Kris Kasianovitz
Head, Social Sciences Resource Group
Government Information Librarian, State, Local and International Documents
I collect state, local and international government information (reports, data, statistics, legislative and regulatory publications) for the Stanford University Library. I also provide research and instruction support in the use of these collections.
Recent Posts
Course Guides
| Course number | Term | Guide | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOC 151 / 251 | Spring 2017 | From Cradle to Grave: How Demographic Processes Shape the Social World - Sociology 151/ 251 | Saperstein, A. |
| COMM 143, 243 | Spring 2014 | Communication 143/243 Communication Policy and Regulation | James T. Hamilton, Anita Varma (TA) |
| Jr Statesmen | Summer 2018 | Junior Statesmen Jr Statesmen | JSA Summer School |
| Legal Studies | Summer 2017 | Legal Rhetoric | Cosovano, L. |
| AMSTUD 121Z: Political Power in American Cities (POLISCI 121, PUBLPOL 133, URBANST 111) | Winter 2017 | Political Power in American Cities | Clayton Nall |
| CSRE 260, HISTORY 260, URBANST 169 | Autumn 2016 | California's Minority Majority Cities | McKibben, Carol |
Topic Guides
Education
- MSLIS University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- BA Comparative Literature, Russian Studies, Global Peace and Conflict Studies, University of California, Irvine
Professional activities
American Library Association's Government Documents Roundtable Member, 2000 to current.
Free State Government Information - Putting State Docs in the Public Domain, 2012 to current.
Externanl Advisory Board Member for Integrated Digital Event Archiving and Library (IDEAL) Events Archive Project, 2013 - current.
Stanford University Library's Concierge Project Adisory Group (CPAG), 2012-2015.
Stanford University Library Web Archiving Team, 2013 - current.
Stanford University Library Stanford Digital Repository (SDR) Advisory Team, 2015.
Selected Publications
Kasianovitz, Kris and Stephen Wyber. (2018). Open Licensing for the Public Good: CC Licenses and Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs). Creative Commons Global Summit 2018 Presentation. Slides and Inventory of IGO Publishing Models.
Kasianovitz, Kris M. and Roberts, Regina L. (2015). No Data, No Computation, No Replication or Re-use: the Utility of Data Management and Preservation Practices for Computational Journalism. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/zh188pk0040. Paper and Presentation for the 2015 C+J Sypmposium, Columbia University School of Journalism.
Small, H., Kasianovitz, K., Blanford, R., & Celaya, I. (2012). What Your Tweets Tell Us About You: Identity, Ownership and Privacy of Twitter Data. International Journal of Digital Curation, 7(1). doi:10.2218/ijdc.v7i1.224
Kasianovitz, K. (2008). “Why Care About Copyright?” Documents to the People, 36(2), pp. 12-14. http://wikis.ala.org/godort/images/d/d0/DttP_36n2_web.pdf
Kasianovitz, Kris. (2005). “Homeless Statistics.” Documents to the People. 33(2), 10-11. http://wikis.ala.org/godort/images/c/c4/Dttp_v33n2.pdf
Turnbow, D. Kasianovitz, K. Gilbert, D. Snyder, L. Yamamoto, D. (2005). “Usability Testing for Web Redesign: A UCLA Case Study”, OCLC System & Services. 21(3), 226-234. DOI: 10.1108/10650750510612416
Kasianovitz, Kris. (2003). “E-Government: Good for Citizens, Bad for Libraries? The Impact of State & Local E-Government on Library Collections.” Documents to the People. 31(3/4),D 10-12. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/godort/dttp/dttponline/31n3%264_web.pdf