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Jenna Hartel | PhD | Assistant Professor
Faculty of Information | University of Toronto
140 St. George Street | Toronto | Ontario
M4S 3G6 | CANADA
416-506-1636 (home office) | email: jenna.hartel@utoronto.ca
Office: Bissell #645
140 St. George Street | Toronto | Ontario
M4S 3G6 | CANADA
416-506-1636 (home office) | email: jenna.hartel@utoronto.ca
Office: Bissell #645
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Faculty appointment
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 2008+
Professional experience
Director of Knowledge, Upstream, LLC, Portland, ME, 1998-2000
Knowledge Navigator, Holt, Hughes & Stamell, Portland, ME, 1996-1998
Researcher and Educator, Children's Museum of Maine, Portland, ME, 1991-1995
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy in Information Studies, Dept. of Information Studies, UCLA, 2007
Bachelor of Arts in American Studies, Colby College, Waterville, ME, 1991
Dissertation
Hartel, J. (2007). Information Activities, Resources, and Spaces in the Hobby of Gourmet Cooking. (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation). University of California, Los Angeles. Chair: Gregory Leazer; Committee: Leah Lievrouw, Mary Niles Maack & Megan Franke.
Book chapters
Hartel, J. (2011). Information in the hobby of gourmet cooking: Four contexts. In W. Aspray, & B. Hayes (Eds.), Everyday information (pp. 217-248). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Hartel, J. (2010). Hobby and leisure information and its user. In M. J. Bates, & M. N. Maack (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (3rd Edition). New York: Taylor and Francis.
Hartel, J. (2005). Serious leisure. In K. Fisher, S. Erdelez, & L. McKechnie (Eds.), Theories of Information Behavior: A Researcher’s Guide (pp. 313-317). Medford, NJ: Information Today.
Book reviews
Hartel, J. (2004). Review of “Music, libraries and culture, an analysis of discourses” by Sanna Talja. Library Quarterly, 74(3), 393-395.
Refereed journal papers
Hartel, J. (accepted for publication). Welcome to library and information science. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science.
Hartel, J., & Thomson, L. (2011). Visual approaches and photography for the study of immediate information space. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62(11), 2214-2224.
Hartel, J. (2010). Managing documents at home for serious leisure: A case study of the hobby of gourmet cooking. Journal of Documentation, 66(6), 847-874.
Kari, J., & Hartel, J. (2007). Information and higher things in life: Addressing the pleasurable and the profound in Information Science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(8), 1131-1147.
Hartel, J. (2003). The serious leisure frontier in library and information science: Hobby domains. Knowledge Organization, 30(3/4), 228-238.
Hjørland, B., & Hartel, J. (2003). Introduction to the special issue of knowledge organization. Knowledge Organization, 30(3/4), 125-127.
Hjørland, B., & Hartel, J. (2003). Afterword: Ontological, epistemological and sociological dimensions of domains. Knowledge Organization, 30(3/4), 239-245.
Refereed conference papers
Hartel, J. (2011). Understanding information technology in the home via photographs: A detailed analysis of Swan and Taylor. International Visual Methods Conference, Milton Keynes, UK.
Hartel, J. (2010). Time as a framework for information science: Insights from the hobby of gourmet cooking. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science. London, UK. Information Research, 15(4), colis715.
Talja, S., & Hartel, J. (2007). Revisiting the user-centered turn in information science research: An intellectual history perspective. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science: Featuring the Future. Boras, Sweden. Information Research, 12(4).
Hartel, J. (2006). Information activities and resources in an episode of gourmet cooking. Proceedings of the Information Seeking in Context Conference. Sydney, Australia. Information Research 12(1).
Refereed conference presentations
Hartel, J., Haigh, T., & Day, R. (2011). The Future of information history (panel convener). ASIST Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Hartel, J., Bates, M. J., Belkin, N., Dillon, A., Furner, J., Rieh, S. Y., & Olsson, M. (2011). Metatheoretical snowmen (panel convener). ASIST Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Hartel, J., Beaudrie, J., Flowers, J. Lau, A., & Sine, T. (2011). Frontiers in information behaviour (panel convener). Boundaries, Frontiers & Gatekeepers, Toronto, ON.
Hartel, J. (2010). Metatheoretical snowmen (panel convener). Conceptions of Library and Information
Science, London, UK.
Hartel, J., & Kari, J. (2009). Toward a positive information science? (panel convener). ASIST Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.
Hartel, J. (2009). Metatheoretical snowmen (panel convener). ASIST Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.
Hartel, J. (2008). The office: Integrating perspectives across information science (panel convener). ASIST Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH.
Hartel, J. (2008). The serious leisure perspective: Implications for public libraries. Reference Renaissance Conference, Denver, CO.
Hartel, J. (2006). Taking leisure seriously: Information rRealities in leisure time (panel convener). ASIST Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
Hartel, J. (2006). The culinary home library. Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society, Boston, MA.
Hartel, J. (2006). A visual approach to the study of home libraries. ALISE Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Hartel, J. (2005). Castles & inverted castles: The work of Marcia J. Bates. ALISE Annual Meeting,
Boston, MA.
Hartel, J. (2004). An American passion for the hobby of cooking. American Voices Conference, University of Turku, Finland.
Non-refereed papers
Hartel, J. (2011). Introduction to the special issue on ethnography. Faculty of Information Quarterly, 3(2), 4-6.
Hartel, J. (2009). Introducing the information experience in context. Faculty of Information
Quarterly, 2(1).
Workshops
Hartel, J. (2006). Snap happy research: Conducting a photographic inventory of information space (workshop convener). Connections Conference, Syracuse, NY.
Hartel, J. (2004). Everyday life information seeking (workshop convener). University of Tampere, Finland.
Posters
Hartel, J. (2008). Enthusiasts and their documents: A case study of the hobby of gourmet cooking. ALISE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Hartel, J. (2007). Three temporal arcs in the hobby of gourmet cooking: Implications for information behaviour. ALISE Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Hartel, J. (2006). Cooking up a home library. ALISE Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Hartel, J. (2005). Metatheoretical snowmen. ALISE Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Hartel, J. (2002). Appetite for information. ASIST Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Invited lectures
Hartel, J. (2009). Appetite for information in the hobby of gourmet cooking. Canadian Library Association, Ottawa, Canada.
Hartel, J. ( 2006). A recipe for the study of everyday life information phenomena. Information School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Hartel, J. (2004). Hobbies as sites for information research. School of Library and Information Science, University of Kentucky, Louisville, KY.
Hartel, J. (2004). A serious leisure research program for LIS. Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
Hartel, J. (2003). Hobbies as subjects for information research. Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Service & professional activities
Program Committee, Workshop on Personal Information Information Management, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work, Seattle, WA, 2012.
Awards Committee, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 2008-2011 (currently Chair).
Undergraduate Planning Task Force, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 2009-2010.
Information Services Committee, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 2009-2010.
Visiting Researcher, Dept. of Information Studies, University of Tampere, Finland, 2003/2004-2005.
Visiting Researcher, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 2003.
Co-editor (with Birger Hjørland), Special Issue of Knowledge Organization on Domain Analysis, 2004.
ASIST Annual Meeting Program Committee, Long Beach, CA, 2003.
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2001-2006
Co-editor, InterActions (an online journal of critical research), CLA, 2004-2005
Graduate Student Researcher, Dept. of Information Studies, UCLA, 2001-2002
Peer reviewer for academic journals and conferences
2012 iConference
2012 Information Seeking in Context Conference
Canadian Journal of Information Science
Journal of the American Society for Information Science &Technology
Journal of Documentation
Libraries & the Cultural Record
Teaching
University of Toronto
FIS 1310: Introduction to Reference (formerly Information Resources and Services). An introduction to the relationship between users and recordable information. MI program. Fall 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011.
FIS 2305: The Information Experience in Context. Explores theories and concepts of human information behavior via an independent, ethnographic research project. MI program. Winter 2009, Fall 2009, Summer 2010, Fall 2011.
University of California, Los Angeles
IS 200: Information in Society. Examination of processes by which information and knowledge are created, integrated, disseminated, organized, used, and preserved. MLS program. 2004.
IS 245: Information Access. Provides fundamental knowledge and skills enabling information professionals to link users with information. MLS program. 2004-2005.
IS 110: Information Resources and Libraries. Introduction to bibliographic and information resources and relevant research methodology, covering both general and specialized materials. Undergraduate program. 2004-2006.
Supervision (University of Toronto, Faculty of Information)
Danielle Allard (in progress). Living here and there: Exploring the transnational information practices of newcomers from the Philippines to Winnipeg, doctoral dissertation. (Committee member).
Lisa Quirke (in progress). Leisure Information Practices of Afghani Newcomer Youth in Toronto, doctoral dissertation. (Committee member).
Brad Koegler (in progress). Numbering the Beast: Information Practice and Cultural Capital in Heavy Metal Fandom, master’s thesis. (Second reader).
Danielle Cooper (2011). "Big Gay Library:" An Ethnographic Study of the Pride Library and the University of Western Ontario, master’s thesis. (Supervisor).
Leslie Thomson (2010). Information in the Home Office: An Ethnographic Study of Space, Content, Management and Use, master's thesis. (Supervisor).
Fellowships & Awards
SIG-USE Interdisciplinary Travel Award. 2011. $200.
Dissertation Year Fellowship. 2006-2007. Graduate Division, UCLA. $26,500.
University Fellowship, 2006. Graduate Division, UCLA. $5,000.
Dialog/ALISE Methodology Paper Competition (winner). 2006. $500.
Fulbright Fellowship. 2004-2005. The International Institute of Education (USA). $18,000.
Lois Roth Award, 2004. The Lois Roth Endowment, Washington, DC. $850.
Summer Research Fellowship. 2004. Department of Information Studies, UCLA. $3,600.
Academic Year Research Mentorship. 2002-2003. Graduate Division, UCLA. $20,000.
Summer Research Mentorship. 2002. Graduate Division, UCLA. $5,000.
Unrestricted Fellowship. 2001-2002. Department of Information Studies, UCLA. $17,000.
Professional association membership
American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001+
Association for Library and Information Science Education, 2003-2008.
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 2008+
Professional experience
Director of Knowledge, Upstream, LLC, Portland, ME, 1998-2000
Knowledge Navigator, Holt, Hughes & Stamell, Portland, ME, 1996-1998
Researcher and Educator, Children's Museum of Maine, Portland, ME, 1991-1995
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy in Information Studies, Dept. of Information Studies, UCLA, 2007
Bachelor of Arts in American Studies, Colby College, Waterville, ME, 1991
Dissertation
Hartel, J. (2007). Information Activities, Resources, and Spaces in the Hobby of Gourmet Cooking. (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation). University of California, Los Angeles. Chair: Gregory Leazer; Committee: Leah Lievrouw, Mary Niles Maack & Megan Franke.
Book chapters
Hartel, J. (2011). Information in the hobby of gourmet cooking: Four contexts. In W. Aspray, & B. Hayes (Eds.), Everyday information (pp. 217-248). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Hartel, J. (2010). Hobby and leisure information and its user. In M. J. Bates, & M. N. Maack (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (3rd Edition). New York: Taylor and Francis.
Hartel, J. (2005). Serious leisure. In K. Fisher, S. Erdelez, & L. McKechnie (Eds.), Theories of Information Behavior: A Researcher’s Guide (pp. 313-317). Medford, NJ: Information Today.
Book reviews
Hartel, J. (2004). Review of “Music, libraries and culture, an analysis of discourses” by Sanna Talja. Library Quarterly, 74(3), 393-395.
Refereed journal papers
Hartel, J. (accepted for publication). Welcome to library and information science. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science.
Hartel, J., & Thomson, L. (2011). Visual approaches and photography for the study of immediate information space. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62(11), 2214-2224.
Hartel, J. (2010). Managing documents at home for serious leisure: A case study of the hobby of gourmet cooking. Journal of Documentation, 66(6), 847-874.
Kari, J., & Hartel, J. (2007). Information and higher things in life: Addressing the pleasurable and the profound in Information Science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(8), 1131-1147.
Hartel, J. (2003). The serious leisure frontier in library and information science: Hobby domains. Knowledge Organization, 30(3/4), 228-238.
Hjørland, B., & Hartel, J. (2003). Introduction to the special issue of knowledge organization. Knowledge Organization, 30(3/4), 125-127.
Hjørland, B., & Hartel, J. (2003). Afterword: Ontological, epistemological and sociological dimensions of domains. Knowledge Organization, 30(3/4), 239-245.
Refereed conference papers
Hartel, J. (2011). Understanding information technology in the home via photographs: A detailed analysis of Swan and Taylor. International Visual Methods Conference, Milton Keynes, UK.
Hartel, J. (2010). Time as a framework for information science: Insights from the hobby of gourmet cooking. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science. London, UK. Information Research, 15(4), colis715.
Talja, S., & Hartel, J. (2007). Revisiting the user-centered turn in information science research: An intellectual history perspective. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science: Featuring the Future. Boras, Sweden. Information Research, 12(4).
Hartel, J. (2006). Information activities and resources in an episode of gourmet cooking. Proceedings of the Information Seeking in Context Conference. Sydney, Australia. Information Research 12(1).
Refereed conference presentations
Hartel, J., Haigh, T., & Day, R. (2011). The Future of information history (panel convener). ASIST Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Hartel, J., Bates, M. J., Belkin, N., Dillon, A., Furner, J., Rieh, S. Y., & Olsson, M. (2011). Metatheoretical snowmen (panel convener). ASIST Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Hartel, J., Beaudrie, J., Flowers, J. Lau, A., & Sine, T. (2011). Frontiers in information behaviour (panel convener). Boundaries, Frontiers & Gatekeepers, Toronto, ON.
Hartel, J. (2010). Metatheoretical snowmen (panel convener). Conceptions of Library and Information
Science, London, UK.
Hartel, J., & Kari, J. (2009). Toward a positive information science? (panel convener). ASIST Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.
Hartel, J. (2009). Metatheoretical snowmen (panel convener). ASIST Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.
Hartel, J. (2008). The office: Integrating perspectives across information science (panel convener). ASIST Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH.
Hartel, J. (2008). The serious leisure perspective: Implications for public libraries. Reference Renaissance Conference, Denver, CO.
Hartel, J. (2006). Taking leisure seriously: Information rRealities in leisure time (panel convener). ASIST Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
Hartel, J. (2006). The culinary home library. Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society, Boston, MA.
Hartel, J. (2006). A visual approach to the study of home libraries. ALISE Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Hartel, J. (2005). Castles & inverted castles: The work of Marcia J. Bates. ALISE Annual Meeting,
Boston, MA.
Hartel, J. (2004). An American passion for the hobby of cooking. American Voices Conference, University of Turku, Finland.
Non-refereed papers
Hartel, J. (2011). Introduction to the special issue on ethnography. Faculty of Information Quarterly, 3(2), 4-6.
Hartel, J. (2009). Introducing the information experience in context. Faculty of Information
Quarterly, 2(1).
Workshops
Hartel, J. (2006). Snap happy research: Conducting a photographic inventory of information space (workshop convener). Connections Conference, Syracuse, NY.
Hartel, J. (2004). Everyday life information seeking (workshop convener). University of Tampere, Finland.
Posters
Hartel, J. (2008). Enthusiasts and their documents: A case study of the hobby of gourmet cooking. ALISE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Hartel, J. (2007). Three temporal arcs in the hobby of gourmet cooking: Implications for information behaviour. ALISE Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Hartel, J. (2006). Cooking up a home library. ALISE Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Hartel, J. (2005). Metatheoretical snowmen. ALISE Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Hartel, J. (2002). Appetite for information. ASIST Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Invited lectures
Hartel, J. (2009). Appetite for information in the hobby of gourmet cooking. Canadian Library Association, Ottawa, Canada.
Hartel, J. ( 2006). A recipe for the study of everyday life information phenomena. Information School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Hartel, J. (2004). Hobbies as sites for information research. School of Library and Information Science, University of Kentucky, Louisville, KY.
Hartel, J. (2004). A serious leisure research program for LIS. Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
Hartel, J. (2003). Hobbies as subjects for information research. Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Service & professional activities
Program Committee, Workshop on Personal Information Information Management, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work, Seattle, WA, 2012.
Awards Committee, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 2008-2011 (currently Chair).
Undergraduate Planning Task Force, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 2009-2010.
Information Services Committee, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 2009-2010.
Visiting Researcher, Dept. of Information Studies, University of Tampere, Finland, 2003/2004-2005.
Visiting Researcher, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 2003.
Co-editor (with Birger Hjørland), Special Issue of Knowledge Organization on Domain Analysis, 2004.
ASIST Annual Meeting Program Committee, Long Beach, CA, 2003.
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2001-2006
Co-editor, InterActions (an online journal of critical research), CLA, 2004-2005
Graduate Student Researcher, Dept. of Information Studies, UCLA, 2001-2002
Peer reviewer for academic journals and conferences
2012 iConference
2012 Information Seeking in Context Conference
Canadian Journal of Information Science
Journal of the American Society for Information Science &Technology
Journal of Documentation
Libraries & the Cultural Record
Teaching
University of Toronto
FIS 1310: Introduction to Reference (formerly Information Resources and Services). An introduction to the relationship between users and recordable information. MI program. Fall 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011.
FIS 2305: The Information Experience in Context. Explores theories and concepts of human information behavior via an independent, ethnographic research project. MI program. Winter 2009, Fall 2009, Summer 2010, Fall 2011.
University of California, Los Angeles
IS 200: Information in Society. Examination of processes by which information and knowledge are created, integrated, disseminated, organized, used, and preserved. MLS program. 2004.
IS 245: Information Access. Provides fundamental knowledge and skills enabling information professionals to link users with information. MLS program. 2004-2005.
IS 110: Information Resources and Libraries. Introduction to bibliographic and information resources and relevant research methodology, covering both general and specialized materials. Undergraduate program. 2004-2006.
Supervision (University of Toronto, Faculty of Information)
Danielle Allard (in progress). Living here and there: Exploring the transnational information practices of newcomers from the Philippines to Winnipeg, doctoral dissertation. (Committee member).
Lisa Quirke (in progress). Leisure Information Practices of Afghani Newcomer Youth in Toronto, doctoral dissertation. (Committee member).
Brad Koegler (in progress). Numbering the Beast: Information Practice and Cultural Capital in Heavy Metal Fandom, master’s thesis. (Second reader).
Danielle Cooper (2011). "Big Gay Library:" An Ethnographic Study of the Pride Library and the University of Western Ontario, master’s thesis. (Supervisor).
Leslie Thomson (2010). Information in the Home Office: An Ethnographic Study of Space, Content, Management and Use, master's thesis. (Supervisor).
Fellowships & Awards
SIG-USE Interdisciplinary Travel Award. 2011. $200.
Dissertation Year Fellowship. 2006-2007. Graduate Division, UCLA. $26,500.
University Fellowship, 2006. Graduate Division, UCLA. $5,000.
Dialog/ALISE Methodology Paper Competition (winner). 2006. $500.
Fulbright Fellowship. 2004-2005. The International Institute of Education (USA). $18,000.
Lois Roth Award, 2004. The Lois Roth Endowment, Washington, DC. $850.
Summer Research Fellowship. 2004. Department of Information Studies, UCLA. $3,600.
Academic Year Research Mentorship. 2002-2003. Graduate Division, UCLA. $20,000.
Summer Research Mentorship. 2002. Graduate Division, UCLA. $5,000.
Unrestricted Fellowship. 2001-2002. Department of Information Studies, UCLA. $17,000.
Professional association membership
American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001+
Association for Library and Information Science Education, 2003-2008.
