PETER HEPBURN Digitization Librarian and Assistant Professor Systems Group Richard J. Daley Library University Library M/C 234 801 S. Morgan St. Chicago, IL 60607 312.996.6633 phepburn (at) uic (dot) edu
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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

My research centers around issues of language and access to digital information: storage and retrieval of information in electronic formats, especially images; relationship between indexing of images and their storage and retrieval and the implications for digitization; use and navigation of Web pages, especially as it applies to managing the pages.

PUBLICATIONS
Refereed publications are indicated by *; the senior author for each is listed first.

Hepburn, Peter. "Wireless in Chicago (transmitting library information to students by means of wireless technology at the University of Illinois at Chicago)". Feliciter 47 (2) (2001) p. 77.

• Cited in Sheppard, Michel-Adrien. Content in a Mobile Environment: Bibliography, created September 12, 2002.

Hepburn, Peter. "Residency Programs as a Means of Nurturing New Librarians". Feliciter 47 (3) (2001) pp. 142-144.

• Cited in Hartman, Stephanie. "Librarianship in 9-24 months!? A look at the relationship between degree length, work history and student satisfaction and preparedness". Portfolio - Hartman, created December 5, 2003.
• Cited in "Articles". newlibrarians wiki.
• Cited in Bahlinger, Tom. "Library Work Experience: Get Some!" in The Librarian's Career Guidebook, edited by Priscilla K. Shontz. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2004. pp. 143, 145.
• Cited in Macalalad, Kristine. "Academic Librarian Wanted; Professional Experience Required: The Library Residency Program". SLIS Descriptor 3 (4) (January 2007) pp.6-7.
• Cited in Bright, Kawanna. "Residency, Fellowship & Internship Programs: Selected Bibliography" (handout for the round table presentation Before, During, & After the Post-MLS Residency Program: Found One, Completed One, Now What?, presented by Bright, et al., at the Association of College and Research Libraries 13th National Conference, 2007).

Hepburn, Peter. "My Chicago Library". Feliciter 48 (3) (2002) p. 104.

• Cited in Lacroix, Denis. "A Community Study of the Bibliothèque Saint Jean". Denis Lacroix, Master's student, SLIS, University of Alberta, Capping Exercise, created March 11, 2003.

Hepburn, Peter, Kathryn Deiss, and Scott Collard. "Library Hot Groups: how academic libraries can harness maverick groups". Library Administration & Management 17 (3) (Summer, 2003) pp. 141-143.

• Cited in Dickinson, Julia B., Sarah E. George, and Lisa S. Blackwell. "Using Collaboration to Counteract Inertia in a Small Library". The Serials Librarian 48 (3/4) 2005 pp. 335-338.

*Hepburn, Peter and Francis Kayiwa. "Creating Web Portals for a Multi-type Library System: the use of open source code in the Chicago Library System". Public Services Quarterly 1 (4) (Summer, 2003) pp. 81-88.

• Cited in Lakos, Amos. Selected Portals Bibliography, May 25, 2004.
• Cited in Dworaczek, Marian. Electronic Sources of Information: A bibliography, created December 1997, last revised April 15, 2008.

*Hepburn, Peter and Joan B. Fiscella. "Constructing Descriptive Records For An Art Image Database: What Do Use Statistics Tell Us?". College & Research Libraries 67 (4) (July 2006) pp. 334-353.

• Cited in "Social tagging and folksonomy in art museums". sils660 wiki.
• Cited in Cummins, Heather, et al. Vocabulary Design, Assignment 3: Metadata Schema for the DHLR Photography Database.
• Cited in "Novinky zahranicní knihovnické literatury" (roughly translates as "New Foreign Literature"). Knihovna (roughly translates as Library) 18 (1) 2007.

*Hepburn, Peter and Krystal M. Lewis. "What's in a Name? Using Card Sorting to Evaluate Branding in an Academic Library's Web Site". College & Research Libraries 69 (3) (May 2008) pp. 242-250.

• Cited in Bannerjee, Kyle and Laura Zeigen. Navigating Next Generation Catalogs (PORTALS Workshop): Resources, created May 30, 2008. Also linked here.
• Cited in Kennedy, Marie. "card sorting: a data collection method". Organization Monkey, created June 12, 2008.

From 2001 to 2006 I wrote thirty-seven book reviews that were published in E-STREAMS and eight published in Library Journal. One E-STREAMS review was subsequently reprinted in Lesbian & Gay Psychology Review 3 (3) (November 2002).

FORMAL PRESENTATIONS

Refereed presentations are indicated by *; the lead presenter for each is listed first.

Kayiwa, Francis and Peter Hepburn. Creating Web Portals for a Multi-type Library System. Online NorthWest Conference, Eugene, OR. March 1, 2002.

Collard, Scott A., Kathryn Deiss, and Peter Hepburn. Making Collaborative Connections: Innovative partnerships in the academic library. Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Conference, Oak Brook, IL. April 4, 2002.

Ford, Annie Marie, Robert A. Daugherty, Li Fu, and Peter Hepburn. The Residents' Program @ UIC Libraries: Reflections on possibilities and opportunities for new librarians. Illinois Library Association Conference, Chicago, IL. September 26, 2002.

Daugherty, Robert A., Annie Marie Ford, Li Fu, and Peter Hepburn. The Residents' Program @ UIC Libraries: Reflections on possibilities and opportunities for new librarians. Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians conference, Milwaukee, WI. April 3, 2003.

*Beaubien, Anne K. and Peter Hepburn. Sharon Hogan Management Symposium. ACRL 11th National Conference, Charlotte, NC, April 9. 2003.

Hepburn, Peter. Internalizing Blackboard: using Course Management Systems to create staff training modules. Imagining an Integrated Future: library content, library services and the campus Course Management System, a CIC conference for librarians and information technology professionals, Chicago, IL. February 24, 2004.

*Beaubien, Anne K. and Peter Hepburn. Sharon Hogan Management Symposium. ACRL 12th National Conference, Minneapolis, MN. April 7, 2005.

*Hepburn, Peter. Implications of Multi-Institution Collaboration for Retrieval of Digitized Images from a Database. ACRL 12th National Conference, Minneapolis, MN. April 8, 2005.

*Beaubien, Anne K. and Peter Hepburn. Sharon Hogan Management Symposium. ACRL 13th National Conference, Baltimore, MD. March 29, 2007.