Judit Ward

Judit H. Ward, Ph.D., M.L.I.S.
Director of Information Services, Center of Alcohol Studies
Adjunct Faculty, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers
Director, ECL North America

Office – BAS Room 358 (CAS Library)
Tel: (732) 445-4442
Fax: (732) 445-5944
Email: judit.ward@rutgers.edu

Current Research
  • Bibliometric tools in interdisciplinary fields
  • Human information behavior in the academic research community
  • Information evaluation in the online learning environment
  • Digital libraries and digital library technologies
  • Hungarian Studies in the United States
Selected Publications (more)

Hajnal Ward, J. (2011). Get your book from a library! Paradigm shift in American libraries? [In Hungarian]. Könyv, könyvtár, könyvtáros [Books, libraries, librarians], 4, (41-54)

Hajnal Ward, J. , Candon, P., Cox, J., Frisone, N., Stewart, M. (2011). Practical bibliometrics: Evaluating scholarly activities with library resources. [In Hungarian]. Könyvtári Figyelő [Library Review],(56), 107-132.

Hajnal Ward, J. (2011). Conference tourism: Librarians on the Jersey Shore. [In Hungarian]. Könyv, könyvtár, könyvtáros [Books, libraries, librarians], 11. 46-59.

Hajnal Ward, J. (ed.) (2009). Welcome to the library! Special issue on American libraries. [In Hungarian.] Könyv, könyvtár, könyvtáros [Books, libraries, librarians].

Hajnal Ward, J., Csűrös Clark, Sz. (2009). Folklore research resources in East European Studies: The Library and Archives of the American Hungarian Foundation, Folklorica, 14, 155-168.

Hajnal Ward, J., Csűrös Clark, Sz. (2009). Scholarship without borders: Hungarian as a second language in research [In Hungarian].Hungarian Studies Yearbook 10. Ed. Szűcs Tibor, University of Pécs, Hungary, pp. 171-184.

Ward, J.H. (2009). Acquisitions globalized: The foreign language acquisitions experience in a research library. Library Resources & Technical Services, 53 (2), 22-29.

Hajnal Ward, J. (2008). Anything.hu: Understanding evaluation standards for online resources in Hungarian Studies, In: Une nation vivant dans sa langue. Ed. M. Farkas, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, pp. 168-183.

Clark, S., Ward, J. (2008). Bilingual marketing research: Interpreting data across languages and cultures. In: Academy of Marketing Science Volume VII: Proceedings of the Cultural Perspectives in Marketing Conference, New Orleans, LA, January 16-19, 2008, pp. 34-5. Editor: Leroy Robinson.

Hajnal Ward, J. (2007). Evaluating electronic resources in Hungarian Studies. Language, nation, identity Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Hungarian Studies. August 21-26, Debrecen, Hungary [In Hungarian]. Debrecen, Budapest : Nk. Magyarságtud. Társ., Volume 2, pp. 25-34.

Hajnal Ward, J. (2007). Class: A guide through the American library school.[ In Hungarian]. Könyv, könyvtár, könyvtáros - Books, libraries, librarians. 16(3)28-33.

Hajnal, J., Agócs, L.cross, Veress, G., Magulya, L. (1996). WWW és nyelvoktatás. (WWW and language teaching. In Hungarian.) In: Bakonyi, P., Herdon, M. (eds), Informatika a felsőoktatásban és Networkshop ’96 (Information technology in Higher Education and Networkshop ‘96). Debrecen, pp. 1141-1155.
Dr. Ward has been at CAS since 2007. She is responsible for all operations of the Center's Research Library. Her areas of specialization include applied linguistics, medical communication and informatics, and library and information science. She has co-authored bilingual communication textbooks as well as articles on second-language acquisition and instructional technology in the online learning environment. She is a librarian-information specialist whose research interests include digital libraries, evaluation of information in the electronic environment, human information behavior, and cross-cultural research methods. She is a member of many professional organizations and the North American Director of the European Consortium for the Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages.
Courses Taught
Digital Library Technologies School of Communication and Information, Rutgers, 2007-
Hungarian Studies School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers (1999-2003)
Medical Communication Medical University School of Debrecen, Hungary (1989-1999)
English, Hungarian, Italian languages Medical University School of Debrecen, Hungary (1982-1999)
Professional Service
Könyvtári Figyelő [Library Review] Editorial Board Member (2012-)
Könyv, könyvtár, könyvtáros [Books, libraries, librarians]. North-American correspondent, guest editor (2009-)
Webology Editorial Board Member (2009-)
KIT Hírlevél (Library - Information - Society Newsletter) Editor (2011-2012)