Leanne Bowler
Assistant Professor
620 IS Building
412-624-7679
Institution of highest degree:
PhD. McGill University
Research Interests:
Children’s and young adult information behavior, multiple literacy, design-based research (design methodology), human-computer interaction and children/youth, health information and children/youth
Recent Publications:
Bowler, L. (In Press). A taxonomy of adolescent metacognitive knowledge during the information search process. Library and Information Science Research.
Bowler, L. (In Press). Genres of search: A concept for understanding successive search behaviour. Canadian Journal of Library and Information Science.
Bowler, L. (2009). Adolescent metacognitive knowledge during the information search process. ASIS&T AM 09, Vancouver, BC, November 6-11, 2009. (Poster/Short paper).
Bowler, L. (2009). Dangerous Stories. English Quarterly, 39(2), pp. 53-55.
Bowler, L. (2008). Teens and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Ed., Hershey PA: IGI Global. 3721-3727.
Bowler, L. & Large, A. Design-based Research for LIS. (2008). Library and Information Science Research. 30: 39-46.
Bowler, L., Large, A. & Rejskind, G., (2001). Primary school students, information literacy and the Web, Education for Information, 19, 201-223.
Bowler, L. & Mittermeyer, D. (2006). Être bibliothécaire au XXIième siėcle : comment donner un sens à l’information. Documentation et bibliothèques.52(3). pp. 197-199.
Bowler, L., Nesset, V., Large, A. & Beheshti, J., (2004). Using the Web for Canadian History Projects: What Will Children Find? Canadian Journal of Library and Information Science. 28(3): 3 – 24.
Large, A., Bowler, L., Beheshti, J. & Nesset, V. (2007). Bonded Design, Intergenerational Teams and the Zone of Proximal Development: Working with Children as Designers. McGill Journal of Education, 42(1): 61- 82.
Large, A., Beheshti, J., Nesset, V. & Bowler, L. (2006). “Bonded Design”: A Novel Approach to Intergenerational Information Technology Design. Library and Information Science Research. 28: 64 – 82.
Recent presentations:
Bowler, L. (2009). Health Information on the Web for Canadian Teens: A Survey of Web Portals Designed for Teen Health Information Seekers Mapping the 21st Century Information Landscape: Borders, Bridges and Byways. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS), Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, May 28-30, 2009.
Bowler, L. (2008). Where can teens find health information? A survey of web portals designed for teen health information seekers. Medicine 2.0. Toronto, Canada, September 4-5, 2008.