Presentations and Publications

Dr. Johan Koren 
 

 

 

Presentations

1.        (2005).  Comparison and use of a variety of online learning strategies/courseware.  Joint presentation with Brenda Nix, Joe DeBella and Russ Wall at E-Learn World Conference on E-Learning, Vancouver, BC, Oct. 24-28, 2005

2.        (2005).  The ABCs of plagiarism:  A primer for middle school educators. Presentation at the Kentucky Middle School Association Annual Conference, Erlanger, KY, 26 September, 2005.

3.        (2005).  The past, the present, and the future of plagiarism.  Presentation at the Kentucky School Media Association Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, 17 September, 2005.

4.        (2005).  The patchwork of knowledge:  The media specialist’s crazy quilt.  Presentation at the Kentucky School Media Association Summer Refresher, Paducah Tilghman High School, Paducah, KY, 12 July, 2005.

5.        (2005).  The library media program at Murray State University.  Presentation to the 2nd District Kentucky School Media Association Spring Meeting, Owensboro, KY, 3 May, 2005.

6.        (2004). Worldwide collaboration among libraries and librarians: are we globalizing, glocalizing ­ or even grobalizing librarianship?  Presentation at the Third Bi-annual Conference of Libraries, Globalization and Cooperation, Sofia, Bulgaria, 3 – 5 November, 2004.

7.        (2004). This we also believe:  Teaming with the media specialist yields lifelong achievement results. Presentation at the Kentucky School Media Association Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, September 15-18, 2004 and Kentucky Middle School Association Annual Conference, September 19- 21, 2004, Owensboro, KY.

8.        (2003). Educating Christian librarians for the glocal portal.  Paper presented at “Taming New Frontiers,”  47th Annual Conference of the Association of Christian Librarians, Asbury College, June 9-12, 2003.

9.        (2002). Masters and mistresses or bachelors and spinsters? The role of the degree in education for the glocal portal. Paper presented at Globenet SOFIA 2002 “Libraries, Civil Society and Social Development.” Sofia, Bulgaria, 14-16 November 2002. 

10.     (2001). Reference relevance after 9-11?  Invited presentation in Norwegian to Continuing Education Seminar for Digital Reference Librarians at the Royal College of Librarianship, Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 4th, 2001.

11.     (2001). Developing Trends and strategies in library and information science education in the United States and Norway.  Invited presentation in Norwegian to the faculty at the Dept. of Library and Information Science Education, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway, November 26th, 2001.

12.     (2001).  The Christian reference librarian:  Porter, pathfinder or pedagogue—or pastor? 
Workshop presentation at Association of Christian librarians’ Annual Conference June 13th, 2001, Bourbonnais, IL.

13.     (2001).  The reference professional in the glocal portal:  Porter, pathfinder or pedagogue?  Paper presented at 11th Nordic Conference on Information and Documentation, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 30-June 3, 2001 (http://www.bokis.is/iod2001/).

14.     (2000).  The glocal portal:  The public library as a partner in rural knowledge cooperatives.  Paper presented at Rural Communities and Identities in the Global Millennium:  An International, National, and Provincial Conference on Issues Affecting Rural Communities.  Malaspina University College, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, May 1-5, 2000.

15.     (1999).  Knowledge mobilisation in rural areas:  The public library as knowledge catalyst.  Panel paper presented at Third National Disciplinary Conference, Library Research Program, Norwegian Research Council.  Fornebu, Oslo, January 18-19, 1999.

16.     (1998).  Towards a model for collaborative collection development  across institutional types in cultural context:  A Proposed case study among the Southern Saemi.  Panel paper presented at Second National Disciplinary Conference, Library Research Program, Norwegian Research Council.  Voksenkollen, Oslo, January 20-21, 1998.

17.     (1995).  Quality by reflection in interlibrary loan:  Action research for theory testing in the public library.  (in English and Norwegian).  Paper presented at Conference on the State of the Art in Research in Library and Information Science in Norway.   Norwegian Research Council, Oslo, August 24, 1995.

18.     (1995).  Seeking meaning or building bridges?  Dilemmas for research in documentation science. (in Norwegian and English).  Paper presented at Symposium on Research in Documentation Science, University of Tromsø, April 24, 1995. 

 

 

Publications

1.     (2006).  The ABCs of plagiarism:  A primer for middle school educators. Article accepted for publication in Kentucky Middle School Journal.

2.     (2005).  Comparison and use of a variety of online learning strategies/courseware.  Joint paper with Brenda Nix, Joe DeBella and Russ Wall at E-Learn World Conference to be published in proceedings of  E-Learning, Vancouver, BC, Oct. 24-28, 2005

3.       (2005).  The past, the present, and the future of plagiarism.  Article to be submitted for publication in Kentucky Libraries.

4.       (2004). Masters and Mistresses or Bachelors and Spinsters? The Role of the Degree in Education for the Glocal Portal.  In Libraries, Civil Society and Social Development:  Papers from the International Conference held in Sofia, Bulgaria, 14-16 November 2002.  Herbert K. Achleitner and Alexander Dimchev, editors (pp. 220-229).  Sofia:  “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia, 2004.

5.       (2002). Editorial: Library Services and Indigenous Identity.  World Libraries 12 (2002): . 

6.       (2001). September 11th, 2001 and Libraries:  Forging a Professional Persona.  World Libraries 11 (2001), 57-66.

7.       (1999). Knowledge Mobilization in Rural Regions:  A Proposed Study of the Public Library as Knowledge Catalyst.  World Libraries v. 9, no. 2 (Fall 1999): 37-50.

8.       (2001). The Reference Professional in the Glocal Portal:  Porter, Pathfinder or Pedagogue?  Proceedings of 11th Nordic Conference on Information and Documentation, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 30-June 3, 2001. (http://www.bokis.is/iod2001/).

9.       (2000).  The Glocal Portal:  The Public Library as a Partner in Rural Knowledge Cooperatives. In:  Rural Communities and Identities in the Global Millennium:  An International, National, and Provincial Conference on Issues Affecting Rural Communities.  Proceedings of Conference at Malaspina University College, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada May 1-5, 2000. (Also available through ERIC as ED455054).

10.    “Slike bibliotekarer det vil gamle Norge ha.”  [That’s the Kind of Librarians Old Norway Wants.]  Bibliotekforum no. 9 (1999): 10-11.

11.    “Lær dåkk folk å sammel skrammel å skrot?” [“Are Ye Teaching People Tae Gaither Auld Clutter an’ Stuff?” (About the new collection development course)].  Invited article, in Årbok for Rana 1998 [Rana Yearbook for 1998): 149-155.

12.    “På jakt etter mening eller brobygging?  Valgets kvaler i dokumentasjonsvitenskapsforskningen” [Seeking Meaning or Building Bridges?  Dilemmas for Research in Documentation Science] Norsk tidsskrift for bibliotekforskning, no. 13 (1998).  English abstract at: http://www.isl.uit.no/dok/ntbf/sd4#Koren

13.    “Flere valg og nye roller.” [More Choices and New Roles. (An analysis of the changes in professional education in Norway and the new roles they educate for)].  Bok og Bibliotek no. 8 (1997): 13-16.

14.    “Nytt utdanningstilbud:  samlingsutvikling fra Høgskolen i Nesna.” [A New Educational Opportunity:  Collection Development in Mo i Rana].  Synopsis no. 4 (1997): 201-202.

15.    “«Samlingsutvikling»:  det nye grunnfaget i Mo i Rana.”  [“Collection Development”:  the New Under-graduate Course in Mo i Rana].  Bibliotekaren no. 8 (1997): 4.

16.    “Er det mening i referansearbeidet?” [Is There Any Sense in Reference Work? (On the application of Sense-Making to reference work)] Bok og bibliotek, issue 5 (1996): 17-18.

17.    “Nasjonalbibliotekordninger i Norden og forholdet til folkebibliotekene.”  [National Library Organisation in the Nordic Countries and Relations with Public Libraries]  Norsk tidsskrift for bibliotekforskning v. 2., no. 3 (1995-96): 55-69, 123-124.  English abstract at:  http://www.isl.uit.no/dok/ntbf/sd2#Koren

18.    “Nordic National Libraries and Public Libraries:  Partners or Parasites?”  Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly,  v. 28, no. 2 (1995): 12-14.

19.    “Bibliotekarutdanninga:  døden og fortvilelsen nær?” [Library Education:  Near Death and Despair?]  Bok og Bibliotek issue 3 (1995): 22-23.

20.    (1995). “Bibliotekaren og profesjonaliseringssyklusen:  en sammenligning av bibliotekpedagogers syn på image og status i USA og Norden.” [The Librarian and the Professionalisation Cycle: A Comparison of the Views of Library Educators in Scandinavia and the United States.]  Norsk tidsskrift for bibliotekforskning [Norwegian Journal for Library Research] v. 2, no. 1 (1995): 54-70.  English abstract at:  http://www.isl.uit.no/dok/ntbf/sd2#Koren2.

21.    (1991). Towards an Appropriate Image for the Information Professional: An International Comparison.  Libri.  41 (1991): 170-182.