Karl Fast
Kent, Ohio, United States
Research field: Computer and Information Science - Human-Computer Interaction
Human-information interaction
Information architecture
Information visualization
Multitouch surfaces
Digital libraries
Publications
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Journal Article (5)
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Karl V. Fast, Kamran Sedig (2011) Interaction and the epistemic potential of digital libraries, 169-207. In International Journal on Digital Libraries 11 (3).Download PDF (2.42 MB)
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Karl V Fast, Kamran Sedig (2005) The INVENT framework: examining the role of information visualization in the reconceptualization of digital libraries. In Journal of Digital Information 6 (3).
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D. Grant Campbell, Karl V Fast (2004) Academic libraries and the Semantic Web: What the future may hold for research-supporting library catalogues, 382-390. In The Journal of Academic Librarianship 30 (5).Download PDF (892.7 KB)
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D. Grant Campbell, Karl V. Fast (2004) Panizzi, Lubetzky and Google: How the Modern Web Environment is Reinventing the Theory of Cataloguing, 25-38. In Canadian Journal for Information and Library Science 28 (3).Download PDF (208.39 KB)
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Karl V. Fast, D. Grant Campbell (2001) The Ontological Perspectives of the Semantic Web and the Metadata Harvesting Protocol: Applications of Metadata for Improving Internet Search, 5-19. In Canadian Journal of Library and Information Science 26 (4).Download PDF (1.67 MB)
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Conference Proceedings (2)
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D. Grant Campbell, Karl V. Fast (2006) From pace layering to resilience theory: the complex implications of tagging for information architecture. In Information Architecture Summit.Download PDF (194.37 KB)
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Karl V Fast, D. Grant Campbell (2004) "I still like Google": university student perceptions of searching OPACs and the Web, 138-146. In Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of ASIS&T.Download PDF (858.99 KB)
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Web Page (5)
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Fred Leise, Karl V Fast, Mike Steckel (2003) Controlled vocabularies: a glosso-thesaurus. In Boxes and Arrows.
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Fred Leise, Karl V. Fast, Mike Steckel (2003) Creating a Controlled Vocabulary. In Boxes and Arrows.
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Fred Leise, Karl V Fast, Mike Steckel (2003) Synonym rings and authority files. In Boxes and Arrows.
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Fred Leise, Karl V Fast, Mike Steckel (2002) All about facets & controlled vocabularies. In Boxes and Arrows.
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Fred Leise, Karl V Fast, Mike Steckel (2002) What is a controlled vocabulary?. In Boxes and Arrows.
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Thesis (1)
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Karl V Fast (2010) Human-information interaction for digital libraries: from document repositories to knowledge environments.Download PDF (9.51 MB)
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Magazine Article (1)
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Karl V. Fast (2006) The confluence of research and practice in information architecture, 27. In Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.Download PDF (313.08 KB)
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Biographical Information
I teach user experience design at Kent State University.
I study how interacting with information helps people make sense of that information, reason with it, and use it to solve problems.
I'm a founding member of the Information Architecture Institute.
Also, I'm Canadian.
I study how interacting with information helps people make sense of that information, reason with it, and use it to solve problems.
I'm a founding member of the Information Architecture Institute.
Also, I'm Canadian.
CV
Professional Experience
2007 - Present
Assistant Professor at Kent State University
Kent, Ohio, United States
Classes taught:
Human-Information Interaction
Human-Computer Interaction
Information Architecture
Researching the User Experience
Information Visualization
Information Technologies
Kent, Ohio, United States
Classes taught:
Human-Information Interaction
Human-Computer Interaction
Information Architecture
Researching the User Experience
Information Visualization
Information Technologies
Sep 2003 - Dec 2006
Research Assistant at The University of Western Ontario
London, Canada
Classes taught:
Human Computer Interaction
Information Architecture
London, Canada
Classes taught:
Human Computer Interaction
Information Architecture
Oct 2000 - Apr 2001
Apr 2000 - May 2000
Mar 1997 - Mar 2000
Apr 1996 - Apr 1997
Jun 1994 - Feb 1997
Education
Sep 2002 - Feb 2010
May 2001 - Apr 2002
Sep 1990 - Sep 1994
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