Jonathan Furner

Jonathan Furner je profesorem a vedoucím katedry informačních studií na University of California v Los Angeles. Zabývá se filozofií textů, kulturní informatikou, bibliometrií, teoretickými základy služeb poskytujících přistup k textům, obrázkům a dalším kulturním artefaktům, dále se zabývá informační etikou nebo metadaty.

Jonathan Furner
	Norwich, Anglie
Datum a místo úmrtí	- -
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	Los Angeles
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Vzdělání	University of Cambridge; University of Sheffield
Pracoviště	University of California
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Známý pro

Dosažené vzdělání 

 Ph.D. z Informačních studií

University of Sheffield, Anglie; říjen 1991 – listopad 1994.

Disertančí práce: Měření inter-linkerové konzistence a účinnost vyhledávání v ručně budouvaných hypertextových databázích.

Vedoucí práce: P. Willett, D. Ellis. 

Zkoušející: S. E. Robertson, M. F. Lynch.

M.Sc. z Informačnícho managementu

University of Sheffield, Anglie; říjen 1990 – září 1991.

Disertační práce: Návrh hypertextového systému pro muzeum Victoria & Albert Museum.

Vedoucí práce: N. J. Ford.

B.A. (Hons; nyní M.A.) z Filosofie a  sociologie a politických věd

University of Cambridge, Anglie; říjen 1984 – červen 1987.

Vedoucí práce: E. J. Craig, C. Fraser.

California Rare Book School.

University of California, Los Angeles; srpen 2010.

Výstupní práce z kurzu: Proces ilustrace knih do roku 1900 (vedoucí: T. Belanger).

Zaměstnání

Associate Professor, Department of Informačních Studií, University of California, Los Angeles; červenec 2005 – současnost.

Vyučování a výzkum kulturní informatiky, a historie a filozofie informační vědy.

Visiting Fellow, School of World Art Studies and Museology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Anglie: květen –

září 2006.

Výzkum kolaborativního indexování kulturních objektů.

Assistant Editor, Dewey Decimal Classification, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Dublin, OH; duben 2005

– duben 2006.

Created and maintained bibliographic classification schedules for the visual arts, sociology and anthropology, and

ethnic groups; conducted training courses and edited daily blog on the use of the DDC. [Work carried out at the

Library of Congress, Washington, DC.]

Assistant Professor, Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; July 1998 – June 2005.

Taught doctoral-, master’s-, and undergraduate-level courses in subject cataloging and classification, scholarly

communication and bibliometrics, art librarianship, information retrieval, information structures, information access,

database design, and theoretical traditions in information studies.

Lecturer, School of Information and Media, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland; July 1995 – June 1998.

Taught master’s- and undergraduate-level courses in subject cataloging and classification, information retrieval,

information access, search skills and techniques, information sources and services, and database design.

Research Fellow, Department for Education, UK Govt.; November 1994 – June 1995.

Conducted an investigation of the effects of individual differences in the cognitive abilities of users on the performance

of information retrieval systems. [Work carried out in Sheffield.]

Research Assistant, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, England; October 1991 – September

1994.

Conducted a study of the manual creation of hypertext links in full-text databases, and a survey of the practical

application of hypertext systems in UK libraries.

Customer Services Executive, Maxwell Online, London, England; October 1989 – September 1990.

Wrote user documentation and conducted training courses in the use of Orbit Search Service.

Library Assistant, University of London Library, London, England; October 1988 – September 1989.

Assisted subject librarians in the history and sociology departments.

Analyst / Programmer, Midland Montagu Treasury Management, London, England; October 1987 – March 1988.

Wrote software in APL providing support for derivatives traders.

Úspěchy a ocenění

•  UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies’ Harold and Lois Haytin Award for Outstanding Research in Teaching and Learning (Los Angeles, CA, September 2009).
• Invited keynote speaker at ISKO 2008: 10th International Conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (Montréal, Canada, August 2008).
• UCLA Office of Residential Life’s Faculty-in-Residence of the Year Award (Los Angeles, CA, June 2008).
• UCLA Department of Information Studies’ Distinguished Teaching Award (Los Angeles, CA, September 2004).
• UCLA Office of the Chancellor’s Faculty Career Development Award (Los Angeles, CA, July 2001).
• Society for Research into Higher Education’s Younger Researcher Award (London, England, October 1996).
• University of Sheffield’s Dawson Prize for Information Management (Sheffield, England, September 1991).

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Význam pro informační vědu

Tvrdí, že informační věda není vědou a ani se primárně nezabývá informacemi.

Členství ve společnostech a organizacích

Mezinárodní/Nadnárodní organizace

• International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE; 2006-).
• International Council of Museums (ICOM; 2006-10) and its International Committee for Documentation (CIDOC; 2006-10).
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA; 2007-08) and its Classification and Indexing Section (CI; 2007-08).
• International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO; 2000-).

USA

• American Association of Museums (AAM; 2006-10).
• American Library Association (ALA; 1998-), its Associations for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS; 1998-) and for College and Research Libraries (ACRL; 2003-06, 2007-08), and its Round Tables on Library History(LHRT; 2003-) and Social Responsibilities (SRRT; 2003-).
• American Society for Aesthetics (ASA; 2003-).
• American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T; formerly ASIS; 1995-), its Los Angeles Chapter(LACASIS; 1998-), and its Special Interest Groups on Classification Research (SIG/CR; 1998-) and the History and Foundations of Information Science (SIG/HFIS; 1998-).
• Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA; 2006-11) and its Southern California chapter (ARLIS/SC; 2008-11).
• Association for Computing and the Humanities (2005-06, 2010).
• Association for Recorded Sound Collections (2013-).
• Association of Moving Image Archivists (2011-).
• Society for Textual Scholarship (2010-).
• Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (2005-06, 2011-).
• Society of American Archivists (SAA; 2008-) and its Visual Materials Section (VM; 2008-).
• Visual Resources Association (VRA; 2006-10) and its Southern California chapter (VRA/SC; 2007-10).

VB

• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP; 2002-10), and its Special Interest Groups on

Cataloguing and Indexing (CIG; 2002-10) and Library and Information History (LIHG; 2002-10).

• Classification Research Group (CRG; 1997-).