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Mary Burke

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Information Science

College: College of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Current Scheduled Teaching

INFO 5223.402Metadata Applications in Digital RepositoriesFall 2026
INFO 4223.401Introduction to Metadata for Information OrganizationSummer 10W 2026 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

INFO 5223.402Metadata for Information Organization and RetrievalSpring 2026 SPOT
LING 2040.001Endangered LanguagesFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Zavalina, O.L., Burke, M. (2023). User search behavior in digital repositories. Discoverability in Digital Repositories. Abingdon, United Kingdom, Routledge/Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003216438

    • Conference Proceeding

  • Zavalina, O.L., Chelliah, S.L., Burke, M. (2025). 3rd International Workshop on Digital Language Archives. Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2018. 1-3. Association for Computing Machinery.
  • Zavalina, O.L., Chelliah, S.L., Burke, M. (2025). 3rd International Workshop on Digital Language Archives. 2025 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL). 358-360. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/jcdl67857.2025.00066
  • Roeschley, A., Buchanan, S.A., Burke, M., Graf, A., Zavalina, O.L. (2020). Considering individual and community contexts within information pedagogy, scholarship, and practice. Proceedings of the 83rd Annual meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technologies. ASIS&T.
  • Burke, M., Zavalina, O.L. (2020). Descriptive richness of free-text metadata: a comparative analysis of three language archives. Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Association for Information Science and Technology.
  • Zavalina, O.L., Burke, M. (2020). Skill-building in graduate-level metadata instruction through the prism of quality evaluation of student-created metadata records. Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education.
  • Burke, M., Zavalina, O.L. (2020). Identifying challenges for information organization in language archives: Preliminary findings. Proceedings of the iConference 2020. iSchools.
  • Burke, M., Zavalina, O.L. (2020). Identifying Challenges for Information Organization in Language Archives: Preliminary Findings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 622-629. Cham, Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_52
  • Burke, M., Zavalina, O.L. (2019). Exploration of information organization in language archives. Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Association for Information Science and Technology.

    • Journal Article

  • Burke, M., Zavalina, O.L., Chelliah, S.L., Phillips, M.E. (2022). User needs in language archives: Findings from interviews with language archive managers, depositors, and end-users.. Language Documentation and Conservation. 16 24 pages. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/74669
  • Burke, M., Zavalina, O.L., Chelliah, S., Phillips, M.E. (2022). User needs in language archives: Findings from interviews with language archive managers, depositors, and end-users. Language Documentation and Conservation. 16 University of Hawaii Press. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/74669
  • Burke, M., Phillips, M.E., Tarver, H., Zavalina, O.L. (2022). Using existing metadata standards and tools for a language archive: A balancing act. The Electronic Library. 40 (5) 579-593. Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-02-2022-0028
  • Burke, M., Tarver, H., Phillips, M.E., Zavalina, O. (2022). Using existing metadata standards and tools for a digital language archive: a balancing act. The Electronic Library. 40 (5) 579-593. Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/el-02-2022-0028
  • Zavalina, O.L., Burke, M. (2021). Assessing skill-building in metadata instruction: Quality evaluation of Dublin Core metadata records created by graduate students. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE).
  • Burke, M., Zavalina, O.L., Phillips, M.E., Chelliah, S. (2021). Organization of knowledge and information in digital archives of language materials. Journal of Library Metadata. Taylor & Francis.
  • Burke, M. (2020). Health information behavior of speakers of endangered languages. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. 52 (4) 1042-1049. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000619899453
  • Burke, M. (2020). Health information behavior of speakers of endangered languages. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. 52 (4) 1042-1049. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000619899453

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Zavalina, O.L. (Principal), Burke, M. (Supporting), "Identifying Information Organization Needs of Language Archives Users," sponsored by UNT IS Department, IS Faculty-Student Summer Research Grant, University of North Texas, $7000 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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