Howard Rosenbaum, Ph.D.

Associate Dean
Associate Professor of Information Science
MIS Program Director
Interim MLS Program Director
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Informatics

Social informatics, e-business, information architecture, computer-mediated communication, managers and information in organizations, information policy and electronic networking, the intersection of sociological and library and information science theory

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1996

Books

Kling, R., Rosenbaum, H., and Sawyer. S. (2005). Understanding and Communicating Social Informatics: A framework for studying and teaching the human contexts of information and communication technologies. Medford, NJ: Information Today.

Champelli, L. and Rosenbaum, H. (1997). Building a web presence: Policies, Templates, and Icons for Libraries. Chicago, IL: Neal Schuman Publishers.

Fletcher, P. T., Bretschneider, S., Marchand, D. A., Rosenbaum, H., and Bertot, J. C. (1992). Managing information technology: Transforming county governments in the 1990s. Syracuse, New York: School of Information Studies.

Dosa, M., Doran, S, and Rosenbaum, H. (1991). National and international information policies in the Asia Pacific region. In Wendy Schipper and Ann Marie Cunningham, ed. National and International Information Policies. Philadelphia: National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services. Pp. 99-138.

McClure, C., Bishop, A., Doty, P. and Rosenbaum, H. (1991). The National Education and Research Network NREN!: Research and policy perspectives. New Jersey: Ablex.

Selected Papers

Shachaf, P. and Rosenbaum H. (2009). Online social reference: A research agenda through a STIN framework. Paper to be presented at the 2009 Iconference, February 9.

Rosenbaum, H. (forthcoming, 2009). Social Informatics. Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. Marcel Dekker.

Hara, N,. and Rosenbaum, H. (2008). Revising the conceptualization of computer movements. The Information Society, 24(4) 229-245.

Rosenbaum H. (2005). Online teaching communities: Separating myth from reality. Proceedings of the Human-Computer International Conference 2005, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Rosenbaum, H. (2000). Teaching electronic commerce: Problem-based learning in a virtual economy. Journal of Informatics Education and Research.

Sawyer, S. and Rosenbaum, H. (2000). Social informatics in the information sciences: Current activities and emerging directions. Informing Science 3(2).
http://inform.nu/ Articles/Vol3/indexv3n2.htm

Rosenbaum, H. (2008). Social aspects of digital libraries: A theoretical exploration and research agenda. Invited keynote address given at the International Symposium on Social Aspects of Digital Libraries and Information Seeking. National Taiwan University, Taipei. December 11.

http://www.slis.indiana.edu/hrosenba/www/Pres/taiwan_08_08/ taiwan_08_08.htm

Rosenbaum, H. (2008). Web 2.0, 3.0: After the thrill is gone. Invited closing keynote address given at the Faculty Summer institute, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, May 15.

http://www.slis.indiana.edu/hrosenba/www/Pres/fsi_08/ fsi_08.htm

Rosenbaum, H. and Davenport, E. (2008). Theorizing community informatics: Memory practices in online communities. iConference 2008: iFutures: Systems, Selves, Society (February 27).

Rosenbaum, H. (2007). Library 2.0: A critical view. Illinois Association of College and Research Librarians Annual Meeting Luncheon. Invited keynote. October 11. Springfield Illinois. Presentation available:

http://www.slis.indiana.edu/hrosenba/www/Pres/iacrl_07/ index.htm

Rosenbaum, H. (2004). The importance of trust in the digital networked economy. Online Partnership Lens (OPAL) workshop Creating Partnerships Online: Concepts and Tools, Darmstadt, Germany. (Invited keynote). February 19.

Rosenbaum, H. (2004). Social context and the information environment: A structurational approach to understanding sociotechnical action. Workshop On Understanding Sociotechnical Action Napier University, Edinburgh, UK. 3-4 June. Presentation available:
http://www.slis.indiana.edu/hrosenba/www/Pres/edinburgh_04/ index.html

Rosenbaum, H. (Organizer and moderator), Davenport, E., Eschenfelder, K., Lamb, R., Murphy, L., and Sawyer, S. (2004). Panel: Social informatics and information systems research: Where are we going? In Romano, N. (ed). Proceedings of the 10th America's Conference on Information Systems. August.

Rosenbaum, H. (2002). A is for Acronym: Libraries and Internet Standards for Serialists. NASIG Annual conference, Williamsburg, VA. Presentation available:
http://www.slis.indiana.edu/hrosenba/www/Pres/nasig_02/ index.htm

Fellow. Center for Social Informatics, Indiana University. (1996-)

Fellow. Center for Digital Commerce, Syracuse University (1999-)

Member. American Association for Information Science (ASIS). (1990-).

Member. Association for Computing Machinery. (2000- )

Member. Executive Board. HoosierNet. (1998-).

Frederic Bachman Lieber Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence, Indiana University (March, 2005)

MIRA Award for Technological Innovation in Education. Techpoint. (May, 2003).

Indiana Partnership for Statewide Education Award for Innovation in teaching with Technology. Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System. (April 2002)

The 2001 Trustees Teaching Award from the School of Library and Information Science. (March 2001).

Sun Microsystems Academic Equipment Grant for "Developing a virtual economy for teaching electronic commerce" (August 2000)

Indiana University. Ameritech Fellow for "Teaching and learning ecommerce in a virtual economy." (April 10, 2000)

School of Library and Information Science Teaching Excellence Recognition Award. (1999, 1998, 1997)

American Society for Information Science Dissertation of the Year Award. (1996)