About Sara Fine
Dr.
Sara Fine, Professor Emeritus of Information Sciences at the University
of Pittsburgh, brings her background as a licensed psychologist to
her research, teaching and publications in the field of information
science. Her work concerns human interaction with information
and technology and how the technological revolution affects individuals,
organizations and societies. She has conducted a series
of national research studies, sponsored by the United States Office
of Education, on the human aspects of technological innovation and
has worked with libraries as well as a variety of other organizations
on preparing staff for new technological events. More
recently she has been a consultant to industry on the design and marketing
of technological products and on the information seeking behavior of
researchers and scientists.
Dr. Fine received three Federal grants to conduct national training institutes on community-related public service and conducted workshops and seminars throughout the United States and internationally. She lectured under the auspices of the USIS and by invitation in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Eastern and Western Europe, New Zealand, Thailand, Hong Kong, and the People’s Republic of China. She was a Fulbright scholar in Israel at The Hebrew University. Her books and articles as well as her lectures have been translated into Russian, Italian, Turkish, Hebrew, and Hungarian.
Currently, Dr. Fine lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, where she is Professor of Information Science at the Bar Ilan University, teaches graduate courses and seminars and directs doctoral student research. She continues to give workshops and lectures on the psychology of information use and the human factors in technological development. In addition to her teaching, Dr. Fine plays chess, studies drawing and is learning to read, write and speak in Hebrew.