Jill Cirasella

  Asst Professor
  Department: Library
  Location: 141 Library
  Phone: 718-758-8214
  Fax: 718-951-4557

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Reference librarian and bibliographer for computer and information science, mathematics, physics, career resources, and library science.

Education:
Master of Science, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation - 2006 (Logic)

Master of Science, Simmons College - 2001 (Library and Information Science)

Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College - 1998 (Computer Science)

Areas of Expertise:
Librarianship for the computational sciences, with a specialty in theoretical computer science. Research interests include the relationship between Google and libraries, the potential of lesser-known Google tools in reference librarianship, and librarianship for quantum computing.

Books and Publications
"Quantum Computing: Selected Internet Resources for Librarians, Researchers, and the Casually Curious." Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship 57 (2009). (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009

"Historical Bibliography of Quantum Computing." Appendix A. Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists. By Noson S. Yanofsky and Mirco A. Mannucci. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2008. 319-324. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2008

"Keeping Abreast of Quantum News: Quantum Computing on the Web and in the Literature." Appendix D. Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists. By Noson S. Yanofsky and Mirco A. Mannucci. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2008. 357-359. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2008

"Google Like a Librarian." Unabashed Librarian 148 (2008), 3-6. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008

"Editorial: Shape Shifters: Librarians Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google," with Mariana Regalado. Shape Shifters: Librarians Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google. Ed. Mariana Regalado and Jill Cirasella. Spec. issue of Library Philosophy and Practice (2007). (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007

"You and Me and Google Makes Three: Welcoming Google into the Reference Interview." Shape Shifters: Librarians Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google. Ed. Mariana Regalado and Jill Cirasella. Spec. issue of Library Philosophy and Practice (2007). (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Shape Shifters: Librarians Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google. Ed. Mariana Regalado and Jill Cirasella. Spec. issue of Library Philosophy and Practice (2007). (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007

"Google Sets, Google Suggest, and Google Search History: Three More Tools for the Reference Librarian's Bag of Tricks." Reference Librarian 48.1 (2007), 57-65. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Classical and Quantum Algorithms for Finding Cycles. Master of Logic Series. MoL-2006-06. Amsterdam: ILLC Publications, 2006. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2006

J. Cirasella, D. S. Johnson, L. A. McGeoch, and W. Zhang. "The Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem: Algorithms, Instance Generators, and Tests." Algorithm Engineering and Experimentation: Third International Workshop. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2153. Berlin: Springer, 2001. 32-59. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2001

"At Odds?: Privacy and Archives." Current Studies in Librarianship 24.1/2 (2000): 88-92. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2000

Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Netherland-America Foundation Fulbright Grant (Grants and Fellowships) 2002

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"Quirky, Not Quacky: Quantum Computing for Librarians" [Slides]. Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), Science Librarians Special Interest Group, March 6, 2009. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009

"Reference Retooled: How Google Tools Strengthen and Streamline Reference Service" [Slides and related info]. Guest lecture to Information Services and Sources, LIS 652, Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science, New York, NY, November 13, 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"Dance Preservation and Self-Preservation." The Enriched Librarian: Avocations that Shape Us in Our Profession. LACUNY Winter Membership Meeting, December 12, 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"Google Chrome, Google Docs, and the Explosion of Cloud Computing" [Handout]. Co-presented talk on Google Docs and professional collaboration. LACUNY Emerging Technologies Committee, November 19, 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2008

"Reference Retooled: How Google Tools Strengthen and Streamline Reference Service" [Slides and related info]. Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY, May 28, 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"Reference Retooled: How Google Tools Strengthen and Streamline Reference Service" [Slides and related info]. Google & Libraries Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY, March 10, 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"Reference Retooled: How Google Tools Strengthen and Streamline Reference Service" [Slides and related info]. Guest lecture to Digital Information Services and Providers, LIS 454, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Boston, MA, April 28, 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"Reference Retooled: How Google Tools Strengthen and Streamline Reference Service" [Slides and related info]. ILIAC's Crimea 2008 Conference, Sudak, Ukraine, June 7-15, 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

Guest lecture about the Brooklyn College Library Online Art Catalogue to Introduction to the Creation of Digital Research Materials, LIS 901-06, Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University, April 14, 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008

"Classical and Quantum Algorithms for Finding Cycles" [PDF slides]. Seminar in Knowledge, Games and Beliefs, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, July 27, 2006. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006

"Does Google Make the Grade?: Evaluating Google Scholar." Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY, June 29, 2006. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006

"Teaching Google Scholar" [PPT slides]. Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), Bibliographic Instruction Special Interest Group, New York, NY, October 18, 2006. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006

J. Cirasella and D. Kopec. "The History of Computer Games" [PDF handout]. Exhibit at Dartmouth Artificial Intelligence Conference: The Next Fifty Years (AI@50), Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, July 13-15, 2006. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

"Google Goes to College: An Introduction to Google Scholar." Simmons College Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, at Simmons College, Boston, MA, September 16, 2005. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005

Professional Leadership
Library Philosophy and Practice, Editorial Board, 2007-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Urban Library Journal: Editorial Board, 2005-present; Advisory Board, 2008-present. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Library Association of the City University of New York (LACUNY), Emerging Technologies Committee (co-chair), 2008-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2008

Library Association of the City University of New York (LACUNY), Executive Council, 2006-2008. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Library Association of the City University of New York (LACUNY), Junior Faculty Research Roundtable (co-chair), 2008-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2008

Community Activities
Dance Notation Bureau: Library Committee (2006-present); Professional Advisory Committee (2007-present); Theory Bulletin Board Curator (2007-present); DNBlog Administrator (2007-present). 2008