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Feili Tu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Davis College Room 212
Phone: (803) 777-1026
Fax: (803) 777-7938
E-mail: feilitu@sc.edu
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Education:
Texas Woman's University, Ph.D., Library and Information Studies, 1996
Louisiana State University, M.L.I.S., Library and Information Science, 1987
Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan), B.A., English, 1984
Research Topics:
- Using information technology and the Internet to deliver health-related information services to health professionals and lay people
- Adult consumer health literacy
- Core knowledge and skills required in providing virtual reference services
- Critical thinking, learning, and technology-use skills developed in 5th-grade students newly exposed to using computer technology to access information
Courses Taught:
SLIS 703 - Introduction to Information Sources and Services
SLIS 705 - Introduction to Research in Library and Information Science
SLIS 725 - Digital Libraries
SLIS 749 - Health Sciences Information Resources
SLIS 753 - Seminar in Information Services
SLIS 797C - Consumer Health Resources and Information Services
SLIS 797D - Health Information Retrieval in Electronic Environments
Publications:
(selected)
Tu, F. & Zimmerman, N. P. (2006). Integration of virtual reference service (VRS) education for health sciences librarianship. In Proceedings of the 7th Virtual Reference Desk Conference 2005, Burlingame, CA, November 14-15, 2005 (http://www.webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=11842). Syracuse, NY: Virtual Reference Desk Project, Information Institute of Syracuse.
Tu, F., & Zimmerman, N. P. Potential collaborations for the establishment of an online interactive writing consultation system for the SLIS Distance Education (DE) Program. (A research proposal for interdisciplinary collaborations). Submitted to Elisabeth M. Alford, Ph.D., Director, Writing Center, English Department and Rafael Alvarado, Ph.D., Director, Teaching and Technology Services, September, 2005.
Tu, F., & Zimmerman, N. P. (2005). The future is now: Revamping virtual reference service education for SLMSs and youth services librarians. In Proceedings of the 6th Virtual Reference Desk Conference 2004, Cincinnati, OH, November 8-9, 2004 (http://www.vrd.org/conferences/VRD2004/proceedings/index.cfm) Syracuse, NY: Virtual Reference Desk Project, Information Institute of Syracuse.
Tu, F., Zimmerman, N. P., & Jefferson, R. N. It's not just a matter of ethics III: Current status of the ethical provision of consumer health information services in public libraries in California and South Carolina - A Preliminary Report. In the Information Ethics in the Electronic Age: Current Issues in Africa and the World, ed. Tom Mendina and Johannes J. Britz. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004.
Tu, F. (2004, March 20). Virtual reference services and the school library media specialists. School Library Media Activities Monthly, 49-51.
Tu, F. & Zimmerman, N. P. It's not just a matter of ethics II: An investigation of issues related to the education of information professionals for consumer health services in public libraries. In Ethics and Electronic Information: A Festschrift for Stephen Almagno, ed. Barbara Rockenbach and Tom Mendina. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2002.
Tu, F. (2000). Are information seekers and users among the general public at a crossroads?: An examination of the quantity of consumer health publications on eating disorder in popular magazines and on the Internet in 1998. Public Library Quarterly, v.18(3/4), 139-68.
Tu, F. & Zimmerman, N. P. (2000, Sept./Dec.). It is not just a matter of ethics: A survey of the provision of health disclaimers, caveats, and other health-related alerts in consumer health information on eating disorders on the Internet. International Information & Library Review, 32, 325-39.
Tu, F. & Olson, J. The Iowa Windows CE Laptop Project: A research report of the first year. [Project funded by Iowa Department of Education and Microsoft Corportation]. Submitted to the Project Executive Board, October 2000.
Conference Presentations:
(Selected)
Virtual reference services education in LIS curricula: Lessons from VRS reflective practitioners. Submitted by Feili Tu and Nancy P. Zimmerman, accepted as a juried paper, and to be presented at the ALISE 2007 Annual Conference. Seattle, Washington, January 15-18, 2007.
Virtual reference services (VRS) and their Integration into Health Science (HS) Librarianship Curricula. To be presented at the Southern Chapter and Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MLA) Joint Meeting. Atlanta, GA, October 12-16, 2006.
Not a future trend: Revamping LIS courses for virtual reference services education. Submitted by Feili Tu and Nancy P. Zimmerman and presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Philadelphia, PA, January 21-24, 2003.
Laptop ownership: What is its impact on information seeking and learning in upper elementary grades? -- A Report of the first-year research study of the Iowa Windows CE Laptop Project. Presented as a poster presentation at the Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 7-10, 2003.
Providing formal training in virtual reference services in the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. Submitted by Feili Tu and Lorene Sisson and presented at the VRD 4th Annual Digital Reference Conference Charting the Course of Reference: Toward a Preferred Future, Chicago, IL, November 11-12, 2002.
It's not just a matter of ethics III: Current status of the ethical provision of consumer health information services in public libraries in California and South Carolina - A Preliminary Report. Submitted by Feili Tu, Nancy P. Zimmerman, and Renee N. Jefferson and presented at University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, October 24-27, 2002.
A usability study of the official web site of the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical Library Association (MLA) - A Report. Presented as a poster presentation at the Medical Library Assocation 2002, Dallas, TX, May 17-23, 2002.
A usability study of the official web site of the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) of the Medical Library Assocation (MLA) - A Preliminary Report. Presented at the 2002 Joint Meeting of the Medical Library Group of Southern California & Arizona and the Northern California & Nevada Medical Library Group, Scottsdale, AZ, January 31-February 2, 2002.
It's not just a matter of ethics II: An investigation of issues related to the education and information professionals for consumer health services in public libraries. Submitted by Feili Tu ad Nancy P. Zimmerman and presented at the 2001 Ethics of Electronic Information in the 21st Century, a Scholarly Symposium, the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, October 18-21, 2001.
It is not just a matter of ethics: A survey of the provision of health disclaimers, caveats, and other health-related alerts in consumer health information on eating disorders on the Internet. Submitted by Feili Tu and Nancy P. Zimmerman and presented at the Ethics of Electronic Information in the 21st Century, a Scholarly Symposium, the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, October 5-8, 2000.
Do popular media and Internet resources facilitate health education and promotion regarding eating disorders?: A content analytical study of lay/popular health literature on eating disorders in print media and on the Internet. Presented as a poster presentation at the Partnerships for Health in the New Millennium: Launching Healthy People 2010, Washington, D.C., January 24-28, 2000.
Service to the Professional Community:
(selected)
HILJ Regional Associate Editor for North America. Health Information and Libraries Journal, August, 2006-.
Faculty Presenter. Graduate Teaching/Instructional Assistant 2005 Workshops of the University of South Carolina, August 10 2005.
Committee Member. The Professional Development Committee for Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association, 2005-.
Reviewer. The Handbook of Information Security, edited by Hossein Bidgoli. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (December 2005). 2004.
Committee Member. The Research Committee of the Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association, October, 2003-.
Faculty advisor. Library and Information Science Student Association (LISSA) - The student association and student chapter group of the ALA and Special Libraries Assocation (SLA) of the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina, 2003-.
Project Leader. Partnership with Tutor.com and Library Systems & Services (LSSI) in order to integrate the LSSI system into the curriculum of the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina, August, 2003-.
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