Karen Hogenboom
Associate Professor of Library Administration, Numeric and Spatial Data Librarian
345 Main Library, MC-522
1408 W. Gregory Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
217.333.2472
hogenboo@illinois.edu
Previous Position(s)
- 2007-2009: Associate Professor of Library Administration, Assistant Government Information Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 2001-2007: Assistant Professor of Library Administration, Assistant Government Information Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 1999-2001: Research Librarian, Legislative Research Unit, Illinois General Assembly.
Education
- 1999 - M.S. in Library and Information Science: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
- 1985 - M.A. in English Composition and Rhetoric: Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL.
- 1983 - B.A. in English/Literature cum laude: Knox College, Galesburg, IL.
Awards and Distinctions
Awards
- Top 20 Library Instruction Articles of the Year for "Going beyond .gov: Using government information to teach evaluation of sources," Library Instruction Round Table of the American Library Association (2005).
Recent Publications
Articles
- Hogenboom, Karen. "Lessons Learned About Access to Government Information After World War II Can Be Applied After September 11." Government Information Quarterly, (in press 2007).
- Hogenboom, Karen and Stephen Woods. "Choosing the Right Approach: Three Models for Teaching Government Information Sources." Research Strategies, 20/4 (2005): 397-408.
- Hogenboom, Karen. "Going Beyond .gov: Using Government Information to Teach Evaluation of Sources." Libraries and the Academy, 5 (2005): 455-466.
- Hogenboom, Karen. "Review of Local and Regional Government Information: How to Find It, How to Use It." DttP, 33/4 (2005): 40.
- Hogenboom, Karen and David Griffiths. "Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: Coverage of State and International Information in Government Document Courses." Journal of Academic Librarianship, 31 (2005): 29-39.
- Hogenboom, Karen. "Has Government Information on the Internet Affected Citation Patterns? A Case Study of Population Studies Journals." Journal of Government Information, 29 (2002): 392-401.
- Hogenboom, Karen. "Review of www.States.org (Internet Site)." Journal of Government Information, 28 (2002): 475-476.
Recent Presentations
- Hogenboom, Karen, Barbara Miller and Stephen Woods, "Making Government Information More Accessible: Relevant, Effective Documents Instruction." Fall Federal Depository Library Conference, Washington D.C.: 2004.
- Hogenboom, Karen, Ieleen Miller, Brenda Larison, Taran Ley, and Thea Chesley, "Beyond the Blue Book: Illinois Documents Everyone Should Know." Illinois Library Association Annual Conference: October 2003.
Web Projects
Professional Service
- American Library Association.
- Association of College and Research Libraries - ALA.
- Government Documents Round Table - ALA.
- Illinois GIS Association
- International Association for Social Science Information and Technology (IASSIST)