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3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875
Phone: 215.895.2474
Fax: 215.895.2494
istinfo@drexel.edu
| Katherine W. McCain, Ph.D. | ||||||||
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Dr. McCain's major teaching areas include Information Access & Resources, Content Representation and the introductory Ph.D. seminar, Topics in Information Science. Her background is in the biological sciences, and her professional experience includes management of a biology library. Her current research interests focus on quantitative studies of structure and change in scholarly fields and their literatures—including the evolution of research specialties over time, the emergence of interdisciplinary fields, and the diffusion of research innovations over time and subject areas. Recent work includes studies in information science and systems, medical informatics and evolutionary developmental biology. In 2007, Dr. McCain received the Derek J. DeSolla Price Memorial Medal for her contributions to quantitative studies of science.
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| Courses Taught: | ||||||||
| INFO622 - Content Representation | ||||||||
| INFO861 - Topics in Information Science | ||||||||
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