Dissertation Information for Elizabeth FigaNAME:
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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Fully Complete Title: Mapping and storytelling an information system: An historical and ethnographic case study of the first circuit rider medical library program Abstract: Jean Antes developed the first rural circuit rider medical library program in North America in the mid-1970s. This case study research presents an historical and ethnographic understanding of the life and work of Jean Antes; the history of the first rural circuit rider medical library program; and analysis of the unique workways and innovative service culture that formed a dynamic medical information system. The research draws largely upon oral history interviews with Jean Antes, artifactual and documentary materials collected, field observations and notes, and a five-year relationship between the researcher and Jean Antes. A metaphoric framework unifies the chapters with themes is drawn from theories of cartography and geosocial connectivity. |
MPACT Scores for Elizabeth FigaA = 6 Advisors and Advisees Graphgenerating graph, please reload |
Students under Elizabeth Figa
ADVISEES:
- Margaret L. Lincoln - University of North Texas (2006)
- Stacy Creel - University of North Texas (2007)
- Brian Kenney - University of North Texas (2008)
- Erin Drankwalter Wyatt - University of North Texas (2010)
- Shelli K. Sharber - University of North Texas (2012)
- Tonda Jenean Bone - University of North Texas (2013)
COMMITTEESHIPS:
- Mark Aakhus - University of Arizona (1997)
- Ann Boudreau Beecher - University of North Texas (2004)
- Janet Robertson Macpherson - University of North Texas (2005)
- Haley K. Holmes - University of North Texas (2007)
- Stacy Creel - University of North Texas (2007)
- Rebecca J Morris - University of Pittsburgh (2011)


