据美国图书馆协会网站报道，2008年2月5日，美国大学与研究图书馆协会（Association of College and Research Libraries，ACRL）公布2008年优秀博士学位论文评选结果：陶东华，Saint Louis大学医学图书馆馆员，就读于密苏里大学（University of Missouri - Columbia）信息科学与学习技术学院（School of Information Science & Learning Technology，SISLT），以其博士学位论文《基于理性行为理论探讨信息资源的选择与利用：信息资源选择与利用模式》荣获此奖。 该奖金由Thomson Scientific集团赞助，颁奖仪式定于6月30日在加利福尼亚召开的2008年美国图书馆协会（American Library Association，ALA）年会。这是自1983年设立此奖以来，中国人首次获奖。陶东华，1996年毕业于中国医科大学医学信息系，获医学士学位。毕业不久后出国，在密苏里大学的SISLT先后取得了医学图书馆学专业的文学硕士学位、卫生信息学的理学硕士学位，以及信息科学的博士学位。选举委员会主席、Iowa大学图书馆副馆长、研究与教学服务部主任Nancy H. Seamans教授高度评价该论文，认为“探询了学生如何利用信息资源的倾向及实际利用情况，对于高校图书馆员具有重要意义”。“其研究可为图书馆人员采购和馆藏建设提供参考，尤其是在诸如如何在印刷型资源和日益增长的电子型资源间找寻适当的平衡等问题上”。 ACRL是ALA的分支机构，现拥有会员13,000余人，均为高校图书馆馆员及相关人员，是北美地区面向高校图书馆馆员服务的唯一组织机构。其宗旨是使从事高等教育的团体真正认识到高校图书馆馆员在教学，学习和科学研究中的重要作用。

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Donghua Tao named 2008 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship award winner


CHICAGO - Donghua Tao, graduate student at the University of Missouri - Columbia School of Information Science & Learning Technology (SISLT), has been awarded the 2008 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for her proposal, “Using Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) in Understanding Selection and Use of Information Resources: An Information Resource Selection and Use Model.” The fellowship, sponsored by Thomson Scientific, fosters research in academic librarianship by encouraging and supporting dissertation research.

The award of $1,500 and a plaque will be presented at the 2008 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif., during the ACRL President's Program at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, June 30.

“Ms. Tao's proposal is clearly significant to academic librarians, as she is looking at how students intend to use information resources in conjunction with how they actually use those resources,” said Nancy H. Seamans, chair of the selection committee and associate university librarian and director of research and instructional services at the University of Iowa. “To quote from the letter of support from her dissertation advisor and committee chair, Ms. Tao's study has the potential to provide 'needed practical guidance in library staffing and collection development, especially in questions such as how to find appropriate balance between print sources and increasingly prevalent electronic sources of information.'”

Tao received her Bachelor of Medical Science in Medical Library and Information Sciences from the China Medical University in Shenyang, China. She earned her Master of Arts in Library Science with a specialty in Medical Librarianship from the University of Missouri - Columbia SISLT, where she is currently pursuing her Master of Science in Health Informatics and her Ph.D. in Information Science.

ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA), representing 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.

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