.
Episode 10 Suliman Hawamdeh Regents Professor, Knowledge Management expert, Author
In conversation with Suliman Hawamdeh, knowledge management (KM) expert and Regents Professor at the University of North Texas. He talks about his childhood in the West Bank, writing poetry and creating art, traveling, consulting, founding masters degrees, running conferences, editing journals, writing books, and remaining calm.
In conversation with Marjorie Hlava, an expert in taxonomies, metadata, and data science and a database, search, and standards development pioneer. She shares her life story and career highlights, starting from her early days in California and Wisconsin to working for NASA and starting her own company in New Mexico. She talks about her family’s ‘can do’ attitude and how it has shaped her professional interactions and made her more resilient.
Episode 8 Carol Tenopir Chancellor’s Professor Emerita
In conversation with Carol Tenopir, Chancellor’s Professor Emerita at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She discusses her non-traditional path to librarianship, progression from consultant to professor to dean, editorship of Library Journal, Fulbright fellowship, and move from Hawaii to Tennessee to Michigan. She addresses the issues of being a parent while working and shares how her broad range of interests led to her wide-reaching career.
In conversation with Michael Buckland, Emeritus Professor and former Dean at the University of California, Berkeley, and stalwart of the information science field, with his 1991 paper on seeing Information as a thing cited more than 2500 times. He talks about his journey from Oxford to Sheffield to the University of Lancaster Library in England, a move to the United States in 1972, leadership roles, visiting professorships, and what keeps him going as an active researcher until today.
Episode 6 Brenda Dervin Professor Emeritus of Communication, Theorist, Methodologist
In conversation with Brenda Dervin, Professor Emeritus of Communication, Ohio State University, Fellow and first Female President of the International Communication Association, famous for her Sense-Making Theory and Methodology, which has been widely adopted and applied by researchers in library and information science, communication, and other disciplines, who talks about her life including misogyny, contempt, neck injury, disability, and her refusal to be slotted or to slot people into categories.
Episode 5 Tom Wilson Professor Emeritus, Former Head of Department, Information Scientist
In conversation with Tom Wilson, Professor Emeritus and former Head of Department at the University of Sheffield, UK, a holder of two honorary doctorates, founder of two journals, and the person behind the famous “Wilson’s models of information behavior”.
Trailer (0:56) https://youtu.be/KcYt0iSXXc8
Interview (01:53:19) https://youtu.be/aPkf-pg7Tvs
Synopsis Professor Emeritus Tom Wilson talks about his life from being born in a railway station, losing his father early, to a 60-year career contributing to the information field, spanning several countries and continents
Episode 4 Toni Carbo Professor Emerita, Mentor, Leader
In conversation with Toni Carbo, Professor Emerita and former Dean at the University of Pittsburgh. The interview was recorded in Providence, Rhode Island on December 1, 2018.
Trailer (0:53) https://youtu.be/VmKKi7rr1fI
Interview (41:47) https://youtu.be/b9QlnQui83o
Synopsis Professor Emerita Toni Carbo talks about her life from wanting to be an astronaut, to her involvement in the civil rights movement, and half a century of work, leadership, and mentorship in information science & technology.
Episode 3 Michele Cloonan Academic, Professor, Dean Emerita, Leader
In conversation with Michele Cloonan, Dean Emerita and Professor at Simmons University, in Boston on August 29, 2018
Trailer (0:58) https://youtu.be/tNbFj1CDDFs
Interview (40:22) https://youtu.be/Q-c0ZxXPmpU
Synopsis Dean Emerita and Professor Michele Cloonan talks about her life from her grandparents escaping Nazi Germany, to stepping down after ten years as Dean, and to her lifelong work in the field of preservation.
Episode 2 Laila Marouf Academic, Professor, Administrator, Leader
In conversation with Laila Marouf, Professor and Assistant Vice President for Research at Kuwait University in Simmons College, Boston on August 15, 2018
Trailer (1:00) https://youtu.be/m8cWR6o6SE8
Interview (43:37) https://youtu.be/gAvUAloyJ7I
Synopsis Professor and Administrator Laila Marouf talks about her experience going back to school in a different country after ten years of being a full-time mother.
