School of Information Studies
Jake Wallis
MA(Hons) French (1995),
Postgraduate Diploma IT (1997) University of Glasgow,
MSc (Information and Library Studies) (2001) University of Strathclyde
Position: Lecturer in Library and Information Management
Location: Room 111, Building 5, Wagga Wagga Campus
Phone: (02) 6933 4397
Fax: (02) 6933 2733
E-mail: jwallis@csu.edu.au
Consultation Times
Tuesdays: 2pm – 4pm
Wednesday: 2pm - 4pm
Research & Teaching Interests
Jake Wallis has a background in digital library research, having worked on a range of large scale digitisation and electronic publishing projects. Jake’s research interests revolve broadly around the concept of the Information Society, with a particular focus on the emancipatory potential of information, culture and technology, and their dialectical relationships with power, dominance and control. His current research explores the nature of the Australian web domain in the contexts of online democracy and cultural plurality.
Profile
I have worked at the University of Glasgow in the provision of information systems and, more recently, as a researcher at the Centre for Digital Library Research at the University of Strathclyde, where I was involved in a number of digitisation and electronic publishing projects. I am interested in the role of libraries in society, as well as the issues surrounding the concept of an information society and the digital divide.