Research

Selected Publications and Research Activity

Edited Volumes

Burgess, John T. F. and Emily J. M. Knox, eds. Foundations of Information Ethics. Chicago, Ill.: ALA Publishers, (2019).

Refereed Journal Articles

Burgess, John T. F. “Towards an Ethics of Unity: An Ecological Approach to Overcoming Dispossession in Academic Libraries.” The Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship 7 December. (2021) 1-15.

Burgess, John T. F. “Using Investigative Video Games to Teach Intuition and Critical Judgement in Reference Transactions.” Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 64 no. 4 (2021) 477-491.

Burgess, John T. F. "Narrative Identity and Flourishing within the Information Professions." Journal of Information Ethics 25, no. 1 (2016): 132-149.

Burgess, John T. F. "Moral Crisis, Pragmatism, and the Lessons of the Library War Service." MediaTropes 5, no. 2 (2015) 19-31.

Refereed Book Chapters

Burgess, John T. F. “Ethical Frameworks.” In Foundations of Information Ethics, edited by John T. F. Burgess and Emily JM Knox. Chicago, Ill.: ALA Publishers, (2019).

Burgess, John T. F. “History of Ethics in the Information Professions.” In Foundations of Information Ethics, edited by John T. F.
Burgess and Emily JM Knox. Chicago, Ill.: ALA Publishers, (2019).

Invited Book Chapters

Burgess, John T. F. “Teaching for the Long Game: Sustainability as Framework for LIS Education.” In Teaching for Justice: Implementing Social Justice in the LIS Classroom, edited by Nicole A. Cooke and Miriam E. Sweeney, 2017.

Burgess, John T. F. “Reconciling Social Responsibility and Neutrality in LIS Professional Ethics: A Virtue Ethics Approach.” In Information Cultures in the Digital Age: A Festschrift in Honor of Rafael Capurro, edited by Jared Bielby and Matt Kelly, 2016.

Other Publications

Burgess, John T. F. “Virtue Ethics and the Narrative Identity of American Librarianship 1876 to Present.” PhD diss., University of Alabama, 2013. ProQuest 11662.

Burgess, John T. F. & Andrea L. Wright. “Big Science, Nano Science.” The International Journal of Science in Society 3, no. 1 (2011): 45-52.

Burgess, John T. F. "Ask a Librarian.” Computers in Libraries 31, no. 10 (2011): 37.

Burgess, John T. F. "Smart-World Technologies and the Value of Librarianship.” Computers in Libraries 30, no. 10 (2010): 12-16.

CONFERENCE & PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Juried Conference Papers

Burgess, John T. F. and Gina Fowler. "Opposing Epistemicide as First Principle: Redeeming Social Epistemology in LIS Education." Juried paper presentation at ALISE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October, 26, 2022.

Burgess, John T. F. and Peyton Deese. “Sustainability as Moral Obligation for LIS Practice in Edge Cases of Global Catastrophic Risks.” Juried paper presentation at ALISE Annual Meeting, Online, September 22, 2021.

Burgess, John T. F. and Juliana Mestre. “Facilitating Ethical Enactment: A Survey of the Communication of Core Values in Alabama Public Library Online Policy Statements.” Juried paper presentation at ALISE Annual Meeting, Online, September 21, 2021.
Burgess, John T. F. “The Use of Investigative Video Games to Teach Reference Transaction Skills.” Juried paper presentation at ALISE Annual Meeting, Online, October, 21, 2020.

Million, Anthony, Jenny S. Bossaller, and John T. F. Burgess. “The Role of Professionals: Policy Making in a Democracy.” Juried paper presentation at the Association for Information Science and Technology, Washington, DC, October 28, 2017.

Burgess, John T. F. "Adaptability and Resilience as Core LIS Values." Juried paper presentation at Libraries and Archives in the Anthropocene Colloquium, New York, NY, May 13, 2017.

Burgess, John T. F. "Ubiquitous Data and Intergenerational Justice." Juried paper presentation at the Information Ethics Roundtable, Urbana-Champagne, IL, April 21-22, 2017.

Burgess, John T. F. "Intellectual Freedom in Cognitively Unjust Societies." Juried paper presentation at 2016 Information Ethics Roundtable, Tucson, AZ, April 8, 2016.

Burgess, John T. F. “Cognitive Justice and Social Epistemology.” Juried paper presentation at ALISE Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, January 28, 2015.

Burgess, John T. F. "Narrative Identity and Flourishing within the Information Professions." Juried paper presentation at 2014 Information Ethics Round Table, Edmonton, AB, April 24, 2014.

Burgess, John T. F. "Non-Transgressive Ethics and the Promotion of Diversity in the Information Professions." Juried paper presentation at Discerning Diverse Voices: Communication and Information Symposium on Diversity, Tuscaloosa, AL, March 5, 2014.

Burgess, John T. F. “An Ecological Approach to Promoting Cultural Diversity.” Juried paper presentation at Discerning Diverse Voices: Communication and Information Symposium on Diversity, Tuscaloosa, AL, March 31, 2011.

Juried Panels

Burgess, John T. F. "What is the role of the librarian in supporting intellectual freedom?" Juries panel member at The Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC, November, 2, 2022.

Burgess, John T. F. "Sustainability Practices." Juried Paper Presentation at Alabama Library Association, Montgomery, AL, August 2, 2022.

Burgess, John T. F. “(Information injustice and intellectual freedom: Polarizing concepts for a polarizing time.” Juried panel member at ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Online, November 1, 2021.

Burgess, John T. F. “(Re)envisioning an Information Ethics/Policy Course for the Future.” Juried panel member at ALISE Annual Meeting, Online, September 22, 2021.

Burgess, John T. F. “Pedagogical Practices of Information Policy Instruction.” Juried panel member at ALISE Annual Meeting, Online, September 21, 2021.

Burgess, John T. F. “Ethical Frameworks Related to the Implementation of Learning Analytics.” Juried panel member at ALISE Annual Meeting, Online, October 21, 2020.

Burgess, John T. F. “Approaches to Information Ethics Education for the MLIS.” Juried panel member at ALISE Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN September 24, 2019.

Burgess, John T. F. “Teaching for Justice: Sustainability Justice in the Classroom.” Juried panel member at ALISE Annual Meeting, Denver, CO February 8, 2018.

Burgess, John T. F. “Will ‘Online” Go the Distance. The Quality of Teaching and Evaluation in Online LIS Education” Juried panel member at ALISE Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 2018.

Burgess, John T. F. “Radical Change Theory Means Sustainability for LIS Education and Research.” Juried panel member at ALISE Annual Meeting, Boston, MA January 7, 2016.Burgess, John T. F. “Radical Change and Ethical Practice in the LIS Classroom.” Juried panel member at ALISE Annual Meeting, Boston, MA January 6, 2016.

Invited Presentations

Burgess, John T. F. “Finding Moral Courage: Embodying Your Values Without Burning Out.” Invited Keynote Presentation for the Florida Association of College and Research Libraries, Online, October, 21, 2022.

Burgess, John T. F. "Banned Books Week: What’s the role of the higher ed community in supporting intellectual freedom?" Sage Publishing Special Event, Online, August 22, 2022

Burgess, John T. F. “Do the Right Thing: Serving Your Patrons Without Sacrificing Your Principles.” Invited presentation for Arkansas Library Association, Online, May, 21, 2021.

Burgess, John T. F. “Oppenheimer’s Lesson.” Invited plenary presentation at the 14th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium: Sociotechnical perspectives on ethics and governance of emerging information technologies at the ASIS&T 2018 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, November 10, 2018.

Burgess, John T. F. "Plenary Panel." Invited plenary presentation at Libraries and Archives in the Anthropocene Colloquium, New York, NY, May 13, 2017.

Burgess, John T. F. "Intellectual Property Ethics and the Law." Invited presentation at Spring/Summer Meeting of the Alabama Association of Law Librarians, Tuscaloosa, AL, May 20, 2016.

Burgess, John T. F. “Classical Rhetoric for the Digital Age.” Invited presentation at University of South Alabama Baldwin County Campus Social Media Conference, Fairhope, AL, October 7, 2014.

Burgess, John T. F. “Secrecy, Privacy, and Anonymity.” Invited presentation at University of South Alabama Baldwin County Campus Social Media Conference, Fairhope, AL, October 8, 2013.

Burgess, John T. F. “Cloud Computing Horizons.” Invited presentation at University of South Alabama Baldwin County Campus Social Media Conference, Fairhope, AL, January 27, 2011.

Burgess, John T. F. “Visions of 2020: The Smart World and Smarter Commerce.” Invited presentation at University of South Alabama Baldwin County Campus Social Media Conference, Fairhope, AL, August 11, 2010.

Juried Poster Presentations

Burgess, John T. F. and Anna Wallace. “The Use of Investigation Video Games to Teach Reasoning Skills in the LIS Classroom.” Work in progress poster at ALISE Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN, September 24, 2019

Burgess, John T. F. and Casey Davis. “Memory Institutions, Intangible Heritage, and the Sustainability of Rural Communities.” Work in progress poster at ALISE Annual Meeting, Boston, MA January 5, 2016.

Burgess, John T. F. “Virtue Ethics for Librarianship.” Work-in-progress poster at ALISE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, January 24, 2014.

Burgess, John T. F. “Librarianship in Light of Existential Risk: A Philosophical Analysis.” Poster presentation at ALISE/Jean Tague-Sutcliffe Doctoral Student Research Poster Competition, San Diego, CA, January 8, 2011.

Other Presentations

Burgess, John T. F. “Cognitive Justice and LIS Curriculum.” ALISEXChange webinar on behalf of the ALISE Information Ethics Special Interest Group, March 4, 2015.

GRANTS AND GRANT ACTIVITY

Chiou, Katherine, Blair, Bruce, Burgess, John, Margulies, Jared, and McKain, Michael. Seeding the Future: A Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Approach to Documenting Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Its Significance to the Food-Water-Energy Security Nexus. Alabama Water Institute, Awarded $25,000 dollars, Tuscaloosa, AL, February 1, 2023.

Submitted July 27, 2020 R01 Grant Application to NIH/NLM “Integrating Personal Health Libraries with Behavioral Theory to Improve Health Outcomes for Diabetics and Pre-Diabetics in Rural Alabama” Total value $1,490,000.

Internal Grants Received

Burgess, John T. F. "Game and Gaming in Libraries." Strategic Funding Committee, Award $1000 dollars, Tuscaloosa, AL, February 10, 2023.
Burgess, John T. F. “Challenges to Professional Ethics in Alabama Public Library Policy Formation.” RGC Level 1, Grant $6000 dollars, Tuscaloosa, AL, March 9, 2018.

Burgess, John T. F. and Anna Wallace. “Use of Recreational Video Games to Promote Reasoning Skills in the Reference Interview.” SLIS Research Support Fund, Grant $1000, Tuscaloosa, AL, April 3, 2018.