We at SOIS understand that at the heart of our research lies curiosity, tenacity, commitment and creativity – all traits of our faculty members. By doing research we contribute to the international body of knowledge that can make a difference in the lives of people.
Our research profile covers all research output from 2002 thru March 2006. SOIS faculty are engaged in 18 categories of interdisciplinary research activities. Please explore these areas (see menu bar to the left) to learn more about the research activities of our faculty.
Cooper Cary, A. and Jeong, W. : Digitizing Presidential Weekly Radio Addresses and Responses. (IMLS), $ 283 000
Buchanan, E. and Charles Ess: IRB’s and Internet Research Ethics (RGI).$75,000
Buchanan, E.: Center for International Education: Course development grant: $1000
Johnson, C.A.: Public Libraries and Social Capital: Understanding the role of the library in community building. (IMLS) $330 000
Buchanan, E. and M Bessan : LIS Fieldwork Models: Best Practices for Academic and Future Professional Success (IMLS) $. 275 000.
Johnson, C.A.: Public Libraries and Social Capital: Understanding the role of the library in community building. (IMLS) $330 000
Jeong, W., Mu, X. and Wolfram, D.: Supporting Effective Browsing for Content-Based Video Retrieval (IMLS) $ 325 000
Wolfram, D. and Zhang, J.: Discovering Hidden User Search Patterns through Visualization or Transaction Logs. (RGI) $110 000
Koohang, A.: Improving E-Learning Research (RGI) $145 000
Wolfram, D. and Xie, H.: A Model of Designing, Developing and Evaluating State Digital Libraries (RGI) $117 000
Britz, J.J. and Mu, X.: Multi-Linguistic Distance Education Model: From Information Translation to Knowledge Translation. (RGI) $112 000
Mu, X.: Shot Level browsing in Content-Based Video Retrieval. (RGI) $ 106 000
Lee,H.-L. and Olson, H.A.: Culture and Classification Structures (RGI) $383 000
Joeng, W.: Touchable Text and Graphic Display for the Blind (RGI) $57 000
Ricigliano, R. ; du Plessis, J.C.; Britz, J.J. & Tully, S.: The Peacebuilding Platform Project: Building a virtual collaborative environment to promote coordination and collaboration among peacebuilders (RGI) $ 235 000
du Plessis, J.C.; Britz, J.J.; Lynch, J. & Patrick, T.:The Milwaukee e-Health Index for Healthcare. Information and Communications Technology for Access and Usage. (RGI) $404 000
du Plessis, J.C.: Learn Afrikaans Online. (Title VI, Department of Education) $290.000
