_Purdue University Libraries
_________Access. Knowledge. Success.

D. Scott Brandt
Associate Dean for Research
Professor of Library Science
Purdue University Libraries (ADMN)
504 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2058
765-494-2889
techman(at)purdue.edu

As associate dean for research in the Libraries I am responsible for overseeing research programs in library science, including overall program direction and development, extramural funding, and fiscal management. I oversee a Libraries initiative to engage in research integrating library science and information technology based research with other researchers at Purdue, especially with other disciplines on campus. Check out a CNI Task Force briefing describing our efforts. For current research projects, check the Distributed Data Curation Center (D2C2)

Professional activities:

Editorial Board & Reviewer, College & Research Libraries (ACRL.), 2007-

Reviewer, U.S. Department of Education's Improving Literacy Through School Libraries (LSL) Program, 2002-2005.

Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, University of Staffordshire ( UK) -2001

Editorial Board & Reviewer, Online Information Review (Emerald Publishing, Inc.), 2000- 2006

Program Committee, Computers In Libraries Conference (Information Today, Inc.) 1997- 2006

Program Committee, Internet Librarian Conference (Information Today, Inc.) 1997- 2006

Books

Brandt, D. Scott. Teaching Technology. New York: Neal Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2002. (NS catalog)

Brandt, D. Scott. UNIX in Libraries. Westport, CT: Meckler, 1991.

Book Chapters

Sharkey, Jennifer and Brandt, D. Scott. “Integrating Technology Literacy and Information Literacy.” Technology Literacy Uses in Learning Environments. Ed. David D. Carbonara, 64-74. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, 2005.

“Reference, Mental Models and Teaching Technology” in Di Su, ed. Evolution in reference and information services: the impact of the Internet. 37-48. Binghampton, NY: The Haworth Information Press, 2001

“Internet Training: Precursor To Information Literacy” in Gorman, Gary E. ed. The International Yearbook of Library and Information Management 2000-2001: Information Services. 257-277 Library Association Publishing, London, 2001.

“Internet Training” in Liu, Lewis G. ed. The role and impact of the Internet on library and information services. 291-304 Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 2001.

Peer-reviewed articles

Brandt, D. Scott . “Librarians as partners in e-research.” College & Research Libraries News, 68, 6 (June 2007): 365-367, 396.

Brandt, D. Scott, Mullins, James L. and Witt, Michael. "Enabling Interaction and Quality in a Distributed Data DRIS." Enabling Interaction & Quality: Beyond the Hanseatic League. 8th International Conference on Current Research Information Systems. Edited by Anne G.S.Asserson & Eduard J. Simons. 55-62. Leuven, Netherlands, Leuven University Press, September 2006.

Brandt, D. Scott, and Uden, Lorna. “Insight into mental models of novice Internet searchers.” Communications of the ACM, 46, no.7 (July 2003): 133-136.

Brandt, D. Scott. “Consumerism and the Web: Helping Students Consume Information. ” Library Issues. Briefings for Faculty and Administrators. 22, 4 (March 2002).

Brandt, D. Scott, and Uden, Lorna. “A Simplified Method of Eliciting Information from Novices.” Educational Technology. 42, 1 (Jan.-Feb. 2002): 52-55.

Brandt, D. Scott. “Reference, Mental Models and Teaching Technology.” The Reference Librarian. 74 (2001): 37-48.

Brandt, D. Scott. “Information Technology Literacy: Mental Models and Task Knowledges.” Library Trends 50, 1 (Summer 2001): 74-87.

Uden, Lorna and *Brandt, D. Scott. “Knowledge Analysis Of Tasks For Instructional Design” Educational Technology 41, 5 (Sept-Oct 2001): 59-63.