Florida State University - College of Information
Dr. Kathleen Burnett
Associate Professor
Phone: 850-644-8124
Fax: 850-644-6253
Email: burnett@ci.fsu.edu
Personal Homepage: http://myprofile.cos.com/burnettk25
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Kathleen Burnett (Associate Professor) earned her B.A, in German Literature from the University of California, San Diego and her M.L.S. and Ph.D. in the History of Printing and Publishing from the University of California, Berkeley. She was previously a member of the faculty of the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers University in New Jersey, and has also taught at the University of California, Berkeley and San Jose State University. She worked as a rare books cataloger, women's studies librarian, children's librarian, reference librarian, and briefly, as a business librarian.

She is an active member of Educause and the Computing Research Association. She is currently principal investigator on two grants from the IMLS to recruit and educate future LIS faculty.

Dr. Burnett's research interests include human information behavior, theory development in information studies, history of technological innovation, information technology in academic institutions, and gender and diversity in information technology education. She designed and taught the first multimedia course to be taught in a library and information studies program. She currently teaches courses in theory development, information education, and networked multimedia. Her personal interests include reading women mystery writers and cyberpunk, stained glass, and cooking (and eating!) good food.


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