Roberta Brody, Associate Professor & Graduate Advisor: Admissions
Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
Queens College, City University of New York
Phone: (718) 997-3790
Fax: (718) 997-3797
E-mail: Roberta.Brody@qc.cuny.edu
Education
Ph.D. Rutgers University; New Brunswick, NJ - Information Policy
M.L.S. Long Island University; Greenvale, NY - Library Science
M.S. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY - Secondary Education
Work Experience
Teaching & Scholarly Activity
Associate Professor (2002 - Present) Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College, City University of New York
Assistant Professor (1996 - 2002) Graduate
School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College, City
University of New York
Co-editor of the Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management, (2006 – Present); a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by The Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals' (SCIP) Competitive Intelligence Foundation
Editor of ChapterNews , the newsletter of the SLA New York Chapter
Faculty Advisor for the Queens SLA Student Group
Previous Experience in Information Intensive Environments:
Consultant (1983 – 1996) – B.I.S., Port Washington, NY
Information Manager (1981-1983) – Sentinel Pension Institute, Great Neck, NY
Courses Taught in the Past Two Years:
GSLIS 736: Records Management
GSLIS 786: Information
Sources & Services: Business Information
GSLIS 787:
Competitive Intelligence
Research & Professional Interests
My research and professional interests focus on the social construction of information content and information technology. Included in this agenda are evaluative explorations of information quality and information ethics issues related to the underlying social and technical environments of information and information use; especially within business settings. In addition, a long standing interest in business and competitive intelligence arises from my professional career before I entered the academic arena. The common strand is the variety of dynamic forces interacting with each other to form and inform the shape and content of information and intelligence .
Selected Publications
Brody, Roberta. 2007. "Everyone's A Critic: Business Watchdogs Online" Online , (March-April 2007) 24-29.
Brody, Roberta, editor. 2006. Disaster Preparedness and Recovery: Proceedings of Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology - International Symposium on Technology and Society 2006 . IEEE Society on the Social Implications of Technology
Brody, Roberta. 2006. “Information Ethics in the Business Research Environment ” Online , (January- February 2006) 38-41.
Brody, Roberta. 2005. “Researching Information Failure: A Potential Application of Sense- Making Methodology . May 26, 2005; New York at the International Communication Association 55th Annual Conference. Brenda Dervin , ed .
Brody, Roberta. 2003. “Information Ethics in the Design and Use of Metadata.” IEEE Technology and Society Magazine . (July-August) 38-41.
Selected Honors and Awards:
2003 - Karen J. Switt Leadership Award from the Leadership and Management Division of the SLA
1999 - Cox Award from the Insurance and Employee Benefits Division of the SLA
1996 - Fellowship by the National Science Foundation's National NCGIA
1992 - Named "Fellow" of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP)
