June Lester

Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
The University of Oklahoma

Biographical Information

Emory University, B.A.1963, M. Ln. 1971

Columbia University, C.A.L. 1982; D.L.S. 1987

Emory University Division of Library and Information Management

Librarian and Lecturer, 1973-1976; Assistant Professor, 1976-1980; Associate Professor, 1980-1987

American Library Association

Director, Office for Accreditation, 1987-1991

University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences

Associate Professor and Associate Dean, 1991-1993

University of Oklahoma School of Library and Information Studies

Professor, 1993-
Director, 1993-2000

Current Professional Association Activities

American Society for Information Science and Technology, Treasurer, 2004/2007

American Library Association, External Review Panel Chair

Association for Library and Information Science Education, Award for Professional Contribution to Library and Information Science Education Committee

Oklahoma Library Association, Legislative Committee, 1996-

Journal of Academic Librarianship Editorial Board, 2003-

Recent Publications

"Oklahoma's Solution to a Personnel Challenge: The Certification for Public Librarians Program and the Institute in Public Librarianship." Public Libraries 42 (July/August 2003): 245-51. With Connie Van Fleet.

"A Statewide Information Databases Program: What Difference Does It Make To Academic Libraries?" Journal of Academic Librarianship 30, no. 3 (May 2004): 179-92. With Danny Wallace.

Fundamentals of Information Studies: Understanding Information and Its Environment. 2nd ed. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2007. With Wallace C. Koehler, Jr.

Courses Currently Taught

LIS/KM 5033 The Information and Knowledge Society

The nature of knowledge and information; national and global organizational information infrastructure; the role of information and knowledge professionals in the knowledge society; information policy; economics of information; information industries; legal and ethical considerations in information and knowledge systems.

LIS/KM 5053 Information Users in the Knowledge Society

Information use by people in various roles, situations, and contexts, individually and in groups. Information behavior and the influence of learning and cognitive processes; value systems; and situational, psychological, sociological, and political perspectives. Application of study of user information behavior to textual, graphical, and visual representation of knowledge. Includes both theoretical models and practical methodologies for study of uses and for user-centered design of information and knowledge systems and services.

LIS/KM 5990 Information Policy

The structure, content, and process of formulation and implementation of information policy at national and international levels, including identification of major policy actors and stakeholders, current policy issues, consideration of the impact of information technology on information policy, and the effect of information policy on the creation, flow, access, and use of information in society.

Further Information

Curriculum Vita in PDF format

Contact Information

jlester@ou.edu
School of Library and Information Studies
The University of Oklahoma
401 West Brooks, Room 120
Norman, OK 73019-0528
Ph: (405) 325-3921
Fax: (405) 325-7648

Last updated 8/13/07

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