Dr. Ross J. Todd

PhD, MA, Graduate Diploma School Librarianship

BA, ATCL, Certificate Secondary Teaching, AALIA

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Membership in Professional Organizations

Associate of the Australian Library and Information Association (AALIA)

Member of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)

 Member of the Educational Media Association of New Jersey (EMANJ)

Member of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)

Member of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL)

Member of the American Library Association (ALA)

Member of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL)

Member of the Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)

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Committee Appointments and Assignments

External to Rutgers University (from 2001)

Chairperson, American Association of School Librarians, International Relations Committee: July 1, 2004-June 30, 2005

Appointed Member, American Association of School Librarians, International Relations Committee: July 1, 2002-June 30, 2004. Programme Committee, Information Seeking In Context Conference, Lisbon Portugal (September 2002) 

External to the University of Technology, Sydney  (to 2000)Deputy Chair, Board of Education, Australian Library and Information Association: 1998-2000.  Responsibilities included:  Undertaking course accreditation visits to Australian universities offering formal undergraduate and postgraduate courses in librarianship, school librarianship and information studies; Identifying research needs for the profession and establishing collaborative mechanisms between ALIA, universities and industry to further research agendas; Developing Continuing Professional Development strategies, including CPD certification; and Representing the Association in key industry and government forums.

Elected Member, Board of Education, Australian Library and Information Association: 1996-1997

Editor, Australian Library and Information Association: School Libraries Section Newsletter, NSW Group 1994

President, Australian Library and Information Association: School Libraries Section, NSW Group: 1996

Information Literacy Committee, Australian Library and Information Association: 1995 - 2000

Australian Research Council (Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs) ARC Grant and Research Fellowship applications assessor: 1997-1998

Committee for University Teaching and Staff Development. Referee for assessing Australian National Teaching Development Grants 1993 - 1997.

 Australian Consumer Health Forum: information privacy representative on the Health Communication Network Project Pilot Panel for the Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Affairs. International Professional Appointments: 1997-2000.

New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) External Monitor for the Bachelor of Applied Science (Information and Library Studies) at The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (TOPNZ): 1998-2000.  The role involved three visits annually to the institution, and meeting with the institution’s management teams and course delivery unit, and focused on: Ongoing appraisal of provider’s quality management systems in all aspects as they relate to the provision of the course; Ensuring quality management systems are effective and that the approved course maintains specified industry and educational standards;  Identifying and resolving substantive issues affecting standards or the integrity of the course; and Monitoring the delivery and evaluation of the course.

Vice-President (Special Interest Groups) International Association of School Librarianship: 1997-1999

Canadian School Library Association Research Committee: 1994-1999

Research Committee, International Association of School Librarianship (IASL): 1997

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Manuscript Review

Information Seeking In Context Conference, Lisbon Portugal (September 2002)

Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology

School Libraries Worldwide

Australian Library Journal

Information Technology, Education and Society

Australian Academic and Research Libraries

Orana

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Faculty Evaluations

External Evaluation for Faculty Promotion and Tenure for:

·           University of Georgia

·           University of Canberra

·           Charles Sturt University

·           University of Sydney

·           University of Technology, Sydney 

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University Activities

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

University Wide

• Academic Adviser, Henry Rutgers Scholars, Rutgers College

• Presentation on Information Technology and Informatics Undergraduate Major, for Trustees Advisory Committee, 29th January 2002, Winants Hall, Queens Campus.

• Rutgers University Graduate School New Brunswick.  Presentation “Motivating Students in the Classroom”. TA Orientation, 2002, 2003

School of Communication, Information and Library Studies

• Director, Undergraduate Major in Information Technology and Informatics (July 2002+)

• Member, Information Technology Committee (2001+)

• Faculty Adviser, Information Technology and Informatics Council (Student Association)

• Member, Chairs and Directors Council (July 2002+)

Department of Library and Information science

• Member, LIS Curriculum Committee (2002 +)

• Director, CISSL - Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries

University of Technology, Sydney (prior to 2001)

• Member, Academic Board: January - June 1993; July-December 1998

• Member, UTS Teaching Resources Management Committee: 1998-1999

• Member, Faculty HSS Research Committee: 1998-2000

• Member, Faculty HSS Teaching Development Committee: 1992 - 1998

• Member, Reference Panel: UTS BELL PROJECT: Being an Effective Lifelong Learner:1999 -2000

• Member, Faculty HSS Technology Advisory Committee: 1997-2000

• Member, Faculty HSS Research Degrees Committee: 1997-2000

• Member, Faculty HSS Board 1998-2000

• Member, Faculty HSS Marketing Committee: 1997-2000

• Alternate Standing Head, Department of Information Studies: 1996-97

• Member, Faculty HSS Undergraduate and Graduate Course Work Committee: 1995, 1996,  1997-2000

• Member, Advisory Board, Australian Centre for Independent Journalism: July - December, 1995

• UTS Faculty HSS Library Liaison: 1992 - 1993

• Convenor, School of Information Studies Professional Relations Committee, 1991 - 1993

• Member, Faculty HSS Outstanding Students Committee 1991 - 2000

• Member, School of Information Studies Resource Management Committee: 1991 - 1992

• Member of UTS Advisory Committee for Student Learning Centre 1991-1993

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Dissertations Directed and Assessed

I have supervised (as principal supervisor and co-supervisor), PhD theses, Master of Arts (by Thesis) and coursework major projects in the Master of Arts in Information (UTS).

I have been external examiners for PhD, Master's research and honours theses in Australia, South Africa and USA.

Research theses assessed include:

• “Internationalisation of the University: Implications for the academic library” (Monash University).  (PhD). Carolyn M.  McSwiney:

• “The effect of Web-enhanced and Traditional Instruction on the Information Literacy, Self-efficacy and Transition to University of Beginning Undergraduates”. (University of Western Australia)  ( PhD). Beverley Oliver.

•  “Analysing and coordinating the conceptual structures of the information professions (a domain oriented approach)  (University of New South Wales)  (PhD)

•  “An exploration of factors influencing the development of discrimination in film viewing”   (University of Sydney)  (PhD) 

• “Utility of hybrid multimedia in communicating speculative science research to industrial developers” (University of Sydney)  (M. Design)

•  “An investigation of student learning outcomes when an information literacy model is applied to subject content”  (University of Technology, Sydney)  (M.A.)

•  “Fee-based information services for business: an investigation of requirements”  (Queensland University of Technology)  (M.A.)

•  “Project work as a vehicle for information literacy development in disadvantaged schools”  (University of South Africa)  (M.A.)

•  “Information seeking behaviour of women wishing to enter the building and construction trades’  (M.A.)

•  “Siteseeing on the World Wide Web: web user behaviour, webometrics, and implications for information retrieval” (B.A. Honours)

•  "Meaning making:  A study of teachers' perspectives of the information search process"  (M.A.)

Current PhD and Research Masters dissertations under supervision:

•  “Information structures for large hypermedia systems” PhD (Jointly with Faculty of Engineering, UTS) 

• “Information literacy and gifted and talented students” PhD  (UTS, jointly with Faculty of Education) 

• “Reading choices of teenage girls from families of non-English speaking backgrounds:  A study of Vietnamese-Australian and Greek-Australian young women” PhD  (UTS)

•  “The concept of client group – social construction, discourse and information behaviour” (PhD (UTS)

• “Information conceptualisation and use in flexible learning environments:  implications for academic libraries and information services” (M.A. thesis)

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