| MICHAEL J. KHOO
The iSchool at Drexel University
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| POSITIONS | ||
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| 2007 | Assistant Professor, College of Information Science and Technology (The iSchool), Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA | |
| 2005 | Evaluator, The National Science Digital Library, Boulder, Colorado, USA | |
| 2004 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research/The Digital Library for Earth System Education, Boulder, Colorado, USA | |
| EDUCATION | ||
| 2004 | Ph.D.: Department of Communication, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | |
| Graduate School Dean's Student Research and Creative Work Award for 2004 | ||
| M.A. (Distinction): Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | ||
| 1984 | M.A.: Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), The University of London School of Advanced Study, London, U.K. | |
| 1983 | B.A. Honours, First Class (Summa cum laude): Dept. Geography, Bulmershe College of Higher Education, Reading, Berkshire, U.K. | |
| PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES, CHAPTERS, CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, ETC. | ||
| 2008 | Khoo, M., J. Pagano, A. Washington, M. Recker, B. Palmer, & R. Donahue. Using Web Metrics to Analyze Digital Libraries. 8th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Pittsburgh, PA, June 16-20. | |
| Khoo, M., & R. Donahue Using Webmetrics to Assess Digital Library Impact: An Introduction. IEEE Bulletin. In Preparation | ||
| 2007 | Khoo, M. Guest Editor, Special Issue, Studying the Users of Digital Educational Technologies. The New Review of Multimedia and Hypermedia, Vol. 13, No. 2. Draft editorial: [pdf] | |
| Khoo, M., & R. Donahue Using webmetrics to Assess Digital Library Impact. 7th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Vancouver, BC, June 17-23, 2006, p. 484. [pdf] | ||
| 2006 | Khoo, M. A Sociotechnical Framework for Digital Library Evaluation. 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Austin, TX, November 3-6, 2006. | |
| Khoo, M. A Sociotechnical Framework for Evaluating a Large-Scale Distributed Educational Digital Library. 10th European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL), Alicante, September 17-22, 2006, pp. 449-452. [pdf] | ||
| Khoo, M. Evaluating the National Science Digital Library. 6th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Chapel Hill, NC, June 11-15, 2006, p. 342. [pdf] | ||
| 2005 | Khoo, M. Technologies Aren't What They Used to Be: Problematising Closure and Relevant Social Groups. Social Epistemology, Vol. 19, No. 2-3, Special Issue: "After Social Construction." [pdf] | |
| Khoo, M. Guest Editor, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 1.
http://www.ieee-tcdl.org/Bulletin/current/ |
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| Khoo, M. The Tacit Dimensions of User Behavior: The Case of the Digital Water Education Library. 5th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Denver, CO, June 7-11, 2005, p. 213-222. [pdf] | ||
| Khoo, M. & D. Ribes Workshop: Studying Digital Library Users in the Wild: Theories, Methods, and Analytical Approaches. 5th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Denver, CO, June 7-11, 2005, p. 429. [pdf] | ||
| 2004 | Khoo, M. The Use of Visual Artifacts in the User-Informed Development of an Educational Digital Library Collection. Journal of Digital Information, Vol. 5, No. 3.
http://jodi.tamu.edu/Articles/v05/i03/Khoo/ | |
| 2003 | Sumner, T., M. Khoo, and M. Recker Understanding Educator Perceptions of "Quality" in Digital Libraries. 3rd ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Houston, TX, May 27-31, 2003. [pdf]
Nominated for Vannevar Bush award for Best Full Technical Paper |
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| 2002 | Khoo, M. Privacy In The "Library Without Walls": Library Practice In An Age Of Digital Content. LIBRES (Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal), Volume 12, No. 1.
http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres12n1/Index.htm | |
| Khoo, M., H. Devaul, and T. Sumner Functional Requirements for Groupware to Support Community-Led Collections Building. 6th European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL), Rome, September 16--18, 2002, pp. 190--203. [pdf] | ||
| Weatherly, J., T. Sumner, M. Khoo, M. Wright & M. Hoffman Partnership Reviewing: A Cooperative Approach for Peer Review of Complex Educational Resources. 2nd ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Portland OR, July, 2002, pp. 106--114. [pdf]
Nominated for Vannevar Bush award for Best Full Technical Paper |
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| 2001 | Khoo, M. Ethnography, Evaluation, and Design as Integrated Strategies: A Case Study from WES. 5th European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL), Darmstadt, Germany, September 4--8, 2001, pp. 263--274. [pdf] | |
| Khoo, M. Community Design of DLESE's Collections Review Policy: A Technological Frames Analysis. 1st ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Roanoke VA, June 24--28, 2001, pp. 157--164. [pdf] | ||
| 1999 | Khoo, M., & Tsering Norbu Martsepa The Wrath of Rahu: Remarks on the Observation of Solar and Lunar Eclipses in Ladakh. Ladakh: Culture, History, and Development between Himalaya and Karakorum. Proceedings of the 8th Colloquium of the International Association of Ladakh Studies, Aarhus, Denmark, 5--8 June 1997. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. | |
| In Press | Khoo, M. The rgyu skar, the Tibetan System of Lunar Mansions: Preliminary Notes on Astronomy, Identification, Nomenclature, and Representation. In: Sperling, Elliot (ed.), Proceedings of the 8th Seminar of the International Association of Tibet Studies, Bloomington, Indiana, July 1998. Bloomington, IA: Indiana University Press. | |
| 1997 | Khoo, M. Preliminary Remarks Concerning Solar Observation, Solar Calendars, and Festivals in Ladakh and the Western Himalaya. Proceedings of the 7th Colloquium of the International Association of Ladakh Studies, Bonn/Sankt Augustin, 12--15 June 1995. Ulm: Universität Ulm/Ulmer Kulturanthropologische Schriften. | |
| OTHER TALKS, WORKSHOPS, PANELS, REPORTS, POSITION PAPERS, ARTICLES, ETC. | ||
| 2008 | Khoo, M. Planning a Digital Library Evaluation. Talk: Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, May 1, 2008. | |
| Khoo, M. The Design and Evaluation of Digital Library Privacy Policies. Panelist: “Social and Ethical Implications of Digital Libraries: Community Engagement, Learning, and Human Values,” ALISE 2008 Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, January 8-11, 2008. | ||
| 2007 | Khoo, M., G. Bowker, & J.-F. Blanchette Archives and Databases. Panel: “STS and Information Studies” stream, Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference 2007, Montreal, October 11-13, 2007. | |
| Payo, R., & M. Khoo NSDL as a Model of Collaborative Partnership for Digital Library Use and Utility. Poster, EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference, San Francisco, May 7--9, 2007. | ||
| 2006 | Khoo, M. A Twisty Maze of Little Wikis, All Alike. Panel: 'Silence in the Digital Library: Why Are the Users So Quiet?': Society for Social Studies of Science Conference 2006, Vancouver, November 1--5, 2006. | |
| 2005 | Khoo, M. Tacit Knowledge, Social Practice and Technological Change. Faculty of Information Studies (FIS) Invited Speaker Series, University of Toronto, Canada.
Abstract: http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/activities/speakers/khoo.pdf | |
| Khoo, M. On Non-Standard Standards: Developing Metadata for an Educational Digital Library. Panel: 'Interoperability: Beyond Standards': Society for Social Studies of Science Conference 2005, Pasadena, CA, October 20--22, 2005. | ||
| 2004 | Barker, L., L. Davies, and M. Khoo Evaluating Digital Library Implementation Using Qualitative Methods (workshop). 8th European Conference on Digital Libraries, University of Bath, September 12--17, 2004. | |
| Khoo, M. Information Overload as Information Ontology. Panel: 'The Ontology of Scientific Objects': Society for Social Studies of Science and the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology Conference, Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, Ecole des Mines de Paris, August 25-28, 2004. | ||
| Khoo, M., and D. Ribes JCDL Workshop Report: Studying Digital Library Users in the Wild. D-Lib Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 7.
http://dlib.org/dlib/july05/khoo/07khoo.html |
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| Khoo, M. Technological Frames and Language Games: Understanding Tacit Knowing. In: "JCDL Workshop Report," D-Lib Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 7.
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july05/khoo/06_khoo.pdf |
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| Khoo, M. The Communicative Dimensions of Meta-design (talk). The Center for Lifelong Learning and Design, University of Colorado, February 11, 2004. | ||
| Khoo, M. Ethnography, Digital Libraries, and Evaluation and Design. "Participant Interaction in Digital Libraries," NSF workshop, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, February 6--8, 2004. | ||
| 2003 | Khoo, M. From "Duck!" to "Duct Tape!": Civil Defense's Failure to Persuade, 1953-2003. Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology, Miami Beach, FL, November 19, 2003 | |
| Khoo, M. The 'Situated Complexity' of Organisational Communication: A Case Study of the Digital Water Education Library. Annual Conference of the National Communication Association, Miami Beach, FL, November 20-23, 2003 | ||
| Khoo, M. A Plural Rhetoric of Science and Technology - What Does it Look Like (And Where Might I Find It?). Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology, Miami Beach, FL, November 19, 2003 | ||
| Khoo, M. The Social Construction of Information: Designers, Users, and the Digital Water Education Library. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, Atlanta, GA, October 18--23, 2003. | ||
| Khoo, M. Evaluating Digital Library Educational Impact: The Role of Qualitative Research. Position paper for "Developing an Evaluation Strategy for the Educational Impact of the National Science Digital Library," NSF-sponsored workshop, Washington D.C., October 2-3, 2003.
http://eduimpact.comm.nsdl.org/evalworkshop/_khoo.php |
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| Aivazian, B., E. Geary, T. Sumner, M. Khoo, and S. Ireton Presentation at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Toulouse, France, July 2003 | ||
| Aivazian, B., E. Geary, T. Sumner, M. Khoo, and S. Ireton Presentation and poster session at the ED-MEDIA 2003 Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 2003 | ||
| Khoo, M. Transitions: Realizations and Challenges (panelist). Annual Meeting of the High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology. Estes Park, Colorado, April 4--6, 2003 | ||
| Aivazian, B., E. Geary, M. Khoo, T. Sumner, & S. Ireton Serving K-12 Education with the Digital Water Education Library (DWEL). Knowledge Quest, Vol. 31:3, January/February 2003, pp. 21-22. | ||
| Aivazian, B., E. Geary, T. Sumner, M. Khoo, and S. Ireton Presentation and poster session at the National Science Teachers Association National Convention, Philadelphia, PA, March 2003 | ||
| Khoo, M. Anthropology, Evaluation, and the Digital Water Education Library. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland, OR, March 19--23, 2003. | ||
| Geary, E., B. Aivazian, S. Ireton, T. Sumner, and M. Khoo The Digital Water Education Library: Investigating the Science, Economics, and Politics of Water in Grades K-12. Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Association, Long Beach, California, February 2003. | ||
| 2002 | Aivazian, B., E. Geary, T. Sumner, M. Khoo, and S. Ireton Poster session at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2002 | |
| Khoo, M. Online Groups and Experimental Ethnography. Presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, November 21--24, 2002. | ||
| Aivazian, B., E. Geary, T. Sumner, M. Khoo, and S. Ireton Poster session at the National Earth Science Teachers Association Share-A-Thon, National Science Teachers Association Area Convention, Portland, OR, November 2002 | ||
| Khoo, M. Observing Sociotechnical Change: A Case Study of a Digital Library. Presented at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, November 6--9, 2002, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | ||
| Aivazian, B., E. Geary, T. Sumner, S. Ireton, and M. Khoo Building the Digital Water Education Library (DWEL): Responding to the Needs of the K-12 Education Community. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Association of America, Denver, October 27--30, 2002. | ||
| Aivazian, B., E. Geary, T. Sumner, M. Khoo, and S. Ireton Poster session at the National Earth Science Teachers Association Share-A-Thon, National Science Teachers Association Area Convention, Louisville, KY, October 2002 | ||
| Aivazian, B., E. Geary, T. Sumner, M. Khoo, and S. Ireton Presentation at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Toronto, Canada, June. | ||
| Khoo, M. News or Chat? Communication in an Online Support Group. Presented at the Rocky Mountain Communication Association Annual Convention, February 16, 2002, University of Denver, Colorado. | ||
| 2001 | Khoo, M. Ethical Considerations for Doing Anthropology on the Internet (panelist). Spring Conference of the High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology: "Checking Our Ethics: The Times They A-Changing," Estes Park, Colorado, April 20--22. | |
| Khoo, M. Cyberspace: Transcending Borders, Community Building and Activism (panelist). "The People's Summit on Globalization," University of Colorado, March 8--11. | ||
| 2000 | Khoo, M. The ABCs of the WWW: Asian Self-Identity in Web Site Communities. Presented at the CU East Asian Graduate Association Conference 'Outcasts,' November 2000, University of Colorado. | |
| Khoo, M. The Shaping of Postcolonial Consumer Preferences in India (panelist). "Postcolonial Anxieties and the Unmaking of Postcolonial Theory," University of Colorado, October 13--14. | ||
| Khoo, M. Dynamics of Complaint Calls into a Wireless Telephone Customer Call Center (talk). U S West Advanced Technologies Division, August 2000. | ||
| Khoo, M. Tourism Considered as Time Travel. Presented at the Center for Humanities and the Arts Conference 'Rethinking Time,' March 2--3, 2000, University of Colorado. | ||
| 1999 | Khoo, M. Virtual Ladakh 2. Ladakh Studies 11 (Summer 1999):26-27. | |
| 1998 | Khoo, M. Searching for Ladakh on the World Wide Web: The GIGO Principle and Gossip from the Electronic Bazaar. Paper for panel on 'Construction of Communal Identity in Ladakh,' 27th Annual Conference on South Asia, October 15--18, 1998, University of Wisconsin, Madison. | |
| Khoo, M. Virtual Ladakh 1. Ladakh Studies 10 (Summer 1998):26-28. | ||
| Khoo, M. Gossip From the Bazaar. Himalayan Research Bulletin XVIII(1). | ||
| 1997 | Khoo, M. Phokar Dzong: A Pilgrimage Site in Ladakh. Presented at the 26th Annual Conference on South Asia, October 16--19, 1997, University of Wisconsin, Madison. | |
| 1995 | Khoo, M. The Sun, Moon and Stars in Ladakhi Daily Life. Ladags Melong 1(3):37-39. | |
