He is the Rudy Professor of Information Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he has been Dean of the School of Library and Information Science for seventeen years. From 1985-1991 he held the Chair of Information Science and was Head of the Department of Information Science at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, United Kingdom 2013 Derek de Solla Price Award and Medal for "outstanding contributions to the fields of quantitative studies of science.".
2013 Derek de Solla Price Award and Medal for "outstanding contributions to the fields of quantitative studies of science." Honorary Visiting Professor, Department of Information Science, City University London, 2007- Visiting Professor, School of Computing, Mathematical and Information Science, University of Brighton, 2007-2010 Award of Merit, American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2006 Rudy Professor of Information Science, Indiana University, 1999- Talis Information Visiting Professor of Information Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1996-2003 Visiting Professor, School of Computing, Napier University, Edinburgh, 2000- Visiting Professor of Information Management, Napier University, Edinburgh, 1999-2000 Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa), Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, 1997 Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, 1998 Fellow, Institute of Management, 1989 Fellow, Institute of Information Scientists, 1988 Fellow, Library Association, 1984.
