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Prof. Hsieh-Yee

Ingrid Hsieh-Yee

Professor

School of Library and Information Science

Catholic University of America

Marist Hall, Room 240

Phone: (202) 319-6270

Fax: (202) 319-5574

E-mail: hsiehyee@cua.edu

Office Hours for Fall 2008
1 - 3 Tuesday & Wednesday

Areas of research interest

Organization of information, metadata, information architecture, library and information science education, users' interaction with online information systems, digital collections and research methods.

Courses taught

LSC 551 Organization of Information (Fall 2008)
LSC 606, Sec. 1. Cataloging and Classification (Fall 2008)
LSC 610 Internet Searches and Web Design
LSC 710 Searching, authoring, and teaching Internet resources
LSC 713 Advanced Cataloging
LSC 715 Organization of Internet resources
LSC 727 On-line information retrieval
LSC 728 Advanced on-line information retrieval

Sample Student Projects

Web site design projects (LSC 610, Spring 2004)

Web site design projects (LSC 610. Internet Searches & Web Design - Student Web Projects, Spring 2007)

Publications

Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. (2008). "Educating Cataloging Professionals in a Changing Information Environment." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 49 (2): 93-106.
Vellucci, Sherry L., Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid, and Moen, William E. (2007). “The Metadata Education and Research Information Commons (MERIC): A Collaborative Teaching and Research Initiative.” Education for Information 25 (3&4): 169-178.
NISO Working Group (Priscilla Caplan (chair), Grace Agnew, Murtha Baca, Tony Gill, Carl Fleischhauer, Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, Jill Koelling, and Christie Stephenson). (2007). A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections. 3rd ed. Baltimore, MD: National Information Standards Organization, 2007. Also available online: http://www.niso.org/framework/framework3.pdf
Choi, Youngok, Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid and Kules, Bill. (2007). “Retrieval Effectiveness of TOC and LCSH.” Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2007, pp.103-104. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 18-23, 2007.
Vellucci, Sherry L. and Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. (2007). “They Didn’t Teach Me That in Library School! Building a Digital Teaching Commons to Enhance Metadata Teaching, Learning and Research.” Proceedings of the Association of College & Research Libraries 13^th National Conference, Baltimore, pp. 26-31, March 29-April 1, 2007.
Tang, Rong, Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid, and Zhang, Shanyun. (2007) " User Perceptions of MetaLib Combined Search: An Investigation of How Users Make Sense of Federated Searching." Internet Reference Services Quarterly 12(12): 211-236.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid, Tang, Rong, and Zhang, Shanyun. (2007) “User Perceptions of a Federated Search System.” IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries Bulletin. URL = http://www.ieee-tcdl.org
Mitchell, Vanessa, and Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. (2007) “Converting Ulrich’s Subject Headings to FAST Headings: A Feasibility Study.” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 45 (1): 59-85.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid, Tang, Rong, and Zhang, Shanyun. (2006). “User Perceptions of a Federated Search System.” Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, June 11-15, 2006, Chapel Hill, p. 338.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. Organizing Audiovisual and Electronic Resources for Access: A Cataloging Guide. 2nd edition. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2006. Companion Site: Selected Web Resources for Organizing Audiovisual and Electronic Resources. Visit Libraries Unlimited for a description of this title: http://lu.com/showbook.cfm?isbn=9781591580515
NISO Framework Advisory Group. (Grace Agnew, Liz Bishoff, Priscilla Caplan, Rebecca Gunther and Ingrid Hsieh-Yee.) A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections. 2nd ed. Bethesda, MD: National Information Standards Organization, 2004.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “Cataloging and Metadata Education in North American LIS Programs.” Library Resources & Technical Services 48, no. 1 (2004): 59-68.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “Cataloging and Metadata Education.” 204-234 in International Yearbook of Library and Information Management 2003: Metadata Applications and Management, edited by Gary E. Gorman. London: Facet Publishing, 2004.
Yee, Penny L., Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, Gregory R. Pierce, Rebekah Grome, and Lindsey Schantz. “Self-Evaluative Intrusive Thoughts Impede Successful Searching on the Internet.” Computers in Human Behavior 20, issue 1 (2004): 85-101.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “Cataloging and Metadata Education: A Proposal for Preparing Cataloging Professionals of the 21st Century.” A report submitted to the ALCTS-Education Task Force in response to Action Item 5.1 of the "Bibliographic control of Web Resources: A Library of Congress Action Plan." Approved by the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services. Web version available since April 2003 at http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/CatalogingandMetadataEducation.pdf.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “Cataloging and Metadata Education: Asserting a Central Role in Information Organization.” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 34, no. ½ (2002): 203-222.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid and Michael Smith. “The CORC Experience: Survey of Founding Libraries, Part I.” OCLC Systems & Services 17 (2001): 133-140. (Received "The Most Outstanding Paper of OCLC Systems & Services in 2001" award.)
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid and Michael Smith. “The CORC Experience: Survey of Founding Libraries, Part II, Automated Tools and Usage.” OCLC Systems & Services 17 (2001): 166-177. (Received "The Most Outstanding Paper of OCLC Systems & Services in 2001" award.)
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “ERIC User Services: Changes and Evaluation for the Future.” Government Information Quarterly 18 (2001): 31-42.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “Research on Web Search Behavior.” Library and Information Science Research 23 (2001): 167-185.
Logan, Elizabeth and Ingrid Hsieh-Yee. “Library and Information Science Education in the Nineties.” Annual Review of Information Science and Technology 35 (2001): 425-477.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. Guest editor of Library and Information Science Research, 23 (2) (2001). A special issue in honor of the retirement of Douglas L. Zweizig. (Contributed “A tribute to Doug Zweizig”, “Synopsis of remaining papers” edited submitted papers and contributed a research paper to this issue.)
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. ERIC User Services: Evaluation in a Decentralized Environment. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of Education, 2000.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. Organizing Audiovisual and Electronic Resources for Access: A Cataloging Guide. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “Organizing Internet Resources: Teaching Cataloging Standards and Beyond.” OCLC Systems & Services 16 (2000): 130-143. (Received "The Most Outstanding Paper of OCLC Systems & Services in 2000" award.)
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “The Retrieval Power of Selected Search Engines: How Well Do They Address General Reference Questions and Subject Questions?” Reference Librarian 60 (1998): 27-47.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “Search Tactics of Web Users in Searching for Texts, Graphics, Known Items and Subjects: A Search Simulation Study.” Reference Librarian 60 (1998): 61-85. (Received the 1997 Best ALISE Research Paper Award.)
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “Access to OCLC and Internet Resources: LIS Educators' Views and Teaching Practices.” RQ 36 (1997): 569-86.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “Teaching Online and CD-ROM Resources: LIS Educators' Views and Practices.” Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 38 (1997): 14-34.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “The Cataloging Practices of Special Libraries and Their Relationship with OCLC.” Special Libraries 87 (1996): 10-20.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “Modifying Cataloging Practice and OCLC Infrastructure for Effective Organization of Internet Resources.” In Proceedings of the OCLC Internet Cataloging Colloquium. 1996. [Online]. Available: http://www.oclc.org/oclc/man/colloq/hsieh.htm
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “Student Use of Online Catalogs and Other Information Channels.” College & Research Libraries 57 (1996): 161-175.
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. Ten entries in James S. C. Hu (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Library & Information Science, 913, 1028-29, 1036, 1037, 1145-46, 1514, 1575, 1763-64, 2216-27, 2378-79. Taipei, Taiwan: Sino-American Publishing, 1995. (Topics include "Advanced Technology/Libraries," "Information Ethics," "Instruction on Cataloging and Classification," "Instruction on Reference Services.")
Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. “Effects of Search Experience and Subject Knowledge on Online Search Behavior: Measuring the Search Tactics of Novice and Experienced Searchers.” Journal of the American Society for Information Science 44 (1993): 161-174. (Received the 1993 Best JASIS Paper Award.)

Honors and scholarships

2002. The Most Outstanding Paper of OCLC Systems & Services in 2001. (for "The CORC Experience: A Survey of Founding Members," OCLC Systems & Services 17 (2001): 133-140, 166-177.)
2001 Research Grant Award of the Association for Library and Information Science Education.
2001. The Most Outstanding Paper of OCLC Systems & Services in 2000. (for "Organizing Internet resources: Teaching cataloging standards and beyond," OCLC Systems & Services 16 (2000): 130-43.)
1997 Best Research Paper of the Association for Library and Information Science Education.
1993 Best Journal of the American Society for Information Science Paper Award.
Research Grants-in-Aid, Catholic University of America 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006
Cooperative Faculty Research Grant, Consortium of Universities in the Washington Metropolitan Area, 1993-1994.
Cooperative Research Grant, Council on Library Resources 1993-1994.
ASIS/ISI Information Science Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship 1989
HEA Title IIB Fellowship (Dept. of Education) 1989
Chinese-American Librarians Association Scholarship 1987
Beta Phi Mu 1985
Vilas Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1984

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