Research Interests

Human information interaction
Information visualization
Information architecture
Digital libraries

COURSES TAUGHT

60101 – Information architecture
60103 – Research methods for information architecture
60005 – Information technologies
61095 – Human information interaction

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Library and Information Science), University of Western Ontario (in progress)
M.L.I.S, University of Western Ontario, 2002
B.Sc. (Engineering Physics), University of Saskatchewan, 1994

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lecturer, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2005
Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2003
Information Architect, Argus Associates, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2000-2001
Manager of Online Content, ActiveState, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2000
Information Architect, Northern Lights Internet Solutions, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1997-2000
Research Engineer, Department of Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1994-1997

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Campbell, D. G. & Fast, K. V. (2006). From pace layering to resilience theory: the complex implications of tagging for information architecture. Information Architecture Summit 2006, Vancouver, B.C., March 25-27, 2006. http://www.iasummit.org/2006/files/164_Presentation_Desc.pdf

Fast, K. V. & Sedig, K. (2005). The INVENT Framework: The role of information visualization in the reconceptualization of digital libraries. Journal of Digital Information, 6 (3). http://journals.tdl.org/jodi/article/view/jodi-169/69

Campbell, D. G. & Fast, K. V. (2004). Academic libraries and the Semantic Web: What the future may hold for research-supporting library catalogues. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 30 (5), 382-390.

Fast, K. V. & Campbell, D. G. (2004). “I still like Google”: University student perceptions of searching OPACs and the Web. Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of ASIS&T, Providence, Rhode Island, Nov. 12-17, 2004. 138-146.

Campbell, D. G. & Fast, K. V.  (2004) Panizzi, Lubetzky and Google: How the Modern Web Environment is Reinventing the Theory of Cataloguing. Canadian Journal for Information and Library Science, 28 (3), 25-38.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Fast, K. V. (2005). Epistemic actions and the design of digital knowledge environments. Connections 2005, Montreal, Quebec, May 14-15, 2004.

Fast, K. V. (2004). Information visualization: Failed experiment or future revolution? Information Architecture Summit 2004, Austin, Texas, Feb. 27-29, 2004.

Fast, K. V. (2003). Metadata harvesting. Information Architecture Summit 2003, Portland, Oregon, Mar. 21-23, 2003.