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2007

• Luo, Lili. Towards Sustaining Professional Development: Identification of Essential Competencies and Effective Training Techniques for Chat Reference Services.  Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007.  Advisors: Jeffrey Pomerantz and Claudia Gollop.

• MacMullen, W. John.  Contextual Analysis of Variation and Quality in Human-Curated Gene Ontology Annotations.  Chapel Hill. NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. Advisor: Gary Marchionini.

• Pattuelli, Maria Cristina.  A User-Centered Approach to the Development of a History Domain Ontology: Helping Teachers Use Digital Primary Sources.  Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007.  Advisor: Stephanie W. Haas.

2006

• Bergquist, Ronald E.  "It could have been bigger, but its residents like it as is": Small Town Libraries in Moore County, North Carolina.  Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.  Advisor: Claudia Gollop.

• Evans, Meredith Rachelle.  Recordkeeping Practices in Selected Atlanta Area Black Churches.  Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.  Advisor: Claudia Gollop.

• Oakleaf, Megan J.  Assessing Information Literacy Skills: A Rubric Approach. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.  Advisor: Helen Tibbo.

• Winget, Megan Alicia.  Annotation of Musical Scores: Interaction and Use Behaviors of Performing Musicians.  Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.  Advisors: Helen Tibbo and Gary Marchionini.

2005

• Dominick, James Lyon, The IN-SITU Study of an Electronic Textbook in an Educational Setting. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004. Advisor: Paul Solomon.

• Li, Bin. The Social Construction of Web Appropriation and Use in American Libraries: An Interpretive and Longitudinal Approach. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005. Advisor: Barbara Wildemuth.

• May, Andrew D.  Assisting Users: An Investigation into the Computer Consulting Process.  Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005. Advisor: Paul Solomon.

• Rosso, Mark Anthony, Using Genre to Improve Web Search. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004. Advisor: Stephanie Haas

• Yang, Meng.  An Exploration of Users' Video Relevance Criteria.  Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005. Advisor: Gary Marchionini.
  

2004

• Kim, Seung-Lye. Development, implementation, and evaluation of a workshop on collaboration and information and communications technology (ICT). Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004. Advisor: Diane Sonnenwald.

• Mu, Xiangming. Smartlinks in a video-based collaborative distance learning system: A cognitive model and evaluation study. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004. Advisor: Gary Marchionini.

• Pattee, Amy. Everywhere, or a Reflection: describing the 'Sweet Valley High' experience. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004. Advisor: Brian Sturm.

2003

• Arns, Jennifer Weil. The Geography of Access: The Impact of Governanceand Institutional Factors on the Purpose of Controversial Materials by USPublic Libraries. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003. Advisor: Evelyn Daniel.

• Brunk, Benjamin. A framework for understanding the privacy space. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003. Advisor: Gary Marchionini.

• Efron, Miles. Eigenvalue-based estimators for optimal dimensionality reduction in information retrieval. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003. Advisor: Greg Newby.

• Fichman-Shachaf, Pnina. Global Virtual Teams: The Impact of Cultural Diversity and Information and Communication Technology on Team Effectiveness. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003. Advisor: Barbara Moran.

• Geisler, Gary. AgileViews: a framework for creating more effective information seeking interfaces. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003. Advisor: Gary Marchionini.

• Maglaughlin, Kelly L. An exploration of interdisciplinary academic scientific collaboration factors. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003. Advisor: Diane H. Sonnenwald.

• Travers, Debbie. Identification of concepts from emergency department text using natural language processing techniques and the Unified Medical Language System. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003. Advisor: Stephanie W. Haas.

2002

• Lan, Wen-Chin. From Document Clues to Descriptive Metadata: Document Characteristics Used by Graduate Students in Judging the Usefulness of Web Documents. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002. Advisor: Jerry D. Saye.

• Yang, Kiduk. Combining Text-, Link-, and Classification-based Retrieval Methods to Enhance Information Discovery on the Web. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002. Advisor: Gary Marchionini.

2001

• Marson, Barbara Miller. The Adoption and Implementation of Online Public Access Catalogs in the North Carolina Community College System. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001. 221 p. Advisor: Evelyn Daniel.

• Meho, Lokman I. The Information-Seeking Behavior of Social Science Faculty Studying Stateless Nations. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001. 203p. Advisor: Helen R. Tibbo.

• Slone, Debra Jean. Road Maneuvers: Information-Seeking Behaviors of Public Library Users on the Internet. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001. 132p. Advisor: Claudia Gollop.

2000

• O'Keefe, Karen Michelle. The Quality of Medical Students' confidence Judgments When Using External Information Resources: The Effects of Different Media Formats, Source of Questions, and Question Formats. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000. 132 p. Advisor: Barbara M. Wildemuth.

• Williamson, Jeannine Mary. The Vocabulary and Rhetorical Structures in Literary Studies Articles about Molly Bloom: A Description, and Applications for Information Science. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000. 349p. Advisor: Paul Solomon.

1999

• Sauperl, Alenka. Subject Determination During the Cataloging Process. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999. 304p. Advisor: Jerry D. Saye.

• Swain, Deborah Elizabeth. A Communication Model for a Software Engineering Environment. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999. 204p. Advisor: Paul Solomon.

• Tang, Rong. Use of Relevance Criteria Across Stages of Document Evaluation: A Micro Level and Macro Level Analysis. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999. 330p. Advisor: Paul Solomon.

1998

• Cogdill, Keith Wilson. The Information Needs and Information Seeking of Nurse Practitioners. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. 129p. Advisor: Barbara M. Wildemuth.

• Gant, Stephen Paul. Information Filtering of the Congressional Record: Explaining Variation in Adoption and Intensity of Use. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. 194p. Advisor: Evelyn H. Daniel.

• He, Shaoyi. Translingual Alteration of Conceptual Information in Medical Translation: A Cross-Language Analysis Between English and Chinese. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. 120p. Advisor: Stephanie W. Haas.

• Hughes, Sandra M. The Impact of Whole Language on Four Elementary School Libraries. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. 299p. Advisor: Evelyn H. Daniel.

• Paris, Lee Anne Hagewood. Stopping Behavior: User Persistence in Online Searching and Its Relation to Optimal Cutoff Points for Information Retrieval Systems. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. 247p. Advisor: Helen R. Tibbo.

1997

• Seaver, Barry William. The Career of Rebecca Browning Rankin, the Municipal Reference Librarian of the City Of New York, 1920-1952. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997. 429p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

1996

• O'Neill, Ann L. Information Transfer in Professions: A Citation Analysis of Nursing Literature. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996. 170p. Advisor: William M. Shaw, Jr.

• Smith, Martha Montague. Information Ethics: An Hermeneutical Analysis of an Emerging Area in Applied Ethics. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996. 168p. Advisor: Elfreda A. Chatman.

1995

• Bohannan, April. Anticipatory Socialization: A Study of Entering Students in Library and Information Science Programs. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995. 158p. Advisor: Barbara B. Moran.

• Byrd, Gary D. The Extent to Which Common Property Academic Health Sciences Library Journal Collections Contribute to Individual Productive Use of the Biomedical Journal Literature. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995. 239p. Advisor: Joe A. Hewitt.

• Greever, Ellen A. Fractured Fairy Tales: Parody in Literary Fairy Tales for Children. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995. 164p. Advisor: Susan Steinfirst.

• Owens, Irene. Librarian-Patron Interaction and Information Exchange in the Reference Department of an Academic Library. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995. 219p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

1994

• Jacob, Elin Katherine. Sharing Concepts: Communicative Constraints on the Structure of Categories. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994. 236p. Advisor: Stephanie Haas.

• Olszak, Lydia Pearl. Mistakes, Failures, and Dirty Work in Reference Service. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994. 239p. Advisor: Elfreda A. Chatman.

1993

• Fedora, Arabelle P. An Exploration of the Scheduling Patterns of Two Exemplary Elementary School Media Centers. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993. 319p. Advisor: Evelyn H. Daniel.

• Hart, Richard Lukens. The Information-Gathering Behavior of the Faculty of a Four-Year State College. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993. 193p. Advisor: Barbara B. Moran.

• Hovekamp, Tina. Maragou. Unions and Work Attitudes: Job Satisfaction, Work Values, and Organizational Commitment of Professional Librarians. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993. 203p. Advisor: Elfreda A. Chatman.

• Moon, Sung Been. Enhancing Performance of Full-Text Retrieval Systems Using Relevance Feedback. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993. 208p. Advisor: Robert Losee.

• Shannon, Donna M. Children's Responses to Humor in Fiction. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993. 255p. Advisor: Susan Steinfirst.

• Snyder, Nancy Karen. A Cognitive Analysis of Concept Books. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993. 214p. Advisor: Susan Steinfirst.

1992

• Gleim, David Ernest. The Relationship Between Cataloging Delay and the Circulation of Books at a Large Research Library. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992. 228p. Advisor: William M. Shaw, Jr.

1991

• Brown, Kathleen Rae. An Analysis of the Variables of Overlap, Duplication, and Use in the Collections of Three Liberal Arts College Libraries. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991. 277p. Advisor: Robert Broadus.

• Feehan, Patricia Ellen. State Library Agency Youth Services Consultants: Their Potential as Agents of Change. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991. 260p. Advisor: Barbara B. Moran.

• Jones, Plummer Alston, Jr. American Public Library Service to the Immigrant Community, 1876-1948: A Biographical History of the Movement and Its Leaders: Jane Maud Campbell (1869-1947), John Foster Carr (1869-1939), Eleanor (Edwards) Ledbetter (1870-1954), And Edna Phillips (1890-1968). Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991. 630p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

1990

• Burgin, Robert Edward. Improved Syntactic Disambiguation in the FASIT Automatic Indexing Environment. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990. 221p. Advisor: Martin Dillon.

• Eaton, Elizabeth Gale. Effects of Spatial Skills and Route Uncertainty on the Ability of Fifth-Graders and High School Students to Locate Known Items on Library Shelves. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990. 235p. Advisor: William M. Shaw, Jr.

• High, Walter Martin, III. Editing Changes to Monographic Cataloging Records in the OCLC Database: An Analysis of the Practice in Five University Libraries. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990. 286p. Advisor: William M. Shaw, Jr.

• Kester, Diane Katherine Davies. Modeling the School System Adoption Process for Library Networking. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990. 213p. Advisor: Evelyn H. Daniel.

1989

• Ruffin, Angela Beverly. School Library Media Specialists and Instructional Development Activities: An Analysis of Time Spent in Instructional Consulting with Teachers. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989. 181p. Advisor: Marilyn Miller.

1988

• Carmichael, James Vinson, Jr. Tommie Dora Barker and Southern Librarianship. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988. 571p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

• Gaumond, George Raymond. Organizational Characteristics of University Departmental Libraries in the United States: A Descriptive Analysis. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988. 164p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

• Havener, W. Michael. The Use of Print Versus Online Sources to Answer Ready Reference Questions in the Social Sciences. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988. 166p. Advisor: Judith B. Wood.

• Martin, Robert Sidney. Louis Round Wilson at the University of North Carolina, 1901-1932. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988. 805p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

1987

• Allen, Jean Short. Information-Seeking Patterns and Resource Use by Baptist Leaders in Three Central American Countries. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1987. 292p. Advisor: Evelyn H. Daniel.

1986

• Craddock, George Edward, Jr. The Role of the Library Director in the Small Private Liberal Arts College. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986. 265p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

• Dowell, David Ray. The Relation of Salary to Sex in a Female Dominated Profession: Librarians Employed at Research Universities in the South Atlantic Census Region. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986. 238p. Advisor: Lester Asheim.

• Jackson, Susan McEnally. The History of the Junior Novel in the United States, 1870-1980. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986. 510p. Advisor: Susan Steinfirst.

• Rodney, Mae Lipscomb. The Influence of Certain Variables on Collection Use at Three Historically Black Liberal Arts Colleges. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986. 180p. Advisor: Robert Broadus.

• Willett, Holly Geneva. Services and Resources in California Public Libraries in Fiscal Year 1977-78 and Fiscal Year 1982-83. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986. 241p. Advisor: Marilyn Miller.

1985

• Budd, John Mason. Characteristics of Research Materials Used by American Literature Scholars: A Citation Study. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985. 198p. Advisor: Robert Broadus.

• Williams, Delmus Eugene. The Impact of Accreditation by the Southern Association on the Process of Change in Two University Libraries. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985. 210p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

1984

• Molyneux, Robert Edward. An Examination of the Growth of Academic Libraries in the United States, 1972/73-1981/82. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1984. 317p. Advisor: Robert Broadus.

1983

• Nielsen, Thomas Brian. The Impact of a User Fee on Librarian Responsiveness: An Examination of Online Bibliographic Searching and Reference Practice. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1983. 207p. Advisor: Lester Asheim.

1982

• Bierbaum, Esther Green. The Museum Library: Its Relationship to Educational Programming in Science or Natural History Museums. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982. 183p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

1981

• Dowell, Arlene (Taylor). A Five-Year Projection of the Impact of the Rules for Form of Heading in the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition, Upon Selected Academic Library Catalogs. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1981. 189p. Advisor: Lester Asheim.

1980

• Bell, Joann Hardison. An Investigation of Attitudes about Continuing Professional Education Programs in Library Schools Held by Faculty Members and Deans of Library Schools with Accredited Master's Programs. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980. 203p. Advisor: Fred Roper.

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