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 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