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Dr. Harry Bruce
School of Library and Information Science 
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195

Education

  • Riverina College of Advanced Education - Diploma of Teaching
  • Macquarie University - Bachelor of Arts
  • Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education - Graduate Diploma in Teacher Librarianship
  • University of New South Wales - Master of Librarianship by Research
  • University of New South Wales -- PhD

Recent Professional Experience

  • 1989 - 1990 System Analyst, NSW Department of School Education
  • 1990 - 1994 Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, University of Technology, Sydney
  • 1995 - 1998 Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, University of Technology, Sydney
  • Dec1998 - present Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of Washington

Current or Recent Professional Service

  • Research and Reviews Editor - Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy
  • Editorial Board - Journal of the American Society for Information Science
  • Clearinghouse Director - International Federation for Information and Documentation, Education and Training Clearinghouse (FID/ET)
  • Editor -- International Federation for Information and Documentation, Education and Training Newsletter

Awards

UMI/ASIS Doctoral Dissertation Award

Closely Related Publications

Bruce, H. “User satisfaction with information seeking on the Internet” Journal of the American Society for Information Science 49(6), 1998, 541-556.

Bruce, H. “Perceptions of the Internet: What people think when they search the Internet for information” Internet Research: Electronic Networking and Applications 9(3), 1999 (in press)

Applebee, A., Bruce, H., Clayton, P. Pascoe, C., and Sharpe, E. Academics Online: A nationwide quantitative study of Australian academic use of the Internet, Melbourne: Auslib Press, 1998

Bruce, H. Internet, AARNet and academic work: A longitudinal study Canberra: Australian Government Printing Service, 1996

Bruce, H. "Internet services and academic work: an Australian perspective" Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy. 4(2), 1994, 24-34.

Other Related Publications

Bruce, H. “A user oriented view of Internet as information infrastructure” Information Seeking in Context. Tampere, Finland, August 1996 pp.319-334

Bruce, H. “The impact of Internet on academic teaching in Australia” Education for Information 13(3), 1995, 177-191

Bruce, H. "A cognitive view of the situational dynamism of user-centered relevance estimation" Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 45(3), 1994, 42-48.

Bruce, H. "Media center automation: a watershed for the school library media specialist" School Library Media Quarterly. 22(4), 1994, 206-212.

Bruce, H. and Mattick, B. "Developing a hypertext package for self directed learning of information technology. "A Future Promised; Proceedings of the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Sydney, December, 1992, pp. 220-228.

Collaborators

Anne Applebee, Peter Clayton, Celina Pascoe, University of Canberra; Joseph Meloche, Ross Todd, University of Technology, Sydney

Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars

Theresa Anderson, University of Technology, Sydney

Graduate advisor

Prof. Carmel Maguire, University of New South Wales, (now retired)