Carol Kuhlthau
BornDecember 2, 1937 (1937-12-02) (age 86)
New Brunswick, New Jersey U.S.
EducationRutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Ed.D 1983
Occupations
  • Librarian
  • academic
  • researcher
Known forInformation seeking behavior, Kuhlthau ISP model
AwardsASIST academic excellence award (2013)

Carol Collier Kuhlthau (born December 2, 1937[1]) is a retired American educator, researcher, and international speaker on learning in school libraries, information literacy, and information seeking behavior.

Biography

She was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S., Kuhlthau graduated from Kean University in 1959, completing a master's degree in Librarianship in 1974 at Rutgers University, and a doctorate in Education in 1983. She was on the faculty of the Rutgers University Department Library and Information Science for more than 20 years and Professor Emeritus since 2006.[2]

Kuhlthau is the founder of the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries.[3]

Research

Introduced in 1991, Kuhlthau's model of the Information Search Process (ISP) describes feelings, thoughts and actions in six stages of information seeking.[4][5] The model of the ISP introduced the holistic experience of information seeking from the individual’s perspective, stressed the important role of affect in information seeking and proposed an uncertainty principle as a conceptual framework for library and information service.[6] Kuhlthau’s work is among the most highly cited of library and information science faculty and one of the conceptualizations most often used by information science researchers.[citation needed] The ISP model represents a watershed in the development of new strategies for the delivery of K–16 library and information skills.[7]

Education

Kuhlthau received her B.S. from Kean University in 1959, Master's in Library Science (MLS) from Rutgers University in 1974 and her Doctorate in Education in 1983, also from Rutgers University.[8] Her doctoral dissertation was titled "The Library Research Process: Case Studies and Interventions with High School Seniors in Advanced Placement English Classes Using Kelly's Theory of Constructs."[9] She held several teaching and library positions before joining the Rutgers faculty in 1985 where for twenty years she directed the school library specialization in the Masters in Library and Information Science degree program that is ranked first in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.[citation needed] During her tenure at Rutgers she was promoted to Professor II and chaired the Library and Information Science Department and retired as Professor Emerita in 2006.[citation needed] She was the founding Director of the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) at Rutgers where she continues as senior advisor.[10] Her book Seeking Meaning: A Process Approach to Library and Information Services[11] is a classic text in library and information science in the United States and abroad.[2][12] Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century (2007) 2nd Ed (2015), written with Leslie Maniotes and Ann Caspari, recommends learning environments where students gain deep understanding and also information literacy grounded in the Information Search Process. Guided Inquiry Design: A Framework for Inquiry in Your School (2012) written with Leslie Maniotes, PhD and Ann Caspari is a full description of the instructional design framework called Guided Inquiry Design a complete approach to inquiry based learning from a learning perspective.[2]

Selected writings

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 & 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Carol C Kuhlthau". Rutgers. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  3. ^ The School Library Media Specialist. Accessed September 18, 2015
  4. ^ Kuhlthau, Carol Collier (June 2008). "From Information to Meaning: Confronting Challenges of the Twenty-first Century". Libri. 58 (2). doi:10.1515/libr.2008.008. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  5. ^ "Information Search Process". Rutgers School of Communication and Information. Archived from the original on May 11, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  6. ^ Rather, Mudasir Khazer; Ganaie, Shabir Ahmad (2017). "Modeling Information Seeking Behavior of Scholarly Community". Library Philosophy and Practice. University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "Information Search Process: A Summary of Reaserch and Implications for School Library Media Programs" (PDF). SLMQ. 18 (1). 1989. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  8. ^ "Kuhlthau's Vita- Rutgers University". Archived from the original on October 12, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
  9. ^ "Kuhlthau's Vita- Rutgers University". Archived from the original on October 12, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  10. ^ "Carol Collier Kuhlthau- Rutgers University Profile". Retrieved January 20, 2010.
  11. ^ Kuhlthau, Carol (2004). Seeking Meaning: a process approach to library and information services. London: Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 1-59158-094-3.
  12. ^ "Review: Seeking Meaning: a process approach to library and information services". Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  13. ^ "Research in Information Science Award". Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  14. ^ "The ALISE Award for Professional Contribution to Library and Information Science Education". Archived from the original on December 10, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  15. ^ "Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology (LITA / OCLC)". Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  16. ^ "Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award Winners". Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  17. ^ "LRRT's Shera Research Awards Recipients". Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  18. ^ "Distinguished Service Award". Archived from the original on December 18, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.

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