Dr Kate Davis
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Biography
Kate Davis is a Lecturer and Coordinator of Information Education. She teaches primarily in the Master of Information Technology, in the disciplines of Information Management and Library and Information Studies. Kate is currently leading the implementation of the new Master of Information Science.
Kate holds a Bachelor of Arts (Art History and Literary Studies) and a Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Studies. She is currently finalising her PhD with a program of research designed to explore the information experience of new mothers in social media spaces.
Prior to joining the QUT Information Studies Group in 2010, Kate worked in academic, research and public libraries. Kate's professional experience focused on management of online collections and services, as well as public education programs. She has extensive experience with organisational use of social technologies, particularly in the context of information organisations.
Kate’s teaching centers around online information service provision and emerging and social technologies in information practice. She makes extensive use of social media in her teaching to meet students in their own spaces and create a participatory learning environment that fosters engagement across internal and external cohorts.
Over the past five years, Kate has lead a range of research projects related to blended, online and flexible learning, including studies focused on student engagement in online spaces. Kate is currently leading a project that explores students’ expectations, preferences and experiences of studying in a dual mode environment.
In addition to her teaching scholarship, Kate researches in the emerging domain of information experience, particularly in social media spaces, and this work informs her teaching practice. She is broadly interested in the way people experience social media as part of their everyday lives.
Personal details
Discipline
Information Systems
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
- Bachelor of Arts (University of Queensland)
Teaching
Kate is the Coordinator, Library and Information Education, for the Master of Information Technology.
Kate currently coordinates and teaches the following units:
INN530 Online Information Services
(Master of Information Technology)
Increasingly libraries and information centres are providing services, collections, products and programs in a hybrid environment. The ‘online branch library’ or ‘online information centre’ is an emerging concept that encompasses the provision of library and information services in a web environment. Information professionals of all types are involved in developing, maintaining and staffing these online branches. This unit introduces students to a range of concepts that underpin practice in this space, and allows students to develop the skills they’ll need to succeed as an information professional in this dynamic space.
INN531 Collections Management
(Master of Information Technology)
Developing and maintaining dynamic and relevant collections is an exciting challenge for contemporary information professionals. To provide an effective information service, information professionals need an appreciation of the diverse information needs of the community or client groups they serve, an understanding of the range of information resources collected or curated by information organisations in different formats and media, together with an understanding of how collections can be designed and delivered to meet customer needs. This unit provides students with the opportunity to explore a range of issues in information resource provision.
INN333 Information Programs
(Master of Information Technology)
Programming and service delivery are core activities of library and information services of all types. The ‘participatory library’, or Library 2.0, is a concept that mandates transparency in practice, user participation, developing communities, and assessment and evaluation of services. Library and information science professionals design, implement, manage, promote, evaluate and review information programs, products and services. This unit will equip you with the knowledge and skills to undertake these processes. The unit focuses specifically on social technologies and emerging technology concepts and their applications in information service provision.
Teaching and learning scholarship
Over the past five years, Kate has led and contributed to a range of research projects related to blended, online and flexible learning, including studies focused on student engagement in online spaces. She is currently leading a project that explores students’ expectations of, preferences for, and experiences of studying in a dual mode environment.
Selected publications
QUT ePrints
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