{"id":198,"date":"2022-07-20T15:24:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T20:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:52:48","slug":"faculty-staff-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/faculty-staff-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty &amp; Staff Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-pb-80 uwm-u-pt-0\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p class=\"lead-in\">Through strong educational programs, faculty and staff initiatives, productive research activity, and engagement with the community, SOIS is committed to research excellence. We invite you to become a part of our interdisciplinary community of scholars as we advance research and education in Information Science.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/\">Teaching &amp; Research<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/faculty-staff-research\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">Faculty &amp; Staff Initiatives<\/span><\/a><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/faculty-staff-research\/teaching-specializations-interests\/\">Teaching Specializations &amp; Interests<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/faculty-staff-research\/research-interests-by-topic\/\">Research Interests by Topic<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/faculty-staff-research\/book-publications\/\">Book Publications<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/student-research\/\">Student Research<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/groups-centers\/\">Groups &amp; Centers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/11\/featured-image-research-ccep-event-750x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"A diverse group of five people sit in a casual office setting engaged in discussion.\" class=\"wp-image-3243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/11\/featured-image-research-ccep-event-750x500-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/11\/featured-image-research-ccep-event-750x500-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading heading-separator\" id=\"h-publications-and-research\">Publications and Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lead-in\">SOIS ranks 4th Internationally and 2nd in the U.S.\/Canada in contributions to LIS Literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/asi.23448\">ranking above<\/a> and our faculty and staff initiatives, teaching specializations and research interests by topic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--link-arrow\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/faculty-staff-research\/teaching-specializations-interests\/\">Teaching Specializations &amp; Interests<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/faculty-staff-research\/research-interests-by-topic\/\">Research Interests by Topic<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-book-publications\">Book Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card-grid uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--equal-y uwm-l-grid--4\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/10\/facstaffresearch_facpub-miller-metadata-1.jpg\" alt=\"Metadata for Digital Collections\nBy: Steven Miller (Lecturer Emeritus)\" class=\"wp-image-2239\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Metadata for Digital Collections<\/strong><br><em>By: Steven Miller (Lecturer Emeritus)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/10\/facstaffresearch_facpub-xie-discover-digital-libraries.jpg\" alt=\"Discover Digital Libraries Theory and Practice By Dr. Iris Xie\" class=\"wp-image-2449\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Discover Digital Libraries Theory and Practice<\/strong><br><em>By: Dr. Iris Xie<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/10\/facstaffresearch_facpub-wolfram-measuring-scholarly-impact-1.jpg\" alt=\"Measuring Scholarly Impact\nMethods and Practice By Dr. Dietmar Wolfram\" class=\"wp-image-2446\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Measuring Scholarly Impact<\/strong><br><strong>Methods and Practice<\/strong><br><em>By: Dr. Dietmar Wolfram<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/10\/facstaffresearch_facpub-lipinski-makers.jpg\" alt=\"The Library\u2019s Legal Answers for Maker Spaces By Tomas Lipinski\" class=\"wp-image-2235\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Library\u2019s Legal Answers for Maker Spaces<\/strong><br><em>By: Tomas Lipinski<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--link-arrow\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/faculty-staff-research\/book-publications\/\"><strong>View complete list of book publications<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":79,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-198","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>School of Information Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SOIS is committed to research excellence through strong educational programs, community engagement and faculty and staff initiatives.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/faculty-staff-research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Faculty &amp; 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