Krystyna K. Matusiak awarded 2009 ACRL Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
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Contact: Megan Griffin
ACRL Program Coordinator
mgriffin@ala.org
312-280-2514
NEWS
For Immediate Release
February 3, 2009
CHICAGO – Krystyna K. Matusiak, digital collections librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries (UWM), has been awarded the 2009 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for her proposal, “Use of Digital Resources in an Academic Environment: A Qualitative Study of Students’ Perceptions, Experiences, and Digital Literacy Skills.” The fellowship, sponsored by Thomson Reuters, fosters research in academic librarianship by encouraging and supporting dissertation research.
The award of $1,500 and a plaque will be presented at the 2009 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago, during the ACRL President’s Program at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 13.
“Matusiak’s research struck the committee members as being particularly germane to an emerging national discussion about how digital resources are used in the academic environment,” said Nancy H. Seamans, chair of the selection committee and dean of libraries at Georgia State University. “Her interdisciplinary approach, along with the many different ways that she is collecting data, should provide the academic library community with new insights into the delivery of digital resources to library users.”
Matusiak received her Master of Arts in Polish Studies and Theater History from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland in 1986. In 1999, she earned her Master of Science in Library and Information Science from UMW, where she is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Digital Information Design.
In addition to her work as a digital collections librarian at UWM, Matusiak is a digitization consultant for projects funded by the Endangered Archive Programme at the British Library. From 1999-2001, Matusiak served as reference librarian/collection manager at UWM libraries and from 1996-98 was a Polish language instructor at UWM. She also served as a Polish language instructor at Alverno College from 1991-97.
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ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA), representing 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.
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Untitled Document
Contact: Megan Griffin
ACRL Program Coordinator
mgriffin@ala.org
312-280-2514
NEWS
For Immediate Release
February 3, 2009
CHICAGO – Krystyna K. Matusiak, digital collections librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries (UWM), has been awarded the 2009 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for her proposal, “Use of Digital Resources in an Academic Environment: A Qualitative Study of Students’ Perceptions, Experiences, and Digital Literacy Skills.” The fellowship, sponsored by Thomson Reuters, fosters research in academic librarianship by encouraging and supporting dissertation research.
The award of $1,500 and a plaque will be presented at the 2009 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago, during the ACRL President’s Program at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 13.
“Matusiak’s research struck the committee members as being particularly germane to an emerging national discussion about how digital resources are used in the academic environment,” said Nancy H. Seamans, chair of the selection committee and dean of libraries at Georgia State University. “Her interdisciplinary approach, along with the many different ways that she is collecting data, should provide the academic library community with new insights into the delivery of digital resources to library users.”
Matusiak received her Master of Arts in Polish Studies and Theater History from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland in 1986. In 1999, she earned her Master of Science in Library and Information Science from UMW, where she is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Digital Information Design.
In addition to her work as a digital collections librarian at UWM, Matusiak is a digitization consultant for projects funded by the Endangered Archive Programme at the British Library. From 1999-2001, Matusiak served as reference librarian/collection manager at UWM libraries and from 1996-98 was a Polish language instructor at UWM. She also served as a Polish language instructor at Alverno College from 1991-97.
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ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA), representing 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.
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