Miwa Makiko

Profile Information

Affiliation: The Open University of Japan 情報コース

Degree: Ph D. in Information Transfer(Syracuse University)
Master of Library Science(University of Pittsburgh)

Other name(s) (e.g. nickname): miwamaki
J-GLOBAL ID: 200901044838119625

External link: http://www.nime.ac.jp/~miwamaki/index.htm

Makiko MIWA earned a BA in history from Japan Women’s University, an MSL from the University of Pittsburgh, and Ph D. from the Syracuse University. She is currently a professor at the Open University of Japan and the Graduate University for Advanced studies, teaching information behaviour and research method courses.

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

4 2019 - Present

The Open University of Japan Informatics Program Specially Appointed Professor
9 2010 - Present

Schothai Thammathirat Open University. Ph.D. Program. Foreign Guest Professor.
4 2009 - Present

The Open University of Japan Professor
- Present

Sokendai Honorary professor
4 2004 - 3 2018

Chiba University Department of Literature Adjunct Faculty

Education

Committee Memberships

4 2011 - 3 2013

国立国会図書館納本制度審議会
4 2008 - 3 2013

独立行政法人科学技術振興機構科学技術事業委員会委員長
6 2010 - 3 2012

内閣府内閣府公文書管理委員会委員
5 2005 - 4 2007

内閣府大臣官房管理室電子媒体による公文書等の管理・移管・保存のあり方に関する研究会
4 2001 - 3 2004

工業所有権総合情報館独立行政法人評価委員会

Awards

6 2019

Japanese Society for Information and Media Studies Best Poster Award Use of Media Doctor Index in Different Lie Stage

Masae Satoh, Kiyotaka Watanabe, Kyoko Kitazawa, Makiko Miwa
9 2016

ISIC (Information Seeking in Context), The Information Behaviour Conference. The Best Poster Award. Cancer Patients’ Perceptions and Expectations of Health and Medical Information Services in Japan’s Public Libraries

Miwa, M, Tamura, S, Ikeya, N, Suga., C, Yamaki, C, Takayama, T, Koshizuka, M
2011

Japan Society of Information and Knowledge Best Paper Award Influence of Task Type and User Group on Web-based Information Seeking Behavior: Analysis of Eye Movement Data and Client-side Browsing Logs

Takaku, H, Egusa, Y, Terai, H, Saito, H, Miwa, M, Kando, N
2000

Syracuse University. Best Dissertation Award. Use of Human Intermediation in Information Problem solving: A Users' Perspective

Miwa Makiko

Papers

Migration of Clusters from Pre-session to Post-session: An Analysis of Elderly Students’ Perceived Digital Literacy

Makiko Miwa, Emi Nishina, Hideaki Takahash, YoshitomoYaginuma, Yoko Hirose, Toshio Akimitsu

The European Conference of Information Literacy (ECIL) 2018, pp.369-378 9 2018 Peer-reviewed
152

Changing Patterns of Perceived ICT Skill Levels of Elderly Learners in a Digital Literacy Training Course

Miwa Makiko

LIBRES 24(1) 5 2018 Peer-reviewed
Proposal for Health and Medical Information Services Based on Interviews of Cancer Patients.

Miwa, M, Tamura, S, Ikeya, N. Yamaki, C, Takayama, T, Koshizuka, M

Pharmaceutical Library Bulletin. 62(1) 21 - 31 2 2017 Invited
Changing Patterns of ICT Skills Perceived by Elderly Learners

Makiko Miwa, Emi Nishina, Masaaki Kurosu, Hideaki Takahashi, Yoshitomo Yaginuma, Yoko Hirose, Toshio Akimitsu

The 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice, PaperID:72 2016 Peer-reviewed
A Case Study of Factors Affecting Teachers' Use of Document Cameras and Computers on a Daily Basis in Class Teachings

NAKAO Noriko, MIWA Makiko, AOKI Kumiko, HORITA Tatsuya

Educational Information Research 30(3) 49 - 60 2015 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

公共図書館における医療健康情報サービスの質向上のためのメディアドクター指標活用の可能性

佐藤正惠, 磯部ゆき江, 三輪眞木子, 北澤京子, 渡邊清高

日本図書館情報学会研究大会発表論文集 66th 105‐108 - 108 11 3, 2018
患者支援機能から見た患者図書室の多様性

u, MATSUMOTO Naoki

日本図書館情報学会春季研究集会発表論文集 43 - 46 2018
Caracteristics of Exploratory Search on the Web : Analysis of Think Aloud and Post-search Interviews

Makiko Miwa, Yuka Egusa, Hitomi Saito, Masao Takaku, Hitoshi Terai, Noriko Kando

2009-FI-96 2 - 8 11 2009
A Study of Information-Seeking on the Web: Preliminary Analysis on Influence of Task Types and User Experiences

Masao Takaku, Yuka Egusa, Terai Hitoshi, Hitomi Saito, Makiko Miwa, Noriko Kando

12 2008
ナイーブオントロジーの研究：ウェブ上での探索・学習における時間・空間知識の構築

三輪眞木子, 神門典子

2006年度三田図書館・情報学会研究大会論文集 33 - 36 11 11, 2006

Books and Other Publications

Re-consideration of the Information Behaviour Grammar Model

Miwa, M(Role: Contributor, pp.149-159.)

Keiso Shobo. 3 2015
GlobaLIS: Toward the regional cooperation in the Education of library and information professionals in the Asia-Pacific Region. In: Makiko Miwa and Shizuko Miyahara (eds.) Quality Assurance in LIS Education: An International and Comparative Study.

Miwa, M

Springer. 2015
Quality Assurance in LIS Education: An International and Comparative Study.

Miwa, M, Miyahara, S(Role: Joint editor)

Springer 2015
Trends of e-Books in Public Libraries. in E-Books and E-Journals. (Chapter 4), Japan Society of Library and Information Science (ed.).

Miwa, M, Isobe, Y(Role: Joint author, pp.71-88)

Bensei Shuppan. 11 2014
Personal Computers for Distance Learning.

Miwa, M, Akimitsu, T(Role: Joint author)

Foundation for the Promotion of the Open University of Japan. 2013

Presentations

54

Characteristics of Health and Medical Information Needs of Visually Handicapped Users and Considerations in Service Provision

Makiko Miwa, ChiTako Yamaki, Shunsaku Tamura, Takenori Noguchi

67th Research Meeting of the Society of Library and Information Science (JSLIS) 10 19, 2019
44

Method for Improving Health Literacy of Elderly Citizens

Makiko Miwa, Masae Satoh, Yumi Yamashita, Yukie Isobe, Yumiko Abe

67th Research Meeting of the Society of Library and Information Science (JSLIS) 10 19, 2019
Possibilities of Public Libraries as Place for Health Communication: Provision of Health and Medical Information in Prefectural Libraries

Masae Satoh, Yukie Isobe, Makiko Miwa

11th Research Meeting of Japanese Association of Health Communication 9 21, 2019
75

Development of Learning Materials and Pedagogy for Improving Health Literacy of Elderly Citizens

Makiko Miwa, Masae Satoh, Yumi Yamashita, Yukie Isobe, Yumiko Abe

36th Research Meeting of Medical Information Services 8 11, 2019
Use of Media Doctor Index in Improving Health Literacy for Different Life Stages

Masae Satoh, Kiyotaka Watanabe, Kyoko Kitazawa, Miwa Makiko

18th Research Meeting of Japanese Society for Information and Media Studies 6 29, 2019

Teaching Experience

Professional Memberships

Works

Research Projects

市民の健康支援のための価値互酬型サービスを支える知識共同体の構築

学術振興会科学研究費補助金基盤 (B)(1)

池谷のぞみ
Designing Support Service of a Public Library for Solving Everyday Problems Using Action Research.

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Tamura, s
Research infrastructure formation for advancement of library and information science education

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)(1).

Nemoto, A
Research on learning community building with a lifelong learning web site.

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)(1).

Yamada, T
Equivalency and Reciprocity of Academic Degrees and Professional Qualification in Library and Information Professionals

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)(1).

Miwa, M

Social Activities

Information Seeking in Context (ISIC)

Planner, Logistic support

Permanent Committee Member 9 1, 2006 - Present
A-LIEP: The Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice.

Planner, Logistic support

A-LIEP: The Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice. Founder and Steering Committee Member. 2006 - Present
Lecturer, Archivist Training Program, the National Archives of Japan.

Lecturer

The National Archives of Japan. Archivist Training III: Information Retrieval Technology. 2005 - Present
監事

日本図書館情報学会 4 2013
常任理事

日本図書館情報学会 4 2009 - 3 2013