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Christine L. Borgman is a distinguished Professor and Presidential Chair in Information Studies at
UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...
. She is the author of more than 200 publications in the fields of information studies,
computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...
, and
communication Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...
. Two of her sole-authored
monographs A monograph is generally a long-form work on one (usually scholarly) subject, or one aspect of a subject, typically created by a single author or artist (or, sometimes, by two or more authors). Traditionally it is in written form and published a ...
, ''Scholarship in the
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: Information, Infrastructure, and the
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'' (
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, 2007) and ''From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in a Networked World'' (MIT Press, 2000), have won the Best Information Science Book of the Year award from the
American Society for Information Science and Technology American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, ...
. She is a lead investigator for the
Center for Embedded Networked Sensing The Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS) was Award Abstract #0120778, Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS). https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0120778 a research enterprise funded by the National Science Foundation ...
(CENS), a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center, where she conducts data practices research. She chaired the Task Force on Cyberlearning for the
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, whose report, Fostering Learning in the Networked World, was released in July 2008. Prof. Borgman is a
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (FAAAS) is an honor accorded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to distinguished persons who are members of the Association. Fellows are elected ...
(AAAS), a Legacy Laureate of the
University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colle ...
, and is the 2011 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award from the
Coalition for Networked Information The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization whose mission is to promote networked information technology as a way to further the advancement of intellectual collaboration and productivity. Overview The Coalition for Networke ...
, Association for Research Libraries, and
EDUCAUSE Educause is a nonprofit association in the United States whose mission is "to advance higher education through the use of information technology". Membership is open to institutions of higher education, corporations serving the higher education in ...
. The award recognizes notable, lasting achievements in the creation and innovative use of information resources and services that advance scholarship and intellectual productivity through communication networks. She is also the 2011 recipient of the Research in Information Science Award from the
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. In 2013, she became a
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of the
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.ACM Names Fellows for Computing Advances that Are Transforming Science and Society
,
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, accessed 2013-12-10. Borgman leads the Center for Knowledge Infrastructures (CKI) located in the UCLA Department of Information Studies. CKI conducts research on scientific data practices and policy, scholarly communication, and sociotechnical systems. She is a member of the U.S. National Academies’ Board on Research Data and Information and the U.S. National CODATA (
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), the Strategic Advisory Board to
Thomson-Reuters Scholarly Research Thomson Reuters Corporation ( ) is a Canadian multinational content-driven technology conglomerate. The company was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and maintains its headquarters at 19 Duncan Street there. Thomson Reuters was creat ...
, the advisory board to the
Electronic Privacy Information Center The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is an independent nonprofit research center established in 1994 to protect privacy, freedom of expression, and democratic values in the information age. Based in Washington, D.C., their mission i ...
, and Member-at-Large for Section T (Information, Computing, and Communication) of the AAAS. At UCLA, she chairs the Information Technology Planning Board. Her previous services include, chairing Section T of the AAAS, and membership on the Science Advisory Board to Microsoft Corporation, the Board of Directors of the Council on Library and Information Resources, and the advisory board to the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation, and the
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. Borgman is a frequent speaker at conferences and university events. Recent keynotes and plenary presentations include the Oxford Internet Institute's 10th anniversary conference, A Decade in Internet Time, the International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, Coalition for Networked Information,
Santa Fe Institute The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) is an independent, nonprofit theoretical research institute located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States and dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of the fundamental principles of complex adaptive systems, inc ...
, Digital Humanities Conference, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, 40th Anniversary Conference of the
Open University The Open University (OU) is a Public university, public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrolment, number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate ...
, Marschak Lecture (UCLA), Kanazawa Institute International Seminar on Libraries (Japan), and invited talks to
Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...
,
Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
,
Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
, University of Pittsburgh, and
Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...
. She is a member of the editorial boards of the
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology The ''Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of information science published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Association for Information Science ...
,
Annual Review of Information Science and Technology The ''Annual Review of Information Science and Technology'' was relaunched by the Association for Information Science and Technology's Board of Directors in 2021, following a 10-year publishing hiatus. Previously, this annual review journal was p ...
, Journal of Digital Information, International Journal of Digital Curation, ASInformation Research, Policy and Internet, and the Journal of Library & Information Science Research. Previous editorial board service includes The Information Society, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journal of Communication Research, Journal of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, and the Journal of Documentation. She was Program Chair for the First Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (ACM and IEEE) and serves on program committees for the International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, the European Conference on Digital Libraries, American Society for Information Science and Technology, and Conceptions of Library and Information Science (COLIS) conferences. Borgman's international activities include posts as a visiting scholar at the
Oxford Internet Institute The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) serves as a hub for interdisciplinary research, combining social and computer science to explore information, communication, and technology. It is an integral part of the University of Oxford's Social Science ...
, a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the University of Economic Sciences (now
Corvinus University of Budapest Corvinus University of Budapest () is a private university, private research university in Budapest, Hungary. The university currently has an enrolment of approximately 9,600 students, with a primary focus on business administration, economics, ...
) and at
Eötvös Loránd University Eötvös Loránd University (, ELTE, also known as ''University of Budapest'') is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in ...
in
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,
Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
, a visiting professor in the Department of Information Science at
Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...
, and a Scholar-in-Residence at the Rockefeller Foundation Study and Conference Center in Bellagio,
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. She holds the
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in Communication from
Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...
,
Master of Library Science The Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) is the master's degree that combines two interdisciplinary academic disciplines. Library science is applied information science and a subfield of information science. This degree focuses on inf ...
from the University of Pittsburgh, and
B.A. A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree ...
in Mathematics from Michigan State University.


Partial bibliography

*''Effective online searching : a basic text'' (M. Dekker, 1984) *''Scholarly communication and bibliometrics'' (Sage, 1990) *''From Gutenberg to the global information infrastructure : access to information in the networked world'' (MIT Press, 2000) *''Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet'' (MIT Press, 2007) *''Big Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked World'' (MIT Press, 2015)


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Borgman's WebsiteBorgman's Faculty Web PageBorgman's Faculty Website (Previous)UCLA Department of Information StudiesUCLA Center for Knowledge Knowledge Infrastructures
{{DEFAULTSORT:Borgman, Christine L. 1951 births Bibliometricians Living people UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies faculty Stanford University alumni University of Pittsburgh alumni Michigan State University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) 2013 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery