Virginia Tucker
Virginia Tucker is assistant professor at
the School of Information, San Jose State University. Her career
in information services began as head librarian at the Stanford
University Physics Library. She was recruited by Dialog to their
sci-tech client services and training group and eventually was
promoted to manage client training programs worldwide. After many
years working directly with end users and professional searchers,
Virginia moved behind the scenes and worked as an information
architect for commercial search engines.
Dissertation Title: Acquiring Search Expertise: Learning Experiences and Threshold Concepts
San José Supervisor: Dr. Judith Weedman
Education:
- PhD, Information Science, Queensland University of Technology
- Paralegal Certificate, Whatcom Community College
- MLIS, University of California at Berkeley
- BA, Music, minor concentration in Physics, Stanford University
Current or Most Recent Position:
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Assistant Professor, School of Information, San José State University
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Law Librarian, Whatcom County Law Library, Bellingham, WA