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  • New article published! “(In)accessibility and the Technocratic Library: Addressing Institutional Failures in Library Adoption of Emerging Technologies,” available now in a special issue of the journal First Monday

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    I just published an article with Jasmine Clark (Temple University), “(In)accessibility and the Technocratic Library: Addressing Institutional Failures in Library Adoption of Emerging Technologies,” available now in a special issue of the journal First Monday, “This Feature has been Disabled: Critical Intersections of Disability and Information Studies” https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v28i1.12928.

    January 26, 2023 / ZLK / Comments Off

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  • Article Published in College & Undergraduate Libraries (2021): “Practical steps for an effective virtual reality course integration”

    Cook, M., & Lischer-Katz, Z. (2021). Practical steps for an effective virtual reality course integration. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 27(2-4), 210-226. Abstract Today’s virtual reality (VR) technologies enable students to traverse immersive learning environments populated with highly engaging course content that closely resembles real-world artifacts and sites, scientific specimens, and otherwise inaccessible training scenarios. The […]

    March 3, 2022 / ZLK / Comments Off

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  • New Publication in Records Management Journal, “Archiving experience: An exploration of the challenges of preserving virtual reality.”

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      Purpose This paper aims to explore the opportunities and challenges that immersive virtual reality (VR) technologies pose for archival theory and practice. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper reviews research on VR adoption in information institutions and the preservation challenges of VR to identify ways in which VR has the potential to disrupt existing archival theory […]

    May 21, 2020 / ZLK / Comments Off

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  • New Publication in the Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy, “Barriers to Supporting Accessible VR in Academic Libraries”

    Co-authored with Jasmine Clark (Digital Scholarship Librarian, Temple University Library) Published in The Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy, https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/barriers-to-supporting-accessible-vr-in-academic-libraries/ Virtual reality (VR) shows great promise for enhancing the learning experience of students in higher education and academic libraries are at the forefront of efforts to bring VR into the curriculum as an innovative learning tool. This paper reviews […]

    May 20, 2020 / ZLK / Comments Off

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  • Paper Published: “Challenges and Strategies for Educational Virtual Reality Results of an Expert-led Forum on 3D/VR Technologies Across Academic Institutions”

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    Our paper, “Challenges and Strategies for Educational Virtual Reality Results of an Expert-led Forum on 3D/VR Technologies Across Academic Institutions” was just published in the journal Information Technology and Libraries! This paper presents on the findings from the IMLS-funded forum that we hosted at University of Oklahoma in June 2018: https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/11075/9835 DOI: https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v38i4.11075 Co-Authored With:   Matt Cook, […]

    December 16, 2019 / ZLK / Comments Off

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  • Book Chapter Now Available: “Integrating 3D and VR into Research and Pedagogy in Higher Education”

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    I am happy to announce that I have just published a chapter, co-authored with Matt Cook (Head of Emerging Technologies, University of Oklahoma Libraries) titled, “Integrating 3D and VR into Research and Pedagogy in Higher Education.” It appears in a new book put out by ALA Editions, Beyond Reality: Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality in the […]

    March 14, 2019 / ZLK / Comments Off

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  • Our CLIR Report on 3D and VR in Teaching and Research Published Today!

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    I’m happy to announce that this CLIR report that I helped edit is now available! Check out the press release here.  Here is the table of contents:

    February 26, 2019 / ZLK / Comments Off

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  • Presentation at 2018 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada (November 10-14 2018)

    Image of a 3D model of a skull, seen from the inside in a VR environment.

    I will be presenting a paper at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) in Vancouver, November 10-14, 2018.  The paper, “Evaluating the Impact of a Virtual Reality Workstation in an Academic Library: Methodology and Preliminary Findings” reports on a research project that I am conducting with my colleagues […]

    November 7, 2018 / ZLK / Comments Off

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Recent Posts

  • New article published! “(In)accessibility and the Technocratic Library: Addressing Institutional Failures in Library Adoption of Emerging Technologies,” available now in a special issue of the journal First Monday
  • New Journal Article Published in LISR: A methodological framework for studying visual information practices
  • Chapter published: “Virtual Reality and the Academic Library of the Future” – American Philosophical Society
  • New Journal Article in Journal of Documentation (2022): The emergence of digital reformatting in the history of preservation knowledge: 1823- 2015.
  • Article Published in College & Undergraduate Libraries (2021): “Practical steps for an effective virtual reality course integration”
  • New Publication in Preservation, Digital Technology, & Culture “Using 3D/VR for research and cultural heritage preservation”
  • New Publication in C&RL Journal: “3D Data Repository Features, Best Practices, and Implications for Preservation Models: Findings from a National Forum”
  • New Publication in Records Management Journal, “Archiving experience: An exploration of the challenges of preserving virtual reality.”
  • New Publication in the Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy, “Barriers to Supporting Accessible VR in Academic Libraries”
  • New York Times Visualization of When Each U.S. State is Re-opening w/ Current Rates of Infection

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

-Walter Benjamin

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You can contact Zack Lischer-Katz by emailing him at zlkatz@email.arizona.edu

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