M.CDrott - Publications

Education

University of Michigan
Doctor of Philosophy, Industrial and Operations Engineering
Dissertation: "Models and Measurements of User Information Needs in the Selective Dissemination of Information."

Work experience:

Associate Professor of Information Science (tenured)
College of Information Science and Technology
Drexel University

Visiting Professor of Information Systems
International Management Center
Budapest, Hungary (1999-2000)

Director of Academic Computing and
Chair, Department of Computer Science
The University of the Virgin Islands
St. Thomas, USVI (1989-1990)

Head, Department of Operations Research
University Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Project Director
Community Systems Foundation
Ann Arbor, MI

Areas of special competence
Information resources management
Business information systems
Computer programming (Pascal, C, and many others)
Computerized text processing
Computer applications
Research design and statistical analysis
Information systems analysis
Information systems research
Scientific communication
Cognitive processes
Web page design and evaluation

Published Software
GrammarTeacher(DOS) Manual and software 1994 (school version) and 1995(home version) Allyn & Bacon.
GrammarTeacher(WIN) Includes online turotial and grammar reference. 1996 (MS-DOS)Allyn & Bacon.
Grammar Lessons for Developmental Students; with Phil Sberata. 1997 (Windows) Allyn & Bacon.
Tools for Writers (Mac) Writing improvement software for the Apple Macintosh, with User Guide and Exercise Book. with E. M. Thury, 2nd ed., Intellimation 1993.

Books
Dr. Drott's Random Sampler: Text and software (MS-DOS and Macintosh) 1993, Libraries Unlimited.

Measuring Student Information Use: A Guide for School Library Media Specialists with J. C. Mancall l983, Libraries Unlimited.

Article Publications
Drott, M.C., Open Access.(invited chapter) Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) v40 (2006)
Drott, M.C., Indexing Aids at Corporate Websites: The use of Robots.txt and META tags. Information Processing and Management, Vol. 38, Num. 2, March 2002. pp 209-219.
Drott, M.C., Individual Knowledge -- Corporate Information: The Challenges for Competitive Intelligence. Business Horizons, March-April 2001, pp 31-37
Drott, M.C., "Using Web Server Logs to Improve Site Design", Proceedings of the 1998 ACM International Conference on Systems Documentation, Association for Computing Machines, 1998
Drott, M.C., review of Information Retrieval Systems: Theory and Implementation by Gerald Kowalski, Journal of the American Society for Information Science Vol.49 Num.7 May 15, 1998 pp668-669
Drott, M.C. 8 Minute HTML electronic publication at http://129.25.64.16/8Minute.html, 1996
Drott, M.C. "Reexamining the Role of Conference Papers in Scholarly Communication" The Journal of the American Society for Information Science Vol.46 Num.4 May 1995 pp.299-305
Drott, M.C. "A system for Classification and Control of Information in the Computer Assisted Cooperative Workplace" Proceedings of the 1991 ACM 9th Annual International Conference on Systems Documentation, Association for Computing Machines,1991
Strong, G.W. and M.C.Drott "A Thesaurus for End-User Indexing and Retrieval" Information and Processing Management 22/6 (1986)
Griffith, B.C.; H.D.White; M.C.Drott; andJ.D. Saye "Tests of methods for evaluating Bibliographic Databases: An Analysis of the National Library of Medicine's Handling of the Literature in the Medical Behavorial Sciences." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 37/4 (July 1986): 261-270
Drott, M.C. and Griffith, B.C. "Interlibrary Loan Analysis in Collection Development." Library Resources and Technical Services 20/1 (Winter l976): 98-100
Drott, M.C. "On the Value of Op. Cit. as a Bibliometric Indicator." The Journal of Academic Librarianship 2/3 (July l976): 137
Griffith, B.C.; Drott, M.C.; and Small, H.G. "On the Use of Citations in Studying Scientific Achievement and Communicaiton." 4-S Society for Social Studies of Science 2/3 (Summer 1977): 9-13
Drott, M.C. The Computer in Library Education: One School's Approach. Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) l977. ED 138257.
Drott, M.C.; Subramanyam, K.; and Cheney, H. Cooperative Use of Machine Readable Database by Publishers of Primary and Seconday Journals: A Preliminary Study. Drexel University (l977). National Technical Information Service(PB276622/AS).
Drott, M.C. "The disperson of Scientific Literature: Some Implications for Management." In Management of Information Systems--Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Mid-Year Meedting, May, l978, Houston, Texas.
Drott, M.C. "Interlibrary Loans: Impact of the New Copyright Law." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 29/5 (September l978): 259
Drott, M.C. and Griffith, B.C. "An Empirical Examination of Bradford's Law and the Scattering of Scientific Literature." Journal of the American Society for Informtaion Science 29/5 (Septermber l978): 238-246
Drott, M.C. "Budgeting for School Meida Centers." Drexel Library Quarterly 14/3 (July 1978): 78-94
Drott, M.C. "Selecting Journals Based on Search Results: A Study of Variability." In The Information Age in Perspective: Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, v. 15. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications, l978. Drott, M.C.; Subramanyam, K. : and Cheney, H. "Multiple Use of Machine Readable Data in Publishing." IEEE Transactions on Professioanl Communication PC-21/4 (December l978): 145-149
Drott, M.C.; Mancall, J.; and Griffith, B.C. "Bradford's Law and Libraries: Present Applications-Potential Promise." Aslib Proceedings 31/6 (June l979): 296-304
Griffith, B.C.; Servi, P.; Anker, A.; and Drott, M.C. "The Aging of Scientific Literature: A Citation Analysis." Journal of Documentation 35/3 (September l979): 179-196.
Mancall, J.C. and Drott, M.C. "Materials Used by High School Students in Preparing Independent Study Projects: A Bibliometric Aproach." Library Research 1/3 (Fall l979): 223-236
Mancall, J.C. and Drott, M.C. "Tomorrow's Scholars: Patterns of Facilities Use." School Library Journal 26/7 (March l980): 99-103
Drott, M.C. and Mancall, J.C. "Material Students Use: Baseline Data for Collection Development." Emanations 3/2 (Winter l980): 3-5
Drott, M.C. and Mancall, J.C. "Material Students Use: Baseline Data for Collection Development." Learning and Media 8/2 (Second qtr): 1+.
Drott, M.C. and Mancall, J.C. "Magazines as Information Sources: Patterns of Student Use." School Media Quarterly 8/4 (Summer 1980): 240-250
Robinson, Tracey D. and Drott, M.C. "Student Book Reports: Some Objective Mearsurements."' Catholic Library World 52/2 (September l980): 57-59.
Griffith, B.C.; Drott, M.C.; and Small, H. "On the Use of Citations in Studying Scientific Achievemwents and Communicatons." In Essays of an Information Scientist, v.3, by Eugene Garfield. Philadelphia, ISI Press, l980, pp. 234-239.
Mancall, J.C. and Drott, M.C. "The Research Paper: Materials and Facilities Used by High School Students." In Proceedings: Fall Conference of the Delaware Valley Writing Council, ed. by Mark Greenberg. Philadelphia: Drexel University, l980.
Drott, M.C. and Mancall, J.C. "Materials Students Use: A Direct Measurement Approach." In School Library Media Centers: Research Studies and the State-of-the-Art, ed. by David Loertscher. Syracuse NY: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources, l980.
Drott, M.C. "Bradford's Law: Theory, Empiricism, and the Gaps Between." Library Trends 30/1 (Summer l981): 41-52.
Drott, M.C. "The Computers Are Coming." Catholic Library World 53/4 (November l981): 157-158.
Drott, M.C. "Automation in Libraries: The Decade to Come." Show-Me Libraries 33/1&2 (Oct., Nov. l981): 45-51.
Mancall, Jacqueline C. and M. Carl Drott. "Materials Used by High School Students in Preparing Independent Study Projects: A Bibliometric Approach", in Reference and Information Services: A New Reader, Wm. Katz, ed., Scarecrow Press,1981.
Drott, M.C. "How to Read Research: An Approach to the Literature for Practitioners." School Library Media Quarterly, 12 (Fall 1984) 445-9
Note: In the interests of brevity, publications prior to 1981 are not listed.

Honors
Alpha Phi Mu - Industrial Engineering Honorary Society
National Science Foundation Trainee
Xerox Fellow in Information Science
Review Editor - Journal of the American Society for Information Science
Acting Editor - Journal of the American Society for Information Science
Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching
Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation (USA)
Reviewer for research proposals for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.