School of Information Resources and Library Science

Martin Frické Associate Professor E-mail: mfricke@u.arizona.edu Phone: 520-621-3565 CV Letter to advisees

Education

• PhD, London School of Economics, UK
• MS, London School of Economics, UK
• BS, University of Otago, NZ, Computer Science
• BA, Exeter, UK, Philosophy

Biography

Associate Professor Martin Frické leads a team of colleagues seeking to understand reliable indicators of accuracy for information on the Internet. He, and his team, have looked at indicators of accuracy for answers to ready reference questions (JASIST, 2004) and for consumer health information (AJM, 2005, JELIS and JAMIA, the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association) on the Internet. As Associate Director of SIRLS for Virtual Learning, Martin is creating resources for both faculty and students to improve virtual learning. Recently, he is turning his attention to general theories of networks and information science. Martin teaches networking, human-computer interaction, and web design, as well as the courses in research methods and ethics.

Teaching Areas

• Automation of Information Storage, Access, and Delivery
• Computer Science
• Human Computer Interface
• Information Ethics
• Intelligent Systems
• Logic
• Networks
• Systems Theory
• Theory and Transfer of Information

Research Areas

• Computer/Information Networks
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Health Informatics

Selected Publications

• (with Don Fallis, Marci Jones, and Gianna Luszko) ‘Consumer Health Information on the Internet about Carpal Tunnel Sydrome’, American Journal of Medicine. 118:03 Feb. 2005.
• (with Don Fallis) ‘Indicators of Accuracy for Answers to Ready Reference Questions on the Internet’, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2004, 55 pp. 238-245.
• (with Don Fallis) 'Verifiable Health Information on the Internet.' Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2002, 43(4) pp. 246-253
• (with Kay Mathiesen and Don Fallis) 'The Ethical Presuppositions behind the Library Bill of Rights', Library Quarterly, 2000, October
• 'Measuring Recall', Journal of Information Science, 1998, 24(6), pp.37-45

Notable Projects & Activities

• 2003-2005 Principal Investigator for a grant application to NIH which aims to investigate the quality of health information on the Internet.
• Occasional referee for Cambridge University Press, IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Journal of the American Association for Information Science and Technology, Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, and Library Quarterly.