My background
Education:
B.A. from Bristol University, England
MLS in information science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Positions Held:
1982-1990: Head of Technical Services and VAX/VMS Systems Manager for the
Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) Library System.
1990-1995: In charge of database provision and networking, and Internet services, for
the Technion Library System.
In April 1995 I left the Israel Institute of Technology to pursue a
full-time career as an independent information specialist and consultant.
Information Searching Experience
Most of my clients like their privacy! But in general terms I can say that:
Many of my clients are from the private sector:
- The computer and hi-tech sectors (my area of specialization)
- Biotech, nutraceuticals and the food industry
- General industry (everyone needs information on products, markets and competitors...)
- Lawyers and doctors
Others are:
- government or municipal agencies
- non-profit organizations
- graduate students doing Ph.Ds
- -- even private inventors!
Some of them only need one or a few searches; others return at regular intervals; still others ask me to keep track of a particular subject on an on-going basis.
Consulting and Teaching Experience:
1992-1995: (Part-time): Courses and lectures on Internet use and computerized
database searching: to librarians and information workers, engineers, industrial and high-tech firms, government agencies, universities and colleges. 1997 - : faculty member, Department of Library and Information Studies, Beit Berl College. 1997 - : faculty member, Haifa University Department of Library and Information Sciences. 1998 - 2002: faculty member, Bar-Ilan University Department of Information
Studies and Librarianship.
1998- : academic adviser and lecturer, professional Information Specialist course, The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Continuing Education. (This is a one-year course for university graduates, leading to a professional qualification as information specialists.) 1999 - : consultant to the Ministry of Labor and Social Services on retraining courses and youth courses in the fields of internet use and information retrieval.
Not all my consulting and lecturing projects are ongoing, of course. Here are a few examples of one-time projects.
Examples of organizations whose members I have trained:
Commercial firms:
- Elbit
- Teva
- Orbit
- and many others...
University Staff
- The Technion--Israel Institute of Technology (librarians and administrative staff).
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (librarians).
- Tel-Aviv University (librarians).
- Bar-Ilan University (librarians).
- Mofet - the central training institute for the academic staff of Israeli colleges.
Government agencies and nonprofit organizations
- The Knesset - Israeli Parliament (librarians and information professionals)
- The Ministry of Labor and Social Services
- The Israel Special Libraries Association
- The Israel Center for Libraries
Professional activity
1986-1995: Member of inter-university library system managers committee
(chairperson of that committee: 1986-1988). 1992: Chairperson of ad hoc inter-university committee on networking
databases via the national Israeli network. Member of the Israel Special Libraries and Information Centers Association. Member of the Israel Association for Data Processing. Founding member of the Israeli branch of ISOC (the Internet Society). 2003 on: Member of the AIIP - Association of Independent Information Professionals 2005: Member of the Technology Committee of the AIIP - the committee's function is to choose the recipient of the annual Technology Award for the new product that most significantly improves our professional abilities or working environment.
Publications
"Interlibrary Lending among Academic and Research Libraries in Israel," Libri 25:2 (1975) p.98-132. (Based on MLS thesis). "National Planning of Library Services," Yad laKoreh (1976) p.217-225. "Providing Multi-User Access to CD-ROM Databases in a Campus Setting," 2-part article,
CD-ROM Professional: July and September 1992. "The Internet Revolution and its Influence on Public Libraries," Yad laKoreh December 1995, p.20-24. "Global Dataspace: What do Users Expect and What will they Pay for?" Proceedings of the Online Information 95 Conference, London, December 5-7 1995;. p.25-31. The Establishment of an Information Supply System to the Multimedia On-line Services and Technologies (MOST) Consortium. Report to the S. Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology of the Technion, April 1996. 21 p. 1996: a column on the Internet in the Israeli library journal Basifriyyot (In Libraries). "Setting Up Online Learning Environments: an Experiment in Teacher-Librarian Training in Use of the Internet for Curriculum Enhancement." Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship, Israel, July 5-10 1998. "School Networks and Co-operative Learning Through the Internet: Some Noteworthy Israeli Projects." Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship, Israel, July 5-10 1998. "?שוק מנועי החיפוש - לאן פניך"
"Quo Vadis Search Engines? - Problems and Trends in the Commercialization of the Search Engine Market." Info-Meyda Conference, Tel-Aviv, May 2004. "בלשות באינטרנט: המקרה של המטרה הנעה"
"Technological Detective Work: the Case of the Moving Target." Info-Meyda Conference, Tel-Aviv, May 2004. "?גיגול שולחן העבודה: יש ורד ללא קוצים"
"Googlization of the Desktop: is there a Rose without Thorns?" Info-Meyda Conference, Tel-Aviv, May 2005. "הויקיפדיה: פרוייקט יומרני, ביצוע אנושי"
"Wikipedia: Weak, Wicked or just Wishful Thinking?" Info-Meyda Conference, Tel-Aviv, May 2005. "הספרן/מידען כמטווח מידע: כלים חדשים בעידן של אינטראקטיביות"
"The Librarian/Information Professional as Information Agent: New Tools in an Age of Interactivity." Asmi-Semel Conference, Haifa, January 2006.
Judith Koren, Information Services
POB 55405, Haifa 34981 Israel.
Last update: August 2004
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