SCOTT NICHOLSON

Syracuse University School of Information Studies

245 Hinds Hall

Syracuse, New York 13244-4100

(315)443-1640 / Fax (315)443-5806

scott@scottnicholson.com - http://www.scottnicholson.com - http://gamelab.syr.edu

Education

University of North Texas - Denton, Texas

Ph.D. in Information Science, Spring 2000.

Dissertation: Creating an information agent through data mining: Automatic identification of academic research on the World Wide Web.

Advisor: Mark Rorvig

Course Concentrations: Information Retrieval, Statistics, Decision Science

University of Oklahoma - Norman, Oklahoma

Master of Library and Information Studies, Summer 1996.

B.S. in Mathematics with Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, Winter 1992.

Experience

Syracuse University – Syracuse, New York

Associate Professor, August 2001 – present (tenure granted in 2007)

Program Director for the Masters of Science in Library and Information Science

Program, January 2007 - present

Robert Benjamin Faculty Research Award, School of Information Studies, 2005

Jeffrey Katzer Professor of the Year, School of Information Studies, 2003

Teaching:

Library Science Graduate Core Courses

Introduction to the Library and Information Professions

Information Sources: Creation, Selection, and Use

Library Systems and Processes

Information Studies Graduate Electives

Digital Information Retrieval Services / Web Search Tools

Planning and Evaluation of Library and Information Services

Internet Architecture for Internet Services

Data Mining

Undergraduate Electives

Information Retrieval Skills

Workshops and Seminars

Planning and Evaluation of Digital Library Services in Beijing, China

Bibliomining across North America at 18 locations

Service:

MSLIS Faculty Planning Action Group (Chair)

Faculty Sponsor and Founder of the Syracuse University American Library Association student organization

Personnel Committee, Search Committee, Distance Education Committee

Research Interests:

Games and Gaming in Libraries

Measurement and Evaluation of Digital Library Services

Bibliomining Process – Collecting and analyzing data-based artifacts of behaviors in a library to aid in library management through data warehousing, traditional reporting, data exploration, data mining, and advanced statistical procedures.

Web Search Tools

Distance and Traditional Education in Library and Information Science

Administrative Highlights:

In charge of the 2007-2008 American Library Association Re-accreditation process

Citigroup / The Associates – Las Colinas, Texas

Senior Modeler, April 2000 – July 2001

Defined modeling needs with clients; Created data warehouse by gathering and cleaning data; Selected and applied appropriate sampling and statistical techniques; Created response and fault prediction models using logistic regression through SAS and classification through Knowledge Seeker; Presented models to peer groups and clients

University of North Texas - Denton, Texas

Adjunct Faculty/ Teaching Fellow, September 1997 - December 1999

Developed and presented course work for computer and statistical courses for the

business computing undergraduate program and library science graduate program.

Texas Christian University – Denton, Texas

Reference & Electronic Services Librarian, August 1996 – August 1997

Assisted faculty and students with research needs; developed training and

documentation for databases

University of Oklahoma -Norman, Oklahoma

Microcomputer Consultant, June 1993 - July 1996.

Programming, database administration, graphic design, training, and computer

support of several academic departments

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

(note – many articles are available at http://bibliomining.com/nicholson/)

Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications

(selected preprints at http://bibliomining.com/nicholson/)

Nicholson, S. (Forthcoming). Go Back to Start: Gathering Baseline Data about Gaming in Libraries. Library Review, 58(3). Preprint available at http://librarygamelab.org/backtostart.pdf

Nicholson, S. & Smith, C.A. (2007). Using lessons from health care to protect the privacy of library users: Guidelines for the de-identification of library data based on HIPAA. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 58(8), 1198-1206.

Nicholson, S. & Lankes, R. D. (2007). The Digital Reference Electronic Warehouse (DREW) Project: Creating the infrastructure for digital reference research through a multi-disciplinary knowledge base. Reference and User Services Quarterly 46(3), 45-59.

Nicholson, S. (2006). Approaching librarianship from the data: Using Bibliomining for evidence-based librarianship. Library Hi-Tech 24(3). 369-375.

Nicholson, S. (2006). The basis for bibliomining: Frameworks for bringing together usage-based data mining and bibliometrics through data warehousing in digital library services. Information Processing & Management 42(3), 785-804.

Nicholson, S., Sierra, T., Eseryel, U. Y., Park, J., Barkow, P., Pozo, E., & Ward, J. (2006). How much of it is real? Analysis of paid placement in Web search engine results. Journal for the American Society of Information Science and Technology 57(4), 448-461.

Nicholson, S. (2005). Digital library archeology: Understanding library use through artifact-based evaluation. Library Quarterly 75(4). 496-520.

Nicholson, S. (2005). A framework for technology selection in a Web-based distance education environment: Supporting community-building through richer interaction opportunities. Journal for Education in Library and Information Science 46(3), 217-233.

Nicholson, S. (2005). Understanding the foundation: The state of generalist search education in library schools as related to the needs of expert searchers in medical libraries. Journal of the Medical Library Association 93(1), 58-65.

Lavender, K., Nicholson, S., & Pomerantz, J. (2005). Building bridges for collaborative digital reference between libraries and museums through an examination of reference in special collections. Journal of Academic Librarianship 31(2), 106-118.

Nicholson, S. (2005) A framework for Internet Archeology: Discovering use patterns

in digital library and Web-based information resources. Short paper for First

Monday 10(2). Available online at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_2/nicholson/.

Nicholson, S. (2004). A conceptual framework for the holistic measurement and cumulative evaluation of library services. Journal of Documentation 60(2), 164-182.

Pomerantz, J., Nicholson, S., Belanger, Y., & Lankes, R. D. (2004). The current state of digital reference: Validation of a general digital reference model through a survey of digital reference services. Information Processing & Management. 40(2), 347-363.

Kaarst-Brown, M., Nicholson, S., von Dran, G. & Stanton, J. (2004). Organizational cultures of libraries as a strategic resource. Library Trends. 53(1), 33–53.

Nicholson, S. (2003). Bibliomining for automated collection development in a digital library setting: Using data mining to discover web-based scholarly research works. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 54(12), 1081-1090.

Nicholson, S. & Stanton, J. (2003). Gaining strategic advantage through bibliomining: Data mining for management decisions in corporate, special, digital, and traditional libraries. In Nemati, H. & Barko, C. (Eds.). Organizational data mining: Leveraging enterprise data resources for optimal performance (pp. 247-262). Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing.

Variants in encyclopedias by the same publisher:

Nicholson, S. & Stanton, J. (2005).Bibliomining for Library Decision-Making: Data

mining and data warehousing for libraries. In Khosrow-Pour, M. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (pp. 272-277). Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing.
Nicholson, S. & Stanton, J. (2005).Bibliomining for Library Decision-Making. In Wang, J. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Data Mining (pp. 100-106). Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing.

Pomerantz, J., Nicholson, S., & Lankes, R. D. (2003). Digital reference triage: An investigation using the Delphi method into the factors influencing question routing and assignment. The Library Quarterly 73(2), 103-120.

Nicholson, S. (2002). Socialization in the "virtual hallway": Instant messaging in the asynchronous Web-based distance education classroom. The Internet and Higher Education 5(4), 363-372.

Nicholson, S. (2000). Raising reliability of Web search tool research through replication and chaos theory. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 51(8), 724-729.

Nicholson, S. (2000). A proposal for categorization and nomenclature for Web search tools. Journal of Internet Cataloging 2(3/4), 9-28.

Also published in monograph form:

Nicholson, S. (2000). A proposal for categorization and nomenclature for Web search

tools. Internet Searching and Indexing: The Subject Approach, ed. Thomas, A. and

Shearer, J, 9-28.

Nicholson, S. (1997). Indexing and abstracting on the World Wide Web: An examination of six Web databases. Information Technology and Libraries 16(2), 73-81.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations

Connaway, L., Dickey, T. O'Neill, E., Lavoie, B., Nicholson, S., and Gammon, J. (2008, October). Transforming Data into Services: Delivering the Next Generation of User-Oriented Collections and Services. Responder for panel at the 2008 Conference for the American Society of Information Science and Technology. Columbus, Ohio.

Nicholson, S. (2008, October). Games in Libraries: Past, Present, and Future. Meaningful Play 2008: Designing and Studying Games that Matter. East Lansing, Michigan.

Nicholson, S. & Smith, C. (2005, October). Using Lessons from Health Care to Protect the Privacy of Library Users: Guidelines for the De-Identification of Library Data based on HIPAA. Presented at the American Society for Information Science and Technology 2005 conference. Charlotte, North Carolina.

Nicholson, S. (2005, January). Seeking a core literature: The current state of search education in top LIS schools. Presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education 2005 conference. Boston, MA.

Nicholson, S. (2004, November). A Conceptual Framework for the Holistic Measurement and Cumulative Evaluation of Library Services. Presented at the American Society for Information Science and Technology 2004 conference. Providence, RI.

Nicholson, S. & Lankes, R.D. (2004, November). Creating a Multi-Disciplinary Knowledge Base to Preserve Human Intermediation: The Digital Reference Electronic Warehouse (DREW) Project. Presented at the American Society for Information Science and Technology 2004 conference. Providence, RI.

Nicholson, S. & Lankes, R.D. (2004, November). Archiving Human Intermediation: The Digital Reference Electronic Warehouse (DREW) Project. Presented at the 2004 Virtual Reference Desk conference. Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lavender, K., Nicholson, S., & Pomerantz, J. (2003, November). Crossing the Bridge between Museums and Academic Special Collections: An Analysis of the Digital Reference Function. Presented at the 2003 Virtual Reference Desk conference. San Antonio, Texas.

Nicholson, S. (2003, October). The Bibliomining Process: Data Warehousing and Data Mining for Libraries. Presentation at the American Society for Information Science and Technology 2003 conference. Long Beach, California.

Nicholson, S. (2003, June). The Bibliomining Process: Seeking Behavioral Patterns for Library Management using Data Mining. Presentation at the 2003 Evidence Based Librarianship conference. Edmonton, Alberta.

Nicholson, S. (2003, May). Bibliomining for Automated Collection Development in a Digital Library: Using Data Mining to Discover Web-based Scholarly Research Works. Presentation at the 2003 Libraries in the Digital Age conference. Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Peer-Reviewed Poster Sessions

Nicholson, S. (2008). How Libraries are Supporting Gaming: A Pilot Exploration. Poster presented at the 2008 Conference for the American Society of Information Science and Technology. Columbus, Ohio.

Nicholson, S. and Lankes, D. (2005). Creating the Infrastructure for Collaboration between Digital Reference Services and Researchers: The Digital Reference Electronic Warehouse (DREW) Project. Poster presented at the 2005 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries. Denver, Colorado.

Nicholson, S. (2003, August). A Theoretical Framework for the Holistic Evaluation of Digital Libraries. Poster presented at the 7^th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. Trondheim, Norway.

Funded Research

Primary Investigator for Entrepreneurial Thinking at the Library: Becoming Relevant to Potential Users through Gaming. $10,000. Enitiative project grant, Kaufmann foundation

Subcontractor for Gaming for Learning and Literacy with the American Library Association (2008-200). $110,000. Verizon Foundation.

Primary Investigator, Research grant to establish the Library Game Lab of Syracuse (2008). $5,000. Gaylord Brothers.

Senior Researcher for Eisenberg, M. and Lankes, D. (2006-2008). Credibility Commons, $250,000 MacArthur Foundation grant.

Research Scientist for Croft, B., Lankes, D., and Koll, M. (2002-2003). Question Triage for Experts and Documents: Expanding the Information Retrieval Function of the NSDL, $450,000 National Science Digital Library, National Science Foundation grant.

Senior Personnel for Lankes, D. (2001-2004). Integrating Expertise into the NSDL: Putting a

Human Face on the Digital Library. $356,428 National Science Foundation grant.

Non Peer-Reviewed Publications

Nicholson, S. (2008). Modern board games: It’s not a Monopoly any more. Library Technology Reports 44(3). 8-10, 38-39.

Nicholson, Scott. (2008). Finish your games so you can start your schoolwork: A look at gaming in school libraries. Library Media Connection 26(5), 52-55.

Nicholson, S. (2007). The Role of Gaming in Libraries: Taking the Pulse. White paper published July 23, 2007 at http://boardgameswithscott.com/pulse2007.pdf

Lankes, R.D., Silverstein, J., and Nicholson, S. (2007). Participatory Networks: The library as conversation. Produced for the American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy. Retrieved January 20, 2007 from http://iis.syr.edu/projects/PNOpen/

Nicholson, S. (2006). Writing your first scholarly article: A guide for budding authors in librarianship. Information Technology and Libraries 25(2), 108-111.

Nicholson, S. (2006, January 15). Proof is in the Pattern. Library Journal netConnect, Supplement to Library Journal, Winter 2006, 2-6.

Lankes, R. D. and Nichoson, S. (2005). Reference Extract: Extending the Reach of Digital Reference through Collaborative Data Warehousing. IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries Bulletin 2(1). Available online at http://www.ieee-tcdl.org/Bulletin/v2n1/nicholson/nicholson.html

Nicholson, S. (2003) Avoiding the Great Data-Wipe of Ought-Three: Maintaining an Institutional Record for Library Decision-Making in Threatening Times. American Libraries 34(9), 36.

Nicholson, S. (2003). The bibliomining process: Data warehousing and data mining for library decision-making. Information Technology and Libraries 22(4), 4-9.

Translated and published as:

Nicholson, S. (2004). O processo da bibliomineração: repositório de dados e mineração

de dados para tomada de decisão em bibliotecas. Transinformação 16(3), 253-261.

Nicholson, S. (2003). Exploring the future of digital reference through scenario planning. In Lankes, R.D., Nicholson, S. & Goodrum, A. (Eds.) The Digital Reference Research Agenda (ACRL Publications in Librarianship, no.55).

Nicholson, S. (2003). Review of the book Models for Library Management, Decision Making, and Planning. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 54(4), 359-360.

Nicholson, S. (2000). Using search tools, Using directories, Boolean search strategies, Natural language search strategies, and Evaluating web sites. NetSearch Video Series [videocasette]. Denton, TX: Texas Center for Educational Technology.

Nicholson, S. (1999). Review of the book Indexing and Abstracting in Theory and Practice (2^nd edition). Information Processing & Management 35(2), 209-210.

Nicholson, S. (1998). GIF versus JPEG: Choosing a graphics compression format for Web publications. Information Technology and Libraries 17(2), 109-110.

Non Peer-Reviewed Presentations (Invited)

Nicholson. S. (2008, November). The State of the Union: Data from the Annual Census of Gaming Programs in Libraries. Featured speaker at the 2008 Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium. Chicago, IL.

Nicholson, S. (2008, October). Games in School Libraries: Data from the Field. 11^th Annual OCM BOCES Annual Conference. East Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2008, October). Games in Libraries: The State of Play. Polaris User Group Annual Meeting. Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2008, June). Library Game Lab of Syracuse: Studying gaming and libraries. Teen Spirit in the Library: Best Practices in YA and Teen Services Webcast. Web-based seminar hosted by Polaris Library Systems and Library Journal.

Nicholson, S. (2008, April). Shall We Play a Game? Gaming and Libraries. Presentation at Bird Library, Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2008, February). Shall We Play a Game? Gaming and Libraries. Presentation at Gaylord Brothers, Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2007, December). Gaming Trends in Libraries. Presentation to the E-Info Global Symposium, Huntsville, Alabama.

Nicholson, S. (2007, November). Introduction to the Bibliomining Process – Data Mining for Libraries. Web-based conference for the Education Institute.

Nicholson, S. (2007, November). Games in Libraries and Schools. Presentation at the Chicago Toy and Game Fair (CHITAG).

Nicholson, S. (2007, September). Exploring the Intersection of Libraries and Games. Web-based conference for the Education Institute.

Nicholson, S. (2007, August). Shall We Play a Game? Gaming and Libraries Presentation to the Public Library System Directors Organization (PULISDO).

Nicholson, S. (2007, July). Who Else Is Playing? The Current State of Gaming in Libraries. Featured presentation for the 2007 Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium. Chicago, IL.

Nicholson, S. (2007, May). Particpatory Librarianship. Presentation for the 2007 Annual Beta Phi Mu Meeting.

Nicholson, S. (2007, January). Best Practices for Online Pedagogy: Preparing WISE Scholars Workshop, Panel Member for the WISE Workshop on Online Pedagogy. Charlotte, NC.

Nicholson, S. (2006, May). Balancing Evidence-Based Librarianship and Protecting Patron Privacy through the Bibliomining Process. Keynote speaker for the Eastern New York Association for College and Research Libraries. Hamilton, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2006, January) Pedagogy for Online Teaching , Panel Member for the WISE Workshop on Online Pedagogy. Charlotte, NC.

Nicholson, S. (2005, June and 2006, January). Teaching Online Searching Online. Presentation to the WISE Workshop on Online Pedagogy. Charlotte, NC. and Chicago, IL.

Nicholson, S. (2002, October). Bibliomining: A Brief Introduction. Presentation to the NorthEast Research Libraries library consortium. Providence, RI.

Nicholson, S. (2002, February). Bibliomining: Possibilities, Plans, and Pitfalls. Two-day workshop for the Rappahannock Country Library System Administration. Fredericksburg, VA.

Non Peer-Reviewed Presentations (Volunteer)

Harris, C., Mayer, B., and Nicholson. S. (2008, November). Late Night Library Show. 2008 Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium. Chicago, IL.

Nicholson, S. and Salles, D. (2008, September). Game Research at Syracuse University. Presentation to Syracuse University Alumni at the School of Information Studies, Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2008, April). Shall We Play a Game? Gaming and Libraries. Presentation to the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Dublin,Ohio.

Nicholson, S. (2005, September). This Web isn’t so Wide: Going Beyond the Web of Knowledge for Citation Searching. Presentation to the Syracuse University School of Information Studies Brown Bag Lecture Series. Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2005, January). Community Building Online. Presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education 2005 Online Pedagogy Workshop.

Nicholson, S. (2004, June). Bibliomining as Evidence-Based Librarianship. Presented at the 2004 American Library Association annual conference.

Nicholson, S. (2004, May). Teaching Online.. Presentation at the Future Professoriate Project and Preparing Future Faculty Conference at the Minnowbrook Conference Center. Blue Mountain Lake, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2002, May). How to Teach with Technology. Presentation at the Future Professoriate Project and Preparing Future Faculty Conference at the Minnowbrook Conference Center. Blue Mountain Lake, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2002, September). Bibliomining: Possibilities, Plans, Pitfalls, and Potential. Presentation to the Syracuse University School of Information Studies Brown Bag Lecture Series. Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2002, November). Data Management, Organization, and Systems for Digital Reference Assessment. Presentation to the Virtual Reference Desk Pre-Conference 2002: Preparing for Administering, and Using Statistics and Measures for Digital Reference Evaluation: Practical Approaches. Chicago, IL.

Nicholson, S. (1996). HTML in an Hour. Presented at the 1996 American Library Association midwinter and annual conferences. San Antonio, TX and New York City, NY.

Non Peer-Reviewed Poster Sessions

Nicholson, S. (2002, May). Bibliomining: Data Mining in Libraries. Poster presented at the Spring 2002 Conference of the Western New York / Ontario Association of College and Research Libraries. White Plains, NY.

Nicholson, S. & Pomerantz, J. (2002, December). Question Triage for Experts and Documents: Expanding the Information Retrieval Function of the NSDL. Poster presented at the National Science Foundation NSDL Annual Meeting 2002. Washington, DC.

Invited Course Lectures

Nicholson, S. (2008, September). Library Science Discussion. Guest lecture for the Syracuse University School of Information Studies doctoral seminar, Lankes, D, (instructor). Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2006, February). Introduction to Library Science. Guest lecture for the Syracuse University School of Information Studies doctoral seminar, Crowston, K., (instructor). Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2005, September). Introduction to Library Science. Guest lecture for the Syracuse University School of Information Studies doctoral seminar, Crowston, K., (instructor). Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2005, January). Introduction to Journal Indexing and Commercial Databases. Guest lecture for Syracuse University School of Information Studies; Introduction to the Library and Information Professions, Kwasnik, B. (instructor). Syracuse, NY

Nicholson, S. (2004, October). Careers in the Information Professions. Guest lecture for the University of Oklahoma School of Library and Information Science; The Information Environment, Lester, J.(instructor). Norman, OK.

Nicholson, S. (2004, September). Teaching Online. Guest lecture for the Syracuse University School of Information Studies doctoral seminar, Crowston, K., (instructor). Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2004, June). Bibliomining: An Exploration. Guest lecture for Syracuse University School of Information Studies; Managing Libraries, Bradley, J. (instructor).Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2004, April). Classification through Data Mining. Guest lecture for Syracuse University School of Information Studies; Indexing and Classification, Kwasnik, B. (instructor). Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2003, October). Careers in the Information Professions. Guest lecture for the University of Oklahoma School of Library and Information Science; The Information Environment, Lester, J.(instructor). Norman, OK.

Nicholson, S. (2002, October). Predictive Modeling. Guest lecture for Syracuse University School of Information Studies; Data Mining, Liddy, E. (instructor). Syracuse, NY.

Nicholson, S. (2002, November). Web Search Tools: An Introduction. Guest lecture for Syracuse University School of Information Studies; Introduction to the Library and Information Profession, Bradley, J.(instructor). Syracuse, NY.

Awards and Honors

Emerald Highly Commended award, 2007, for “Approaching librarianship from the data: Using Bibliomining for evidence-based librarianship”.

Robert Benjamin Junior Faculty Research award, 2005, Syracuse University School of Information Studies – This award goes to a junior faculty member for outstanding research.

Professor of the Year, 2003, Syracuse University School of Information Studies – This award is based on a vote of the students for outstanding teaching and service.

Who’s Who in America, 2006.

Reviewing and Editorial Activities

Editorial activities:

Lankes, R.D., Nicholson, S., Radford, M., Silverstein, J., Westbrook, L., and Nast, P. (2007). Virtual Reference Service: From Competencies to Assessment. Neal-Schuman Publishers:New York City, NY.

Nicholson, S. (Guest Editor) (2003). Special issue on the Bibliomining process. Information Technology and Libraries. 22(4).

Lankes, R.D., Nicholson, S. & Goodrum, A. (Editors) (2003). The Digital Reference Research Agenda (ACRL Publications in Librarianship, no.55).

Peer Reviewer for Journals:

Information Processing and Management

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Library Quarterly

Human Resource Management Journal

Information Technology and Libraries

Journal of Information Science

Library Quarterly

Peer Reviewer for Grants:

National Science Foundation, Information and Intelligent Systems, 2005

Israel Science Foundation, 2005

Peer Reviewer for Conferences:

American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Conference 2005,2006

I-Conference 2005

Virtual Reference Desk Conference 2004, 2003

Peer Reviewer for Monographs:

Bell, S. (2006). Librarian's Guide to Online Searching. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Wang, J. (2005). Encyclopedia of Data Warehousing and Mining. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing.

Khosrow-Pour, M. (2005). Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing.

Other Peer Review Activities:

Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Award (Chair) 2005, 2004

Organizational Activities

Nicholson, S. (2008). Founder of the Games @ SU discussion group.

Nicholson, S. (2008) Founder of the Games and Gaming Members Initiative Group, American Library Assocation.

Nicholson, S. (Organizer) (2005, June). Understanding Scholarly Literature through Visualization and Citation Analysis. Presented at the American Library Association annual conference. Chicago, IL.

Nicholson, S. (Panel organizer) (2004, June). Evidence-Based Librarianship: Charms, Challenges, and Choices. Presented at the American Library Association annual conference. Orlando, FL.

Web-based Publications

Games in Libraries Podcast (http://gamesinlibraries.org)-

Monthly podcast about various aspects of games in libraries.

Board Games with Scott (http://boardgameswithscott.com) – Video series of explanations and reviews of modern board games.

Bibliomining: Data Mining for Libraries (http://www.bibliomining.org) – Research center for bibliomining

AskScott - Your Guide to Finding It on the Internet (http://www.askscott.com) – Virtual reference library designed to help users with selecting and using the most appropriate Web search tool.

Publicity

Nicholson, S. (Television Interview) (2003, February 26). Catching cheaters with the Web. CNN Headline News. Atlanta, GA: CNN.