Helen R. Tibbo
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Evidence-Based E-Mail Management at UNC: A Search for Best Practices and User Compliance

Bio

Helen R. Tibbo is an associate professor and currently the Frances Carroll McColl Term Professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She earned a B.A. in English from Bridgewater State College, an M.L.S. from Indiana University, an M.A. in American Studies from the University of Maryland, and her Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from Maryland as well. Dr. Tibbo teaches in the areas of archival and cultural heritage information studies, reference, online information retrieval, and digital libraries. Her primary research interests focus on optimizing information retrieval, particularly for information systems that support humanistic and archival research. She is a member of numerous scholarly and professional organizations, including the American Library Association, the American Society for Information Science and Technology, and the Society of American Archivists. She has served as Chair of SAA’s Publications Board, its Archival Educator’s Roundtable, and SAA’s Task Force on the Future of the American Archivist, was an SAA Council member form 1997 to 2000, and is presently on the Editorial Board of the American Archivist.