Faculty

Robert Berkman has over 25 years experience as an editor, author, and professor in the media and information industries. He is the founder and co-editor of The Information Advisor's Guide to Internet Research, an international monthly journal for professional researchers. He has also served as Director and Lead Analyst, for the information industry analyst firm Outsell Inc. and Contributing Editor, for MIT Sloan Management Review's Innovation Hub: Social Business. Berkman also is a managing editor at Simba Information. He is author of several books, including Digital Dilemmas: Ethical Issues for Online Media Professionals (Iowa State Press, 2003; co-editor with Christopher Shumway); The Skeptical Business Searcher (Information Today, 2003) and Find It Fast: How to Uncover Expert Information on Any Subject (CyberAge 6th edition 2015; HarperCollins 1st-5th editions 1988-2000). Berkman has given seminars and workshops on online research, social media, digital media ethics, and information trends at organizations including the European Journalism Centre, Maastricht Netherlands; Accenture Europe; the Special Libraries Association, and other universities, institutes and companies.

MA Journalism, University of Montana

MLIS Western University, London, ON (2024)

RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Are News Librarians Making a Comeback? The Past, Present, and Possible Future of News Librarians, Online Searcher, May-June 2022

• Mindfulness, Nudges, and Empathy: New Media Literacies? Online Searcher, May-June 2021

• When online fact-checking is a trap : the Weaponization of MediaLiteracy, Online Searcher,  March-April 2021

RECENT BOOKS 

Find it Fast: Extracting Expert Information from Social Networks, Big Data, Tweets, and More (6th edition; CyberAge, 2015)