FACULTY ROSTER

HOSONO Kimio, M.A. in L.I.S., M. Eng., Professor

Research Interests: Information retrieval in general, especially retrieval theories and technique.

Teaching Responsibilities: Library and Information Science Basics,　 Library and Information Science Research L, Seminar: Library and Information Science H, Introduction to Information Retrieval 1, Information Retrieval Research

TAKAYAMA Masaya, M.A. in L.I.S., Professor

Research Interests: Information management; Record management; Library administration; Library planning; National policy for library services; Library and information science education.

Teaching Responsibilities: Information Services Basics 2, Library and Information Science Research L, Seminar: Library and Information Science D, Introduction to Library Science, Library Management, Library Management and Services 4, Special Course in Library and Information Science A.

UEDA Shuichi, M.A. in L.I.S., Professor

Research Interests: Generation and distribution of information, especially scholary information, WWW as information media, Indexing and retrieval of Web pages and image databases, Research libraries.

Teaching Responsibilities: Information Retrieval Basics 1, Library and Information Science Research L, Seminar: Library and Information Science A, Organization of Recorded Materials, Introduction to Information Media 1, Information Retrieval System.

TAMURA Shunsaku, M.A. in L.I.S., Professor

Research Interests: Users of library and information services, Information seeking behavior,Reference and Information Service.

Teaching Responsibilities: Information Service Basics 2, Library and Information Science Research L, Seminar: Library and Information Science E, Reference Service, Information Seeking Behavio

ITOGA Masaru, M.Ed., Professor

Research Interests: Measurement and evaluation of library and information services, Phenomenological approach to library and information science, literature use behavior as a kind of human cognitive behavior.

Teaching Responsibilities: Information Service Basics 1, Library　 and Information Science Research L, Seminar: Library and Information Science B, History of Communication, Library Management and Services 1, Basics of Epistemology of Information.

KURATA Keiko, M.A. in L.I.S., Professor

Research Interests: Generation of information as seen from formation of information media, analysis of structures of information media and interaction of author, reader, and text.

Teaching Responsibilities: 　Information Service Basics 1, Reading of Original Textbooks, Library　 and Information Science Research L, Seminar: Library and Information Science C, Introduction to Information Media 2, Structure　 and Analysis of Information Media 1, Special Course in Information Media 4.

HARADA Takashi, M.A. in L.I.S., M. Eng., Associate Professor

Research Interests: Problems relating to information retrieval, Internet and other networks, information retrieval systems which accommodate themselves to different characteristics of users.

Teaching Responsibilities: 　Information Retrieval Basics 2, Library　 and Information Science Research L, Seminar: Library and Information Science F, Introduction to Information Retrieval 2, Information Technology

IROKAWA Susumu, Associate Professor

Research Interests: Application to information processing of algebra theory, Information education, Safety and its composition of communication of information.

Teaching Responsibilities: Introduction to Information Retrieval 3, Information Technology