CHRISTINA K. PIKAS

4120C Hornbake

College Park, Maryland 20742

E-mail: cpikas {at} umd {dot} edu

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EDUCATION

PhD in Information Studies	University of Maryland
Currently a doctoral student in the College of Information Studies. My work centers on scientific and technical information and the personal information management of scientists and engineers. I’m also interested in how social computing can help the personal information management of scientists and engineers.
Masters of Library Science	University of Maryland		2002
Coursework in: • Information access in science, technology, and business • Administration of Special Libraries Elected to Phi Kappa Phi		• Search techniques in electronic resources • Planning and evaluation of library services • Information policy and law
Bachelor of Science, Physics	University of Maryland		1995

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Librarian	The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory	October 2003 – Present
Researcher for the Science and Technology section of the R.E. Gibson Library & Information center.
Librarian	ASRC Aerospace Corporation	March 2003 – October 2003
Managed an analytical chemistry and environmental science library for a federal agency laboratory.
Library Associate	Prince George’s County Memorial Library System	January 2001 – March 2003
Project Coordinator	Randstad, NA, Inc.	January – December 2000
Facilities Manager	Navy Historical Center	1997-1999
Officer	United States Navy	1995-1999

PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND POSTERS

Presentations

C.K. Pikas. “Blogs for Information Management” Welch Emerging Information Technologies Lecture Series. Held in Baltimore, June 29, 2005. video, slides, handout

C. K. Pikas. “Soup: Blog Basics in the Enterprise” From Soup to Nuts: Blogs, Blogging, and the Greater Impacts to Information Science. Held at JHU/APL, March 9, 2005.

C.K. Pikas. “Blogs, Blogging, and Feeds.” For Advanced Technology and Information Systems, Office of Academic Computing, School of Medicine, JHU, December 17, 2004.

C. K. Pikas. “Blogs for Personal Knowledge Management.” American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting. Slides (html-ized) Held in Providence, Rhode Island, November 12-17, 2004.

S.M. Fingerman, C.S. Brueggemeier, and C. K. Pikas. “Finding the Vocabulary and Literature of Nanotechnology.” Greater Washington Nanotechnology Alliance Fall Symposium 2004. Held in Laurel, Maryland, October 6, 2004.

Publications

C.K. Pikas. The Blogger’s View of SLA2005. SciTech News v59 n3 (August 2005): 18. [archived copy]

C.K. Pikas. The dPAM Conference Blog. PAM Bulletin v33 n1 (August 2005). http://www.sla.org/division/dpam/pam-bulletin/vol33/no1/blog.html

C.K. Pikas. BLOG Searching for Competitive Intelligence, Brand Image, and Reputation Management. Online v29 n4 (Jul/Aug 2005): 16. [archived copy]

C.K. Pikas. “Trends in Blog Searching.” b/ITE v.21 n.2 (March/April 2004): 7-10. http://www.sla.org/division/dite/bite/MarApr2004/TrendInBlog.pdf (reprinted: LLRX.com. May 24, 2004. Available online at http://www.llrx.com/features/trendsblogs.htm)

C.K. Pikas. “Neat Newsletters and Fascinating Feeds for Keeping Up.” Column in The Cutting Edge. http://www.sla.org/chapter/cmd/ce.html (December 2004 - )

C.K. Pikas. Christina’s LIS Rant. [blog] http://christinaslibraryrant.blogspot.com. (February 2004 - ).

Various Book Reviews, American Reference Books Annual. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 200?

Various Book Reviews, E-Streams. http://www.e-streams.com/.

Various Overviews of Third Party Reviews, Library Technology Now http://www.librarytechnologynow.org/

Posters

S.M. Fingerman and C.K. Pikas. “Information Power Tour – When the Library Comes to You” Poster presented at the Special Library Association Annual Conference held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 2005. (also presented online)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES

Special Library Association (Member, 2001, 2003- Present). Assistant Editor, SciTech News (2005- Present)

American Society for Information Science & Technology (Member, 2005- present)

American Library Association (Member, 2000- 2005)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Research Databases

DIALOG, EBSCOHost, EngineeringVillage2, ProQuest, Gale, ISI, SciFinder, CSA (and Illumina)

Desktop Software

Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Visio

Corel Office Suite including WordPerfect, QuatroPro, Presentations

Lotus Smart Suite including 1-2-3, Notes, Approach

Adobe Pagemaker 7

ProCite 5.0, RefWorks

Web Tools

HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, JavaScript, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Blogger, Firefox, MovableType