Nicholas Belkin
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Library and Information Science
Emeritus Faculty
Biography
Nick Belkin's research involves human interaction with information, human-computer interaction in information systems, interactive information retrieval, personalization of information retrieval, and evaluation of whole session information retrieval. He is best known for his work on human-centered information retrieval and development of the cognitive viewpoint in information science. His research involves information-seeking behaviors, and the interaction between humans and information retrieval systems. He is a recipient of the ACM SIGIR Salton Award and the ASIS&T Award of Merit.
Berlkin is one of the founders of the "cognitive viewpoint" in information science, and is the co-author of one of the first books to explicitly investigate and describe the process of interactive information retrieval. He is the author or co-author of over 200 journal articles, conference proceedings, and book chapters, and has been identified variously as the first or second most highly cited scholar in library and information science.
Belkin’s research has been supported by many agencies, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Google, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology., the U.S. Department of Education, the British Library Research and Development Department, and NATO. His current research project, characterizing and evaluating whole session interactive information retrieval, is supported by the National Science Foundation. He is a recipient of the Gerard Salton Award, as well as multiple accolades from the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)—including Award of Merit, the Excellence in Research in Information Science Award, and the Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award.
Education
Ph.D., Information Studies, University of London
M.Lib., Information Science, University of Washington
B.A., Russian Language and Literature, University of Washington
Rutgers Affiliations