Yungrang Laura Cheng, Ph. D., Assistant Professor
Kent State University
School of Library and Information Science – Columbus program
124 Mount Hall, 1050 Carmack Rd., Columbus, OH 43210
phone: 614.292.7746; fax: 614.292.3618
email: yrcheng@kent.edu
URL: http://faculty.slis.kent.edu/~yrcheng

 

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EDUCATION (top)

2004 December

Ph.D. of Information Science -- School of Library & Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington.

1996 December

Specialist in Information Retrieval -- School of Library & Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington.

1993 May

M.L.S. -- School of Library & Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington.

1989 May

B.A. -- Department of Library Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (top)

2005 August – present

Assistant Professor – School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University

  • 60002, Organization of Information

  • 60003, Information Technology for Library and Information Science Professionals

  • 60600, Foundations of Library and Information Science

  • 60604, Research for Decision Making
                    New title (Fall 2007-): Research Methods for Library and Information Centers

  • Workshop: Usability testing for the Web

2006 Summer –

Workshop instructor of SWON Library ( SouthWest Ohio and Neighboring Libraries)

  • Usability testing for the Web, held in Germantown, OH and Cincinnati, OH

  • Bibliographical software, Cincinnati, OH (January, 2008)

1996 Summer – 2005 Summer

Adjunct faculty -- School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, IN

  • L509 Introduction of Research and Statistics

  • L520 Bibliographical Access and Control

  • L570 Online Information Retrieval

  • L503 User Needs and Behavior in Theory and Practice

  • L401 Computer-Based Information Tools (Lab sections)

  • L501 Information and Society (co-taught with Ms. Cathy Collins)

  • Workshops: ProCite, bibliographical software

2003 Spring

Adjunct faculty - School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University, CA

  • LIBR 202 Information Retrieval (co-taught with Mr. Dan Albertson)

PUBLICATIONS (top)

Cheng, Y.L. & Rosenbaum, H. (2007) Thoughts, feelings, and actions in college students’ information seeking processes: Part 1, Qualitative investigation. (Submitted to Library & Information Science Research)

Cheng, Y.L. (2007) Thoughts, feelings, and actions in college students’ information seeking processes: Part 2, Quantitative investigation. (Submitted to Library & Information Science Research)

Cheng, Y.L. (2007) Christmas shoppers’ information seeking behaviors: An exploratory study. (In progress)

Cheng, Y.L. (Ed.) (2007) Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, December/January issue: Virtual reference services. (In progress)

Long, J., & Cheng, Y.L. (2007) Digitization in public libraries in Ohio. (In progress)

Cheng, Y.-R., & Shaw, D. (Eds.) (1999) Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, February/March issue: Information seeking.

Harter, S. P., & Cheng, Y.-R. (1996). Colinked descriptors: An application of bibliometrics to interface design. Journal of the American Society for Information Science,47(4), 311-325.

Cheng, Y.-R. (1995). Hypertext and hypermedia related issues at ASIS '95. SIGLINK Newsletter, 4(3), 24-26.

  CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS (top)

2007 Association for Library and Information Science Education, Annual Conference. Juried paper.
Cheng, Y. L., (2007). Christmas shoppers’ information seeking behaviors: An exploratory study. (Abstract submitted)

2007 Association for Library and Information Science Education, Annual Conference. Juried paper.
Cheng, Y. L., & Ford, C. E. (2007). Investigating the gap between full-time educators’ and practitioners’ publications in library and information science.

2006 CO-ASIST December program, Columbus, OH.
Cheng, Y. L., & Holmes, J. (2006) Usability testing for the Web.

2004 Association for Library and Information Science Education, Annual Conference, Doctoral Student Poster Session, San Diego, CA, January 7, 2004.
               Title : Comparing Information Seeking Models: A Content Analysis

2003 First SLIS Annual Students Conference, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington , IN, September 13 th, 2003.
               Title : Qualitative preparation for quantitative analysis of college students' information seeking

2003 Connections 8: Quest for Knowledge, Long Island, NY, June 6 th-8 th, 2003.
               Title : Qualitative preparation for quantitative analysis of college students' information seeking

1997 Chinese American Librarians Association, Indiana Chapter, Fall Meeting, Bloomington, Indiana.
               Title : Information Seeking Process.

1997 Association for Library and Information Science Education, Annual Conference, Doctoral Student Poster Session, Washington, D.C.
               Title : The Relationship Between Users' Usability Judgments and Their Relevance Judgments with                         an Information Retrieval System.

REVIEWER (top)

  • Management Review News

  • 2006 SIG USE Symposium, Student Travel Award in 2006 ASIST Annual Conference, Austin, TX.

SERVICES (top)

  • Chair, 2007 SIG USE Award/Jury Committees, SIG USE Symposium, 2007 ASIST Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI.

  • Coordinator of 2006 SIG USE Symposium. 2006 ASIST Annual Conference, Austin, TX.

  • Co-chair, Program Committee, Central Ohio ASIST Chapter (CO-ASIST).

  • School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University
           Admission Committee; Educational Technology Committee

HONORS AND AWARDS (top)

2004

  • 2nd place, 2004 ALISE Best Doctoral Student Poster, San Diego, CA

2003

  • Beta Phi Mu Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

  • ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

  • Best abstract/presentation, 1st SLIS Annual Students Conference, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University

1997 Fall

  • H. W. Wilson Fellowship

1995-1997

  • Fellowships, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University

1994

  • Scholarship, Mary E. Wood Foundation issued by Yen-Ching Library, Harvard University
1988

  • Dean’s List, National Taiwan University

MEMBERSHIPS (top)

  • Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
  • American Society for the Information Science and Technology (ASIST)

STATISTICAL CONSULTATION (top)

Nisonger, Thomas E. and Charles Davis (2004) Citation analysis of journal ranking in library and information science (Tentative title)

Sara Laughlin and Associates, 2002- present

  • LaPorte County Public Library, LaPorte, IN
  • Wayne County Contractual Public Library, Richmond, IN
  • American Library Association: Early Literacy Initiative.
  • Morrisson-Reeves Library, Richmond, IN

Brancolini, Kristine, and Provine, Rick E.. Video Collections and Multimedia in ARL Libraries: hanging Technologies. OMS Occasional Paper #19. Washington, D.C.: Office of Management Services, Association of Research Libraries, April 1997.