University at Buffalo

Heidi Julien (she/her)

Heidi Julien

Professor

INFORMATION SCIENCE


Specialty/Research Focus

Digital literacy; information literacy; information behavior; research methodologies

Contact Information
530 Baldy Hall
North Campus
Phone: 716-645-2412
heidijul@buffalo.edu

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Professional Summary:

My research and teaching interests focus on digital literacy and information behavior/information practices. I have also taught research methods, management, and marketing. I am a past editor of the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, and served on the editorial board of Library & Information Science Research and Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Currently I serve on the editorial boards for the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, Open Information Science, the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, the Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries, and the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. I also serve on the editorial advisory board for Information and Learning Sciences. I am a past President of the Canadian Association for Information Science, and am active in the Association for Information Science & Technology where I served as chair of SIG USE. I am also Past-President of the Association for Library & Information Science Education.

Education and Training:
  • PhD, University of Western Ontario, London ON, Canada (1997)
  • MLIS, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada (1994)
  • BEd (with distinction), University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada (1983)
Awards and Honors:
  • Allen Smith Visiting Professor; Simmons University; 2024-02-26;
  • Canadian Association for Information Science Career Achievement Award; Canadian Association for Information Science; 2023-06-06;
  • UB Exceptional Scholar - Sustained Achievement; University at Buffalo; 2023-05-30;
  • Distinguished Member; Association for Information Science & Technology; 2021-11-02;
  • 2020 Outstanding Contributions to Information Behavior Research Award; Association for Information Science and Technology, SIG-USE; 2020-10-24;
Recent Publications:
Journal Article:
  • VanScoy, A., Julien, H., & Harding, A. (2024). Information behavior in RIS professional education: Survey and project synthesis. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 65(2), 163-181. https://doi.org/10.3138/jelis-2023-0012
  • Julien, H., Gross, M., & Latham, D. (2022). Teaching and its discontents: How academic librarians are negotiating a complicated role. Journal of Information Literacy, 16(2), 41-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.11645/16.2.3189
  • VanScoy, A., Julien, H., & Harding, A. (2022). “Like putting broccoli in a quiche:” Instructors talk about incorporating theory into reference courses. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 63(3), 321-334.
  • Detlor, B., Julien, H., La Rose, T., & Serenko, A., (2022). Community-led digital literacy training: Toward a theoretical model. Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1002/asi.24639
  • Gross, M., Julien, H., & Latham, D. (2022). Librarian views of the ACRL Framework and the impact of COVID-19 on information literacy instruction in community colleges. Library and Information Science Research 44(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2022.101151
Recent Grants:
Grant:
  • Conceptions of Expertise Among Librarians through a Gender Lens; Local; UB Gender Institute; Continuing; (01/01/2022-12/31/2024)
  • Precarity and Information Marginalization: Exploring How Academic Casualization Complicates Workplace Information Practices; Federal; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Awarded; (05/01/2021-03/31/2025)
Recent Activities:
Professional Service:
  • Association for Information Science & Technology, Fellows Program Jury
    10/31/2022-10/31/2024
  • President, Association for Library and Information Science Education
    02/08/2018-09/26/2019
  • Chair, Award of Merit Jury, Association for Information Science and Technology
    06/01/2016-10/31/2016
  • President, Canadian Association for Information Science
    06/01/2015-06/03/2016
Recent Editorships:
Editorship:
  • Editorial Board; Annual Review of Information Science and Technology
    05/01/2022-04/30/2025
  • Editorial Board; Public Library Quarterly
    08/24/2020-08/25/2025
  • Editorial Board; Journal of Education for Library and Information Science
    01/01/2020-12/31/2022
  • Editorial Board; Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (Senior Editor)
    01/01/2020-12/01/2025
  • Editorial Advisory Board; Information and Learning Sciences
    01/01/2018-12/01/2025

Contact Information

530 Baldy Hall
North Campus
Phone: 716-645-2412
heidijul@buffalo.edu

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