Boryung Ju, professor in the LSU School of Library & Information Science, and Don Kraft, LSU professor emeritus of computer science, were recognized as Association for Information Science and Technology distinguished members.
ASIS&T was founded in 1937 and is the preeminent scholarly organization in the field of information science. Ju and Kraft are among 28 international members of the inaugural class of 2021 ASIS&T distinguished members.
Ju received her doctorate in information studies from Florida State University and master’s degree from Indiana University, Bloomington. Since she joined LSU in 2002, her scholarly work has appeared in LIS leading journals, and she has presented at international interdisciplinary conferences. Her research areas include human-computer interaction, interface design and evaluation, user modeling, usability analysis, knowledge sharing and distributed scientific collaboration.
Kraft began his career at LSU in 1976 as an associate professor in the then-named Department of Computer Science before becoming a full professor in 1982, adjunct professor of library and information science in 1983, chair of computer science in 1985 and professor emeritus in 2008. While at LSU, he received numerous awards, published in dozens of journals and books, and was active in aspects of the university outside the department. Previously, Kraft has been a department graduate advisor, member of LSU Faculty Senate and faculty advisor to LSU Hillel.