Wallace C. Koehler, Jr.

Wallace C. Koehler, Jr., is Director and Professor in the Department of Information Studies at Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia. Prior to moving to VSU in 2001, he was Assistant Professor on the faculty at the University of Oklahoma School of Library and Information Studies (1998-2001). He has taught in the areas of government, politics, foreign policy, and international law at the University of Tennessee, Vanderbilt University, Maryville College, and Temple University. His other experience includes work as a senior researcher and consultant for Information International Associates; as staff associate of Aspen Systems Corporation Applied Management Sciences Division; as head of the Technology and Policy Assessment Division of the Center for Energy and Environment Research, University of Puerto Rico; and as assistant director for Policy Analysis and International Studies at the University of Tennessee Energy, Environment and Resources Center. He holds the Ph.D. and MA in government from Cornell University, an MA in political science and an MS in information science from the University of Tennessee. He teaches in the areas of foundations of information studies, government information sources, online searching, public libraries, information ethics, information policy, research methods, and web organization. His areas of research include bibliometrics, professional and information ethics, and webmetrics.

Koehler is active in committee service in IFLA, ALA, and ALISE and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Internet Cataloging, CyberMetrics, and Information Research. He is an External Examiner for the East African School of Library and Information Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda and a member of the University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences Advisory Board. In 2004-07 he chaired both the Lowndes County Library Board and the Southeast Georgia Library Board.