It is with heavy heart that I pass along word of Rob Kling's death. Many of us on air-l knew him, and most, perhaps all, of us knew his work. Rob was one of the keynote speakers at the first AoIR conference at Kansas University. His work and his spirit touched many and he will be greatly missed. My condolences to his family, his friends and his colleagues. I join you in mourning. The following was posted on the web site of the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University today: Rob Kling , Professor of Information Systems and Information Science at the Indiana School of Library and Information Science and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at IU, passed away unexpectedly Thursday morning in the pre-dawn hours of May 15th. He was 59 years old. Rob's SLIS friends and colleagues mourn his loss, and extend our sympathy to his wife, professor Mitzi Lewison. Arrangements are pending and we will post more information when it is available. The url for that site is http://www.slis.indiana.edu/news/story.php?story_id=640 and it says more information will be posted soon. Peace, Steve Jones Sj
Rob's SLIS friends and colleagues mourn his loss, and extend our sympathy to his wife, professor Mitzi Lewison. Arrangements are pending and we will post more information when it is available.
An extended press release and "page of honor" is now available at that same URL: http://www.slis.indiana.edu/news/story.php?story_id=640 elijah
he was a friend and colleague to many, he will be missed. On Friday, May 16, 2003, at 06:26 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
It is with heavy heart that I pass along word of Rob Kling's death. Many of us on air-l knew him, and most, perhaps all, of us knew his work. Rob was one of the keynote speakers at the first AoIR conference at Kansas University. His work and his spirit touched many and he will be greatly missed. My condolences to his family, his friends and his colleagues. I join you in mourning. jeremy hunsinger jhuns@vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy/blog
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This is a terrible news. He was indeed a brillant analyst of the uses of CMC, articulating different levels/aspects and notably the socio-political; one of the few who, very early, warned us against the illusions of cyber-utopias and other myths surrounding information technologies. He was also a very approachable, warm person, who made you feel interesting! I had the privilege to meet him in Montreal last year, with Serge Proulx and a few colleagues. We will miss him a lot. Guillaume L.-T.
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