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Carol Collier Kuhlthau

Professor II Emerita
Library and Information Science
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Rutgers University
Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL)
50 Allison Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
kuhlthau@scils.rutgers.edu
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Professional Services
  • Rutgers University Research Council, 1999-2004.
  • State of New Jersey, Office of the Governor Educational Advisory Council on Chapter Two Block Grants, 1989-91.
  • National Commission on Information and Library Science Symposium on Information Literacy and Education for the 21st Century: Toward an Agenda for Action, Advisory Committee and Group Leader, 1989.
  • National Forum on Information Literacy, 1990 - 1994. State of New Jersey, Office of the Governor
  • Educational Advisory Council on Chapter Two Block Grants, 1989-91. New Jersey State Library
  • State Library Services and Construction Act Advisory Council, 1985-91.
  • State Library Network Review Board, 1986-88.
  • State Library Committee On Guidelines for School Library Media Centers, 1988-90.
  • State Library Committee, "Charting the Future: A Roadmap for New Jersey Libraries." 1989-90.
  • Library Leadership Advisory Committee, 1988-89.
  • Mentor to Leadership Candidate, 1988-89.

    • International Research Initiatives
  • International Conference on Information Seeking In Context - ISIC,  member permanent planning committee, conference held in Sheffield, England, August 1998; Gothenborg, Sweden, 2000; Lisbon, Portugal, 2002; Dublin, Ireland, 2004; Sydney, Australia, July 2006; Lithuania, 2008.
  • Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) Faculty International Doctoral Student Workshop, 1998-2006.
  • First Symposium on Information Interaction in Context – IiiX,  planning committee, Copenhagen, October 18-20, 2006; London, 2008.

    • Association Activity

    American Library Association
  • Committee on Research, 1988-92.
  • Presidential Committee on Information Literacy, 1987-89.

  • Carroll Preston Baber Research Award Jury, 1987-90.
  • Candidate for Council, 1991.

  • Committee on Accreditation, 1992-1994
  • Library Research Round Table, Chair 1994-1995
  • User Instruction for Information Literacy, Chair 1995-1996

    • American Association for School Librarians
  • Library Instruction Committee, Chair, 1985-87
  • Research Committee, 1986-90
  • NEA Mastery in Learning Project
  • Advisory Committee, 1986-88
  • Affiliate Assembly, 1987-88
  • Nominating Committee, 1989-90
  • Information Skills Task Force, 1989-92, Chair, 1989-91
  • Preconference From Library Skills to Information Literacy, Atlanta, Georgia, June 28 - 29 1991, Chair.
  • Publication Committee, 1994-1995
  • President's Program Committee, 1995-1996
  • Learning in Libraries Task Force, 1997-1998
  • Standards Revision Advisor, 1997
  • Teaching in Libraries Task Force, 1998-1999

    • Association of College and Research Libraries
  • Bibliographic Instruction Section

    • Association for Library Services to Children
  • Library Instruction Round Table Publication Task Force, 1986-87

    • New Jersey Library Association
  • Joint Committee on School and Public Library Cooperation, 1982-84
  • User Education Committee, 1988
  • Panel for User Education Committee on CD ROM Technology, 1990

    • Educational Media Association of NJ
  • President, 1987-88
  • Vice President, 1985-86;President-elect, 1986-87;
  • Past President, 1988-89
  • Professional Development, Chair, 1983-84
  • EMANJ/NJLA Fall Conference Chair
  • "Literacy, Learning and Libraries" 1986
  • Nominating Committee, 1988-89
  • Representative from SCILS, 1989-98

    • American Society for Information Science
  • NJ Chapter 1991 Distinguished Lectureship Committee
  • NJ Chapter 1994 Distinguished Lectureship Committee, Chair
  • NJ Chapter 1996-97 Program Committee

    • Association for Library and Information Science Education
  • Discussion Group Leader, 1988, 1990
  • Professional Development Committee, 1990-1991, 1994-1995
  • Research Committee, 1995-1997
  • Director, 1997-2000

    • Association for Educational Communications and Technology
  • Affiliate Assembly, 1987-88
  • Research Committee, 1988-90

    • Other:
  • Middle States Association of College and Schools, evaluator, 1983.
  • National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification State (NASDTEC)
  • Evaluation team member to the University of Maryland College Park, October 17 - 19, 1990.
  • American Library Association Committee on Accreditation (COA)
  • Evaluation team member to Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, October 1994.
  • Evaluation team member to University of Illinois, Champaign, September 1997
  • Chair, Evaluation Review Team to Florida State University, Tallahassee, Spring 1998.
  • National Science Foundation invitational workshop on Social Aspects of Digital Libraries, University of California at Los Angeles, February 16-17, 1996.
  • Kellogg Foundation invitational meeting on future of library and information science education, University of Michigan, November 1993 and April 1995.
  • International advisor for the graduate school at the International School of Social Sciences (ISSS) at the University of Tampere, Finland, 1998

Last Updated May 1, 2008