Rowena Cullen
Rowena Cullen | |
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Born | Rowena Joy Knight 1946 (age 77–78) |
Spouse | |
Awards | Fellow of LIANZA |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
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Academic work | |
Discipline | Information services |
Institutions | Victoria University of Wellington |
Rowena Joy Cullen (née Knight; born 1946) is a New Zealand information services academic, and is professor emerita at the Victoria University of Wellington. She has published on e-government in the Pacific and health information on the internet.
Academic career
[edit]Born in 1946,[1] Cullen was educated at Christchurch Girls' High School,[2] and went on to study at the University of Canterbury where she completed a Master of Arts degree in English in 1968.[3] In 1968, she was awarded the Tytheridge travelling scholarship in arts.[4] She then completed a Master of Letters at the University of Edinburgh, returning to New Zealand to complete a Master of Arts in librarianship and a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW).[5][6][7] Cullen then joined the faculty of the School of Government at Victoria University of Wellington, rising to full professor.
Cullen was appointed emeritus professor of the university on her retirement.[7] She is or has been on the editorial board of a number of journals, including as an associate editor for the Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal (LIBRES), and the Journal of Information Technology & Politics.[8][9] Cullen co-chaired a session on "The Foundations of Innovation in Government Must Rest on Sound Policies, Governance Principles, Ethics, and Laws" at the 44th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences.[10]
Cullen has written or edited several books on e-government, and health information on the internet.[11][12][13][14]
Honours and awards
[edit]Cullen was elected a Fellow of LIANZA in 2007, and in 2012 was made an honorary life member.[15][16] In 2008, she received a VUW award for research excellence.[16]
Personal life
[edit]Cullen's parents were John and Molly Knight. In 1967, she married Michael Cullen who would later become a member of parliament.[17] The couple had two daughters.[18] They separated in 1987 and divorced in 1989.[19]
Selected works
[edit]Books
[edit]- Hernon, Peter; Cullen, Rowena; Relyea, Harold C., eds. (March 2006). Comparative perspectives on e-government: serving today and building for tomorrow. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5357-7.
- Cullen, Rowena (2006). Health information on the Internet: a study of providers, quality, and users. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.
- Cullen, Rowena; Hassall, Graham, eds. (2017), "E-Government in Pacific Island Countries", Achieving Sustainable E-Government in Pacific Island States, Public Administration and Information Technology, vol. 27, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 3–32, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50972-3_1, ISBN 978-3-319-50970-9, retrieved 17 September 2024
Journal
[edit]- Rowena Cullen (1 October 2001). "Addressing the digital divide". Online Information Review. 25 (5): 311–320. doi:10.1108/14684520110410517. ISSN 1468-4527. Wikidata Q128811962.
- Rowena J Cullen (1 October 2002). "In search of evidence: family practitioners' use of the Internet for clinical information". Journal of the Medical Library Association. 90 (4): 370–379. ISSN 1536-5050. PMC 128953. PMID 12398243. Wikidata Q34148527.
- Rowena Cullen; Brenda Chawner (December 2011). "Institutional Repositories, Open Access, and Scholarly Communication: A Study of Conflicting Paradigms". The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 37 (6): 460–470. doi:10.1016/J.ACALIB.2011.07.002. ISSN 0099-1333. Wikidata Q56765670.
- Rowena Cullen; Megan Clark; Rachel Esson (8 April 2011). "Evidence-based information-seeking skills of junior doctors entering the workforce: an evaluation of the impact of information literacy training during pre-clinical years". Health Information and Libraries Journal. 28 (2): 119–129. doi:10.1111/J.1471-1842.2011.00933.X. ISSN 1471-1834. PMID 21564495. Wikidata Q50629235.
- Rowena Cullen; Caroline Houghton (July 2000). "Democracy online: an assessment of New Zealand government web sites". Government Information Quarterly. 17 (3): 243–267. doi:10.1016/S0740-624X(00)00033-2. ISSN 0740-624X. Wikidata Q128811875.
- Rowena Cullen; Megan Clark; Rachel Esson (8 April 2011). "Evidence-based information-seeking skills of junior doctors entering the workforce: an evaluation of the impact of information literacy training during pre-clinical years". Health Information and Libraries Journal. 28 (2): 119–129. doi:10.1111/J.1471-1842.2011.00933.X. ISSN 1471-1834. PMID 21564495. Wikidata Q50629235.
- Rowena Cullen; Brenda Chawner (6 July 2010). "Institutional repositories: assessing their value to the academic community". Performance Measurement and Metrics. 11 (2): 131–147. doi:10.1108/14678041011064052. ISSN 1467-8047. Wikidata Q128811956.
- Cullen, Rowena; Hassall, Graham (January 2013). "An Information Ecology Approach to Sustainable E-Government among Small Island Developing States in the Pacific". 2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Vol. 1. IEEE. pp. 1922–1931. doi:10.1109/hicss.2013.86. ISBN 978-1-4673-5933-7.
References
[edit]- ^ "Cullen, Rowena Joy 1946–". National Library of New Zealand.
- ^ "Christchurch G.H.S." The Press. Vol. 102, no. 30314. 14 December 1963. p. 24. Retrieved 17 September 2024 – via PapersPast.
- ^ "Two Graduation Ceremonies". Press. 3 May 1968. p. 14.
- ^ "University Scholarships". Press. 24 July 1968. p. 16.
- ^ Cullen, Rowena (1990). Management information and the use of management information systems in library and information services (MA thesis). Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
- ^ Cullen, Rowena (2001). Assessing the Effectiveness of Information Services: an Evaluative Model (PhD thesis). Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
- ^ a b 2024 Calendar. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. 2024.
- ^ "LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal". webdoc.sub.gwdg.de. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Editorial Board EOV". Journal of Information Technology & Politics. 8 (4): 464. 26 August 2011. doi:10.1080/19331681.2011.611719. ISSN 1933-1681.
- ^ "E-Policy, e-Governance, Ethics, and Law Minitrack". faculty.washington.edu. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Comparative Perspectives on E-government: Serving Today and Building for Tomorrow". The Electronic Library. 24 (6): 864–865. 1 November 2006. doi:10.1108/02640470610714279. ISSN 0264-0473.
- ^ "Health Information on the Internet: A Study of Providers, Quality, and Users". Online Information Review. 31 (2): 246–248. 17 April 2007. doi:10.1108/14684520710747293. ISSN 1468-4527.
- ^ Twisselmann, Birte (14 September 2006). "Health Information on the Internet: A Study of Providers, Quality, and Users". BMJ. 333 (7568): 607. doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7568.607. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1570017.
- ^ Government, Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Commerce School of (3 December 2020). "e-Government in the Pacific Islands | Te Kura Kāwanatanga / School of Government | Te Herenga Waka". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "LIANZA PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AWARD RECIPIENTS: LIANZA Fellows". LIANZA. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ a b Management, Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Commerce School of Information (16 March 2023). "2010 news archive | Te Kura Tiaki, Whakawhiti Kōrero / School of Information Management | Te Herenga Waka". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ Lambert, Max (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 (12th ed.). Auckland: Octopus. p. 143. ISBN 9780790001302.
- ^ "Second M. P. separates". The Press. 13 November 1987. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ "M.P. separates". The Press. 10 November 1987. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- EBLIP4 Keynote UNC-Chapel Hill July 2007 Rowena Cullen, via YouTube
- Concepts of privacy in Japan and New Zealand, presentation by Rowena Cullen September 2018, via YouTube
- Images of Rowena and Michael Cullen from a newspaper article in 1971
- 1946 births
- Living people
- People educated at Christchurch Girls' High School
- New Zealand academics
- New Zealand women academics
- Academic staff of Victoria University of Wellington
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- University of Canterbury alumni
- Victoria University of Wellington alumni
- New Zealand librarians