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Brad Watson

Dr. Bradley C. Watson

Program Chair
Management Information Sciences
watsonb@franklin.edu

Education


Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1994, English
M.C.S., University of Dayton, 1983, Computer Science
M.A., Wright State University, 1990, English
M.L.S., George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University, 1974, Library Science
B.A., University of Dayton, 1972, English
A.A., Sinclair Community College, 1970, Liberal Arts

Academic/Professional Experience


2007-Present

Franklin University, Program Chair, Management Information Systems; Developed curriculum for MIS 310, Information Systems Architecture and Technology; MIS 330, Systems Integration Concepts and Practices; MIS 360, Enterprise-wide Electronic Commerce; and MIS 400, Systems Analysis and Design

2006-Present

Franklin University, Program Chair & Professor, Management Information Sciences

2006-Present

Franklin University, Program Chair, Management Information Sciences, Graduate Courses: Human Factors; Undergraduate Courses: Human Computer Interaction

2006

Progressive Medical, Inc., Information Systems Manager

2003-2004

Ohio Dominican University, Adjunct Professor, Graduate Courses: Business Research, Management Information Systems; Undergraduate Courses: Humanities II

1997-2005

Franklin University, Adjunct, Master of Business Administration, Graduate Courses: Management Information Systems, Knowledge Management

1988-1989

Columbus State Community College, Adjunct, Computer Information Systems, Undergraduate Courses: Computer Literacy, Spreadsheets, C Language

1984-1985

University of Dayton, Adjunct, Computer Science, Undergraduate Course: Artificial Intelligence, Data Structures

1984-1985

Sinclair Community College, Adjunct, Computer Information Systems, Undergraduate Courses: Computer Literacy, Business Fortran, Cobol

2004-2005

Chief, Information Systems Division & Chief Information Officer, Ohio Department of Aging, State of Ohio, Columbus, OH

2000-2004

Consulting Software Engineer, OCLC Inc., Dublin, OH

2000-2003

Content expert for curriculum development for MBA 624, Management Information Systems; and MBA 630, Knowledge Management

1997-2000

Consulting Systems Analyst, OCLC, Inc., Dublin, OH

1986-96

Research Scientist (Computer & Information Sciences), OCLC, Inc., Dublin OH

1984-86

Senior Principle Programmer/Analyst, Project Manager, NCR, Inc., Dayton, OH

1983-84

Programmer/Analyst, Team Lead, Lexis-Nexis (Formerly: Mead Data Central), Dayton, OH

1979-1983

Programmer/Analyst, GS-11, Wright-Patterson AFB, Fairborn, OH

Publications/Presentations


2001 "Pathfinders: a collaborative reference tool." OCLC Newsletter 252 (Online) (July/August 2001) (With Lorraine Normore)
1999 "The genesis and development of CORC as an OCLC Office of Research project." OCLC Newsletter 239 (Online) (May/June 1999)(With Thomas Hickey and Eric Childress)
http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?fileid=0000001721:000000044395&reqid=13297
1999 "Adam Eisgrau discusses copyright, the universe and everything." OCLC Newsletter 238 (Online) (March/April1999)http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?fileid=0000001720:000000044226&reqid=12654
1998 "OCLC Office of Research Explores Distance Learning," OCLC Newsletter 231(January/February1998)http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000002629&reqid=1002
1998 "Steve Pollitt Speaks About Information Retrieval Based On Faceted Classification and Indexing," OCLC Newsletter 231(January/February1998)http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000002629&reqid=1002
1998 "The Movement to Network-based Computing: A Library Perspective,"
OCLC Newsletter 231(January/February1998)http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000002629&reqid=1002
1998 "Research Advisory Committee Reviews Projects, Directions," OCLC Newsletter 232(March/April1998)http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000002636&reqid=1000
1998 "Research Advisory Committee Meets with OCLC Staff to Discuss Projects, Directions," OCLC Newsletter 235(Sept/Oct1998)http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?fileid=0000001717:000000043895&reqid=997
1998 "Archive Project." Annual Review of OCLC Research (Online) (1998.) (With Eric Miller) http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000003479
1998 "U.S. Advisory Council on the National Information Infrastructure (NII) 1994-1996." Annual Review of OCLC Research (Online) (1997) (c. 1998) http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000003640
1998 "The Distance Learning Project." Annual Review of OCLC Research (Online). (1998). http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000003481
1997 "View-based searching: a new paradigm for information retrieval based on faceted classification and indexing." Annual Review of OCLC Research (1997) (With A. S. Pollit) http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000003641
1997 "The OCLC Office of Research Looks Ahead,@ OCLC Newsletter 225(January/February1997)(withElisabethC.Marsh)http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?fileid=0000001705:000000042975&reqid=1011 - loo
1997 "OCLC Research Advisory Committee Helps to Evaluate, Guide OCLC Research," OCLC Newsletter 225 (January/February 1997)
http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?fileid=0000001705:000000042975&reqid=1011 - rac
1997 "Collaborating to Create and Maintain Metadata," OCLC Newsletter 225(January/February1997)(withKeithShafer)http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?fileid=0000001705:000000042975&reqid=1007#dss
1997 "Distinguished Seminar Series Focuses on Diverse Topics," OCLC Newsletter 225 (January/February 1997)
http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?fileid=0000001705:000000042975&reqid=1007 - dss
1997 "Archie Dick Discusses Librarianship and Information Science in
South Africa," OCLC Newsletter 226(March/April1997)http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000001706&reqid=4402 - Dick
1997 "Research Advisory Committee Meets," OCLC Newsletter 226(March/April1997)http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000001706&reqid=4402 - Advisory
1997 "Toni Carbo Speaks About Access and Government Information Services," OCLC Newsletter 227(April/June1997)http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?fileid=0000001708:000000043154&reqid=4398 - Carbo
1997 "Research Advisory Committee Meets, Gets Update On OCLC
Office of Research Projects," OCLC Newsletter 229(September/October1997)http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000001710&reqid=4392
1996 "Electronic Publishing: Communication in a Scholarly Environment, in AUUG 96 & Asia Pacific World Wide Web 2nd Joint Conference Proceedings Held in Melbourne, Australia, 18-20 September 1996," Melbourne, Australia: AUUG and Asia Pacific World Wide Web, 1996, pp. 305-313. (With Terry Noreault).
1996 "Research Advisory Committee Meets." OCLC Newsletter 223(September/October1996)http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?fileid=0000001703:000000042870&reqid=1013 - rac
1995 "Converting ACM Authors' Articles to SGML." Annual Review of OCLC Research (Online) (1994) http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000003322
1995 "Creating Custom SGML DTDs for Documentation Products." In Sigdoc 95 the 13th Annual International Conference on Systems Documentation, 1995, 189-196. (With Keith Shafer).
1995 "Arbitrary SGML viewers and their role in online text delivery systems." Annual Review of OCLC Research (Online) (1995)
http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000003340
1994 "ODA? SGML? SGML? ODA?," in EDD '94 Recipes For Success: Bellcore/BCC Conference on Electronic Document Delivery Final Program & Conference Proceedings Held in Somerset, New Jersey, 11-12 May 1994, by Bellcore/BCC,@ Murray Hill, New Jersey: Bellcore, 1994, 96-102.
1994 "Experimental linguistic indexing for information retrieval : ELIXIR." Annual Review of OCLC Research (July 1992-June 1993) 1994. (With Jean Godby)
1990-1991 "ODA and SGML: An Assessment of Co-Existence Possibilities," Computer Standards & Interfaces 11 (1990/91) pp. 169-176. (With Robert Davis)
1990 "Relative Performance of Two More CD-ROM Network Access Products," OCLC Micro 6(3) (June, 1990) pp. 14-15. (With Jonathan Fausey).
1990 "Sidebar: For Those Who Want to Start Small (An Overview of the LANtastic LAN)," Library Hi Tech News (April, 1990) p 15.
1989 "Relative Performance of Three CD-ROM Network Access Products," OCLC Micro 5(4) (August, 1989), pp. 20-21. (With Jonathan Fausey).
1989 "Facsimile: As You Like It (Or: A 'Graphic' View of Telecommunications and the Library," Library Hi Tech News (November, 1989) pp. 7-11.
1988 "Designing a CD ROM Information Structure." The CD ROM Handbook, Chapter 9. Ed. Chris Sherman. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc. 1988. (Terry Noreault and Howard Turtle).
Edited
1998 Annual Review of OCLC Research 1997. (Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.) 1998. http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000002653
1997

Annual Review of OCLC Research 1996. (Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.) 1997. http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000003512

1996 Annual Review of OCLC Research 1995. (Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.) 1996. http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000002651
1995 Annual Review of OCLC Research 1994. (Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.) 1995. http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp?objid=0000002650
Reviews
1998 Review of Jacques Derrida's text Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression in Library Quarterly, Summer 1998, pp. 347-349.
1997 Review of Harry M. Kibirige's text Foundations of Full Text Electronic Information Delivery: Implications for Information Professionals in Library Quarterly, Fall 1997, pp. 398-399.

Community Service/Engagement


Panel Member - CD-ROM Networking Panel, NEOMARL Reference Committee's CD-ROM Workshop, Wooster, Ohio, April 19, 1990,

Panel Member - Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC): A New Vision of Authority Control, NELINET Collections and Technical Services Advisory Committee Conference, Worcester, Massachusetts, November 1, 1999.

Member, ACM SIGCSE (Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education)

Member, ACM SIGISE (Special Interest Group on Information Science Education)