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Besiki
Stvilia, Ph.D. |
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Academic Address: Florida State University Fax: (850) 644-62-53 Email: bstvilia [at] fsu [dot] edu |
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Full CV in a pdf format
Education
PhD, Library
and Information Science,
MS, Library and
Information Science,
BS, MS, Applied
Mathematics,
Research Interests
Information Quality
Metadata Quality
Knowledge Management
Recommender Systems
Digital Libraries
Information Integration
Multi-Agent Systems
Dissertation
Measuring Information Quality
Current and Past Projects
§ Theory of Information Quality
§ IMLS Digital Collections and Content (DCC)
Teaching Experience
§ Instructor, LIS 590IQL Information Quality: Principles and Practice (Spring 2006)
§ Teaching Assistant, LIS 380LE Information Organization and Access with Professor J. Stephen Downie (Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Fall 2000, Fall 2001, Fall 2002, Fall 2003)
§ Teaching Assistant, LIS 202A Social Aspects of Information Systems with Professor Robert McChesney (Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003)
§ Teaching Assistant, LIS 250 WBT Web-based Training with Professor Cheryl Malone (Summer 2001, Summer 2002)
Papers, Reports, Books and Presentations
Stvilia, B., Gasser, L., Twidale, M. (2005). Metadata quality problems in federated collections. To appear in: L. Al-Hakim (Ed.), Information quality management: theory and applications. Hershey, PA: Idea Group.
Stvilia, B., Twidale, M.
B., Smith, L. C., Gasser, L. (2005). Assessing
information quality of a community-based encyclopedia. In: Proceedings of
the International Conference on Information Quality - ICIQ 2005.
Stvilia, B., Twidale, M. B., Gasser, L., Smith, L. C. (2005). Information quality in a community-based encyclopedia. In: S. Hawamdeh (Ed.), Knowledge Management: Nurturing Culture, Innovation, and Technology - Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Knowledge Management. (pp. 101-113). Charlotte, NC: World Scientific Publishing Company.
Stvilia, B., Twidale, M. B., Gasser, L., Smith, L. C. (2005). Information quality discussions in Wikipedia. Technical Report ISRN UIUCLIS--2005/2+CSCW.
Shreeves, S., Knutson, E., Stvilia, B., Palmer, C., Twidale, M., Cole, T. (2005). Is Quality Metadata 'Shareable' Metadata? The Implications of Local Metadata Practices for Federated Collections. In H.A. Thompson (Ed.) Proceedings of the Twelfth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries. (pp. 223-237). Minneapolis, MN. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.
Stvilia, B., Gasser, L.,
Twidale, M., Shreeves, S., Cole, T. (2004). Metadata
quality for Federated Collections. In: Proceedings of the International
Conference on Information Quality - ICIQ 2004.
Stvilia, B., Gasser, L., Twidale M. (2004). Measuring and Assuring Metadata Quality in Federated Digital Collections. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the ASIS&T.
Gasser, L., Stvilia, B. (2004). Understanding Organizational Information Quality. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the ASIS&T.
Gasser, L., Stvilia, B.
(2003). Using Multi-Agent Models to Understand the Quality of Organizational
Information Bases Over Time. In: Proceedings of the NAACSOS Conference.
Stvilia, B. (2001) Recommender Systems for Medical Information. Technical Report ISRN UIUCLIS--2001/2+AMAS.
Gasser, L., Stvilia, B. (2001) A New Framework for Information Quality. Technical Report ISRN UIUCLIS--2001/1+AMAS.
Stvilia, B., ed. (2001). Strengthening Library Associations in South Caucasus: Proceedings of the South Caucasian Regional Library Workshop. Tbilisi, Georgia: American Library Association, Association of Information Specialists. (In Russian)
Stvilia, B., ed. (2000). Continuing Professional Education for Librarians: a Manual. Tbilisi, Georgia: Association of Information Specialists. (In Georgian and Russian)
Stvilia, B., ed. (1999).
Library Associations – Regional Cooperation: Proceedings of the
Stvilia, B., ed. (1998).
Libraries - Access to Information: Proceedings of the
Employment History
2006 to present: Assistant Professor,
1999 to 2005: Research Assistant, Graduate
1999 to 2003: Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1998 to 1999: Director and Lecturer,
Regional Center of Continuing Professional Education for Librarians,
1998 to 1999: Information Manager, Georgian
– European Policy and Legal Advice Center (GEPLAC), Tbilisi,
1997 to 1998: Technical Coordinator,
Internet Access and Training Program, the International Research and Exchanges
Board,
1995 to 1997: Graduate Assistant, University Library Systems Office, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1992 to 1995: Senior System Librarian,
National Parliamentary Library of Georgia,
1989 to 1992: Software Developer, Institute
for Science and Technical Information,
Professional Affiliation
Association for Library and Information Science Education
American Society for Information Science and Technology
Association for Information Systems
Association of Information Specialists of Georgia