iSchools, Inc. News https://ischools.org/ iSchools, Inc. blog posts iSchools, Inc. Wild Apricot - membership management software and more en Sun, 28 Feb 2021 01:21:50 GMT Sun, 28 Feb 2021 01:21:50 GMT Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:52:51 GMT Georgia Tech’s Jessica Pater wins iSchools 2021 Doctoral Dissertation Award; Souvick Ghosh from Rutgers is runner up <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font color="#000000">The iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee have announced the 2021 honorees. The winner is Jessica Pater, who received her Ph.D. from the <a href="http://www.cc.gatech.edu/" target="_blank">Georgia Institute of Technology School of Interactive Computing</a>. The runner up is Souvick Ghosh, who received his Ph.D.</font></span><span><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></span><span><font color="#000000">from the <a href="http://comminfo.rutgers.edu//" target="_blank">Rutgers University School of Communication and Information</a> and is now an assistant professor at the <a href="http://ischool.sjsu.edu/" target="_blank">San Jose State University School of Information</a>.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><span><font face="Helvetica" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font>The Schools Doctoral Dissertation Award is an annual competition recognizing the year’s most outstanding dissertations from across iSchools membership. Introduced in 2013, award nominations are solicited from all member schools and subjected to a thorough review by the Doctoral Dissertation Committee. The 2021 Award selection process was chaired by George Buchanan of the&nbsp;</font></span><a href="https://cis.unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank"><span><font><span><font>University of Melbourne</font></span></font></span>&nbsp;iSchool</a>&nbsp;and Udo Kruschwitz of the <a href="https://www.uni-regensburg.de/sprache-literatur-kultur/information-medien-sprache-kultur/institut/index.html" target="_blank">iSchool at Universität Regensburg</a>.</font></span></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font face="Helvetica"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iConf2021/pub_jessica_pater1.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="133.25" height="188.25" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">Dr. Pater’s winning dissertation is titled&nbsp;</font></span><em><span><font face="Helvetica">Digital Self-Harm: Implications of Eating Disordered Behaviors Online</font></span></em><span><font face="Helvetica">. Here is what the Committee had to say about this year’s winner:</font></span></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><em><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">The thesis addressed a significant and highly sensitive social problem, taking an intellectually rigorous approach that has widespread potential impact.</font></span></em></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><em><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">Reviewers commented that the thesis demonstrates careful scholarship, with a “clear engagement with previous literature” and a “systematic review, with excellent synthesis”. The method is highlighted as including “not one, but a set of case studies” that thoroughly develop and test the thesis’ hypothesis in a robust process.&nbsp;</font></span></em></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><em><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">The panel also noted that the research presented has value for the wider information science community now, and in the future: “there is a clear case that the thesis confirms, but also alters much of our existing theories on social impacts of information”, and “the ideas created and presented transcend the topic studied”.&nbsp;</font></span></em></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><em><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">Most importantly, the social applicability and benefit of the research are tangible, presenting a “compelling case” for both the research and the problem it addresses. Overall the thesis, in the words of one reviewer “is a clear example case for the vital value of information science for the global community”.</font></span></em></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font face="Helvetica"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iConf2021/Ghosh-picture-Feb23.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="151" height="164" align="right" style="margin: 8px;">Dr. Ghosh’s dissertation is titled&nbsp;</font></span><em><span><font face="Helvetica">Exploring Intelligent Functionalities of Spoken Conversational Search Systems</font></span></em><span><font face="Helvetica">. Here is what the Committee had to say about the runner-up:</font></span></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><em><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">This thesis was recommended and highly rated throughout the review process, and it addresses an increasingly common new technology.</font></span></em></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><em><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">The judges applauded the approach taken saying it “uses many diverse methods”, combines “reliable and well-considered use of statistics” and, vitally possesses a “stress on reliability”. The methodology is strong. It draws not only on the traditions of information and library science, but also draws on computer science. Methods include “[a] laboratory-based user study; wizard-of-oz; [and] implementation”. As one reviewer put it “this is an ideal demonstration of contemporary, computing-literate information science”.</font></span></em></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><em><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">The increasing potential of conversational agents was noted by judges—“this technology is still developing, and is likely to see increasing adoption worldwide”—while it still “really needs to be analysed from an information science perspective”.&nbsp;</font></span></em></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><em><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">As a result, the thesis combines the use of developing methods, an emerging technology, and is also true to “the best traditions of our field”.</font></span></em></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">Visit the <a href="https://ischools.org/Dissertation-Award-Past-Winners" target="_blank">Doctoral Dissertation Award results page</a> for more about this year's honorees, and also previous award recipients.</font></span></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">The winner of the 2021 Doctoral Dissertation Award receives a cash prize of $2,500; the runner up receives $1,000. Both honorees will also receive a complimentary registration for <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a>, the iSchools virtual information conference taking place March 17-31, 2021.</font></span></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">The iSchools organization will begin accepting nominations for next year’s Award in July of this year. All members are encouraged to submit a nomination.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/10135123 https://ischools.org/News/10135123 iSchools News Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:16:15 GMT New Zealand’s Victoria University joins iSchools <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font color="#000000">The iSchools are pleased to announce that the</font></span><span><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></span><span><font color="#000000"><a href="https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/sim" target="_blank">Victoria University of Wellington School of Information Management</a> has joined the organization. The New Zealand-based iSchool represents the organization’s 120th member; visit the <a href="https://ischools.org/Directory" target="_blank">iSchools directory</a> for more on membership.</font></span></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/Blogs/News/Victoria-U-Wellington.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="302" height="170" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">The Victoria University iSchool is headed by Dr. Janet Toland, with a faculty of 20 professors and 11 lecturers. At last count, admissions were as follows: more that 600 undergraduate students; 250 Master’s students in programs spanning Commerce, Professional Business Analytics, Information Studies, and Information Management; 80 post-graduate certificate students; and 17 Doctoral candidates.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">The school was formally founded in 2001, but its Doctoral supervision and research dates back to the 1990s. Strengths of the institution include Digital Transformation and Innovation, Digital Learning, Data Science, and Foundations of Information.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">About the iSchools</span>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><span style="">The iSchools organization traces its origin to a small group of schools in the United States, and now constitutes <a href="https://ischools.org/Directory" target="_blank">120 members worldwide</a>.&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white;">Researchers in iSchools are focus on enhancing the lives of people, the productivity of companies, the innovation cycles of industries, the design of technologies, the policies that govern technology and information use, information services to communities, and much more. The iSchools also presents an annual information conference;&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a>&nbsp;will take place virtually March 17-31, and is hosted by Renmin University of China.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">Visit the&nbsp;</font></span><span><font face="Helvetica"><a href="https://ischools.org/Members" target="_blank">iSchools membership section</a><span style="background-color: white;">&nbsp;for more about our members and instruction on how to apply.</span></font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/10134088 https://ischools.org/News/10134088 iSchools News Mon, 22 Feb 2021 18:48:11 GMT iSchools Research Fund proposals due March 1 <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font color="#000000">iSchools members are reminded that the next batch of grant proposals for the <a href="https://ischools.org/Research-Grants" target="_blank">iSchools Research Fund</a> will go into consideration following the March 1 deadline. This means you still have a week to submit your proposal.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">The iSchools Research Fund supports research by member faculty and doctoral students. Any research topic&nbsp;<span style="background-color: white;">may be considered, but projects involving doctoral research or outreach to underrepresented regions, and applications with some match funding from other sources will be considered favorably.</span>&nbsp;Grants generally range from 1,000 to 5,000 USD.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Visit the <a href="https://ischools.org/Research-Grants" target="_blank">iSchools Research Fund webpage</a> for application instructions.</span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: white;">iSchools Research Fund proposal are considered twice a year, generally starting Oct. 1 and March 1. The next deadline for submission is March 1, 2021.</span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/10125736 https://ischools.org/News/10125736 iSchools News Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:03:48 GMT iConference unveils virtual platform for 2021 <p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The organizers of iConference 2021 are pleased to announce that this year’s iConference will take place on the <a href="https://scoocs.co" target="_blank">SCOOCS</a> virtual conference platform. SCOOCS is a relatively new and dynamic online venue, and the conference organizers were impressed with its ability to empower presenters and enable attendees to be more active and connected.</span><br></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iConf2021/01.09.00-Scoocs-Booth2D-2.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="287" height="195" align="right" style="margin: 8px;">For a preview of the platform, registered participants can visit our <a href="https://ischools.org/Participatoin-Guidelines" target="_blank">Virtual Participation Guidelines</a> page. There you will find a Video showcasing some of the platform’s key features, as well as links to Presentation Tips and Tricks and other resources.&nbsp;&nbsp;Additional how-to links will be added in the coming weeks.&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In the weeks leading up the conference’s March 17 start date, presenters and participants will be sent instruction for creating their SCOOCS user accounts and getting started.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iConf2021/01.04.00-Scoocs-One-on-one-Meeting-1536x1264.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="278" height="229" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">If you have not yet signed up for iConference 2021, there is still time to <a href="https://ischools.org/Registration" target="_blank">register</a>. Standard rates are in effect through March 8; late rates apply thereafter.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong><span><font style="font-size: 17px;"><br></font></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong><span><font style="font-size: 17px;">About iConference 2021</font></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">iConference 2021 will be a virtual event, with all sessions and presentations taking place on the <a href="https://scoocs.co" target="_blank">SCOOCS</a> online conference platform; visit our <a href="https://ischools.org/Participatoin-Guidelines" target="_blank">Virtual Participation Guidelines</a> page for deails. Conference<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://ischools.org/Registration" target="_blank">Registration</a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">is still open, with standard rates availble through March 8. &nbsp;A special scholarship rate is also available for students with an accepted submission.&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">iConference 2021 is presented by the iSchools organization and hosted by Renmin University of Beijing, China. This year’s theme is Diversity | Divergence | Dialogue. Sponsors include Elsevier, Springer, the U.S National Science Foundation, Renmin University, Wuhan University, Headtcentre, and the University of Illinois.&nbsp;Visit the<span><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference home page</a></span></span></span><span><span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">to learn more.</span></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/10110207 https://ischools.org/News/10110207 iSchools News Thu, 11 Feb 2021 19:28:42 GMT Next Doctoral Seminar to examine self-tracking and immersive applications <P><FONT style="font-size: 17px;"><SPAN><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica">Another installment in the <A href="https://ischools.org/european-doctoral-seminar-series" target="_blank">European iSchools Doctoral Seminars Series</A> has been scheduled for Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. The series was launched last year as a forum for doctoral students to present their work.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN><BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">The Feb. 26 presentations follow:&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000" style="font-size: 17px;"><STRONG><SPAN><FONT>Jakub Fiala</FONT></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#333333" face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT>is a postgraduate student of Information Science, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague,&nbsp; where he also works as a lecturer and New Media Studies coordinator.&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="line-height: 19px;"><FONT color="#000000" style="font-size: 17px;"><STRONG><SPAN><FONT>Abstract:</FONT></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT>Self-tracking and its influence on one’s behaviour, experience and motivation to change – commonly referred to using the title of my presentation - is my main research interest. Indeed, results give an account not only about one’s inner state, but also of broader implications and the relationship to society.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="line-height: 19px;"><FONT color="#000000" style="font-size: 17px;"><STRONG><SPAN><FONT>Filipa Ramalho</FONT></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT>is a PhD candidate at the University of Porto, Portugal, and she is also a researcher at INESC TEC.&nbsp; She studied Information Science (Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree).&nbsp; She then worked on projects as a business processes and information systems consultant for eight years with companies from different industrial sectors.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="line-height: 19px;"><FONT color="#000000" style="font-size: 17px;"><STRONG><SPAN><FONT>Abstract:</FONT></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><FONT>Immersive applications immersive technologies are being developed to support and enhance human-worker at the factories. This doctoral research aims to study the combination of immersive technologies (as a way to convey real/virtual visual information), centered in the human-worker (as the crucial key user) as an information organization/retrieval problem. This talk will present this doctoral research project.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">The presentations take place Feb. 26 via Zoom, 14:00-16:00 CET. See our <A href="https://ischools.org/european-doctoral-seminar-series" target="_blank">Series webpage</A> for details, and also to view videos of past presentations.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Future installments will be announced on the <A href="https://ischools.org/Calendar" target="_blank">iSchools events calendar</A>.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> https://ischools.org/News/10084686 https://ischools.org/News/10084686 iSchools News Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:54:02 GMT iConference Technology-Adoption Workshop Issues CFP <P><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><SPAN><FONT>A <A href="https://ischools.org/resources/Documents/iconf%202021/WKS479-CFP_Vulnerable-Populations-amid-COVID-19.pdf" target="_blank">Call for Papers</A> has been issued for iConference 2021 workshop #479,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN><EM><FONT>Supporting and Engaging Diverse and Socially Vulnerable Populations with Technology Adoption Amid COVID-19.&nbsp;</FONT></EM><SPAN><FONT>The deadline for submission is Feb. 28, and the workshop takes place March 17 at 3:00-7:00 pm EDT.</FONT></SPAN><BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">From the Call:&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><EM><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Due to inequities in society, certain populations have faced barriers to education, healthcare, employment, and access to resources, which has been accentuated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. These socially vulnerable populations often include underserved and marginalized groups. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many inequities and challenges for said populations especially in regards to technology. Due to the inequities present prior to the pandemic and especially in the face of recovery from the pandemic, a fresh perspective is needed.&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></EM></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><EM><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">The workshop will provide a forum for people to discuss key issues and lessons learned on technology adoption among socially vulnerable populations during COVID-19. By definition, socially vulnerable populations may differ from region to region. In the United States, those often marginalized and underserved include people with disabilities, certain racial and ethnic minorities, older adults, and children, among several others. In general, these populations tend to face disproportionate difficulties before, during, and after major disasters. This multidisciplinary workshop will facilitate lively discussions on the implications of these challenges from a variety of disciplines across an international environment.&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></EM></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Submissions to the workshop will be peer-reviewed, and authors of accepted submissions will be invited to develop full papers and submit them to the special issue of&nbsp;<EM>Data and Information Management</EM>&nbsp;following the workshop.&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><A href="https://ischools.org/resources/Documents/iconf%202021/WKS479-CFP_Vulnerable-Populations-amid-COVID-19.pdf" target="_blank">View the Call for Papers</A> for full details and contact <A href="mailto:xyuan@albany.edu" target="_blank">Prof. Jenny Yuan</A> with any questions.</FONT></P> https://ischools.org/News/10072522 https://ischools.org/News/10072522 iSchools News Fri, 05 Feb 2021 19:48:07 GMT iConference 2021 Early Registration ends Feb. 9; register now for best rate! <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The iConference 2021 Early Registration period comes to a close on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, at the end of the day. Standard rates apply thereafter. <a href="https://ischools.org/Registration" target="_blank">Register now</a> to secure the low Early Rate.</span><br></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="">Everyone with an accepted submission is reminded that at least one presenter for each submission must register during the Early Registration period. Early registration helps the organizers with planning and saves you money.</span></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">iConference 2021 takes place March 17-31, 2021. It is a virtual event, with all sessions and presentations taking place online.<span><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Registration</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>fees are the lowest in iConference history, with early rates of $260 regular and $125 student available through Feb. 9.</span></span></font></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span>iConference 2021 is presented by the iSchools organization and hosted by Renmin University of Beijing, China. This year’s theme is <em>Diversity | Divergence | Dialogue</em>. Sponsors include Elsevier, Springer, the U.S National Science Foundation, Renmin University, Wuhan University, Headtcentre, and the University of Illinois.&nbsp;Visit the<span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference home page</a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span><span>to learn more.</span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/10064150 https://ischools.org/News/10064150 iSchools News Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:47:46 GMT iConference 2021 Program Schedule Announced <p><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The program schedule for iConference 2021 is now available. Presenters an participants can link to the schedule from the <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference home page</a>. This first release is a preliminary version of the schedule and subject to change.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><font style="font-size: 17px;">Questions about the 2021 schedule should be directed to <a href="mailto:iconference2021@ischools-inc.org" target="_blank">iconference2021@ischools-inc.org</a>.</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><font style="font-size: 17px;">&nbsp;</font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong><span><font style="font-size: 17px;">About iConference 2021</font></span></strong></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">iConference 2021 will be a virtual event, with all sessions and presentations taking place online.<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://ischools.org/Registration" target="_blank">Registration</a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">fees are the lowest in iConference history, with early rates of $260 regular and $125 student available through Feb. 9. A special scholarship rate is also available for students with an accepted submission.&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">iConference 2021 is presented by the iSchools organization and hosted by Renmin University of Beijing, China. This year’s theme is Diversity | Divergence | Dialogue. Sponsors include Elsevier, Springer, the U.S National Science Foundation, Renmin University, Wuhan University, Headtcentre, and the University of Illinois.&nbsp;Visit the<span><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style=""><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference home page</a></span></span></span><span><span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">to learn more.</span></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/10056503 https://ischools.org/News/10056503 iSchools News Mon, 01 Feb 2021 18:24:13 GMT Illinois iSchool seeks nominations for annual Downs Intellectual Freedom Award <p><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks nominations for the <a href="https://ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/awards/robert-b-downs-award" target="_blank">Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award</a>. The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2021.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Given annually, the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award acknowledges individuals or groups who have furthered the cause of intellectual freedom, particularly as it impacts libraries and information centers and the dissemination of ideas. Granted to those who have resisted censorship or efforts to abridge the freedom of individuals to read or view materials of their choice or to hear or express ideas, the award may be in recognition of a particular action or a long-term interest in and dedication to the cause of intellectual freedom.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span><font style="font-size: 17px;">Letters of nomination and documentation about the nominee should be sent by March 15 to Associate Professor Terry Weech, chair of the Nominations Selection Committee. <a href="https://ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/news/2021/01/nominations-invited-annual-downs-intellectual-freedom-award" target="_blank">Click here</a> for more information and nomination submission instructions.</font></span><br></font></span></p> https://ischools.org/News/10053833 https://ischools.org/News/10053833 iSchools News Mon, 11 Jan 2021 18:29:41 GMT iConference 2021 Announces Best Poster Finalists <p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The iConference organizers have announced the 2021 finalists for the Best Poster Award, as selected by the Posters Co-Chairs. This announcement comes on the heels of <a href="https://ischools.org/News/9703912" target="_blank">last week’s announcement of the research paper awards finalists</a>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a> will take place online, March 17-31, and <a href="https://ischools.org/Registration" target="_blank">registration is now open</a>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The nominees follow, and more detail can be found on the <a href="https://ischools.org/Awards" target="_blank">Award webpage</a>, including paper abstracts.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Finalists</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Linguistic features and consumer credibility judgment of online health information</span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Jiaying Liu, Peking University; Shijie Song, Nanjing University; Yan Zhang, University of Texas at Austin</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Perspectives of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Viewers on Live-TV Caption Quality</span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Akhter Al Amin, Rochester Institute of Technology; Matt Huenerfauth, Rochester Institute of Technology</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Persuasion Strategies in Misinformation-containing Weibo Posts</span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Sijing Chen, Wuhan University; Lu Xiao, Syracuse University; Jin Mao, Wuhan University</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Sustainability by design: Toward community-centered strategies for durable digital collections</span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Courtnie Thurston, University of Maryland, College Park; Katrina Fenlon, University of Maryland, College Park</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Writing Security: A Curriculum Intervention for Computer Security Ethics</span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Justin Petelka, University of Washington; Katie Shilton, University of Maryland; Megan Finn, University of Washington</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The iConference 2021 organizers and the iSchools organization congratulate all of this year’s finalists.&nbsp;The winner of the Best Poster Award will be determined during iConference 2021, based in part on the poster presentation.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>About this year’s conference</strong></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">iConference 2021 will be a virtual event, with all sessions and presentations taking place online. <a href="https://ischools.org/Registration" target="_blank">Registration</a> fees are the lowest in iConference history, with early rates of $260 regular, $125 student, and a special scholarship rate for students with an accepted submission.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">iConference 2021 is presented by the iSchools organization and hosted by Renmin University of Beijing, China. This year’s theme is Diversity | Divergence | Dialogue. Sponsors include Springer Publishing and the U.S National Science Foundation. Visit the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference home page</a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">to learn more.</span></p> https://ischools.org/News/9849284 https://ischools.org/News/9849284 iSchools News Fri, 08 Jan 2021 19:42:05 GMT FSU iSchool announces retirement of Charles R. McClure <p><span><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Dr. Charles R. McClure, Krafft (formerly Eppes) Professor of Information Studies and founder and Director of the Information Institute in the School of Information (iSchool) at the College of Information, Florida State University (FSU), <a href="https://news.cci.fsu.edu/cci-news/cci-faculty/ischool-professor-charles-r-mcclure-retires-after-21-years-at-fsu/" target="_blank">retires in January 2021</a>. McClure served in these positions for almost 21 years.</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Previous to his tenure at Florida State University, he was a Professor at the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Oklahoma, and then earned the rank of Distinguished Professor at Syracuse University, School of Information Studies (one of only eight so named at the time). McClure also served as President of Information Management Consulting Services, Inc. He completed his PhD in Information Studies at Rutgers University, earned a master’s degree in Library Science at the University of Oklahoma, a second master’s in American West History, and his BA in Spanish both at Oklahoma State University.</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">As Director of the Information Institute, a research center at FSU, he worked with a number of colleagues successfully bringing some $11 million into the Institute in external research funding – in addition to the research funding he received at the University of Oklahoma and Syracuse University. These projects addressed topics such as planning and evaluation of information services; federal information policies; impacts and deployment of broadband; use of information services; deployment and economic impact of telecommunications; provision and assessment of digital services; and more.</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Some of the agencies that funded these research projects include the National Science Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the U.S. National Commission on Library and Information Science, the Coalition of Networked Information, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and numerous other Foundations and local, state and Federal government agencies.</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">McClure was a prolific producer of books, refereed articles, conference papers, and research reports – with some 50 authored or co-authored/edited books and literally hundreds of other published articles, reports, etc. He was also a frequent speaker and workshop leader at various professional associations. During his career he regularly was listed as one of the most cited researchers in library/information science. In 2019 the Library and Information Technology Association selected him to receive the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology for his work in telecommunication and information policy research.</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Over his career, McClure received numerous awards for his research and teaching from such professional associations as the Association of Library and Information Science Educators, the American Library Association, the Library Research Roundtable, the Defense Technical Information Center, and the American Society for Information Science and Technology. He was also recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus from the University of Oklahoma and Rutgers University.</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">When asked about his accomplishments over a 43 year career in academia McClure responded that he was most proud of the various students, and especially the doctoral students he directed and taught at the University of Oklahoma, Syracuse University and Florida State University. “Many of these students have gone on to be lead researchers, teachers, and administrators in schools of library/information science, in government, various libraries, and in the private sector.” He was also proud of his broadband research that contributed to increased users of broadband Internet – especially in rural areas.</font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">McClure said he has enjoyed his career in academia and thanks all the people with whom he has had the pleasure of working and meeting. He looks forward to continuing his activities in influencing Federal information policy issues, taking a more active role in a range of environmental issues, assisting his Master Gardener wife, Vicky, with her various projects, and improving his birding skills.</font></span><br></p> https://ischools.org/News/9852068 https://ischools.org/News/9852068 iSchools News Tue, 05 Jan 2021 23:47:05 GMT iConference 2021 Announces Best Paper Finalists <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0px; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The iConference organizers have announced the 2021 finalists for the Best Papers Awards in the Full Research Paper and Short Research Paper categories. Five finalists were selected for each research paper track, and the winners will be announced during the conference. <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a> will take place online, March 17-31. <a href="https://ischools.org/Registration" target="_blank">Registration</a> is now open.</p> <p>UPDATE: Best Poster finalists have <a href="https://ischools.org/News/9849284" target="_blank">also been named in a separate announcement</a>.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Lee Dirks Award for Best Full Research Paper</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The best submission in the Full Research Paper category will receive the <a href="https://ischools.org/Lee-Dirks-Award-for-Best-Paper" target="_blank">Lee Dirks Award</a>, which includes a $1,000 prize courtesy of conference proceedings-publisher Springer and the iSchools organization. The nominees are listed below, and more detail can be found on the <a href="https://ischools.org/Awards" target="_blank">Awards webpage</a>, including paper abstracts.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Finalists:</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>Data and Privacy in a Quasi-Public Space: Disney World as a Smart City</em></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, University of Illinois; Yan Shvartzshnaider, New York University</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>How Asian Women’s Intersecting Identities Impact Experiences in Introductory Computing Courses</em></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Mina Tari, University of Washington; Vivian Hua, University of Washington; Lauren Ng, University of Washington; Hala Annabi, University of Washington</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>Immersive Stories for Health Information: Design Considerations from Binge Drinking in VR</em></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Douglas Zytko, Oakland University; Zexin Ma, Oakland University; Jacob Gleason, Oakland University; Nathaniel Lundquist, Oakland University; Medina Taylor, Oakland University</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>A Knowledge Representation Model for Studying Knowledge Creation, Usage, and Evolution</em></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Zhentao Liang, Wuhan University; Fei Liu, Wuhan University; Jin Mao, Wuhan University; Kun Lu, University of Oklahoma</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>Multidisciplinary Blockchain Pedagogy and Design: A Case Study in Moving from Theory to Pedagogy to Practice</em></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chelsea Kathleen Palmer, University of British Columbia; Christopher Rowell, University of British Columbia; Victoria L. Lemieux, University of British Columbia</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Best&nbsp;Short Research Paper</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The nominees for Best Short Research Paper are listed below,<strong>&nbsp;</strong>and more detail can be found on the <a href="https://ischools.org/Awards" target="_blank">Awards webpage</a>, including paper abstracts.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Finalists:</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>Case study on COVID-19 and archivists’ information work</em></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Deborah A. Garwood, Drexel University; Alex H. Poole, Drexel University</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>Creating Farmer Worker Records for Facilitating the Provision of Government Services: A Case from Sichuan Province, China</em></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Linqing Ma, Renmin University of China; Ruohua Han, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>Development and Evaluation of a Digital Museum of a National Intangible Cultural Heritage from China</em></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Xiao Hu, University of Hong Kong; Jeremy Tzi-Dong Ng, University of Hong Kong; Ruilun Liu, University of Hong Kong</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Library and Information Science through Community-Based Learning</em></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Alex Poole, Drexel University</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>Something New Versus Tried and True: Ensuring ‘Innovative’ AI Is ‘Good’ AI</em></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Stephen C. Slota, University of Texas at Austin; Kenneth R. Fleischmann, University of Texas at Austin; Sherri R. Greenberg, University of Texas at Austin; Nitin Verma, University of Texas at Austin; Brenna Cummings, University of Texas at Austin; Lan Li, University of Texas at Austin; Chris Schenefiel, Cisco Systems</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The iConference 2021 organizers and the iSchools organization congratulate all of this year’s finalists. Note that the Best Poster Award finalists <a href="https://ischools.org/News/9849284" target="_blank">have also been named in a separate announcement</a>.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>About this year’s conference</strong></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a> will be a virtual event, with all sessions and presentations taking place online. <a href="https://ischools.org/Registration" target="_blank">Registration</a> fees are the lowest in iConference history, with early rates of $260 regular, $125 student, and a special scholarship rate for students with an accepted submission.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">iConference 2021 is presented by the iSchools organization and hosted by Renmin University of Beijing, China. This year’s theme is Diversity | Divergence | Dialogue. Sponsors include Springer Publishing and the U.S National Science Foundation. Visit the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference home page</a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">to learn more.</span></p> https://ischools.org/News/9703912 https://ischools.org/News/9703912 iSchools News Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:59:15 GMT iConference Registration Opens and Decisions Announced <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2021 Registration opened today, Dec. 15, 2020, with discounted early rates available through Feb. 9. Register now to secure the discounted rates. Get full details <a href="https://ischools.org/Registration" target="_blank">on our website</a> or go straight to <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2021/index.php?page=participate" target="_blank">ConfTool</a> to register with your ConfTool user account.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Also today, decision notifications were issued for all conference tracks with the exception of Chinese Papers and the Doctoral Dissertation Award, which will be announced later. The chairs report being impressed with the overall quality of this year’s submissions and look forward to presenting a high-quality program. iConference 2021 will take place online March 17-31, and the complete program schedule will be made available in early January.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">If you are an author/submitter who did not receive a notification, we suggest first checking your junk mailbox, and if you find nothing there you can send a message to the appropriate track chairs listed on our <a href="https://ischools.org/2021-Organizers" target="_blank">2021 Organizers webpage</a>.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2021 will be a virtual event, with all sessions and presentations taking place online. Registration fees are the lowest in iConference history, with early rates of $260 regular, $125 student, and a special scholarship rate for students with an accepted submission. During registration, participants will be offered the opportunity to sign up for up to two Workshops; <a href="https://ischools.org/sys/website/system-pages/?pageId=18010" target="_blank">click here</a> for an overview of this year’s Workshops.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2021 is presented by the iSchools organization and hosted by Renmin University of Beijing, China. This year’s theme is Diversity | Divergence | Dialogue. Visit the <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference home page</a> to learn more.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9433038 https://ischools.org/News/9433038 iSchools News Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial Intelligence <p><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">Applications for the inaugural IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial Intelligence (AI) are now being sought. The Institute is seeking library and information professionals holding full-time positions in U.S. institutions interested in enhancing and applying their knowledge of AI in their workplace, to participate in the Institute.&nbsp;</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font face="Helvetica">Funded by the<span>&nbsp;</span></font></span><span><font face="Helvetica">Institute of <a href="https://www.imls.gov/" target="_blank">Museum and Library Services</a></font></span><span><u><span><font face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></span></u></span><span><font face="Helvetica">(IMLS), the IDEA Institute offers one-week of intensive learning and practical experience in AI applications in library and information environments. The first Institute will be held at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville on July 10-16, 2021 (dates are tentative, pending COVID-19 circumstances).</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Fifteen IMLS-funded Fellows will have their Institute expenses covered (housing, meals and program fee) and will only be responsible for the cost of their transportation.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Would-be participants can <a href="http://go.illinois.edu/ideainstitute" target="_blank">register for a virtual information session</a> to learn more about this opportunity on January 12, 2021, 1pm ET.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Visit the <a href="http://idea.infosci.utk.edu" target="_blank">IDEA Institute website</a> for more details.</font></span></font></p> <p><br></p> https://ischools.org/News/9438976 https://ischools.org/News/9438976 iSchools News Tue, 15 Dec 2020 02:00:00 GMT Watch videos from new European Doctoral Dissertation Seminar Series <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font color="#000000">The first installment in the iSchools European Doctoral Dissertation Seminar series took place on Friday, Dec. 16, 2020. More than 60 attendees took part.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">The program included a <a href="https://ischools.org/european-doctoral-seminar-what-Can-I-cook-with-these-incredients" target="_blank">presentation by Alexander Frumment</a> of the University of Regensburg, who used cooking to illustrate his research on conversational search, and also a <a href="https://ischools.org/european-doctoral-seminar-trust-in-human-agent-collaboration" target="_blank">presentation by Sylvain Daronnat</a> of the University of Strathclyde, who examined the evolution of trust, reliance, cognitive load and task performance in a game-like framework. Videos of both presentions are <a href="https://ischools.org/european-doctoral-seminar-series" target="_blank">available here</a>.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">A new presentation of the iSchools organization, the European Doctoral Dissertation Seminar series is an ongoing presentation <span style="background-color: white;"><font>of Zoom seminars in which European doctoral students give one-hour presentations on their work and answer questions.<span>&nbsp;</span></font></span>While the primary emphasis of the series is European doctoral students, any iSchool doctoral student may attend these sessions.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Watch the <a href="https://ischools.org/Calendar" target="_blank">iSchools events calendar</a> for announcements of upcoming installments in the series.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9434588 https://ischools.org/News/9434588 iSchools News Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT New iSchools Leadership Blog Post: Steven Miller <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font color="#000000">The latest addition to the iSchools Leadership Blog is an <a href="https://ischools.org/Video-Blog" target="_blank">interview with Steven Miller</a>, dean-emeritus and provost of Singapore Management University.</font></span><span><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">In his 27-minute presentation,&nbsp;<span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#333333">Miller discusses the latest insights in learning science and <a href="https://ischools.org/resources/Documents/Website%20Overhaul/VideoBlog/What-is-Learning-overview-by-Steven-Miller-2020month11-24-v1.pdf" target="_blank">presents a tutorial</a> on learning that covers a wide spectrum of perspectives and strategies.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Visit the <a href="https://ischools.org/Video-Blog" target="_blank">iSchools Leadership Blog</a> webpage to access this and other videos from leaders in the information community.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9434619 https://ischools.org/News/9434619 iSchools News Tue, 08 Dec 2020 18:13:45 GMT iSchools launch European Doctoral Seminar Series on Dec. 11 <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font color="#000000">The iSchools organisation has initiated a series of Zoom seminars in which European doctoral students give one-hour presentations on their work and answer questions. The first installment of the European iSchools Doctoral Seminars Series takes place Friday, December 11, starting at 14:00 CET.</font></span><span><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">While the primary emphasis of the series is European doctoral students, any iSchool doctoral student may attend. The 2-hour seminar on Dec. 11 will feature the following speakers:</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><strong>Alexander Frummett,&nbsp;</strong>lecturer and Ph.D. student at the Department for Information Science in Regensburg, Germany. Frumment’s presentation focuses on conversational search, and the need to understand a user’s underlying information needs when they converse in diverse systems. Frummentt intriguingly uses the domain of cooking as the basis of his illustration.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><strong><span><font>Sylvain Daronnat</font></span></strong><span><font>, Ph.D. student at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK. Daronnat's work focuses on HCI with a specific interest on game-research and user studies. In his talk, he will demonstrate how he used a simple game-like framework to study the evolution of trust, reliance, cognitive load and task performance when agents display different behaviours and levels of performance.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Doctoral students interested in taking part should contact iSchools European Region Chair <a href="mailto:p.a.bath@sheffield.ac.uk" target="_blank">Peter Bath</a>. More details on this event and also future installments in the European Doctoral Seminar Series can be found in the <a href="https://ischools.org/Calendar" target="_blank">iSchools Events Calendar</a>.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9414097 https://ischools.org/News/9414097 iSchools News Wed, 02 Dec 2020 22:24:33 GMT iConference Announces 2021 Workshops <p><span style=""><font style="font-size: 17px;">The organizers of <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a> have announced their slate of Workshops for the upcoming virtual confernce. A detailed list is provided below.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">iConference 2021 is hosted by Renmin University of China and will take place online during the two-week span of March 17 – 31, 2021. While past iConferences have presented all workshops on the same day, this year’s extended 2-week schedule will allow the organizers to spread out all six workshops so they do not conflict.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Conference participants will sign up for workshops when they complete their online registration. iConference 2021 registration will open in mid-December 2020. Decisions notifications for all remaining conference tracks will be released at that time.</font></p> <p align="left"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><strong>Workshop #1: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Science of Science and Computational Discovery: Principles, Applications, and Future Opportunities</strong><br></font></p> <p align="left"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><em>Organizers: Daniel Acuna, Syracuse University; Tong Zeng, Nanjing University; Han Zhuang, Syracuse University; Lizhen Liang, Syracus University</em></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Understanding knowledge boundaries, proposing innovative ideas, and producing correct results have become increasingly more competitive in science. Most of these steps rely on colleagues, mentors, and peers. This reliance on humans might not be sustainable because of the growing number of people and ideas entering science. Recent datasets of the scientific enterprise (e.g., full-text publications, citations) offer unprecedented opportunities to solve this scalability issue by using Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). These fields can help Science of Science (SciSci) and Computational Discovery (CD) understand and automate parts of the scientific process. In this workshop, we propose to 1) introduce participants to principles of modern ML and AI, including supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised learning, and 2) survey how these techniques are currently used in SciSci and CD. In the end, participants will have a well-rounded understanding of the opportunities and challenges that ML and AI offer. All information about the workshop can be found at <a href="https://scienceofscience.org/workshops/" target="_blank">https://scienceofscience.org/workshops/</a></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><strong>Workshop #2: AI + Informetrics: Multi-disciplinary Interactions in the Era of Big Data</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><em>Organizers: Yi Zhang, University of Technology Sydney; Chengzhi Zhang, Nanjing University of Science and Technology; Philipp Mayr, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences; Arho Suominen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Tampere University</em></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Inspired by the increasing interactions between informetrics and artificial intelligence (AI) for handling challenges raised from multiple disciplines – e.g., bibliometric-enhanced information retrieval, intelligent bibliometrics, digital library applications, and decision support for science, technology &amp; innovation (ST&amp;I), this workshop is to engage broad audiences to exchange their ideas, concepts, models, and applications in this cutting-edge area, identify research frontiers and emerging topics by incorporating advantages of cross-disciplines, and prompt multi-disciplinary collaboration. This workshop consists of keynotes, oral presentations, and panel discussion, and would attract interests from not only academic researchers and librarians but also decision makers from governments and practical sectors. More information can be addressed on the website: <a href="https://ai-informetrics.github.io/" target="_blank">https://ai-informetrics.github.io/</a>, and any enquires please email to <a href="mailto:Yi.Zhang@uts.edu.au" target="_blank">Dr. Yi Zhang</a>.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 17px;">Please note tthat organizers of Workshop #2 have issued a Call for Papers; <a href="https://ai-informetrics.github.io/" target="_blank">visit their webpage</a> for details</span></font></p> <p><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Workshop #3: Supporting and Engaging Diverse and Socially Vulnerable Populations with Technology Adoption Amid COVID-19</font></strong></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><em>Organizers: Xiaojun Yuan, University at Albany; DeeDee Bennett Gayle, University at Albany; Elisabeth Dubois, University at Albany; Dan Wu, Wuhan University</em></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Due to inequities in society, certain populations have faced barriers to education and access to resources, which has been accentuated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. These socially vulnerable populations often include underserved and marginalized groups. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many inequities and challenges for said populations especially in regards to technology. Due to the inequities present prior to the pandemic and especially in the face of recovery from the pandemic, a fresh perspective is needed. The workshop will provide a forum for people to discuss key issues and lessons learned on technology adoption among socially vulnerable population during COVID-19. By definition socially vulnerable populations may differ from region to region. In the United States, those often marginalized and underserved include people with disabilities, certain racial and ethnic minorities, older adults, and children, among several other. In general, these populations tend to face disproportionate difficulties before, during, and after major disasters. This multidisciplinary workshop will facilitate lively discussions on the implications of these challenges from a variety of disciplines across an international environment.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><strong>Workshop #4:</strong>&nbsp;<strong>The Information and Contemplation Salon</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><em>Organizers: Roger Chabot, University of Western Ontario; Tim Gorichanaz, Drexel University; Jenna Hartel, University of Toronto; Kiersten Latham, Michigan State University; Hugh Samson, University of Toronto; Madison Stoner, University of Toronto</em></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">This hands-on workshop invites participants to entertain the merits of "contemplation" as a new frontier for the iSchool community. Founding members of the Information and Contemplation Salon - a virtual research group - will introduce concepts at the crossroads of information and contemplation, each serving as a point of departure for dynamic discussion that is then encapsulated and experienced through a virtual activity. Topics include: the emerging discipline of Contemplative Studies; Contemplation as Information Behaviour; The Tree of Contemplative Practices; Contemplative Infrastructure; and Intellectual Humility. This workshop will be offered in the spirit of Contemplative Pedagogy, which honors an egalitarian, holistic, and uplifting learning environment. Participants will be gently immersed in an alternative universe of information-related concepts and leave with a new perspective.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><strong>Workshop #5</strong>:&nbsp;<strong>Navigating through the Panoply of Provenance Metadata Standards</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><em>Organizers: Rhiannon Bettivia, Simmons University; Jessica Yi-Yun Cheng, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael Robert Gryk, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign</em></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">The following provenance models and metadata standards will be discussed and evaluated using real-world research data provided by the organizers. Emphasis will be placed on highlighting the strengths and capabilities of each model, as well as shortcomings of any individual model which are handled by one or more of the others. The morning session will cover the models while the afternoon session will provide hands-on cross-walking exercises to explore the modeling differences in greater depth.</font></p> <ul> <li><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="">PREMIS: This is an international metadata standard developed by Library of Congress to support digital curation and preservation. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/" target="_blank">https://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/</a></span><br></font></li> <li><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="">PROV: PROV is a family of models and standards proposed by the W3C. It is used to document provenance information of data and digital objects. <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-overview/" target="_blank">https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-overview/</a></span><br></font></li> <li><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="">ProvONE: This is an extension model of PROV which includes concepts and attributes for specifying workflows and data products produced by their execution. <a href="https://purl.dataone.org/provone-v1-dev" target="_blank">https://purl.dataone.org/provone-v1-dev</a></span><br></font></li> </ul> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><strong>Workshop #6:</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Understanding the big data in emergency management: agenda for future research</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><em>Organizers: Ming Ren, Renmin University of China; Ziqi Zhang, University of Sheffield; Guozhi Li, Beijing Jianghe RichWay Technology Development; Xianhua Wu, Shanghai Maritime University; Jun Zhang, University of Sheffield</em></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Big data are playing a more and more important role in the lifecycle of emergency management. The workshop aims to develop a deep understanding of the multi-dimensional disparate data sources used in the emergency management and identify key trends that inform future research agendas and practices. Through two talks and a group discussion session, it is hoped to strengthen a multidisciplinary network consisting of academic researchers, practitioners and policy makers with interest and/or involvement in the intersection of big data and emergency management.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Visit the <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference home page</a> for the latest updates. Confernce registration will open in mid-December.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><br></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9400712 https://ischools.org/News/9400712 iSchools News Mon, 16 Nov 2020 23:14:38 GMT Corporate librarian discusses business advice for students in Rutgers interview <p><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">In an interview <a href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/news/corporate-librarianship-motion-interview-beth-middleton-rizzotti-mls-91" target="_blank">published on the Rutgers iSchool website</a>, corporate librarian Beth Rizzotti offers advice to students on the business side of corporate librarianship and the value of knowing how information is collected, organized and disseminated.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/beth_rizzotti.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="242" height="170" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">Rizzotti earned her Master’s of Library Science at the Rutgers School of Communication &amp; Information in 1991. While a graduate student, she took an internship that developed into a full-time position which in turn led to a decades-long career with her current employer, Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH). Having this experience prompts Rizzotti to advise students to start networking from their very first day at school.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">Over the course of her career, Rizzotti’s roles progressed from assistant librarian to librarian to managing the information center. Today, she’s on LHH’s global operations leadership team. Although Rizzotti wears lots of different hats, she still manages their library. “That remains my very favorite part of the job. I identify as a librarian; my heart is still there.”&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">Rizzotti spends time each day leading and managing projects: “One of the things you really get out of the program is a solid and deep understanding of how information is collected, organized, and disseminated. We know about databases and information, and we also know about people. We learn how people seek information, how they consume information, and how they use it and take action upon it.”&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">It has been her experience that this skill is often missing in the corporate setting. “Companies spend a lot of time creating digital tools but they struggle to create tools that people will adopt and use to achieve their business goals. Librarians have the skills to be in the middle between the users and the creators of these products, helping to ensure that the digital tools created are used, generate actionable insights, and meet the business needs. We also know how to manage vendors. We’re used to buying information services. We understand how licenses work and that translates very well on a larger scale in a corporate setting. That’s valuable to companies.”&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">Stressing the importance of data science, Rizzotti said, “The data science skillset is incredibly valuable in the market today. Refine your skills in predictive analytics, taxonomies, and metadata. We cannot hire people quickly enough that have these skills. If you have the opportunity to take advantage of these courses while you’re [in school], I recommend you do that. You don’t need to know how to code or program (although it’s great if you do), but you need to be able to talk to the people who do.”&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">As for current students, Rizzotti offered her advice on these topics:&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">Communication: Know how to present a business case. Have the confidence to be able to communicate very effectively from the executive suite on down to whoever’s at your reference desk—in writing, on video, and verbally.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">Work: If you can work while you’re learning, even on a volunteer basis in a library or corporate information setting, you’ll start to use the skills you’re learning in a practical, hands-on way.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">Profile: If you want to pursue work in a business library, it’s critical that your LinkedIn profile is polished and reflects who you are, what your skill set is, and what value you can bring.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">Networking: You’d be very surprised at where your job opportunity comes from. Talk to people. Have an elevator story about who you are and what you think you want to do when you graduate.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">Life beyond the library: Once you are inside an organization, insert yourself and try to get a seat at the table. Do informational interviews. Ask people in other parts of the business what they do, try to figure out how you could bring value to their work, and try to position yourself as a solution provider. When they see you that way, your career opportunities will go well beyond what you imagine today.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9368898 https://ischools.org/News/9368898 iSchools News Fri, 30 Oct 2020 20:54:52 GMT iConference Student Symposium and Doctoral Dissertation Award deadline is Nov. 2. <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The last of our <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a> deadlines is Monday, Nov. 2. This is the last day to submit Student Symposium applications and nominations for the iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The <a href="https://ischools.org/Student-Symposium" target="_blank">iConference Student Symposium</a> is special event undergraduate and master’s students. During this extended virtual event, students will receive insight on their current studies and useful guidance on career direction. For students who have never attended an academic conference, the Student Symposium can serve as an excellent introduction this sort of event.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Accepted applicants will receive a discounted conference registration rate. <a href="https://ischools.org/Student-Symposium" target="_blank">Visit the Student Symposium webpage</a> for details.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The <a href="https://ischools.org/Doctoral-Dissertation-Award" target="_blank">iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award</a> recognizes the most outstanding dissertation of the preceding academic year from throughout the iSchools organization. The competition is open to all iSchools members at any membership level. To encourage worldwide participation, dissertations may be submitted in any language, although the accompanying nomination material should be in English.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The winner and runner up will receive cash prizes. <a href="https://ischools.org/Doctoral-Dissertation-Award" target="_blank">Visit the Doctoral Dissertation Award webpage</a> for details. Information about our past winners can be <a href="https://ischools.org/Dissertation-Award-Past-Winners" target="_blank">found here</a>.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a> is hosted by Renmin University and presented by the iSchools organization. The all-virtual conference will take place online in the last two weeks of March. Reviews are currently in process, and decisions will be announced in mid-December; conference registration will also open at that time.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9336409 https://ischools.org/News/9336409 iSchools News Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:55:52 GMT iSchools Africa Day introduces African schools to the organization <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font color="#000000">On Oct. 26, 2020, representatives of the iSchools organization met with representatives of Information Schools at African universities for the first-ever iSchools Africa Day. The virtual session allowed these schools to learn more about the iSchools mission and goals, as well as guidance on how to <a href="https://ischools.org/Apply-to-join" target="_blank">apply for membership.</a></font></span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/iSchools-Africa-Day.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="140.5" height="171" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">At this time, the iSchools organization consists of Information Schools at <a href="https://ischools.org/Directory" target="_blank">117 institutions worldwide</a>. This includes <a href="https://cis.mak.ac.ug/" target="_blank">The College of Computing and Information Sciences at Makerere University</a>, Uganda. It is hoped that events like iSchools Africa Day will encourage and enable more schools from the continent to join the iSchools organization, and benefit from the mutual support and sharing of best-practices that comes with membership.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">A similar event is planned soon for South America. More information on <a href="https://ischools.org/event-4028739" target="_blank">iSchools South America Day</a> will be posted to the <a href="https://ischools.org/Calendar" target="_blank">iSchools Events Calendar</a> when available.&nbsp;</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9336175 https://ischools.org/News/9336175 iSchools News Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:51:17 GMT Illinois iSchool professor to study mitigation of influence on media <P><FONT face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded Jingrui He, associate professor in the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN><A href="https://ischool.illinois.edu/"><FONT color="#0563C1">School of Information Sciences</FONT></A><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">at the University of Illinois, a two-year $319,568 grant to study how the risk of foreign influence on news media can be mitigated. Her project, “Towards a Computational Framework for Disinformation Trinity: Heterogeneity, Generation, and Explanation,” will lead to a new suite of algorithms and software tools to detect, predict, generate, and understand disinformation dissemination. Hanghang Tong, associate professor of computer science at Illinois, will serve as co-principal investigator.&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN><BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">“As the 2020 decade unfolds, there is great optimism on what technology will emerge and how it can make daily life easier. However, the greater the technology, the greater risk foreign influence can have on that technology,” He said.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">For her project, He will study foreign influence via the lens of disinformation on news media from a computational perspective. She will use Explainable Heterogeneous Adversarial Machine Learning (EXHALE) to address the limitations of current techniques in terms of comprehension, characterization, and explainability.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><A href="https://ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/news/2020/10/he-receives-grant-study-how-risk-foreign-influence-media-can-be-mitigated" target="_blank">Read more</A> on the Illinois iSchool website.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"><BR></FONT></P> https://ischools.org/News/9336171 https://ischools.org/News/9336171 iSchools News Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:03:19 GMT Drexel iSchool announces launch of IMLS-Funded LIS Education and Data Science-Integrated Network <p><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">The Metadata Research Center, Drexel College of Computing &amp; Informatics (CCI), in partnership with Montana State University Library, UC San Diego Library, and OCLC, has been awarded $887,154 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for the LIS Education and Data Science-Integrated Network Group (LEADING). LEADING is Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) National Digital Infrastructures and Initiatives project that will build data science capacity through recruiting, training and developing the library workforce.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">The LEADING project will officially launch Nov. 1, 2020, building off the highly successful LEADS initiative and extending the data science educational pipeline to a broader range of participants. LEADING will prepare a diverse, nationwide cohort of 50 LIS doctoral students and early to mid-career librarians for data science endeavors. LEADING’s model includes community hubs at Montana State University and UC San Diego, a co-educational hub at the global library cooperative, OCLC and 14 member nodes that will serve as mentoring sites. Drexel University’s Metadata Research Center will also serve as the central-coordinating hub facilitating collaboration amongst all partners.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="https://drexel.edu/cci/news/2020/October/imls-funded-lis-education-and-data-science-integrated-network-group-to-launch-nov-1/" target="_blank">Read more</a> on the Drexel iSchool website.</font></span></p> https://ischools.org/News/9334299 https://ischools.org/News/9334299 iSchools News Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:50:32 GMT iConference receives most research papers ever; Oct. 26 is deadline for remaining tracks <p><font color="#000000"><span>Interest in the all-virtual <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a> is strong, with a record number of research papers received by the end of the Oct. 19 deadline. In total, the conference received 235 research papers—127 short research papers and 108 full research papers. This exceeds the combined papers total from any of our previous 15 conferences. Reviews are now underway, with results to be announced mid-December.</span><br></font></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium;"><font color="#000000">This coming Monday, Oct. 26, is the submissions deadline for the bulk of the conference’s remaining tracks, including:</font></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Posters" target="_blank">Posters</a><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Workshops" target="_blank">Workshops</a><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Sessions-for-Interaction-and-Engagement" target="_blank">Sessions for Interaction and Engagement</a><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Virtual-Interactive-Sessions" target="_blank">Virtual Interactive Sessions</a><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Archival-Education" target="_blank">Archival Education</a><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Doctoral-Colloquium" target="_blank">Doctoral Colloquium</a><span>&nbsp;applications</span><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Early-Career-Colloquium" target="_blank">Early Career Colloquium</a><span>&nbsp;applications.</span><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Chinese-Papers" target="_blank">Chinese Papers</a><br></li> </ul> <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">On Monday, Nov. 2, the following are due:</font></span></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Student-Symposium" target="_blank">Student Symposium</a><span>&nbsp;applications</span><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Doctoral-Dissertation-Award" target="_blank">iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award</a><span>&nbsp;</span><span>nominations</span><br></li> </ul> <p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7"><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2021 will be conducted entirely online in late March. The exact dates and participation rates will be announced in the near future. iConference 2021 is presented by the iSchools organization and hosted this year by Renmin University, China. <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">Visit website</a> for details.</font></span><br></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9317544 https://ischools.org/News/9317544 iSchools News Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:31:17 GMT iSchools at ASIS&T <p><font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"><span style="background-color: white;"><font>The <a href="https://www.asist.org/am20/" target="_blank">ASIS&amp;T 83rd Annual Meeting</a> will be held virtually Oct. 22 to Nov. 1, 2020. The theme is "Information for a Sustainable World: Addressing Society's Grand Challenges." The iSchools organization will have a virtual booth at the event, and number of iSchools members are taking part, including the following:</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/news/school-communication-and-information-attends-asist-2020" target="_blank"><font face="Helvetica" color="#000000">Rutgers iSchool</font></a></span></font></p> <p><font><span style="background-color: white;"><font><span><a href="https://ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/news/2020/10/ischool-well-represented-asist-2020" target="_blank"><font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#000000">Illinois iSchool</font></a></span></font></span></font></p> <p><font><span style="background-color: white;"><font><span><a href="https://sils.unc.edu" target="_blank"><font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Helvetica" color="#000000">University of North Carolina iSchool</font></a></span></font></span></font></p> <p><font><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.simmons.edu/academics/colleges-schools-departments/schools-departments/slis" target="_blank"><font face="Helvetica" color="#000000">Simmons iSchool</font></a></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9322073 https://ischools.org/News/9322073 iSchools News Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:53:46 GMT iConference 2021 research papers due Monday, Oct. 19 <p><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span>This coming Monday, Oct. 19, is the updated deadline for iConference 2021 <a href="https://ischools.org/Full-Research-Papers" target="_blank">full research papers</a> and <a href="https://ischools.org/Short-Research-Papers" target="_blank">short research papers</a>. Submissions will be accepted on the <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2021/index.php?" target="_blank">ConfTool submissions site</a> through end-of-day (i.e. 23:59 pm GMT-12).</span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">The iConference organizers recently announced their intention of converting to an all-virtual format for 2021, and all submission deadlines were extended at that time to allow authors more time to take advantage of the opportunity. Oct 19 is the new and final deadline for research papers submission.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Submissions for the bulk of our remaining iConference tracks are due one week later, on Oct. 26. This deadline includes the following:</font></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Posters" target="_blank">Posters</a><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Workshops" target="_blank">Workshops</a><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Sessions-for-Interaction-and-Engagement" target="_blank">Sessions for Interaction and Engagement</a><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Virtual-Interactive-Sessions" target="_blank">Virtual Interactive Sessions</a><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Archival-Education" target="_blank">Archival Education</a><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Doctoral-Colloquium" target="_blank">Doctoral Colloquium</a><span>&nbsp;applications</span><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Early-Career-Colloquium" target="_blank">Early Career Colloquium</a><span>&nbsp;applications.</span><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/Chinese-Papers" target="_blank">Chinese Papers</a><br></li> </ul> <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Finally, <a href="https://ischools.org/Student-Symposium" target="_blank">Student Symposium</a> applications and <a href="https://ischools.org/Doctoral-Dissertation-Award" target="_blank">iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award</a> nominations are due Nov. 2.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Consult the track pages listed above for full submission guidelines. Questions can be directed to the respective 2021 track chairs <a href="https://ischools.org/2021-Organizers" target="_blank">listed here</a>.&nbsp;</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9301253 https://ischools.org/News/9301253 iSchools News Tue, 13 Oct 2020 15:43:56 GMT Free Data Science lecture series launches <p><font color="#000000"><span><a href="https://bids.berkeley.edu/news/data-science-coast-coast-seminars-launch-october-21" target="_blank"><font style="font-size: 17px;" face="Helvetica">Data Science Coast to Coast</font></a></span><strong><font style="font-size: 17px;" face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></strong><span style="background-color: white;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" face="Helvetica">(DSC2C) is an online seminar series presenting leaders in data science whose research spans the theory and methodology of data science, and their application in arts and humanities, engineering, biomedical, natural, physical and social sciences.&nbsp;The lecture series is jointly hosted by six academic data science institutes, with sessions presented via Zoom at no charge. Two initial presentations have already been announced, with more planned for the future.&nbsp;</font></span></font><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" face="Helvetica"><font color="#404040"><span style="margin: 8px;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/talitha-washington-thumbnail-square-350-4web_0.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="162" height="162" align="left" style="margin: 8px;"></span></font>The first DSC2C presentation is a <a href="https://bids.berkeley.edu/events/data-science-coast-coast-talitha-washington" target="_blank">lecture by Talitha Washington</a>&nbsp;(left),&nbsp;</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" face="Helvetica Neue">Director of the Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC) Data Science Initiative on Oct. 21, 2020. The second is a <a href="https://bids.berkeley.edu/events/data-science-coast-coast-alex-szalay" target="_blank">lecture by Alex Szalay</a>&nbsp;(below right), Distinguished Professor in the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University, where he is also a professor in the department of Computer Science, and the director of the Institute of<span style="margin: 8px;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/alex-szalay-thumbnail-square-3-262-4web.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="151" height="151" align="right" style="margin: 8px;"></span> Data Intensive Engineering and Science (IDIES). Szalay’s presentation takes place on Nov. 18, 2020. More detail and instructions for joining these free lectures can be found using the links above.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" face="Helvetica Neue"><span><font style="font-size: 17px;" face="Helvetica">Three of DSC2C’s six academic sponsors are affiliated with iSchools member-institutions, including the <a href="https://bids.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">Berkeley Institute for Data Science</a>,&nbsp;</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 17px;">the</font></span> <a href="https://midas.umich.edu" target="_blank"><span><font style="font-size: 17px;">University of Michigan’s<span>&nbsp;</span></font></span><span><font style="font-size: 17px;">Michigan Institute for Data Science<span><span><font>&nbsp;</font></span></span><span><font>(MIDAS)</font></span></font></span></a><span><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font>, and the</font></span></font></span> <a href="https://escience.washington.edu" target="_blank"><span><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font>University of Washington’s<span>&nbsp;</span></font></span></font></span><span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">eScience Institute</font></span></a><span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">.</font></span><span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Additional sponsors include</font></span> <a href="https://cds.nyu.edu" target="_blank"><span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">NYU’s</font></span><span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Center for Data Science</font></span></a><span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">,</font></span> <a href="https://kenkennedy.rice.edu" target="_blank"><span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Rice University’s<span>&nbsp;</span></font></span><span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Ken Kennedy Institute</font></span></a><span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">,<span>&nbsp;</span>and&nbsp;</font></span><span><a href="https://sdsi.stanford.edu" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Stanford Data Science</font></a></span><span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">.</font></span><br></font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#404040" face="Helvetica Neue"><br></font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9301172 https://ischools.org/News/9301172 iSchools News Mon, 12 Oct 2020 20:40:07 GMT Virtual Graduate Fair showcases opportunities at iSchools <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischools.org/Virtual-Career-Fair" target="_blank">The Power of Information: 2020 Information Science Graduate Fair</a> is a virtual event showcasing opportunities and programs for prospective graduate students at more than 20 universities in North America, most of them iSchools members. The event will take place on Oct. 27, 2020 and is free of charge to students. Participation is limited, and students are encouraged to <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/power-of-information-fall-2020-information-science-graduate-fair-tickets-119197822897?aff=Informationpromotion" target="_blank">register early to secure a space</a>.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/Collaborative%20Marketing/Logos/AnindDey-worked2-250x2-1.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">The Power of Information will begin with a faculty panel discussion titled "Power of Information: Disrupt misinformation and disinformation." M</font><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">oderated by University of Washington iSchool Dean Anind Dey (pictured left), the panel</font></span> <span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">will explore the topic of misinformation in the 21st century. This will be followed by breakout sessions in which prospective graduate students can learn more about programs offered at the sponsoring institutions. The panel begins at 4:00 pm PDT on Oct. 27, with breakouts commencing at 4:45 pm PDT.</font></span></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Panelists include: Chris Coward, University of Washington; Ben Horne, University of Tennessee Knoxville; Emily Knox, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Laura Sanders, Simmons University; Hassan Zamir, Dominican University.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Sponsors include Information Schools at the following institutions: Dominican University; Drexel University; Emporia State University; Florida State University; Indiana University; Kent State University; Rutgers University; Simmons University; Syracuse University; University of British Columbia; University of California Los Angeles; University of Colorado Bolder; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Maryland; University of North Carolina; University of South Carolina; University of Southern California; University of Tennessee Knoxville; University of Texas at Austin; University of Toronto; University of Washington; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Wayne State University.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischools.org/Virtual-Career-Fair" target="_blank">Click here</a> for more on the event and how to register.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9299559 https://ischools.org/News/9299559 iSchools News Mon, 28 Sep 2020 21:33:07 GMT iConference switches to all-virtual format; submission deadlines extended <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Originally envisioned as having a hybrid format with virtual <em>and</em> in-person elements, the <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">2021 iConference</a> is now transitioning to an <strong>all-virtual format</strong>. The conference’s Renmin University hosts and the iSchools Board have decided this is the best course of action in light of ongoing uncertainty surrounding public health and travel during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As a result, the entire <a href="https://ischools.org/Program" target="_blank">2021 program</a> will be held online.</font><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">In accord with this transition, all submission deadlines are hereby extended. The <a href="https://ischools.org/Full-Research-Papers" target="_blank">full</a> and <a href="https://ischools.org/Short-Research-Papers" target="_blank">short research papers</a> deadline has moved to October 19, with other deadlines in the following weeks, as noted below. Visit the <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021 website</a> for more information.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">In related news, an announcement of the 2021 virtual rates is expected at the end of October.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><strong>New Submission Deadlines</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><strong>Monday, Oct. 19:</strong>&nbsp;New deadline for&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Full-Research-Papers" target="_blank">Full Research Papers</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Short-Research-Papers" target="_blank">Short Research Papers</a>.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><strong>Monday, Oct. 26:</strong>&nbsp;New deadline for&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Posters" target="_blank">Posters</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Workshops" target="_blank">Workshops</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Sessions-for-Interaction-and-Engagement" target="_blank">Sessions for Interaction and Engagement</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Virtual-Interactive-Sessions" target="_blank">Virtual Interactive Sessions</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Archival-Education" target="_blank">Archival Education</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Doctoral-Colloquium" target="_blank">Doctoral Colloquium</a> applications and&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Early-Career-Colloquium" target="_blank">Early Career Colloquium</a>&nbsp;applications.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><strong>Monday, Oct. 26:</strong>&nbsp;New deadline for&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Chinese-Papers" target="_blank">Chinese Papers</a>.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><strong>Monday, Nov. 2:&nbsp;</strong>New deadline for&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Student-Symposium" target="_blank">Student Symposium</a>&nbsp;applications and&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Doctoral-Dissertation-Award" target="_blank">Doctoral Dissertation Award</a>&nbsp;nominations.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9270565 https://ischools.org/News/9270565 iSchools News Sat, 26 Sep 2020 00:22:21 GMT UNC iSchool Professor Tressie McMillan Cottom named MacArthur Fellow <p><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">Tressie McMillan Cottom, Associate Professor at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named a fellow in the MacArthur Foundation’s Class of 2020.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;" color="#000000">MacArthur Fellows are selected for their “extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits,” and receive a $625,000 award, often referred to as the “Genius Grant,” distributed over five years. The foundation’s announcement described McMillan Cottom’s work as “shaping discourse on pressing issues at the confluence of race, gender, education, and digital technology. In work across multiple platforms, ranging from academic scholarship to essays and social media engagement, McMillan Cottom combines analytical insights and personal experiences in a frank, accessible style of communication that resonates with broad audiences within and outside of academia.”</font></span></p> <p></p> <p><span style=""><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#000000">In addition to her appointment with SILS, McMillan Cottom is a senior faculty researcher at Carolina’s Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (citap.unc.edu) and a faculty affiliate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.</font></span></p> <p><span style=""><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#000000">Learn more on the <a href="https://sils.unc.edu/news/2020/cottom-macarthur" target="_blank">UNC iSchool website</a>.</font></span></p> <p><span style=""><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#000000"><br></font></span></p> https://ischools.org/News/9290664 https://ischools.org/News/9290664 iSchools News Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:13:34 GMT IEEE Big Data conference still accepting posters and workshop papers <p><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#373737" face="Arial, sans-serif">The <a href="http://bigdataieee.org/BigData2020/index.html" target="_blank">2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data</a>&nbsp;will be held virtually and takes place Dec. 10-13. The papers submission deadline has passed, but workshop papers submissions are still being accepted, as well as posters.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#373737" face="Arial, sans-serif">Of note, the conference’s <a href="https://ai-collaboratory.net/cas/cas-workshops/ieee-big-data-2020-5th-cas-workshop/" target="_blank">Computational Archival Science (CAS) workshop</a> has issued a call for papers with deadline date of Oct. 27.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9284832 https://ischools.org/News/9284832 iSchools News Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:53:14 GMT Springer journal plans social robotics issue <p><font style="font-size: 17px;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">The Springer journal <em><a href="https://www.editorialmanager.com/isfi/default.aspx" target="_blank">Information Systems Frontiers</a></em> is planning a special issue on Social Robotics Business and Computing. A call for papers has been issued, with a submission deadline of Feb. 1, 2021.</font><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</font><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Social robots, also called companion robots (or service robots), are a physical humanoid robot that connects through a network infrastructure to online services that enhance traditional robot functionalities. They offer features such as human facial, voice and emotion recognition, including adding human-like personality to their Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities to achieve better human-machine communication.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">The special issue will set the baseline for understanding how Human-Robot Interaction is likely to influence and change our business practices and lifestyle.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Also invited are selected best papers from the mini- tracks “Human-Robot Interactions” and "Social Robots - Robotics and Toy Computing" from the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000"><span><font style="font-size: 17px;" face="Helvetica"><a href="https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/18411632/data/v1" target="_blank">Click here for more information</a>, including submission instructions and topics of interest.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9285043 https://ischools.org/News/9285043 iSchools News Sun, 13 Sep 2020 19:00:00 GMT European iSchools collaborate on Open Education Resources <p><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><a href="http://lnu.se/en/dimpah" target="_blank">Digital Methods Platform for Arts and Humanities (DiMPAH)</a> is a project that aims to aggregate, connect and make widely available novel Open Education Resources (OERs) on selected digital methods, apply these to interdisciplinary contexts and foster novel creative learning experiences by taking data from the past into future stories.</font></span><font face="Helvetica"><br></font></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 17px;" face="Helvetica">The project is a collaboration of six European universities, including iSchools members <a href="https://gsh.uva.nl" target="_blank">University of Amsterdam</a>, <a href="http://sigarra.up.pt/feup/en/web_base.gera_pagina?P_pagina=1182" target="_blank">University of Porto</a> and <a href="http://lnu.se/en/iinstitute" target="_blank">Linnaeus University</a>, as well as six partner-organizations, including the <a href="https://ischools.org/" target="_blank">iSchools organization</a>.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 17px;" face="Helvetica"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/Screenshot%202020-09-28%20at%2016.55.11.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="302" height="84" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">The project is focused on creating, testing and implementing OERs to&nbsp;<span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#333333">support current an</font></span></font><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px; font-family: Helvetica;">d future professionals from cultural heritage sectors as well as academia in improving competencies, connecting best practices and applying spearheading technologies, to enable collective efforts towards future solutions across Europe.</span></p> <p><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#333333" style="font-size: 17px;" face="Helvetica">Visit the <a href="http://lnu.se/en/dimpah" target="_blank">DiMPAH website</a> for more information.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9254274 https://ischools.org/News/9254274 iSchools News Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:29:57 GMT Drexel iSchool Launches Community-Based Librarianship Certificate <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">This month, Drexel’s College of Computing &amp; Informatics (CCI) is entering the second year of its three-year initiative in collaboration with the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Drexel Lindy Center for Civic Engagement, and the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships to co-develop a community-based learning model for LIS education.</font></span><br></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">As a key part of the project, CCI is launching a three-course Graduate Certificate in Community-Based Librarianship (CBL) this Fall Quarter. This professional development program provides an in-depth overview of the fundamentals of library and community collaboration, including courses in community-based data analytics and design thinking for digital community service. The CBL certificate culminates in a capstone project that enables students to apply their conceptual knowledge to real-world, community-based information projects in libraries and other information organizations.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">The program, offered both online and on campus, is ideal for paraprofessionals and library assistants who are considering enrolling in a Master’s in Library and Information Science (LIS) program.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">View the <a href="https://drexel.edu/cci/stories/drexel-cci-launches-community-based-librarianship-certificate-under-imls-project/" target="_blank">Drexel CCI news story</a> to learn more about this project.</font></span></p> https://ischools.org/News/9240645 https://ischools.org/News/9240645 iSchools News Tue, 11 Aug 2020 18:40:39 GMT Dietmar Wolfram Appointed Senior Associate Dean of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee iSchool <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><a href="https://uwm.edu/informationstudies/" target="_blank">The School of Information Studies (SOIS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM)</a> has announced the appointment of Dietmar Wolfram, Ph.D., as Senior Associate Dean of the School as of August 1, 2020.</font></span><br></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><span><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/d_wolfram.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">Dr. Wolfram has been a significant presence and strong leader within SOIS for many years, serving in the past as both Interim Dean and Acting Associate Dean of the School. In these positions he was instrumental in increasing international academic collaborations, strengthening relationships with the community and industry, and increasing student scholarship funding. He has played a leading role in program planning for the Bachelor of Science in Information Science &amp; Technology and the PhD Program in Information Studies.</span></font></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><span>Dr. Wolfram has held leadership roles in key library and information science organizations, specifically, the Association for Library &amp; Information Science Education (ALISE) as President, and Director-at-Large for the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&amp;T). He is an accomplished scholar and researcher whose expertise includes applied informetrics, information retrieval, scholarly communication, and education for the information professions.&nbsp; Dr. Wolfram is a past recipient of the ASIS&amp;T Clarivate Analytics Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award. He is an exceptional teacher and mentor and has made instruction and curriculum development a high priority throughout his career.</span></font></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><span>In his new role, Dr. Wolfram will be responsible for planning, developing, and administering all aspects of the School’s educational programs, and for providing vision in setting priorities and leadership in maintaining academic standards and in strengthening faculty scholarship and research.</span></font></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><span>“I am honored to have been selected to serve the UW-Milwaukee iSchool in this important role,” Wolfram said. “I look forward to working with the iSchool community to continue building on our strengths in our innovative undergraduate and graduate programs, our community engagement, and our scholarly and professional contributions to the knowledge base of the field.”</span></font></p> <p align="right"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><span><a href="https://uwm.edu/informationstudies/wolfram_associatedean/" target="_blank">Read more</a> on the UW-Milwaukee iSchool website</span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9158702 https://ischools.org/News/9158702 iSchools News Mon, 03 Aug 2020 19:03:19 GMT Hybrid iConference—what it means for authors <p><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a> will have a “hybrid” participation format, which means there will be a virtual program and also an in-person program. Participants will register for one, the other or both, as they prefer. Rates will be announced in November, and the virtual rate will be lower than the in-person rate because virtual rates do not have to cover food and venue costs.</font></span><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">The iConference in-person program will take place March 28-31 in Beijing and is hosted by Renmin University. The virtual program will take place online in the two weeks leading up to the conference. A detailed schedule will be published in January.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/Unsplash%20Rights%20Free%20Images/evangeline-shaw-VLkoOabAxqw-unsplash.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="302" height="201" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">Authors of <a href="https://ischools.org/Full-Research-Papers" target="_blank">Full Papers</a>, <a href="https://ischools.org/Short-Research-Papers" target="_blank">Short Papers</a>, <a href="https://ischools.org/Chinese-Papers" target="_blank">Chinese Papers</a> and <a href="https://ischools.org/Posters" target="_blank">Posters</a> will express their preference for virtual or in-person presentation when they <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2021" target="_blank">make their submissions</a>. This information will be used to plan the two programs and is non-binding. Accepted authors will be given the opportunity to change their preference later, after registration has opened. A final cut-off date for changing preferences will be announced in the future.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Similarly, we will offer separate virtual and in-person meetings for our <a href="https://ischools.org/Doctoral-Colloquium" target="_blank">Doctoral Colloquium</a>, <a href="https://ischools.org/Early-Career-Colloquium" target="_blank">Early Career Colloquium</a> and <a href="https://ischools.org/Student-Symposium" target="_blank">Student Symposium</a>. Applicants will be asked to express their preferred meeting format (live or virtual) when they submit their application. Again, this selection is non-binding at this time and can be changed later.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Our popular <a href="https://ischools.org/Workshops" target="_blank">Workshops</a> and <a href="https://ischools.org/Sessions-for-Interaction-and-Engagement" target="_blank">Sessions for Interaction and Engagement</a> are in-person events that will take place in Beijing. However, to augment our virtual program, the organizers are also seeking proposals for <a href="https://ischools.org/Virtual-Interactive-Sessions" target="_blank">Virtual Interactive Sessions</a>. These sessions are expected to range from basic Zoom group sessions to more sophisticated methods of remote collaboration. We expect this new track to help shape the future of virtual conferences, and encourage everyone to think broadly in crafting their proposals. Prospective applicants can contact the track chairs if they wish to discuss ideas; visit the <a href="https://ischools.org/Virtual-Interactive-Sessions" target="_blank">Virtual Interactive Sessions</a> webpage for contact information.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">The iConference is currently accepting submissions for&nbsp;all tracks&nbsp;on our secure&nbsp;<a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2021" target="_blank">ConfTool submissions website</a>.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/Unsplash%20Rights%20Free%20Images/surface-XHSYzoIC_SM-unsplash.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="151" height="227" align="right" style="margin: 8px;">For authors and applicants, the hybrid format of iConference 2021 helps ensure that all accepted submitters can participate in some meaningful way, regardless of future travel or budget restrictions. The iSchools organization believes this hybrid format represents the future of the iConference. Even after global health and travel have returned to “normal,” this format will provide the capacity for broader participation and collaboration among our <a href="https://ischools.org/Directory" target="_blank">global membership</a> in the future.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><span style=""><font style="font-size: 17px;">As with everything these days, all iConference planning is subject to future circumstances. As planning evolves, we will keep everyone informed. We thank everyone for their patience and understanding, and look forward to meeting with you either in-person or virtually in March of 2021.&nbsp;</font></span></p> https://ischools.org/News/9141981 https://ischools.org/News/9141981 iSchools News Mon, 03 Aug 2020 18:41:25 GMT Kent State iSchool names new interim director and new Goodyear endowed professor <p><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">The School of Information (iSchool) at Kent State University announces <a href="https://www.kent.edu/cci/news/school-information-names-new-interim-director" target="_blank">Dr. Meghan Harper, Ph.D., has been named Interim Director</a> as of July 1.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Harper previously served as the Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program coordinator as well as the school library media concentration coordinator. “Because I have had the pleasure of working directly with Dr. Harper on several initiatives over the years, I have seen her terrific leadership skills in action," said Amy Reynolds, dean of the College of Communication and Information. "What I appreciate most about Dr. Harper’s leadership approach is her commitment to the ethic of care. She builds strong relationships with and between students, faculty, staff and our programs, and we are all better as a result.”</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">For her part, Harper sees the Kent State playing a leadership role in the intersection of information, communication and technology fields. "I believe the programs of study we offer in our School of Information prepare students for unlimited career possibilities," Harper said. "Information and communication are essential aspects of most professions and students have almost limitless opportunities to use the skills and knowledge they have gained in this professional preparation program to immediately begin contributing in an information environment which is not discipline specific."</font></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="https://www.kent.edu/cci/news/school-information-names-new-interim-director" target="_blank">Read full announcement</a>.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">In other Kent State iSchool news,&nbsp;</font></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="https://www.kent.edu/iSchool/news/school-information-appoints-goodyear-endowed-professor-knowledge-management" target="_blank">Dr. Kendra Albright, Ph.D. has been appointed, to the Goodyear Endowed Professor in Knowledge Management</a>. This professorship is endowed by generous support from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">As the Goodyear Chair, Dr. Albright will combine the strengths of our nationally ranked School of Information with a vision for the development of new leaders in the knowledge management (KM) profession. Our commitment to the KM program complements the iSchool’s current strengths in library and information science, health informatics, information interaction, knowledge organization systems and usability design. This will build bridges between the academy and professional practice in industry, government, and other institutions.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Dr. Albright has taught a range of graduate and undergraduate level courses in knowledge management, including Business Intelligence, Environmental Scanning and Information Economics at four institutions in three countries (the University of South Carolina, the University of Tennessee, the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom and the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs in Tbilisi, Georgia). &nbsp;</font></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.kent.edu/iSchool/news/school-information-appoints-goodyear-endowed-professor-knowledge-management" target="_blank"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Read full announcment.</font></a></span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><br></font></span></p> https://ischools.org/News/9141967 https://ischools.org/News/9141967 iSchools News Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:29:18 GMT ACM CHIIR seeks conference submissions <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The <a href="https://acm-chiir.github.io/chiir2021/index.html" target="_blank">ACM Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval</a> (CHIIR) seeks submissions for its upcoming conference, which will be held in Canberra Australia, and online as necessary, from March 15-19 2021. That is a little less than two weeks prior to <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a>, which takes place March 28-31 in Beijing, China.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">CHIIR is a multi-disciplinary research meeting. In addition to studies of interactive systems, information interaction, and retrieval, the conference encourages submissions on related topics such as human-human information interaction, novel interaction paradigms, new evaluation methods, and related research in a range of communities such as sociology, ethnography, psychology, and human-computer interaction.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Papers, workshops and tutorial submissions are due Oct. 6, with other deadlines thereafter. <a href="https://acm-chiir.github.io/chiir2021/index.html" target="_blank">Visit website</a> for more information.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9135432 https://ischools.org/News/9135432 iSchools News Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:08:21 GMT iSchools Chair-Elect Diane Kelly named Tennessee Vice Provost <p><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The University of Tennessee, Knoxville has named Diane Kelly its new vice provost for faculty affairs, effective August 1.</font></span><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/Staff/web_Diane_Kelly_2019.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">Since 2016, Kelly has served as a professor and director of Tennessee’s <a href="https://sis.utk.edu" target="_blank">School of Information Sciences</a>, an <a href="https://ischools.org/Directory" target="_blank">iSchools member</a> at the iCaucus level.&nbsp;&nbsp;During that time, she has led the school to significant achievements, including a 110 percent enrollment increase in the Master of Science in information sciences and the creation of a new bachelor’s degree in information sciences.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Kelly is currently chair-elect of the iSchools organization and will begin her term as iSchools chair in 2022.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">According to the <a href="https://provost.utk.edu/2020/07/vice-provost-for-faculty-affairs-appointment/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=Diane%20Kelly%20has%20accepted%20the%20role%20of%20vice%20provost%20for%20faculty%20affairs&amp;utm_campaign=chancellor-campus-update-7-23-fs" target="_blank">Tennessee announcement</a>, as vice provost Kelly will take a leading role in operationalizing the university’s commitment to recruiting, supporting, and retaining diverse faculty, and she will work closely with the Commission for Women, the Commission for Blacks, the Commission for LGBT People, and the Council for Diversity and Interculturalism.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Visit the Tennessee website to <a href="https://provost.utk.edu/2020/07/vice-provost-for-faculty-affairs-appointment/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=Diane%20Kelly%20has%20accepted%20the%20role%20of%20vice%20provost%20for%20faculty%20affairs&amp;utm_campaign=chancellor-campus-update-7-23-fs" target="_blank">read the full announcement</a>.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9128687 https://ischools.org/News/9128687 iSchools News Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:59:47 GMT UNC iSchool announces research grants and other news <p><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><a href="https://sils.unc.edu/node/4266" target="_blank">The School of Library and Information Science at the University of North Carolina—Chapel</a> Hill has announced the following funding grants:</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/UNC-Melo.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="302" height="201" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">Assistant Professor Maggie Melo has been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study how the physical and affective characteristics of makerspaces encourage or inhibit participation by students from marginalized communities.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1942930&amp;HistoricalAwards=false" target="_blank">NSF CAREER award</a>&nbsp;will provide more than $715,000 in funding over five years to support the project, titled “Equity in the Making: Investigating Spatial Arrangements of Makerspaces and Their Impact on Diverse User Populations.” <a href="https://sils.unc.edu/people/faculty/profiles/Marijel-Melo" target="_blank">Learn more</a></font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/UNC-Dasgupta.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="302" height="202" align="right" style="margin: 8px;">Assistant Professor Sayamindu Dasgupta, has been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a two-year project aimed at fostering data literacies in middle-school&nbsp;and high-school-aged children.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1948113&amp;HistoricalAwards=false" target="_blank">$175,000 grant</a>&nbsp;is part of the NSF’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering&nbsp;(CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII).&nbsp;<a href="https://sils.unc.edu/news/2020/dasgupta-nsf" target="_blank">Learn more</a></font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/UNC-jarrahi.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="302" height="201" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">Associate Professor Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi has been awarded funding from the&nbsp;<a href="https://collaboratory.unc.edu" target="_blank">NC Policy Collaboratory</a>&nbsp;for a project that will document the impact of COVID-19 on gig workers and their ability to work independently.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">The project aims to examine how the skills used for location-based gig work can translate into the skills needed for online digital work and to develop educational materials that can help workers make the transition. The project’s findings will also help identify the necessary design features for digital platforms that could help facilitate the process. <a href="https://sils.unc.edu/news/2020/jarrahi-ncpc-covid" target="_blank">Learn more</a></font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 17px;">Visit the UNC iSchool <a href="https://sils.unc.edu/news" target="_blank">news department</a> for additional news on faculty projects and social issues.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9106554 https://ischools.org/News/9106554 iSchools News Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:18:25 GMT ARMA International seeks journal submissions <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font color="#262626">The <a href="https://www.arma.org/default.aspx" target="_blank">ARMA International</a> Educational Foundation is preparing Volume 2 of its Peer Reviewed Journal devoted to independent research on topics related to information and records management. The Foundation now seeks cited research articles related to the theme</font></span> <em><font color="#262626">information management and records in the age of crisis management</font></em> <span><font color="#262626">for inclusion in the Journal.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#262626" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span>The Foundation welcomes articles from information management professionals and practitioners, students, professors, and researchers. The deadline for abstract submission is Aug. 15. See the <a href="http://armaedfoundation.org/call-for-authors-articles-on-information-management-2/" target="_blank">Journal press release</a> for complete submission details.</span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9093156 https://ischools.org/News/9093156 iSchools News Tue, 30 Jun 2020 21:14:00 GMT iConference 2021 Opens for Submissions; Live and Virtual Participation Offered <p><font style="font-size: 17px;"><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a> has opened for submissions on the secure <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2021" target="_blank">ConfTool submissions site</a>. iConference presenters and participants will have the option of taking part face-to-face or virtually, so</font></span><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><em><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">anyone</font></em><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">can take part regardless of potential travel or budget restrictions. With these potential barriers cleared, everyone is encouraged to begin work on submissions.</font></span><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">The physical portion of iConference 2021 will take place March 28-31 in Beijing, China. The virtual portion will take place in the preceding weeks. The event is presented by the iSchools organization and hosted by the iSchool at Renmin University of China. The conference theme is Diversity | Divergence | Dialogue. All information scholars, researchers, and practitioners are encouraged to make submissions; affiliation with the iSchools is not required in order to submit.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">As always, the iConference will present exceptional peer-reviewed research in the form of <a href="https://ischools.org/Full-Research-Papers" target="_blank">Full-</a> and <a href="https://ischools.org/Short-Research-Papers" target="_blank">Short-Research Papers</a> and <a href="https://ischools.org/Posters" target="_blank">Posters</a>, as well as thought-provoking <a href="https://ischools.org/Workshops" target="_blank">Workshops</a> and <a href="https://ischools.org/Sessions-for-Interaction-and-Engagement" target="_blank">Sessions for Interaction and Engagement</a>. Also returning in 2021 are the <a href="https://ischools.org/Doctoral-Colloquium" target="_blank">Doctoral Colloquium</a> and <a href="https://ischools.org/Early-Career-Colloquium" target="_blank">Early Career Colloquium</a>, as well as a <a href="https://ischools.org/Student-Symposium" target="_blank">Student Symposium</a> for undergraduate and master’s students.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">New this year is a special track for <a href="https://ischools.org/Virtual-Interactive-Sessions" target="_blank">Virtual Interactive Sessions</a>, which will be conducted entirely online, as well as an <a href="https://ischools.org/Archival-Education" target="_blank">Archival Education</a> track and a special track for <a href="https://ischools.org/Chinese-Papers" target="_blank">Chinese Papers</a>.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">Full details on how to take advantage of the conference’s hybrid live/virtual format will be explained in fall. For now, submitters to affected tracks will express their preference for face-to-face or remote participation. This information is being gathered purely for planning purposes and is non-binding.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">The organizers of iConference 2021 have produced this updated <a href="https://ischools.org/resources/Documents/iconf%202021/iConf21_%20Submissions-Call.pdf" target="_blank">Submissions Call</a>, and everyone is encouraged to share the Call with friends and colleagues throughout the information community.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><strong>Important Links</strong></font></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank" style="">Conference home</a><br></li> <li><a href="https://ischools.org/resources/Documents/iconf%202021/iConf21_%20Submissions-Call.pdf" target="_blank" style="">Submissions call</a><br></li> <li><a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2021" target="_blank" style="">Submissions site</a><span style="">&nbsp;</span><br></li> </ul> https://ischools.org/News/9070503 https://ischools.org/News/9070503 iSchools News Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:04:46 GMT iConference 2021 to offer in-person and virtual participation options <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The iSchools organization and 2021 host Renmin University are pleased to announce that next year’s iConference will feature both in-person</font></span><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><em><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">and</font></em><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">virtual participation options. This means authors and applicants can make submissions secure in the knowledge that they will be able to present accepted work and participate in the conference, regardless of any future travel or budget uncertainty. <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a> will begin accepting submissions in late June, and more detail can be found in the updated&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/resources/Documents/iconf%202021/iConf21_%20CFP_Updated.pdf" target="_blank">Call for Participation</a>.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The live, in-person portion of iConference 2021 will take place March 28-31 in Beijing, China. Hosted by Renmin University, the 2021 conference theme is&nbsp;<em>Diversity, Divergence, Dialogue</em>. The virtual portion of iConference 2021 will take place in the weeks leading up to the Beijing event. The live and virtual participation options and rates will be fully explained in November 2020, when submission decisions are announced and conference registration opens.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2021 opens for submissions in late June. During the submission upload process, papers and posters authors will indicate a preference for face-to-face or virtual presentation. Similarly, applicants for our Doctoral Colloquium, Early Career Colloquium and Student Symposium will express their preference for face-to-face or remote meetings. Please note that these choices are not binding; the information is being gathered purely to help the organizers prepare suitable options for everyone.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">In addition, iConference 2021 has introduced a new track called <a href="https://ischools.org/Virtual-Interactive-Sessions" target="_blank">Virtual Interactive Sessions</a>. This track is for sessions that will be conducted entirely online. The organizers invite creative submissions that take full advantage of remote presentation and participation technologies.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The iSchools organization is pleased to make this combined in-person and virtual format available for its 16<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;annual iConference. In a time of travel and budget uncertainty, the iSchools and Renmin hosts believe the new hybrid format is the best way to facilitate the broadest participation by information scholars worldwide.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Full details on <a href="https://ischools.org/Program" target="_blank">iConference tracks</a> and submissions can be found on the <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2021 website</a>.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/9041047 https://ischools.org/News/9041047 iSchools News Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:13:52 GMT iSchools Issue Statement on Injustice and Racism <P><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">The iSchools Organization has released the following Statement on Injustice and Racism:</FONT></SPAN><BR></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="HelveticaNeue">“We are angered and saddened by the senseless and horrific murder of George Floyd and the killings of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud&nbsp;Arbery. Over the past two months, the pandemic has laid bare the economic and health disparities in society and disparate impact it is&nbsp;having on our minority communities, particularly African Americans. Many members of our University and College communities have&nbsp;witnessed or have been directly impacted by hateful and racially motivated incidents. Know that we stand with you and will join those&nbsp;groups dedicated to fighting racism and to show that Black lives matter.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="HelveticaNeue">“We must accept and acknowledge the role of our institutions in upholding an unjust system of racism and discrimination of Black,&nbsp;indigenous, and people of color. We must teach our students of the history of racism and discrimination in the Information Sciences and&nbsp;how it still persists. But we must do more.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="HelveticaNeue">“iSchools have a special role to play in the fight against racism and injustice given our focus on addressing systemic societal problems and&nbsp;bringing about change through the power of knowledge and information. As a network of academic institutions deeply committed to the&nbsp;principles of diversity, inclusion, and openness, this is a call to action.&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="HelveticaNeue">“We as iSchools must find ways to apply our discipline to address both the overt and the insidious inequities and injustices that persist in our&nbsp;institutions and in our society. We pledge to increase the visibility and voice of people of color. We must protect and support scholars who&nbsp;engage in controversial topics and who speak out for social justice. We recommit ourselves to increasing the diversity and inclusion of&nbsp;students, faculty, staff, and leadership in the field as well as fighting for increased diversity in the information and knowledge industries.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="HelveticaNeue">“All members of the iSchools organization welcome opportunities to listen, learn, and discuss how to be part of that change.”</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="HelveticaNeue">The iSchools Statement on Injustice and Racism was drafted by representatives of the Organization’s North American Region and approved by the Organization’s international Board of Directors.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG>Additional Resources</STRONG></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica">The following supporting resources are provided by the North American regional representatives:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica"><EM>Understanding and Addressing White Privilege</EM></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL> <LI><A href="https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/" target="_blank">Podcast: Seeing White</A><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><SPAN><A href="https://youtu.be/4K5fbQ1-zps" target="_blank">Video: Life of Privilege Explained in a $100 Race&nbsp;</A></SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><A href="https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic" target="_blank">Multimedia Collection: Anti-racism resources for white people</A><BR></LI> <LI><A href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/whiteness" target="_blank">Article: Talking About Race - Whiteness from the National Museum of African American History &amp; Culture</A><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><A href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/mapping-race-and-racism-us-library-history-literature" target="_blank">Mapping race and racism in the U.S. history literature</A><BR></LI> <LI><A href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/Archiving-While-Black/243981" target="_blank">Archiving while Black</A><BR></LI> </UL> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica"><EM>Understanding Police Violence&nbsp;and Mass Incarceration</EM></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL> <LI><A href="https://theappeal.org/justice-in-america-episode-1-justice-for-the-rich-money-bail/" target="_blank">Podcast: Justice in America, recommended by New York Times</A><SPAN>.&nbsp;The</SPAN> <EM style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Times’s</EM> <SPAN>Caity Weaver recommends starting with&nbsp;the first episode, about bail.&nbsp;</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><A href="https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/" target="_blank">Data Visualization: Mapping Police Violence</A><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><BR></LI> </UL> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica"><EM>Anti-Racism Resources for Teaching</EM></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL> <LI><A href="http://www.blacklivesmattersyllabus.com/" target="_blank">#BlackLivesMatter syllabus</A><BR></LI> <LI><A href="https://www.racialequitytools.org/home" target="_blank">Racial Equality Tools:</A> <SPAN>tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own&nbsp;understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level.</SPAN><BR></LI> </UL> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica"><EM>Opportunities to Take Action and Engage in Discussion</EM></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL> <LI><SPAN><A href="https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234" target="_blank">75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice</A>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><A href="https://protestinfo.carrd.co/#" target="_blank">#BlackLivesMatter protest information</A><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR></LI> </UL> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica"><EM>Suggested Readings from iSchool Faculty and Staff&nbsp;</EM></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL> <LI><EM style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The 1619 Project</EM> <SPAN>by Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times Magazine</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><EM style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Algorithms of Oppression</EM> <SPAN>by Safiya Noble</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><EM style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">How to be Less Stupid About Race</EM> <SPAN>by Crystal Fleming</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><EM style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Race After Technology</EM> <SPAN>by Ruha Benjamin&nbsp;</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><EM style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">So You Want to Talk About Race</EM> <SPAN>by Ijeoma Oluo</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><EM style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Teaching to Transgress</EM> <SPAN>by Bell Hooks</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><EM style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The Case for Reparations</EM> <SPAN>by Ta-NehisI Coates</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><EM style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The Warmth of Other Suns</EM> <SPAN>by Isabel Wilkerson</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><EM style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Thick and other Essays</EM> <SPAN>by Tressie McMillian Cottom</SPAN><BR></LI> </UL> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica"><EM>Other Collections of Resources</EM></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <UL> <LI><A href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race" target="_blank">National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking About Race</A><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><BR></LI> <LI><A href="https://padlet.com/nicolethelibrarian/nbasekqoazt336co?fbclid=IwAR2wAxQ6zTn9_7oDr_Fnuwr1vz1rQ0IkG4KkfwkJi8JnmL_52qBtVYd438I" target="_blank">Anti-racism resources for all ages</A> <SPAN>(A project by Dr. Nicole A. Cooke, Augusta Baker Chair, The University of South Carolina)&nbsp;</SPAN><BR></LI> </UL> https://ischools.org/News/9030953 https://ischools.org/News/9030953 iSchools News Thu, 16 Apr 2020 17:51:42 GMT iSchools welcome six new schools, now has 115 members <P><SPAN><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica">At the recent conclusion of <A href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</A> the iSchools board of directors approved the applications of six institutions spanning the organization's Asia-Pacific, North American and European regions. With these additions, the iSchools organization now numbers <A href="https://ischools.org/Directory" target="_blank">115 institutions</A> dedicated to advancing the information field worldwide.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN><BR></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica">Joining at the prestigious iCaucus membership level is the&nbsp;<SPAN style="background-color: white;"><FONT color="#333333"><A href="https://www.rit.edu/computing/school-of-information" target="_blank">Rochester Institute of Technology School of Information</A>. Located in Rochester, NY, USA, the school is headed by Department Chair Stephen J. Zilora. It has 100 students in its doctoral program, as well as 200 master’s students and 450 bachelor’s students.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica">Two schools join at the Basic membership level. The&nbsp;<SPAN style="background-color: white;"><FONT color="#333333"><A href="https://ist.gmu.edu/" target="_blank">George Mason University Department of Information Sciences &amp; Technology</A> is located in&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN>Fairfax, VA, USA, and is headed by Prof. Andre Manitius. The <A href="http://nankai.en.school.cucas.cn/" target="_blank">Nankai University Department of Information Resources Management, Business School</A> is in Tianjin, China, and headed by Vice Dean Yuelin Li.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT face="Helvetica">Three schools were admitted as Associates.&nbsp;<SPAN style="background-color: white;"><FONT color="#333333">This category is for schools that are new or may not yet meet the requirements for other levels</FONT></SPAN>. The <A href="https://www.lsu.edu/chse/slis/" target="_blank">Louisiana State University School of Library &amp; Information Science</A> is in Baton Rouge, LA, USA, and headed by Dr. Carol Barry. <A href="https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/sheffield-business-school" target="_blank">Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield Business School</A> is headed by Prof. Robert Wilson and located in Sheffield, UK. The&nbsp;&nbsp;Soochow University Department of Archives and e-Government is headed by Dr. Bi Jianxin and located in SuZhou (Soochow), China.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN style="background-color: white;"><FONT color="#333333" face="Helvetica">Visit the <A href="https://ischools.org/Members" target="_blank">iSchools membership section</A> for more on these and other schools in our worldwide membership, as well as instructions on how to apply.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> https://ischools.org/News/8904366 https://ischools.org/News/8904366 iSchools News Mon, 13 Apr 2020 20:46:21 GMT Proceedings of iConference 2020 now available on Springer LNCS <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Springer <em>LNCS</em> has announced that the papers proceedings for the recently concluded <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a>&nbsp;are now available to the public. Scholars who were not able to participate in the conference can now preview and purchase the <a href="https://www.springer.com/978-3-030-43686-5" target="_blank">Full Research Papers and Short Research Papers proceedings</a> on Springer <em>LNCS</em>.</font><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 took place March 23 – 27 in an all virtual format, made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic. More than 390 scholars and researchers took part.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">In addition to the papers proceedings on Springer, the iConference 2020 posters proceedings and Visions papers are available in the open access <a href="https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/106096" target="_blank">IDEALS repository</a>.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The next event in the iConference series is <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference-2021-Preview" target="_blank">iConference 2021</a>, which takes place March 23 – 26, 2021 in Beijing, China. iConference 2021 is presented by the iSchools and hosted by the <a href="http://sirm.ruc.edu.cn/" target="_blank">Renmin University School of Information Resource Management</a>. Watch for the 2021 Call for Participation, coming in May of this year.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8896843 https://ischools.org/News/8896843 iSchools News Thu, 09 Apr 2020 19:19:51 GMT How libraries are helping disadvantaged populations at greater health risk from COVID-19 <p><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">According to an article published by the <a href="https://ischool.umd.edu" target="_blank">University of Maryland College of Information Studies,</a> the current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and intensified disparities in access to information and health disparities between various populations. One of the core factors underlying these health disparities are the varying degrees of accessibility of health information for various populations. Accessibility encompasses both physical and intellectual accessibility. While physical accessibility refers to whether information is physically obtainable, intellectual accessibility refers to whether information is understandable.</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">Information and information professionals (such as librarians) are instrumental in ensuring that every individual has access to the resources and opportunities that will enable them to optimize their ability to live a long and healthy life. Many different types of information-related factors influence this ability, including an individual’s awareness of, and access to, trustworthy health information; their awareness of, and their ability to articulate, their health-related information needs; their health literacy levels (which encompasses their ability to obtain, understand, and act on health information); and the strategies they use to seek out, evaluate, and benefit from health information.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">All of these factors influence the individual’s potential and actual health outcomes. Fortunately, these factors can be influenced by information professionals, who have both an opportunity and a responsibility to help to shape these factors in such a way that they optimize each individual’s capability to be healthy and to flourish in all facets of their lives.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">One of the central institutions serving the information needs of all populations – libraries – are facing the need to close in unprecedented numbers due to the risks posed by COVID-19. However, many public, academic, and K-12 school librarians are finding ways for their libraries to continue to serve the public.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">Libraries are continuing to offer electronic access to their digital resources, and many are still offering internet access that people (some of whom would otherwise have no internet access) can use from outside the library. Additionally, numerous libraries are collecting and curating collections of COVID-19 resources on their websites.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/news/why-disadvantaged-populations-are-greater-health-risk-covid-19-%E2%80%93-and-how-libraries-are-helping" target="_blank">Read the full story</a> on the University of Maryland iSchool website, including examples of action taken by libraries across the US.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8890185 https://ischools.org/News/8890185 iSchools News Thu, 09 Apr 2020 19:04:43 GMT Linnaeus University iSchool awarded funding for industry collaboration on Digital Humanities Master’s <p><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">The <a href="http://www.kks.se/om-oss/in-english/" target="_blank">Swedish Knowledge Foundation</a> has granted the iInstitute at Linnaeus University 2 million SEK (roughly 180,000 Euro) to collaborate with industry and other public sectors over a period of two years in implementing a <a href="https://lnu.se/en/programme/digital-humanities-master-programme/distance-international-autumn/" target="_blank">Digital Humanities Master’s program</a></font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">External sectors will bring expertise from the field that will help shape the program to make it most relevant to the needs of the current and future job market for Digital Humanists.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8890154 https://ischools.org/News/8890154 iSchools News Thu, 09 Apr 2020 18:57:29 GMT Camera Trap Technology Symposium brings wildlife into focus <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Camera Traps are motion-triggered devices used to capture photographs of species in the wild.</font></span><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">The first Camera Trap Technology Symposium was held on November 7 and 8 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA, USA. Sponsored by Rutgers, San Diego Zoo Global, Microsoft, and Google, the event was also broadcast online to participants online, enabling remote participants to send in questions and receive answers in real time.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">The event was organized by Ariel Hammond, a SC&amp;I Master of Information student studying Library, Information, and Data Science. Hammond had become so interested in camera trap data curation that she joined the Wildlife Insights technology committee, a new platform led by Conservation International which houses camera trap data from around the world, and uses AI to automatically identify species.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">In discussing AI for camera trap images, Hammond suggested that groups working in this space meet for a web conference to discuss their research together. The web conference quickly spread through word of mouth, and the event grew to over 50 people speaking about their work and findings</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">“This is the first symposium to happen on this topic because it is so niche,” says Hammond. “That’s why I think people were so excited because there are people that want to talk about this but had no one to organize it for them.”</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/news/mi-student-ariel-hammond-organized-first-camera-trap-symposium-and-web-conference" target="_blank">Click here</a> for more on this story on the School of Communication and Information (SC&amp;I) at Rutgers University-New Brunswick website.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8890144 https://ischools.org/News/8890144 iSchools News Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:26:18 GMT iConference 2020 Award Winners Announced <p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a>, the iSchools' annual information conference, continues to move forward in its new virtual format. At the conclusion of today's program (Day 4), the organizer’s offormally named the winning submissions for this years Research Papers and Posters categories. Here are the results:</font></span></p> <p align="center"><strong><span><font style="font-size: 20px;">Winner, Lee Dirks Award for Best Full Research Paper</font></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Identifying Historical Travelogues in Large Text Corpora Using Machine Learning</span></em></strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Authors:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;Jan Rörden, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (Austria); Doris Gruber, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Austria); Martin Krickl, Austrian National Library (Austria); Bernhard Haslhofer, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (Austria)</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><font style="font-size: 20px;">Winner, Best Short Research Paper</font></span></strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Challenges in Organizing and Accessing Video Game Artifacts</span></em></strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Authors:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;Jin Ha Lee, University of Washington (USA); Marc Schmalz, University of Washington (USA); Stephen Keating, University of Washington (USA); Jeewon Ha, University of Washington (USA)</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><font style="font-size: 20px;">Winner, Best Poster</font></span></strong></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><em><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">Who Gave You the Right?: Exploring Power and Politics in Journalism and Academic Work Chronicling Hurricane Maria</span></strong></em></font></p> <p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Authors:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">&nbsp;Amy Chew, University of Michigan, iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3); Gabriela C. Delgado-Fernandini, University of Puerto Rico, iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3); Jamario Devon Cantrell, Vanderbilt University, iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3); Daniel Carter, Texas State University, iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3)</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">All winners and finalists will receive a certificate commemorating their achievement. In addition, the winners of the Lee Dirks Award will share a $1,000 prize courtesy of Springer and the iSchools.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Visit the conference <a href="https://ischools.org/page-18328" target="_blank">Awards page</a> for a complete summary of this year’s winners and finalists. The iSchools and the conference organizers congratulate the winners and all finalists, and thank them for contributing to the overall high quality of this year’s submissions.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">iConference 2020 began on March 23 and remains in progress as of press time. Part 1 of this year’s iConference will conclude on Friday, March 27, with the presentation of our popular Sessions for Interaction and Engagement. This will be followed by the commencement of Part 2, with a series of Special Presentations taking place for another week. See the <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2020/sessions.php" target="_blank">Virtual Program Schedule</a> for details and start times.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">iConference is a presentation of the iSchools and is organized by the&nbsp;University of Borås: Swedish School of Library and Information Science, and&nbsp;Oslo Metropolitan University: Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science.&nbsp;Sponsors include the City of Borås, Monash University, and Springer.</span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8860749 https://ischools.org/News/8860749 iSchools News Tue, 24 Mar 2020 22:00:32 GMT The All-Virtual iConference is Now Underway <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> commenced on Monday, March 23. We are now two days into our program, and the feedback from participants has been overwhelmingly positive. The transformation to an all-virtual format is not only allowing this year’s conference to move forward, but also lets the organization explore virtual communications techniques on a scale that can help us better serve our worldwide membership in the future.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 has reached a total of 390 registered virtual participants. This figure is surprisingly close to our attendance projections for the original physical format. This remarkable attendance is a testament to the resilience of the information community and its support of the conference. The iSchools and conference co-hosts the <a href="https://www.hb.se/en/The-Swedish-School-of-Library-and-Information-Science-SSLIS/" target="_blank">University of Borås</a> and <a href="https://www.oslomet.no/en/about/sam/abi" target="_blank">Oslo Metropolitan University</a> thank everyone for their participation.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 received 402 contributions during the submission phase that were then evaluated by a team of 451 peer reviewers; our sincere thanks go out to those reviewers for lending us their expertise. Our virtual program now includes 71 papers, 56 posters, 7 sessions for interaction and engagement, 3 workshops and 2 keynotes, as well as 5 special presentations to come next week. That amounts to 144 individual presentations in total.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Most remarkably, arrangements to provide all 144 presentations in an entirely virtual format were made in a span of less than two weeks.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The list of individuals and schools who assisted with this transition is long. The iSchools organization is grateful to all the <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Organizers" target="_blank">2020 track chairs and organizers</a> for their hard work, throughout the year and into the final transformative push. We also salute the presenters who willingly transitioned their talks into a virtual format at the eleventh hour—this especially applies to the Colloquia and Symposium Chairs, as well as Workshop and SIE organizers, who had to&nbsp;<em>significantly&nbsp;</em>overhaul their&nbsp;<em>entire</em>&nbsp;program formats in just a few days. We also thank the Zoom hosts, IT staff and Zoom experts from the University of Borås and OsloMet who embraced the technical challenge of transforming the conference.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Many iSchools also stepped up to assist. The list includes iSchools at <a href="http://ischool.skku.edu/" target="_blank">Sungkyunkwan University</a>, the <a href="http://www.si.umich.edu/" target="_blank">University of Michigan</a>, the <a href="http://ischool.umd.edu/" target="_blank">University of Maryland</a>, the <a href="http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/" target="_blank">University of Texas at Austin</a>, the <a href="http://sigarra.up.pt/feup/en/web_base.gera_pagina?P_pagina=1182" target="_blank">University of Porto</a>, <a href="http://sim.whu.edu.cn/" target="_blank">Wuhan University</a>, and <a href="http://fim.uitm.edu.my/en/" target="_blank">Universiti Tekologi MARA</a>.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Last but not least, we are grateful to the 390 participants who are currently showing their faith in the iConference through their virtual attendance and wholehearted participation.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The bulk of the <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2020/sessions.php" target="_blank">iConference 2020 program</a> will run through Friday, March 27, with an additional series of Special Presentations to come in the following week.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8855161 https://ischools.org/News/8855161 iSchools News Wed, 18 Mar 2020 22:05:18 GMT iConference 2020 virtual schedule is now available <p><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">As part of the ongoing transformation of iConference 2020 into an all-virtual format, the organizers have now released their <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2020/sessions.php" target="_blank">Virtual Program Schedule</a>. iConference 2020 will commence this coming Monday, March 23, and now runs through Friday, March 27.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">iConference 2020 was originally slated to take place in Borås, Sweden. But a little over a week ago, when public gatherings were discouraged (and later banned) due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, the organizers announced their intent of quickly converting the conference to an all-virtual format. The release of the revised <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2020/sessions.php" target="_blank">Virtual Program Schedule</a> is a key step in that transformation.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">Conference participants will notice that sessions in the new schedule are now consecutive rather than concurrent. Faced with the challenge of scheduling for global attendance, the organizers strove to put presentations at relatively convenient times for presenters, to the extent this was possible. The consecutive sessions format also allows each participant to access to more sessions in total, should they wish, because there are fewer conflicts.&nbsp;</font></span></font><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">Participants are</font></span></font><span style="font-size: 1em;"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;">&nbsp;further advised that although the organizers regard this schedule as essentially final, it remains subject to change.</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></span></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">All times listed in the <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2020/sessions.php" target="_blank">Virtual Program Schedule</a> are CET (Central European Time), and virtual participants will need to factor for the time difference at their physical location. The current time CET is indicated in a running clock at the top of the schedule.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">In a related move, the organizers have also released the iConference 2020 app for mobile devices.&nbsp;</font></span><span><font face="Helvetica">This app is made available through a partnership with Conference4me. The app includes an interactive program schedule and other useful features such as Chat, which can enable participants to interact with presenters in real time during sessions. The Conference4me app for iConference 2020 is available from leading app vendors and also directly from <a href="http://conference4me.psnc.pl/download/" target="_blank">Conference4me</a>.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">iConference 2020 will take place March 23 – 26 via Zoom. The conference theme is<span>&nbsp;</span><em>Sustainable Digital Communities</em>. Virtual registrations remain available for purchase on the<span>&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">conference Registration page</a>.</span></font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">iConference is a presentation of the iSchools and is organized by the&nbsp;University of Borås: Swedish School of Library and Information Science, and&nbsp;Oslo Metropolitan University: Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science.&nbsp;</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">Sponsors include the City of Borås, Monash University, and Springer.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8840764 https://ischools.org/News/8840764 iSchools News Mon, 16 Mar 2020 19:58:08 GMT iSchools rally in support of virtual iConference <p><span><font style="font-size: 19px;" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">As the organizers of <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> continue the transition to an all-virtual format, iSchools from around the world are stepping forward to offer their help and support for the event. Together, the iSchools are blazing the trail for future virtual collaboration.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font style="font-size: 19px;">“It’s gratifying to see the <a href="https://ischools.org/Directory" target="_blank">iSchools community</a> rally behind the iConference, its signature event,” said iSchools Executive Director Michael Seadle. “Many are seeing this for what it is, which is an opportunity for the information community to embrace virtual collaboration and show leadership in the face of a global crisis.”</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font style="font-size: 19px;">On March 10 the iConference 2020 organizers announced their intention of transforming the conference to an all-virtual format. Subsequent global events surrounding the coronavirus have reaffirmed that decision. Now, with the help of fellow iSchools from around the world, plans for the revised conference format are rapidly coming together. An updated conference schedule will be made available later this week, as well as detailed instructions for presenting and attending conference sessions via Zoom.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font style="font-size: 19px;">While the iConference has experimented in the past with remote presentations and other virtual participant elements, this will be the first ever all-virtual iConference. Seadle says that while this rapid transition is an enormous undertaking, he expects this years’ experience can have a positive impact on how future iConferences are organized.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font style="font-size: 19px;">“It is no small challenge to transform the entire structure of a conference in just a few weeks, but the organizers and the iSchools staff have been working hard at this in order to give members around the world the opportunity to take part,” said Seadle.&nbsp;</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 19px;">“The lessons we learn here will be invaluable to future collaboration in our increasingly virtual world.”&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 19px;">iConference 2020 will take place March 23 – 26 via Zoom. The conference theme is <em>Sustainable Digital Communities</em>. Virtual registrations are available for purchase on the <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">Registration</a> webpage.</font></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font style="font-size: 19px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><font style="font-size: 19px;">iConference is a presentation of the iSchools and is organized by the&nbsp;University of Borås: Swedish School of Library and Information Science, and&nbsp;Oslo Metropolitan University: Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science.&nbsp;</font></span><br></font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8835608 https://ischools.org/News/8835608 iSchools News Mon, 09 Mar 2020 17:00:56 GMT iConference 2020 to go Virtual <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">In light of ongoing global health developments related to COVID19, the leadership at the University of Borås has advised the iConference organizers against continuing with an in-person international gathering and are instead calling for a virtual format.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The conference organizers are now in the process of transforming <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> into an interactive, all-virtual format. The organizers look forward to working with the iSchools community to bring this new conference plan to fruition.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischools.org/resources/Documents/iconf%202020/iConference%202020%20goes%20virtual_200310.pdf" target="_blank">A letter summarizing the situation</a> has been sent to all registered participants. Detailed instruction on how the virtual conference will be conducted will be posted to the <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">conference website</a> as soon as it's available.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The organizers ask that everyone hold off on their questions for a few days while details are sorted out.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><em>This story was updated on March 10 to include a link to the participant letter.</em></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8811654 https://ischools.org/News/8811654 iSchools News Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:09:49 GMT iConference to be followed by Digital Humanities Workshop at Linnaeus University <p><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">Participants at <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> can sustain their intellectual momentum following the conference by taking part in a half-day workshop presented by Linnaeus University immediately following the iConference. The workshop is titled <a href="https://lnu.se/KnowledgeOrganisation-DH" target="_blank">Knowledge Organization for Digital Humanities</a>, and takes place March 27, 2020.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">iConference 2020 takes place Monday, March 23 through Thursday, March 26 in Borås, Sweden. The Linnaeus University satellite workshop takes place Friday, the day after the conclusion of the iConference, in Växjö, Sweden, which is a 2-hour train ride from Borås.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial, sans-serif">Participation in this workshop is free to conference participants, although signup is requested. Visit the <a href="https://lnu.se/KnowledgeOrganisation-DH" target="_blank">workshop webpage</a> for details and signup information.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8800928 https://ischools.org/News/8800928 iSchools News Fri, 06 Mar 2020 02:19:41 GMT JASIST issues CFP on Information Behaviour and Information Practices Theory <p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124"><em>The Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology&nbsp;</em>(JASIST)&nbsp;has issued a Call for Papers on Information Behaviour and Information Practices Theory</font></span><font color="#000000">. The Special Issue aims to bring together scholars who are interested in developing theory – and exploring how to incorporate theory – in information behaviour and information practices research.</font><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Helvetica">According to JASIST, while there is a long and rich tradition of creating models and frameworks in information behaviour, criticism remains that there is a lack of cohesive theory and/or that theory borrowed from other fields may be treated in shallow ways. This special issue proposes to continue and extend the work began in Theories of Information Behavior (Fisher et al., 2005), a book composed of the contributions from the participants of the 2003 ASIS&amp;T SIG-USE Symposium.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#202124" face="Helvetica"><a href="https://siguse.wordpress.com/2020/02/25/jasist-special-issue-on-information-behaviour-information-practices-theory-call-for-papers/" target="_blank">Click here</a> for more information on how to contribute to this special issue.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8799961 https://ischools.org/News/8799961 iSchools News Fri, 06 Mar 2020 02:11:29 GMT Rutgers Professor Pavlovsky appointed to ALISE board <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) has appointed Lilia Pavlovsky, Ph.D. to its Board of Directors. Pavlovsky has been named Director for Special Interest Groups, and will help ALISE fulfill its vision as the global voice of library and information science education.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Pavlovsky is an Associate Teaching Professor and Director of the Master of Information program at the Rutgers iSchool. She joined the faculty in 2003 to help develop the fully online program and has been the recipient of multiple teaching and service awards recognizing her expertise as an educator in online environments. Her research focuses on how the design of virtual learning environments impacts behavior.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/news/lilia-pavlovsky-appointed-alise-board-directors" target="_blank">Click here</a> for this and more Rutgers iSchool news.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8799941 https://ischools.org/News/8799941 iSchools News Thu, 27 Feb 2020 23:35:44 GMT iConference presenter guidelines now available <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Today the organizers of iConference 2020 posted detailed presentation guidelines specific to all conference tracks. Authors and session organizers can use these guidelines to begin planning their conference presentations. Visit our <a href="https://ischools.org/page-18334" target="_blank">Presentation Guidelines</a> page for full details.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 takes place March 23-26 in Borås, Sweden. This year’s theme is&nbsp;<em>Sustainable Digital Communities</em>. As always, participants can visit the <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">conference home page</a> for the latest program updates.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 is a presentation of the iSchools and is hosted by the&nbsp;University of Borås: Swedish School of Library and Information Science, and&nbsp;Oslo Metropolitan University: Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science.&nbsp;Sponsors include the City of Borås, Monash University, and Springer.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8780851 https://ischools.org/News/8780851 iSchools News Tue, 18 Feb 2020 23:05:46 GMT Glasgow’s Prof. Hughes to discuss new approaches to digitization at iConference 2020 <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">This is the third and final installment in our series on&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/iConference"><font color="#954F72"><span><font color="#3498DB">iConference 2020</font></span></font></a>&nbsp;keynote speakers, this time focusing on Professor&nbsp;</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">Lorna M. Hughes. Hughes will speak at our opening plenary on Tuesday, March 24. More can be found on our <a href="https://ischools.org/page-18327" target="_blank">keynote speaker webpage</a>.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iconf%202020/lorna-hughes.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="right" style="margin: 8px;" width="209" height="164">Hughes is Professor in Digital Humanities at the University of Glasgow, where she is based in the Information Studies Subject area. Her research addresses the creation of digital cultural heritage, and the use and re-use of digital collections for research, teaching, and public engagement. She has a specific interest in the conceptualisation, development, implementation and categorisation of digital methods in the humanities, and the collaborations between the humanities and scientific disciplines that drive this agenda.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica">Hughes has worked in digital humanities, and on the development of hybrid digital collections based on material culture held by memory institutions, at a number of organisations in the USA and UK.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica">She has had leading roles&nbsp;–&nbsp;as Primary Investigator, or co-Investigator – on over 20 funded research projects, including the EPSRC-AHRC Scottish National Heritage Partnership. From 2011-2014, while based at the National Library of Wales, she led the development of ‘The Welsh Experience of the First World War’ (</font></span><span><a href="http://cymru1914.org/"><font color="#954F72" face="Helvetica">cymru1914.org</font></a></span><span><font face="Helvetica">), a digital archive of resources related to the First World War in Wales, including 200,000 pages of archives. The project was based at the National Library of Wales, and funded by a Jisc Mass Digitisation grant. It was a collaboration between all special collections and archives in HEIs in Wales, the BBC Wales Archive, and four local archives, and it also included community generated content.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica">Hughes’ presentation is titled<em>, Co-creating digital cultural heritage: unlocking historic archives and records through new approaches to digitization.</em> This is how she describes it: "<span style="background-color: white;">Mass digitisation of historic collections in archives, museums, libraries and universities has created a considerable volume of data for research across the disciplines, and opened up new lines of enquiry. Increasingly, community generated digital content can amplify and augment the ‘official’ digital collections, and open up previously hidden histories and encourage greater public engagement with the past. These collections have been developed through processes of co-creation, and they demonstrate how digitisation can enable our archives to expand beyond the physical boundaries of the repository, dissolving the physical boundaries which previously marked official from non-official, and creator from user. This approach highlights a fundamental shift in the material nature and location of the archive that is facilitated by the digital environment. This presentation will discuss examples of co-creation, and the digital affordances that enable it."</span></font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font face="Helvetica"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="">iConference 2020 takes place March 23-26 in Borås, Sweden. More information about all of this year’s&nbsp;</span><a href="https://ischools.org/page-18327"><font color="#954F72">keynote speakers</font></a><span style="">&nbsp;can be found on the conference website. <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">Click here</a> for registration details.</span><br></span></font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica">iConference 2020 is a presentation of the iSchools and is hosted by the&nbsp;University of Borås: Swedish School of Library and Information Science, and&nbsp;Oslo Metropolitan University: Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science.&nbsp;Sponsors include the City of Borås, Monash University, and Springer.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8755273 https://ischools.org/News/8755273 iSchools News Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:27:10 GMT Bal-Adria summer school brings together schools on Baltic and Adriatic <p><font face="Arial"><span>The Baltjc-Adriatic Summer School on Digital Humanities (Bal-Adria) will be held in Zadar, Croatia from 15 to 19 June, 2020. This is the second year of this collaboration of countries surrounding the Baltic Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and serves to help connect scholarly thinking in Northern and Southern Europe.</span></font></p> <p><font><span>Bal-Adria will take place on the campus of the University of Zadar. It is a joint effort of the iInstitute, the iSchool at Linnaeus University, Sweden, and the Department of Information Sciences, University of Zadar. This year’s program is focused on two tracks:</span> <font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font>digital humanities research tools and fundamentals of programming for digital humanities.</font></span></font></font></p> <p><font face="Arial"><span>Details, including schedule and registration information, can be found on the <a href="http://baladria.unizd.hr" target="_blank">Bal-Adria website</a>.</span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8754799 https://ischools.org/News/8754799 iSchools News Mon, 17 Feb 2020 17:04:24 GMT iConference standard registration rates end today; late rates begin Feb. 18 <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> standard registration period runs through Monday, Feb. 17. Late rates go into effect thereafter. <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">Register now</a>, if you have not already done so, to secure the lower rate. Standard rates remain in effect on Feb. 17 until 11:59 pm, IDLW (GMT –12).</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 will take place March 23 – 26 in Borås, Sweden.&nbsp;<span style="background-color: white;">iConference 2020 is a presentation of the iSchools and is hosted by the&nbsp;University of Borås: Swedish School of Library and Information Science, and&nbsp;Oslo Metropolitan University: Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science.&nbsp;Sponsors include the City of Borås, Monash University, and Springer. <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">Click here</a> for registration information.</span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8752205 https://ischools.org/News/8752205 iSchools News Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:32:29 GMT Jussi Karlgren of Spotify to speak on information access as it relates to media at iConference 2020 <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">With this second installment in our series on <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> keynote speakers, we focus on Prof. Jussi Karlgren, whose talk will take place the afternoon of Wednesday, March 25. Standard conference <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">registration</a> rates are in effect through Feb. 17, after which time late rates go into effect.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iconf%202020/jussikarlgrenbw.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="228" height="228" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">Karlgren is a principal research scientist at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.spotify.com/"><font color="#954F72">Spotify</font></a>&nbsp;and one of the founding partners of the text analysis company&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gavagai.io/"><font color="#954F72">Gavagai</font></a>. He has worked with language technology and interaction with information since 1987. His main research interest is on how to design a learning knowledge representation to handle the continuously changing form and content of human information and to meet the broad variety of human information needs an information system meets with, including entertainment and diversion. He believes human language to be very well designed representation and that technology to handle it should embrace its characteristics instead of viewing them as problems. Karlgren has worked on stylistic variation and genres in language and on large scale semantic spaces for application e.g. to sentiment analysis.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Karlgren’s presentation is titled&nbsp;<em>Information Access for Evolving Media Usage</em>. "The media usage habits of the population at large change, which has effects for the educational system, for memory institutions, for the media industry, and therefore for those of us who develop technology for information access,” he tells us. “Many of the current changes are easy to observe through introspection or through observing how people in our vicinity consume media and information: people read text on screens; watch lectures and educational material in video clips; listen to literary material and to short written texts superimposed on brief video clips to their near and dear; and stream music and movies instead of purchasing physical objects to place in shelves in their homes.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">“There are very obvious challenges for technology having to do with how we make documents and their content accessible for search and exploration across media types, and we do not quite know what effects today's changes have on tomorrow’s media usage.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">"This talk will give some examples,&nbsp;based in part on experiences from Spotify, a large music and podcast streaming service,&nbsp;and discuss one of the less obvious challenges: how to evaluate and validate new technology solutions. We know how to measure quality for systems designed to fulfil expressly formulated known information needs, but how can we measure quality of a system designed to entertain and delight? How can we assess the usefulness of systems for digital scholars? And what are the underlying assumptions that have governed the make-up of the experimental benchmarking of today's information systems?"&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 takes place March 23-26 in Borås, Sweden. More information about this year’s&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/page-18327"><font color="#954F72">keynote speakers</font></a>&nbsp;can be found on the conference website. Click here for registration details; standard <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">registration</a> rates are in effect through Feb. 17, after which time late rates go into effect.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 is a presentation of the iSchools and is hosted by the&nbsp;University of Borås: Swedish School of Library and Information Science, and&nbsp;Oslo Metropolitan University: Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science.&nbsp;Sponsors include the City of Borås, Monash University, and Springer.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8745211 https://ischools.org/News/8745211 iSchools News Wed, 12 Feb 2020 04:32:03 GMT New name for UBC iSchool <P><FONT face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">The University of British Columbia iSchool has a new name. Formerly</FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="background-color: white;"><FONT color="#202124">the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) in the Faculty of Arts</FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">, the school</FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="background-color: white;"><FONT color="#202124">has officially changed its name to School of Information</FONT></SPAN><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">, (or iSchool, informally).</FONT></SPAN><BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">According to <A href="https://slais.ubc.ca/2020/01/we-are-the-school-of-information/" target="_blank">an announcement</A> posted to the school’s website, the change in names is “<SPAN style="background-color: white;"><FONT color="#222222">the logical conclusion of more than a decade of evolution of the School’s scope and orientation, mirroring broader changes within the disciplinary areas of library, archival and information studies.</FONT></SPAN>”</FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN style="background-color: white;"><FONT color="#222222" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">The UBC iSchool is a member of the iSchools at the iCaucus level, showing the highest possible level of support for the organization. UBC joined the iSchools in 2011.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN style="background-color: white;"><FONT color="#222222" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">Read the <A href="https://slais.ubc.ca/2020/01/we-are-the-school-of-information/" target="_blank">full announcement</A> on the UBC iSchool website.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> https://ischools.org/News/8741791 https://ischools.org/News/8741791 iSchools News Mon, 10 Feb 2020 20:21:14 GMT iSchools publish GDPR white paper <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Since the adoption of The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May of 2018, European iSchools have been developing processes for complying with the Regulation’s privacy requirements. The iSchools organization has now posted a white paper that examines the subject and its impacts on research. This <a href="https://ischools.org/resources/Documents/GDPR%20Paper/R%C3%BCgenhagen_Seadle%20(2020)_European-iSchools-GDPR-white-paper.pdf" target="_blank">white paper</a> is now available to iSchools members and others with interest in the subject.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Titled&nbsp;<em>GDPR compliant research at iSchools in the European Region</em>, the white paper was written by Melanie Rügenhagen of Berlin’s Humboldt University and iSchools Executive Director Michael Seadle. Based on a survey of European member-iSchools, the white paper gives an overview of how these schools and their universities are addressing GDPR.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">GDPR is complex and allows European countries to specify their own measures regarding data protection. As a result, final regulations can depend on local decisions to a degree. The white paper should not be considered legal advice nor a discourse on the law. Instead, it is a step toward unfolding how particular schools in Europe cope with the GDPR when it comes to research.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><em><a href="https://ischools.org/resources/Documents/GDPR%20Paper/R%C3%BCgenhagen_Seadle%20(2020)_European-iSchools-GDPR-white-paper.pdf" target="_blank">GDPR compliant research at iSchools in the European Region</a>&nbsp;</em>is available free-of-charge in the iSchools website’s <a href="https://ischools.org/Resources_iSchools" target="_blank">Resources section</a>.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8738229 https://ischools.org/News/8738229 iSchools News Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:26:59 GMT iConference 2020 planning continues as hosts consult Swedish health authorities <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Amid worldwide concern about the COVID-19 outbreak, the iConference 2020 hosts are monitoring developments and following the recommendations of the Swedish State and Public Health Authorities. <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> will take place March 23-26 in Borås, Sweden, and the conference hosts will continue seeking the input of these authorities during the remaining six weeks leading to the conference.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Conference participants are advised to follow travel recommendations issued by authorities in their respective countries. There are currently travel restrictions in some affected areas, and these may not be lifted in time for the conference. In light of this, the organizers&nbsp;are exploring the possibility of enabling virtual presentation by participants in affected areas. These remote presentations would be in keeping with the conference mission of promoting knowledge-exchange on a world-wide basis. More on this will be posted to the <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">conference website</a> as planning develops.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">In the meantime, the conference organizers look forward to hosting participants next month. They will continue to monitor the situation, and all delegates will be promptly informed if any significant changes become necessary. The conference hosts and the iSchools organization wish the very best for all our colleagues in affected areas around the world.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8737874 https://ischools.org/News/8737874 iSchools News Thu, 06 Feb 2020 23:02:50 GMT University of the Philippines iSchool announces new Dean <p><span><font color="#201F1E" face="Segoe UI, serif">The <a href="http://upslis.info" target="_blank">University of the Philippines School of Library and Information Studies</a> (UPSLIS) has proudly <a href="http://upslis.info/index.php/news/134-up-slis-welcomes-new-dean" target="_blank">introduced its new Dean</a>, Prof. Mary Grace P. Golfo-Barcelona.&nbsp;</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font color="#201F1E" face="Segoe UI, serif">According to the school, Prof. Golfo-Barcelona personifies the interdisciplinarity inherent within the information professions. With her BLS and MLIS degrees from UP SLIS she represents the traditions and values of a Scholar ng Bayan, Scholar para sa Bayan (Scholar of the People, Scholar for the People). The subsequent development of her career as a librarian in various academic institutions and as records manager and archivist in the government sector has shaped the way she looks at information across competing applications, priorities, and paradigms of access. Her ongoing PhD in Anthropology and completed MA in Archival Studies (History) from the University of Manitoba broadens and reshapes her professional practice. This foundation coupled with a multi-faceted professional background makes her an archetype of the modern information professional, ever responsive to the continually changing needs and priorities of communities driven by technology, history, and culture.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><font color="#201F1E" face="Segoe UI, serif">Prof. Golfo-Barcelona succeeds Prof. Kathleen Lourdes B. Obille whose 6-year tenure saw the declaration of the School as the sole CHED Center of Excellence in Library and Information Studies, becoming a <a href="https://ischools.org/Directory" target="_blank">member of the iSchools</a>, as well as re-established ties in South East Asia and the larger international stage.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8731514 https://ischools.org/News/8731514 iSchools News Thu, 06 Feb 2020 20:40:07 GMT Free art tour offered to iConference 2020 participants <p><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">The City of Borås, Sweden, is sponsoring a free guided walking-tour of art installations from its biannual art festival&nbsp;</font></span><em><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">No Limit Borås.</font></em><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">&nbsp;The one-hour tour will take place 1:30-2:30 pm the afternoon of Thursday, March 26, immediately following the conclusion of the conference.</font></span><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">This Street Art tour is free of charge to <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> participants. Interested parties must sign up for the tour on our <a href="https://www.hb.se/en/the-swedish-school-of-library-and-information-science-sslis/about-the-swedish-school-of-library-and-information-science/news-and-events/events1/iconference-2020/iconference-2020-guided-tours-and-activities/" target="_blank">guided tour webpage</a>.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">This is one of the many excursions being offered to iConference 2020 participants. Some, like the Street Art Walk, are free of charge. Others have a nominal fee.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">Additional excursions include:</font></span></font></p> <ul> <li><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="">A visit to the medieval Torpa Castle, where participants will experience the glassblowers work&nbsp;at Glasets Hus / The House of Glass. Friday, March 27.</span><br></font></li> <li><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style=""><font color="#2F2E2E" face="Helvetica">A visit to the 18th Century&nbsp;Gunnebo House</font></span><span style=""><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></span><span style=""><font color="#2F2E2E" face="Helvetica">estate, and an opportunity to take in the gorgeous Swedish west coast on the picturesque island of Tjörn. Saturday, March 28.</font></span><br></font></li> <li><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="">A day-tour of various Gothenburg libraries, including the University of Gothenburg Library and Chalmers University of Technology Library, as well as sight-seeing in the coastal town of Gothenburg (approximately one hour from Borås). Friday, March 27.</span><br></font></li> <li><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="">A visit to the University of Borås library, just minutes from the conference venue. (Date TBA)</span><br></font></li> <li><span style=""><font style="font-size: 16px;">A guided tour of Abecita Museum of Modern Art, which is located in an industrial estate about 10 minutes from the conference venue. The museum includes more than 500 works of photography and graphic art by internationally acclaimed artists such as Warhol, Rauschenberg, Bourgeois, Hockney, Hamilton, Bacon and Dine, as well as Scandinavian artists and photographers. Thursday, March 26.</font></span><br></li> </ul> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#262626" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">iConference 2020 takes place March 23-26 in Borås, Sweden. <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">Click here</a> to register. More information about excursions in-and-around the host-city of Borås<span>&nbsp;</span>can be found on the <a href="https://www.hb.se/en/the-swedish-school-of-library-and-information-science-sslis/about-the-swedish-school-of-library-and-information-science/news-and-events/events1/iconference-2020/iconference-2020-guided-tours-and-activities/" target="_blank">guided tour webpage</a>. iConference 2020 is a presentation of the iSchools and is hosted this year by the&nbsp;University of Borås: Swedish School of Library and Information Science, and&nbsp;Oslo Metropolitan University: Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science.&nbsp;Sponsors include the City of Borås and Monash University.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8731125 https://ischools.org/News/8731125 iSchools News Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:41:57 GMT ASIS&T issues proposal call for 2020 annual meeting <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The 83rd annual meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology will take place Oct. 23-28 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Prospective participants are invited to join a cadre of scholars and professionals from around the globe to share research, innovations, and insights regarding the impact of information science and technology on individuals, groups, organizations, governments and societies throughout the world.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span>ASIS&amp;T has issued a Call for Proposals seeking papers, posters, panels, workshops and other proposals. There will also be a doctoral colloquium. Full details, including submission instructions and deadlines, can be found on the <a href="https://www.asist.org/am20/" target="_blank">meeting website</a>.</span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8731045 https://ischools.org/News/8731045 iSchools News Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:29:23 GMT Linnaeus University iSchool launches online Digital Humanities master's program <p>The&nbsp;<font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">iInstitute</font></span><span>&nbsp;at Sweden's Linnaeus University is accepting applications for a newly established m</span></font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Neue Helvetica, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif">aster's program in Digital Humanities. The two-year program is taught entirely online, and in English. According to the school, the progam is free of charge to EU citizens.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Neue Helvetica, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Digital humanities is an inter-disciplinary field of study that represents a bridge between the arts and humanities and information technology. Visit the <a href="https://lnu.se/en/programme/digital-humanities-master-programme/distance-international-autumn/" target="_blank">progam website</a> for full details.</span><br></font></span></p> https://ischools.org/News/8731016 https://ischools.org/News/8731016 iSchools News Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:20:26 GMT UMD Researchers Identify Top Data Privacy Risks for Low-Income Families and Develop Preventative Programs at Public Libraries <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica">Personal data, like social security numbers, medical histories, and financial status, say a lot about who we are and affect how we accomplish necessary tasks, such as obtaining an apartment lease, pursuing higher education, applying for federal aid benefits, health insurance, and jobs, or even obtaining citizenship. But for some vulnerable and marginalized groups, particularly in low-income communities, this personal information can be susceptible to malicious behavior without the adequate skills needed to navigate these tasks. UMD researchers set out to understand data-privacy hurdles faced by low-income families and to develop public-library programs to help change this dynamic.</font></span></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><span>Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), researchers from the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park are working with library staff and families of low-socioeconomic backgrounds to develop privacy and security resources as the goal of the Safe Data | Safe Families project. The team began by interviewing 52 families from high-poverty communities to understand the real, perceived, and unknown risks they face as they navigate online transactions with limited technical skills, as well as the strategies they use to minimize these risks.&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><span>From these interviews, the team found various themes emerging related to these privacy challenges, including families facing multi-channel threats like phone and email scams - typically involving enticing monetary rewards - computer viruses, and online stalking. Many participants claimed to struggle to protect themselves from or respond to security threats, so they resort to adverse practices like deleting junk mail everyday as opposed to adjusting the email account settings (e.g changing account password) or putting themselves in situations where they’re more susceptible to fraudulent activity, such as using prepaid cards that typically lack security protections compared to a card from legitimate banks.&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><span>Many participants described their friends and family as having similar technical skills as them, suggesting they may not be sources of help for certain digital tasks, so they turn to libraries as a knowledge sources that they believe are well-versed and trustworthy – using library computers and asking librarians for assistance with specific websites or online tools. In some cases, the families create relationships with the library staff over time, further solidifying their trust in the library.&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><span>Libraries have remained an integral asset for these underrepresented families to get things done, but for library staff assisting these families, there can be a lot of tension when dealing with this sensitive information. Older family members are often unsure of how to practice sufficient confidentiality and privacy behaviors, most notably when navigating technology to complete a task, and in many cases will leave critical information out in the open that a passersby could easily steal.</span></font></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><span>“There’s this sense that anything they do on the public computers, the librarian will know and protect the – like if people are trying to scam them, the librarian will protect them. But, that’s a misconception because librarians don’t look at what you do on public computers due to intellectual freedom values,” said Dr. Mega Subramaniam, Associate Professor at UMD and a Co-Principal Investigator for the Safe Data | Safe Families project. “That’s the part that we are really diving into right now and seeing what resources emerge that can be developed for families.”</span></font></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><span>The roles of libraries have shifted dramatically over the last few decades going beyond the curation and borrowing of literature. In many low-income and impoverished communities, libraries are used as a hub for technology access, educational programming outside of schools, job interview preparation, and completing essential tasks and transactions that cannot be completed at home due to a lack of technology or skill. Libraries have also developed a reputation for acting as safe spaces to confide personal experiences that a person might not be comfortable sharing with their family members.</span></font></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><span>“[Families] come to the library and they know that the librarian is a trusted source of information,” said Subramaniam. “Kids are also learning a lot of things from school, which is great, and they pass it back to their families. So we’re trying to see how this knowledge and skills are shared within the family, how can we leverage all this to facilitate good privacy practices within the family.”&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><span>The Safe Data | Safe Families project aims to develop a suite of resources to be used by librarians to inform their practices in helping families in sensitive online transactions and by libraries to facilitate digital privacy and security skills education for these families. This story comes to us from <a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/news/umd-researchers-identify-top-data-privacy-risks-low-income-families-and-develop-preventative" target="_blank">UMD iSchool News</a>; to learn more about the project, visit <a href="https://safedata.umd.edu" target="_blank">safedata.umd.edu.</a></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8730982 https://ischools.org/News/8730982 iSchools News Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:10:32 GMT Rutgers iSchool seeks PhD candidates <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">The Rutgers iSchool invites applicants for entry into their doctoral program. The school seeks applications of students from all backgrounds interested in pursuing research advancing the information field.</font></span><br></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">The Rutgers iSchool is one of the founding iSchools. The LIS area of concentration in their interdisciplinary Ph.D. provides an environment for research in such areas as Health Information and Technology; Human Information Behavior; Human-Computer Interaction; Information Institutions, Artifacts, and Documents; Information Retrieval and Language Analysis; Learning, Education, and Technology; Social Computing and Data Science. Connecting these research foci are common threads: people and community; data, information, and knowledge; technologies, systems, and networks; and empowerment, engagement, and action.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">Interested parties can <a href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/graduate-and-professional-programs/phd-program" target="_blank">use this link</a> to learn more about the program and apply.&nbsp;</font></span></p> https://ischools.org/News/8730955 https://ischools.org/News/8730955 iSchools News Tue, 04 Feb 2020 23:59:27 GMT Data Justice Lab’s Dr. Dencik to expound on Datified Society at iConference <p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> will feature three plenary presentations, each anchored by a noteworthy keynote speaker. This article, which is the first in a series, introduces the talk by Dr. Lena Dencik.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Helvetica; background-color: white;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iconf%202020/Lina%20pic%20BW.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="196" height="275.5" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">Dr. Dencik is Associate Professor (Reader) at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University, UK and is Co-Founder of the&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://datajusticelab.org" target="_blank">Data Justice Lab</a></span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Helvetica; background-color: white;">. She has published widely on digital media and the politics of data and is currently Principal Investigator of the DATAJUSTICE project funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. Her publications include “Media and Global Civil Society” (Palgrave, 2012), “Worker Resistance and Media” (Peter Lang, 2015), and “Digital Citizenship in a Datafied Society” (Polity, 2018).</span></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Helvetica; background-color: white;">Dr. Dencik’s presentation is titled&nbsp;</span><em><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Helvetica;">Civic Participation in the Datafied Society.&nbsp;</span></em><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">"The use of data and algorithmic processes for decision-making is now a growing part of social life and helps determine decisions that are central to our ability to participate in society, such as welfare, education, crime, work, and if we can cross borders” she explains. “Citizens are increasingly assessed, profiled, categorized and ‘scored’ according to data assemblages, their future behavior is predicted through data processing, and services are allocated accordingly.</span></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>"In a datafied society, state-citizen relations become quasi-automated and dependent on digital infrastructures. This raises significant challenges for democratic processes, active citizenship and public engagement.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>"I</span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span>n this talk I will engage with the question of advancing&nbsp;civic&nbsp;participation&nbsp;in a context of rapid technological and social transformation, considering also experiments in new democratic practices to ensure legitimacy, transparency, accountability and intervention in relation to data-driven governance. In so doing, I will outline emerging terrains for developing civic agency in a datafied society."</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">iConference 2020 takes place March 23-26 in Borås, Sweden. More information about this year’s <a href="https://ischools.org/page-18327" target="_blank">keynote speakers</a> can be found on the conference website, along with <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">registration</a> information. iConference 2020 is a presentation of the iSchools and is hosted this year by the&nbsp;University of Borås: Swedish School of Library and Information Science, and&nbsp;Oslo Metropolitan University: Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science.&nbsp;Sponsors include the City of Borås and Monash University.</span></p> https://ischools.org/News/8727641 https://ischools.org/News/8727641 iSchools News Wed, 29 Jan 2020 22:07:10 GMT LIDA 2020 extends poster and showcase deadline <p><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA)</font></span> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#18191B" face="Helvetica">is an international biennial conference that brings together researchers, educators, students, practitioners, and developers from all&nbsp; over the world in a forum for personal exchanges, discussions, and learning.&nbsp;</font></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#18191B" face="Helvetica">Due to a high number of requests, the deadline for submission of poster and student showcase proposals to LIDA 2020 has been extended to February 15, 2020.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font color="#18191B" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span>Since 2000, LIDA has addressed the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital world. This year's theme is "Reshaping Identity in The Digital Age: People, Libraries, Data, Technology &amp; Ethics". The organizers welcome submissions that address critical and theoretical examination of the theme; present current research and evidence, as well as examination of best practices from the field, and practitioner perspectives and applications.</span></font></p> <p><font color="#18191B" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span>Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) organized jointly by University of Zadar and University of Osijek, Croatia, and Rutgers University, US. Learn more on the <a href="http://lida.ffos.hr/" target="_blank">LIDA website</a>.</span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8701292 https://ischools.org/News/8701292 iSchools News Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:45:41 GMT iSchools organization adds 3 members, now represents 110 schools <p><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">The iSchools organization has admitted three new member-schools to its consortium of leading Information Schools. Our newest members: the&nbsp;</font></span><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Library, Information and Archives Management, which has joined at the prestigious iCaucus level; the University of Regensburg, Institute for Information and Media, Language and Culture; and the University of São Paulo, School of Communication and Arts.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://ischools.org/The-iSchool-Movement" target="_blank">iSchools movement</a> originated from a small group of schools in the United States; the iSchools organization how has <a href="https://ischools.org/Directory" target="_blank">110 members worldwide</a>.&nbsp;</font></span></font><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">Researchers in iSchools are focus on enhancing the lives of people, the productivity of companies, the innovation cycles of industries, the design of technologies, the policies that govern technology and information use, information services to communities, and much more</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">. The iSchools also presents an annual information conference; <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> will take place March 23-26 in Borås, Sweden.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>About Our Newest Members</strong></font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">The <a href="http://english.las.cas.cn/education/" target="_blank">University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Library, Information and Archives Management</a> is located in Beijing and headed by Prof. Jingli Chu. The school has joined at the iCaucus level, showing the highest possible support for the organization. With 76 professors, the school offers Master’s Degree programs in Library Science, Information Science, and Archives Management; it also has Doctoral programs in Library Science and Information Science.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://www.uni-regensburg.de/sprache-literatur-kultur/information-medien-sprache-kultur/" target="_blank">University of Regensburg, Institute for Information and Media, Language and Culture</a> is located in Regensburg, Germany, and headed by Prof. Dr. Udo Kruschwitz. Master’s programs include Digital Humanities, Information Science, Media Informatics, Media Studies, General and Comparative Linguistics, and Comparative Cultural Studies. It’s Ph.D. program pre-dates the creation of the institute in 2003. The school has joined at the Basic level.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">The <a href="http://www3.eca.usp.br/en/presentation" target="_blank">University of São Paulo&nbsp;School of Communication and Arts</a> is located in São Paulo, Brazil, and headed by Prof. Dr. Brasilina Passarelli Vice-Dean at ECA. The school has 185 professors, more than 2,100 undergraduate students, and more than 1,200 graduate students. The school has also joined at the Basic level.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8698763 https://ischools.org/News/8698763 iSchools News Mon, 13 Jan 2020 21:03:10 GMT iConference 2020 announces paper and poster awards finalists <p><span>The iConference organizers are please to present the 2020 papers and poster awards finalists, listed below. Finalists were selected by their respective track and program chairs based on content and reviews; winners will be announced at the conference. As aways, the iConference award nominations reflect the field’s diversity and worldwide perspective.</span><br></p> <p><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> takes place March 23-26 in Borås, Sweden. Early <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">registration</a> rates are available through Wednesday, Jan. 15; standard rates apply thereafter.</p> <p>The finalists are listed below. Full details, including links to abstracts, can also be found on the <a href="https://ischools.org/page-18328" target="_blank">conference Awards webpage</a>.</p> <h2><strong>Lee Dirks Award for Best Paper finalists</strong></h2> <p><span>Named in honor of Lee Dirks, friend and early supporter of the iConference, this award is now sponsored by the iSchools organization and comes with a $1,000 cash prize. The finalists are listed alphabetically by title. <a href="https://ischools.org/page-18328" target="_blank">Visit Awards page for details</a>.</span></p> <p><em>AI Models and Their Worlds: Investigating Data-Driven, AI/ML Ecosystems Through a Work Practices Lens</em></p> <p><strong>Author:</strong> Christine T. Wolf, IBM Research (USA)</p> <p><em>Educating for democracy? The role of media and information literacy education for pupils in Swedish compulsory school</em></p> <p><strong>Authors:</strong> Hanna Carlsson, Linneaus University (Sweden); Olof Sundin, Lund University (Sweden)</p> <p><em>Identifying Historical Travelogues in Large Text Corpora Using Machine Learning</em></p> <p><strong>Authors:</strong> Jan Rörden, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (Austria); Doris Gruber, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Austria); Martin Krickl, Austrian National Library (Austria); Bernhard Haslhofer, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (Austria)</p> <p><em>“In the beginning, it was little whispers…now, we’re almost a roar”: Conceptualizing a model for community and self in LGBTQ+ health information practices</em></p> <p><strong>Authors:</strong> Vanessa L. Kitzie, University of South Carolina (USA); Travis L. Wagner, University of South Carolina (USA); A. Nick Vera, University of South Carolina (USA)</p> <p><em>Trolling Trump</em></p> <p><strong>Author:</strong> Pnina Fichman, Indiana University - Bloomington (USA)</p> <h2><strong>Best Short Research Paper Award finalists</strong></h2> <p><span>The finalists are listed alphabetically by title. <a href="https://ischools.org/page-18328" target="_blank">Visit Awards page for details.</a></span></p> <p><em>Challenges in Organizing and Accessing Video Game Artifacts</em></p> <p><strong>Authors:</strong> Jin Ha Lee, University of Washington (USA); Marc Schmalz, University of Washington (USA); Stephen Keating, University of Washington (USA); Jeewon Ha, University of Washington (USA)</p> <p><em>How does media reflect the OA and Non-OA scientific literature? A case study of Environment Sustainability&nbsp;</em></p> <p><strong>Authors:</strong> Tahereh Dehdarirad, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden); Jonathan Freer, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden); Alexander Mladenovic, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)</p> <p><em>Indigenous Cultural Sustainability in a Digital World: Two Case Studies from Aotearoa New Zealand</em></p> <p><strong>Authors:</strong> Anne Goulding, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand); Jennifer Campbell-Meier, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand); Allan Sylvester, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)</p> <p><em>On the Breakdown of the Controlled Environment Paradigm in Norwegian Archival Repositories</em></p> <p><strong>Author:</strong> Herbjørn Andresen, Oslo Metropolitan University</p> <p><em>The What of Data: Sharing Appropriate Scientific Research</em></p> <p><strong>Author:</strong> Bernadette Marie Boscoe, University of Washington (USA)</p> <h2><strong>Best Poster Award finalists</strong></h2> <p><span>The finalists are listed alphabetically by title. Visit <a href="https://ischools.org/page-18328" target="_blank">Awards page</a> for details.</span></p> <p><em>Dealing with privacy - Personal privacy from a research data management perspective</em></p> <p><strong>Authors:</strong> Live Håndlykken Kvale, Oslo Metropolitan University; Peter Thomas Darch, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign</p> <p><em>Digital Literacy Initiatives in Canada: Exploring Successes from Multiple Perspectives</em></p> <p><strong>Authors:</strong> Heidi Julien, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Brian Detlor, McMaster University</p> <p><em>“I Like the Way the Skin Looks”: Player Perspectives on Aesthetic Appeal and Self-Representation With Video Game “Skins”</em></p> <p><strong>Authors:</strong> Alia Fatima Reza, iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3); Adanna Floris Nedd, The Pennsylvania State University, iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3); Sabrina Chu, iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3); Amy Castillo, iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3); Zuaira Khan,&nbsp; iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3); Daniel Lowell Gardner, University of California, Irvine,&nbsp; iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3)</p> <p><em>Telling Multifaceted Stories with Humanities Data: Visualizing Book of Hours Manuscripts</em></p> <p><strong>Authors:</strong> Rongqian Ma, University of Pittsburgh; Kai Li, Drexel University</p> <p><em>Who Gave You the Right?: Exploring Power and Politics in Journalism and Academic Work Chronicling Hurricane Maria</em></p> <p><strong>Authors:</strong> Amy Chew, University of Michigan, iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3); Gabriela C. Delgado-Fernandini, University of Puerto Rico, iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3); Jamario Devon Cantrell, Vanderbilt University, iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3); Daniel Carter, Texas State University, iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3)</p> <p><font color="#262626" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a>&nbsp;takes place March 23—26, 2020, in Borås, Sweden.</span>&nbsp;<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">iConference 2020 is presented by the iSchools organization and co-hosted by the iSchools at the&nbsp;University of Borås and Oslo Metropolitan University. Sponsors include the City of Borås.</span></font></p> <p><font color="#262626" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><strong>Useful links:</strong></span></font></p> <ul> <li><strong style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">Conference home page</a></strong><span>&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;<br></li> <li><strong style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2020/sessions.php" target="_blank">Conference program schedule</a></strong>&nbsp;<br></li> <li><strong style="font-family: Helvetica; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">Conference registration and lodging details</a></strong>&nbsp;</li> </ul> https://ischools.org/News/8563326 https://ischools.org/News/8563326 iSchools News Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:02:27 GMT Experience Sweden with guided tours at the iConference <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">To help participants maximize their experience of Sweden while attending iConference 2020, the hosts have made arrangements for special guided tours in and around the conference city of Borås. These tours all take place after the conclusion of the iConference. A brief overview is provided below, and full details are provided on the <a href="https://www.hb.se/en/the-swedish-school-of-library-and-information-science-sslis/about-the-swedish-school-of-library-and-information-science/news-and-events/events1/iconference-2020/iconference-2020-guided-tours-and-activities/" target="_blank">University of Borås website</a>.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 takes place March 23—26 in Boras, Sweden. Discounted early registration rates are available through Wednesday, Jan. 15; standard rates apply thereafter. In addition, the organizers have made arrangements for specially priced rooms at nearby hotels. These lodging rates are available through Jan. 19, after which users will need to make their own hotel arrangements via normal channels. <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">Visit our registration webpage</a> for more details on registration and lodging. Act now to secure the lower rates!</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The following guided tours are available to conference participants:</font></p> <ul> <li><span style="">Travel to the medieval Torpa Castle and experience the glassblowers work&nbsp;at Glasets Hus / The House of Glass. Friday, March 27.</span><br></li> <li><span style=""><font color="#2F2E2E" face="Arial, sans-serif">Travel to the 18th Century&nbsp;</font></span><span style=""><font color="#2F2E2E" face="Arial, sans-serif">Gunnebo House</font></span><span style=""><font face="Times New Roman, serif">&nbsp;</font></span><span style=""><font color="#2F2E2E" face="Arial, sans-serif">estate, and also experience the gorgeous Swedish west coast on the picturesque island of Tjörn. Saturday, March 28.</font></span><br></li> <li><span style="">Day tour to various Gothenburg libraries, including the University of Gothenburg Library and Chalmers University of Technology Library, as well as sight-seeing in the coastal town of Gothenburg, which is approximately one hour from Borås. Friday, March 27.</span><br></li> <li><span style="">Visit to the University of Borås library, just minutes from the conference venue. (Date TBA)</span></li> <li><span style=""><font color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif">Street art guided walk:&nbsp;</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif">Experience the street art created as part of the art festival&nbsp;<em>No Limit Borås.</em>&nbsp;The art is scattered around the city.&nbsp;Thursday, March 26.</font></span><br></li> <li><span style="">A guided tour of Abecita Museum of Modern Art, located in an industrial estate about 10 minutes from the conference venue. Includes more than 500 works of photography and graphic art by internationally acclaimed artists such as Warhol, Rauschenberg, Bourgeois, Hockney, Hamilton, Bacon and Dine, as well as Scandinavian artists and photographers. Thursday, March 26.</span><br></li> </ul> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Please note that some tours are free of charge, others require additional fees. In additon, some tours have sign-up deadlines. Visit the <a href="https://www.hb.se/en/the-swedish-school-of-library-and-information-science-sslis/about-the-swedish-school-of-library-and-information-science/news-and-events/events1/iconference-2020/iconference-2020-guided-tours-and-activities/" target="_blank">University of Borås tours webpage</a> for details.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><strong>Useful links</strong></font></p> <p><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Conference home page</font></a></p> <p><a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Registration and lodging</font></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2020/sessions.php" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Conference program schedule</font></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.hb.se/en/the-swedish-school-of-library-and-information-science-sslis/about-the-swedish-school-of-library-and-information-science/news-and-events/events1/iconference-2020/iconference-2020-guided-tours-and-activities/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Guided tours at the conference</font></a></p> https://ischools.org/News/8537336 https://ischools.org/News/8537336 iSchools News Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:23:49 GMT iConference 2020 registration and lodging discounts end soon <p><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font face="Helvetica">All prospective participants for iConference 2020 in Borås, Sweden are reminded that the discounted early registration period end Jan. 15; rates increase on Jan. 16. <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">Register now to secure the lower rate</a>.</font></span><span><font face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">I<img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iconf%202020/9403_Panorama2-1024x693.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="302" height="204" style="margin: 8px;" align="left">n addition, the discounted-room arrangement with <a href="https://www.trippus.net/iconference/hotel" target="_blank">Resia booking service</a> is for a limited time and ends soon! For the Scandic Plaza it will expire Jan. 9, <em>just 3 days from today.</em> For other hotels it will expire Jan. 19. <span>After that, rooms can still be booked through regular booking channels, but they may cost more and may not be as close to the venue. For lower rates and peace of mind, <a href="https://www.trippus.net/iconference/hotel" target="_blank">book your lodging now</a>.</span></font></p> <p><font color="#262626" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> takes place March 23—26, 2020, in Borås, Sweden. The venue is the</span> <span><font color="#000000">Borås Kongress (pictured).</font></span> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">iConference 2020 is presented by the iSchools organization and co-hosted by the iSchools at the&nbsp;University of Borås and Oslo Metropolitan University. Sponsors include the City of Borås.</span></font></p> <p><font color="#262626" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><strong>Useful links:</strong></span></font></p> <ul> <li><strong style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">Conference home page</a></strong><span style="">&nbsp;</span><br></li> <li><strong style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2020/sessions.php" target="_blank">Conference program schedule</a></strong><br></li> <li><strong style="font-family: Helvetica; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">Conference registration and lodging details</a></strong><br></li> </ul> <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#262626">Photo credit:</font></span> Åke E:son Lindman</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8496114 https://ischools.org/News/8496114 iSchools News Wed, 18 Dec 2019 01:26:52 GMT Rajiv Dewan Named Next Dean of Syracuse University iSchool <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" style="font-size: 16px;">Incoming Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost John Liu today announced the appointment of Rajiv “Raj” Dewan as the next dean of <a href="https://ischool.syr.edu" target="_blank">Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies</a>. Dewan, professor of computers and information systems, comes to Syracuse from the University of Rochester Simon Business School, where he currently serves as the Xerox Professor of Business and director of the M.S. in business analytics program, the latter of which he helped build into a nationally ranked program listed among the top five in 2019 by the TFE Times. Dewan’s appointment, which was approved by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, is effective Jan. 13, 2020.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" style="font-size: 16px;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/Rajiv%20Dewan.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="240" height="320" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">“Raj has great expertise in both technology and information analytics and an impressive track record of building academic programs, harnessing the passion and interests of faculty, and truly innovating curriculum in teaching and pursuing relevant research,” says Liu. “Syracuse University’s iSchool has long been a leader in information studies and I am certain the school, along with its faculty and students, will continue to flourish under Rajiv’s leadership. I look forward to welcoming Raj to Syracuse.”</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" style="font-size: 16px;">At Rochester, Dewan worked with faculty to develop the business analytics curriculum, partnered with admissions to build the applicant pool and recruit students, and liaised with corporate partners to place students in competitive career and internship opportunities. When it was launched in 2014, the M.S. in business analytics program had four students in its inaugural class; today, it has more than 90.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" style="font-size: 16px;">Dewan previously served as senior associate dean for faculty and research and chief operating and academic officer at the Simon Business School. He was principally in charge of developing and retaining faculty, assessing and developing programs, and managing budgets and the technology infrastructure. Dewan also served as the school’s diversity officer, charged with ensuring inclusivity and a healthy and welcoming environment for all students.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#202124" style="font-size: 16px;">“I have long admired the groundbreaking work being done at Syracuse University’s iSchool,” says Dewan. “I appreciate its history and current commitment to innovation in the digital age. Today’s students and professionals are seeking the kinds of experiences they will need for successful careers in library science, information policy, information behavior, information management, information systems, information technology, information services, data analytics and enterprise data systems. I look forward to working with deans and faculty across campus to ensure that our students have access to the information and experiences they seek.”</font></span></p> <p>Visit the Syracus iSchool website for <a href="https://ischool.syr.edu/articles/news/view/rajiv-dewan-appointed-as-ischool-dean/" target="_blank">more on this story</a>.</p> https://ischools.org/News/8310970 https://ischools.org/News/8310970 iSchools News Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:42:16 GMT iConference 2020 Program Schedule Now Available <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The organizers of iConference 2020 have released the <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2020/sessions.php" target="_blank">official program schedule</a> for the upcoming conference. Authors, presenters and other participants can now view the schedule to begin making their conference plans. The <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2020/sessions.php" target="_blank">program schedule</a> is interactive and searchable. Users can enter their name in the search field to quickly find their sessions.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 takes place March 23—26, 2020, in Borås, Sweden. <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">Conference registration</a> is open now, with discounted early rates available through Jan. 15.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 is presented by the iSchools organization and co-hosted by the iSchools at the&nbsp;University of Borås and Oslo Metropolitan University. Sponsors include the City of Borås.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The iConference organizers will continue to make announcements as planning develops in the coming months. The 2020 program schedule is preliminary and subject to change.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2020/sessions.php" target="_blank">Click here</a> to view the 2020 program schedule.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8296483 https://ischools.org/News/8296483 iSchools News Tue, 10 Dec 2019 18:02:31 GMT Toronto’s Sarah Lubelski wins iSchools 2020 Doctoral Dissertation Award; Brian Dobreski of Syracuse is runner up <p><span><font color="#000000">The iSchools Dissertation Award Committee have announced that the winner of the 2020 Award is Sarah Lubelski of the University of Toronto Faculty of Information. Dr. Lubelski’s dissertation was judged the best nomination from an iSchool for the preceding year. The runner up is Brian Dobreski of the Syracuse University School of Information Studies. Both honorees will be recognized at the upcoming <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> in Borås, Sweden.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000">The iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award is an annual competition introduced in 2013. The 2020 Award was chaired by Koraljka Golub of Linnaeus University, Stasa Milojevic of Indiana University, and Lihong Zhou of Wuhan University. Nominations were solicited from all member-iSchools.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iSchools%20organizational%20documents/Doctoral%20Dissertation%20Award/Lubelski.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="166" height="221" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">Dr. Lubelski’s winning dissertation is titled&nbsp;<em>A Gentlewoman’s Profession: The Emergence of Feminized Publishing at Richard Bentley and Son, 1858-1898</em>. This is what the Award Chairs had to say about it: “Our committee found this thesis to be an excellent interdisciplinary historiography that addresses a larger issue of feminization of the publishing industry by providing a history of a publishing house in the Victorian U.K. Although, the dissertation itself is examining a particular place and point in time, the author pointed out similar historical cases of feminization of professions. We especially appreciated how the author pointed the importance of this for current state of STEM fields and increase of number of women researchers.”</font></p> <p><font color="#000000"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iSchools%20organizational%20documents/Doctoral%20Dissertation%20Award/DobreskiHeadshot.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="146" height="220" align="right" style="margin: 8px;">Dr. Dobreski’s runner up dissertation is titled&nbsp;<em>Values in Knowledge Organization Standards: A Value Analysis of Resource Description and Access (RDA)</em>. Per the Award Chairs: “Our committee found this thesis to be a very-well written and well-designed study of values embedded in knowledge organization standards. This is a very relevant, yet understudied topic, and the thesis presents an important contribution to knowledge organization research on values. The author uses a combination of methods (content analysis and interviews) in a two-phase design. The author also shows a mastery of relevant literature.”</font></p> <p><span><font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000">The winner of the 2020 Doctoral Dissertation Award receives a cash prize of $2,500; the runner up receives $1,000. Both honorees will be recognized at iConference 2020, which takes place March 23-26 in Borås, Sweden. <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration" target="_blank">Conference registration</a> is now open, with discounted early rates available through Jan. 15.</font></span></p> <p><span><font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000">More information about current and past Award winners <a href="https://ischools.org/Dissertation-Award-Past-Winners" target="_blank">can be found here</a>.</font></span></p> https://ischools.org/News/8236423 https://ischools.org/News/8236423 iSchools News Mon, 02 Dec 2019 18:17:57 GMT ALISE 2020 Leadership Academy seeks prospective LIS leaders <P><SPAN><FONT style="font-size: 12px;" color="#000000" face="Helvetica">P</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><FONT style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica">rospective leaders in library and information science are invited to join the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) for the 2nd annual <A href="https://ali.memberclicks.net/2020-leadership-academy" target="_blank">Leadership Academy</A>, January 30-31, 2020 in Palm Desert, California. According to organizers, the Academy is intended for all prospective leaders in library and information science - the confident, the hesitant, and the curious. The event will feature content relevant to first-time attendees and to those who participated in 2019.</FONT></SPAN><BR></P> <P><FONT style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><SPAN>The theme for this year’s Leadership Academy is “Vision 2020: Leading in a Constantly Changing World.” Based on feedback from iSchool/LIS program leaders and past participants, this Leadership Academy will focus on helping participants develop a vision for what they plan to accomplish in 2020 and in the future. The Academy will also cover topics relating to successful leadership: team building, peer leadership, dealing with conflict, and setting priorities.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><SPAN>Academy organizers and speakers include: Dr. Sandy Hirsh, San Jose State University; Dr. Stephen Bajjaly, Wayne State University; Dr. Lisa O'Connor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; and Dr. Michele Villagran, San Jose State University.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT style="font-size: 14px;" color="#18191B" face="Helvetica"><SPAN><SPAN style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><A href="https://ali.memberclicks.net/2020-leadership-academy" target="_blank">Click here</A> for full details and registration.</SPAN><SPAN style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;</SPAN><BR></SPAN></FONT></P> https://ischools.org/News/8156987 https://ischools.org/News/8156987 iSchools News Tue, 19 Nov 2019 22:00:13 GMT iConference 2020 decisions announced; Registration now open <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 submission decisions were announced earlier today. Authors are advised to check their inboxes for decision notifications, or log into their ConfTool accounts to view results. <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration">Conference registration</a> is now open, with early discounted rates available through Jan. 15, 2020.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iconf%202020/Boras-canal-sculpture-Sofia%20Carlenberg.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="237" height="157" align="left" style="margin: 8px;"></a><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference">iConference 2020</a> will take place in Borås, Sweden, March 23—26, 2020. The conference received more that 400 submissions this year, which speaks to the conference’s growing impact and popularity. The <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Organizers">conference organizers</a> are grateful to all authors for contributing their research and proposals, and also to the reviewers who donated their time and expertise in vetting the submissions.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 registration is now open. Discounted early rates apply from now through Jan. 15. Early registration will save you money and allow the organizers to plan more effectively. Visit our <a href="https://ischools.org/2020-Registration">registration page</a> for details.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Conference participants are also encouraged to book their lodging in Borås as soon as possible. The Resia booking service is offering specially priced room packages at hotels in and around the city. These rates are available for a limited time. Details can be found on the <a href="https://www.trippus.net/iconference/hotel" target="_blank">Resia website</a>.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">iConference 2020 is jointly hosted by the University of Borås and Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway), and presented by the iSchools organization. Sponsors include the City of Borås.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8129816 https://ischools.org/News/8129816 iSchools News Tue, 12 Nov 2019 21:16:49 GMT "Library Trends" bilingual issue explores Cuban librarianship <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">For the first time in the journal’s history, <em>Library Trends</em> has published a bilingual issue. "Communities and Technologies: Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities for Librarians in Cuba" was edited by Kate Williams, associate professor in the <a href="https://ischool.illinois.edu" target="_blank">School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois</a> at Urbana-Champaign; Pedro Urra González, professor of information technologies at the University of Havana’s School of Library and Information Sciences; and Professor Yohannis Martí-Lahera, professor, director of information, and director of the Central Library at the University of Havana.</font></span><br></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">The issue, published in English and Spanish, includes articles that were written in English or Spanish and then translated to the other language. Translation services were provided by Steffes &amp; Associates Language and Translation, LLC (SALT), specifically by lead translators Lisa M. Rodríguez and Lizandra Perez.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">The issue highlights the value of global collaboration and knowledge sharing, focusing on the contributions of Cuba’s libraries through technology and community work. It examines new directions in Cuban librarianship, particularly free and open-source resources that empower diverse individuals and organizations.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">Articles address topics such as the impact of information literacy programs and services on community health, including the health of seniors; challenges and breakthroughs in institutional repositories; the use of linked open data to transform paper-based library catalogs; and the creation of a library floor plan that promotes citizen empowerment and community development. The final article emphasizes how Cuba’s participation in international library work advances both Cuban and global librarianship, promoting positive, collaborative partnerships.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">According to Williams, producing a bilingual issue was essential, allowing <em>Library Trends</em> to provide direct access to the content for audiences in Latin America and Spain.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">“It was challenging, and a professional translation team was a must. Thank you to the excellent SALT translators! It also was only possible because my two co-editors, Pedro Urra and Yohannis Martí, are bilingual. We bridged not only language but also different research traditions,” said Williams.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">Events will be held in Urbana and Havana this fall to celebrate and reflect on the issue.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><em>Library Trends</em> explores critical trends in professional librarianship and includes practical applications, thorough analyses, and literature reviews. The journal is edited by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (MS ’94), professor and coordinator for information literacy services and Instruction at the University of Illinois Library, and published quarterly for the iSchool by The Johns Hopkins University Press.</font></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/news/2019/11/library-trends-bilingual-issue-explores-cuban-librarianship" target="_blank"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">Read full story on the Illinois iSchools website</font></a></span></p> https://ischools.org/News/8103926 https://ischools.org/News/8103926 iSchools News Tue, 12 Nov 2019 21:08:36 GMT UMD iSchool team builds augmented-reality DataWorld <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">Augmented reality is an interactive experience of a real-world environment that is enhanced by computer-generated visuals. Imagine house hunting by walking through the neighborhood, looking at the street through your mobile device, and seeing a visual overlay of facts about the houses and area. Or while walking through a new city, viewing a visual overlay of information about restaurants, transit, sites, and history.</font></span><br></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/augmented_reality.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0">Integrating online data into our physical, outdoor spaces through augmented reality could enhance efficiency, accessibility, entertainment, data-driven decision making, and much more for professionals, policymakers, and citizens.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu" target="_blank">University of Maryland College of Information Studies</a> (UMD iSchool) Professor Niklas Elmqvist (PI) and UMD iSchool Ph.D. candidate Andrea Batch are building DataWorld, an augmented reality framework that will make data about a geographic location visible in the real world (https://sites.umiacs.umd.edu/elm/research/current-projects/dataworld/).</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">In effect, DataWorld will blend the real world with the hidden world of data – allowing people to access and use the massive troves of data on the internet by literally putting it at their fingertips as part of the world around them. Data will be pulled from a wide variety of sources, such as social media, public databases, and popular websites, as well as contributions from DataWorld users.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">DataWorld will gradually be deployed over the next three years at the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) campus as a testbed, allowing students, faculty, and visitors to tune in to its "heartbeat" of events, alerts, and historical background. UMCP users will be able to access the DataWorld app through mobile devices or head-mounted displays and will be able to contribute to its data and development.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">Once fine tuned, the team will apply the DataWorld framework to three areas:</font></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="">Public safety (sharing crime and emergency information</span><br></li> <li><span style="">History awareness (sharing historical stories and articles)</span><br></li> <li><span style="">Civic awareness (sharing current events and sustainable practices)</span><br></li> </ul> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">The research team plans to publish educational materials and source code, making the NSF funded DataWorld platform open source.</font></span></p> <p align="right"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/news/umd-team-builds-dataworld-%E2%80%93-augmented-reality-visualizes-data-everyday-settings" target="_blank"><font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif">Read full story on the UMD website</font></a></span></p> https://ischools.org/News/8103886 https://ischools.org/News/8103886 iSchools News Wed, 30 Oct 2019 18:49:24 GMT Diane Kelly named iSchools chair-elect <p><span><font style="font-size: 14px;" face="Helvetica">Dr. Diane Kelly has been selected as the next chair-elect of the iSchools organization. Dr. Kelly is director of the <a href="https://sis.utk.edu" target="_blank">School of Information Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville</a> (USA).</font></span><br></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" face="Helvetica"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iconf%202020/web_Diane_Kelly_2019.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">iSchools chairs serve two-year terms, with the transition occurring every other year during the iConference. The current chair is Dr. Sam Oh of <a href="http://ischool.skku.edu/" target="_blank">Sungkyunkwan University’s School of Library and Information Science</a> (South Korea), and the current chair-elect is Dr. Gobinda Chowdhury of the <a href="https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/computer-and-information-sciences/" target="_blank">Northumbria University Department of Computing and Information Sciences</a> (UK). Dr. Chowdhury will assume the role of iSchools chair in March of next year during <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" target="_blank">iConference 2020</a> in Borås, Sweden. Dr. Kelly’s term as chair-elect will begin at that time, and she will subsequently assume the role of chair in 2022.</font></p> <p><font style="font-size: 14px;" face="Helvetica">Dr. Kelly will be the 11th chair in the iSchools organization’s history. A complete list of past iSchools chairs can found <a href="/Meet-Our-People#iCaucus_Chairs" target="_blank">here on the iSchools website</a>.&nbsp;</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8084097 https://ischools.org/News/8084097 iSchools News Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:06:08 GMT iConference banquet sponsored by city of Borås <p><span><font style="font-size: 13px;" color="#000000" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">The City of Borås, Sweden, will host the upcoming iConference annual banquet, which takes place the evening of Tuesday, March 24 during iConference 2020. The city’s sponsorship honors the conference and its participants, recognizing their capacity of international collaboration and research to Borås. More about the city of Borås below.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font style="font-size: 13px;" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference">iConference 2020</a> will take place March 23-26, 2020 in Borås. Jointly hosted by the University of Borås and Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway) and presented by the iSchools, this is the 15th event in the annual iConference series. Conference submissions are now in review, and registration for the conference will open in mid-November.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font style="font-size: 13px;" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iconf%202020/Boras-house-of-knowledge-Sofia%20Carlenberg.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="237" height="178" align="left" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 8px;">The city of Borås was founded in 1621 and has a long history as a textile and merchant centre. Today it is home to a large number of Sweden’s textile and e-commerce companies. It also hosts a number of start-ups in textile and design, as well as the Swedish School of Textiles, with research and education in design, smart innovations and textile technology.<span>&nbsp;</span></font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font style="font-size: 13px;" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">Borås has long been associated with library and information science. The Swedish School of Library and Information Science was the first of its kind when the government placed the library school in Borås in 1972; in 1977&nbsp;SSLIS became part of the University of Borås.<span>&nbsp;</span></font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font style="font-size: 13px;" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/iconf%202020/Boras-Cityscape-Per%20Pixel-Petersson.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="237" height="160" style="margin: 8px;" align="right">Borås has an international contemporary art scene, with three internationally acclaimed art museums and&nbsp;&nbsp;street art and sculptures throughout town.<span>&nbsp;</span>Situated on the banks of the river Viskan and surrounded by woods and lakes, nature is always close at hand. The city proudly emphasizes sustainability, with ecological and social initiatives focused on sustainable city planning.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span><font style="font-size: 13px;" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span><em>Image credits in order of appearance: Sofia Carlenberg;&nbsp;Per Pixel Petersson&nbsp;</em></span></font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8062183 https://ischools.org/News/8062183 iSchools News Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:46:31 GMT ASIS&T Annual Meeting ready for launch in Australia; many iSchools taking part <P><FONT face="Helvetica"><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">The ASIS&amp;T 82nd Annual Meeting takes place Oct. 19 to 23 in Melbourne, Australia. This year’s theme is “Information . . . Anyone, Anywhere, Any Time, Any Way.” More on the meeting can be found on the <A href="https://www.asist.org/am19/" target="_blank">asist.org website</A>.</FONT></SPAN><BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica">Keynote speakers include Mikaela Jade and Helena Teede. New this year is a series called International Incubator sessions, which ASIS&amp;T describes as celebrating the diversity of cultural perspectives.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica">As always, many iSchools representatives will be in attendance. For example, the <STRONG>Rutgers iSchool</STRONG> is sending many members of its community to the meeting, <A href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/news/sci-faculty-and-students-participate-asist-conference-australia" target="_blank">as detailed here</A>, and the <STRONG>iSchool at Illinois</STRONG> will also be <A href="https://ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/news/2019/10/ischool-well-represented-asist-2019" target="_blank">well represented</A>.&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000" face="Helvetica">Members who also want their participation added to this story can submit a summary and link using our <A href="https://ischools.org/Posting-of-News">news submission form</A>.&nbsp;</FONT></P> https://ischools.org/News/8062126 https://ischools.org/News/8062126 iSchools News Thu, 17 Oct 2019 18:55:30 GMT Emerald Publishing offers grant for interdisciplinary research <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font>Emerald Publishing is supporting interdisciplinary through a research grant</font></span> <span><font color="#383838">of £10,000</font></span><span><font>. The publisher seeks a Social Science project with “demonstrable real-world impact.”&nbsp;</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">According to Emerald, the grant aims to find an innovative research project that promotes action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)/global challenges, through collaboration of disciplines, methodology and research. They invite submissions that are interdisciplinary in approach, develop the advancement of theory and have practical relevance to benefit society in support of the SDGs. Grant details can be <a href="https://www.emeraldpublishing.com/interdisciplinary-research-fund/?utm_source=listserv&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=ace_idraward_20191010" target="_blank">found here</a>.</font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">“We acknowledge that global problems cannot be solved by the work of a single discipline and require an interdisciplinary approach,” says Emerald.</font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">Emerald Publishing is a long-time supporter of the iSchools and its annual <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference">iConference</a>.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/8062059 https://ischools.org/News/8062059 iSchools News Wed, 09 Oct 2019 22:06:33 GMT Deadline approaching for iConference Student Symposium and Early Career Colloquium <p><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font face="Helvetica">In addition to the usual array of groundbreaking research, iConference 2020 will offer two extended sessions expressly for current students and recent Ph.Ds—namely, our <a href="https://ischools.org/Student-Symposium">Student Symposium</a> and <a href="https://ischools.org/Early-Career-Colloquium">Early Career Colloquium</a>. Participation in both of these programs is by application only, with submissions due end-of-day Tuesday, October 15. Both will take place during <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference">iConference 2020</a>, which takes place 23-26 March, 2020, in</font></span> <span><font color="#262626" face="Helvetica">Borås</font></span><span><font face="Helvetica">, Sweden.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;">Now it its second year, the <a href="https://ischools.org/Student-Symposium">Student Symposium</a> is an all-day event open to all bachelor’s and master’s students; affiliation with a member iSchool is not required. Program details and application instructions can be <a href="https://ischools.org/Student-Symposium">found here</a>.</font></p> <p><font color="#262626" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font color="#000000">Our long-running <a href="https://ischools.org/Early-Career-Colloquium">Early Career Colloquium</a> is a</font></span> <span>learning and networking opportunity for early career researchers working in information schools; the half-day event is open to those who earned their Ph.D. in the last five years. Program details and applications instructions can be <a href="https://ischools.org/Early-Career-Colloquium">found here</a>.</span></font></p> <p><font color="#262626" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span>iConference 2020 will take place March 23-26, 2020 in Borås, Sweden. Jointly hosted by the University of Borås and Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway) and presented by the iSchools, this is the 15th event in the annual iConference series.</span></font></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1em; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Visit the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference" style="font-size: 1em;">iConference website</a><span style="font-size: 1em; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;for more information, and follow the conference on&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/IConference" target="_blank" style="font-size: 1em;">Facebook</a><span style="font-size: 1em; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/iconf" target="_blank" style="font-size: 1em;">Twitter</a><span style="font-size: 1em; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, #iconf2020. Participant registration will open in mid-November.</span><br></p> https://ischools.org/News/7925621 https://ischools.org/News/7925621 iSchools News Fri, 27 Sep 2019 19:49:33 GMT China’s Jilin University joins iSchools <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The newest member of the iSchools organization is China’s Jilin University School of Management, which has joined at the iCaucus level. With the addition of the Jilin iSchool, the organization now has <a href="https://ischools.org/Directory">106 members</a> dedicated to advancing the information field.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The <a href="http://gl.jlu.edu.cn/index.htm" target="_blank">Jilin University School of Management</a> is headed by Prof. Beiwei Li, and located in Changchun City, Jilin Province, China. The University was found in 1946, and the School of Management dates to 1955. Bachelor’s degree programs include Information Management &amp; Information System, Archival Science, and Big Data Management &amp; Application. Academic master’s degree programs include Information Science, Library Science and Archival Science. The school also offers a professional master’s program in Library &amp; Information Science.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The Jilin iSchool established a Ph.D. in Information Science in the year 2000, a Ph.D. in Library Science in 2005, and a Ph.D. in Archival Science in 2010.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">In its application, the school expressed a commitment to promoting the iSchool movement throughout their university and northeast of China by integrating information management with Management Science and Engineering disciplines, fields in which it also offers degree programs. The school also looks forward to contributions it can make to the organization based on their experience in successful development of archives research on combining big data, digital humanities, and smart technology.&nbsp;</font></p><span><font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">“We believe that joining the iSchools is a step into future, not only in terms of pursuing the international strategy of our university, but also in terms of our contribution to the iSchools movement.”</font></span> https://ischools.org/News/7906218 https://ischools.org/News/7906218 iSchools News Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:00:19 GMT Two Singapore computing dons honoured at Pacific-Asia Conference <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">SINGAPORE, 28 August 2019 (Wednesday) – Professor Lim Ee Peng and Associate Professor Zhu Feida from the School of Information Systems at Singapore Management University (SMU) have been conferred the PAKDD Distinguished Contributions Award and PAKDD Early Career Award respectively at the Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD) 2019.</font></span><br></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Professor Jaideep Srivastava, Chair, PAKDD Awards Committee said, “This is the very first time that faculty from the same institution have received both these awards in PAKDD’s almost 25 years of history; and should be considered a significant milestone. It speaks volumes about the quality of not only the faculty, but also SMU and the programme these faculty members are part of.”</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.smu.edu.sg/news/2019/08/28/two-smu-computing-dons-honoured-pacific-asia-conference-knowledge-discovery-and-data" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the full story on the SMU website.</font></span></p> https://ischools.org/News/7862168 https://ischools.org/News/7862168 iSchools News Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:58:51 GMT iSchools and the defense of privacy: A response to Forbes.com <p><span><font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"><em>By Keith Marzullo, dean and professor, University of Maryland College of Information Studies, iSchools North America regional chair</em></font></span></p> <p><span><font color="#000000">In this information age of the collection and analysis of massive amounts of data about people by both the private and public sectors, and of social media-supported hate crime, genocide, and attacks on democratic processes, who should help us think about how to protect ourselves? In a recent&nbsp;</font></span><em><font color="#000000">Forbes.com</font></em><span><font color="#000000">&nbsp;article titled</font></span><span><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></span><font color="#954F72"><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2019/08/05/computer-science-could-learn-a-lot-from-library-and-information-science/#6cfd0cf4587d">“Computer Science Could Learn A Lot from Library and Information Science,”</a>&nbsp;</font><span><font color="#000000">Dr. Kalev Leetaru gives an excellent answer: librarians.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000">He’s right. Let me give you an example. The USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. It was swiftly passed by Congress in response to the horrific 9/11 attacks. This act included Section 215, which allowed the government to obtain a secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court order that required third parties to hand over any records or other tangible thing if deemed relevant to an international terrorism counterespionage, or to a foreign intelligence investigation.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/Discipline%20of%20Organizing/Core%20Concepts/iConf_day_3-23.jpg" alt="Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, speaking at the 2019 iSchools' iConference. (Image by Craig Taylor University of Maryland) " title="Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, speaking at the 2019 iSchools' iConference. (Image by Craig Taylor University of Maryland) " border="0" width="302" height="201" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">The American Library Association (ALA) sounded the alarm about Section 215 and its risk to privacy and to society. The ALA president, Carla Hayden (now the Librarian of Congress), pushed back strongly when the Justice Department claimed that libraries were a logical target of surveillance.&nbsp;<font color="#954F72"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170327034721/http:/www.msmagazine.com/dec03/woty2003_hayden.asp">Hayden said</a>&nbsp;</font>“libraries are a cornerstone of democracy—where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk." Her arguments were a rallying cry for civil libertarians, and Section 215 was soon referred to as the "library provision." Their opposition argued that the risk of terrorism was too high to hamstring the FBI, and in any case, the FISA court judicial review would ensure that civil rights would be protected. In the examples used in these arguments, libraries were often featured.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000">Libraries were, of course, a proxy argument, and the librarians were right. As we now know, Section 215 was subsequently used by the National Security Agency to secretly collect phone records of millions of Americans. This use was authorized by FISA courts. The disclosure of this program, which is often referred to as PRISM, furthered the erosion in trust many Americans had in their government. According to PEW, only&nbsp;<font color="#954F72"><a href="https://www.people-press.org/2019/04/11/public-trust-in-government-1958-2019/">17 percent of Americans now say</a>&nbsp;</font>they can trust the government in Washington to do what is right at least most of the time.&nbsp;<font color="#954F72"><a href="https://www.pewinternet.org/2016/09/09/libraries-2016/">Thirty-seven percent</a>,&nbsp;</font>however, believe libraries contribute “a lot” (and another 37 percent believe they contribute “some”) to helping people decide what information they can trust.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000">It’s not surprising, perhaps, that we ended up with PRISM. The NSA rightfully wanted to protect Americans, and were strongly motivated to get as much data as possible to do so. A colleague of mine, who worked in the NSA, told me that the PRISM effort was made up of engineers. Engineers are taught to ask what&nbsp;<strong>can</strong>&nbsp;be done with data. Librarians, on the other hand, are taught to ask what&nbsp;<strong>should</strong>&nbsp;be done with data.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000">This is the kernel of Dr. Leetaru’s argument. He says we need more people trained in Library and Information Science (LIS) to inform the people who are developing social media platforms and who are collecting and making use of the massive amounts of data being collected about people. LIS degrees cover topics such as values in design, data minimization, information behavior (including from different historical and cultural viewpoints), cataloging theory, and community informatics. Knowledge like this could help ensure that our evolving information infrastructure protects and promotes civil rights for people and communities.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000">I’m a dean of a college whose largest graduate program is the Master of LIS (<font color="#954F72"><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/mlis">MLIS</a>)</font>. I agree with Dr. Leetaru. We need more people trained in LIS topics working with engineers and data scientists in both the public and private sectors. But, I question a claim he makes later in his article:</font></p> <p><font color="#000000"><em>Sadly, however, as Library and Information Science schools have undergone a wave of rebrandings over the past decade into “iSchools,” this emphasis on data minimization and privacy, use and users of information, community informatics, civil liberties and the human dimension of informational creation and consumption has been steadily eroded in favor of the same harvesting, hoarding, mining and manipulation that were once the exclusive domain of computer science programs.</em></font></p> <p><font color="#000000">Our college became an iSchool over a decade ago. There are&nbsp;<font color="#954F72"><a href="https://ischools.org/Directory">more than 100 colleges and departments worldwide that identify as iSchools</a>&nbsp;</font>and belong to the&nbsp;<font color="#954F72"><a href="https://ischools.org/">iSchools organization</a>.&nbsp;</font>There is considerable diversity among iSchools and the programs that they offer, and it is hard to make generalizations; indeed, not all iSchools came from LIS schools. Some have had an erosion in the interests that Dr. Leetaru mentions, but many have not – including ours. Instead, we have become multidisciplinary, bringing in computer scientists and engineers, sociologists and psychologists, ethnographers and human-computer interaction designers to address the exact problems that Dr. Leetaru points to in his article. We have not run away from LIS values he emphasizes as being needed, but rather broadened the application of them through our educational programs and our research.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000">Here are two examples from my college. One large NSF-funded project, called&nbsp;<font color="#954F72"><a href="https://pervade.umd.edu/">PERVADE</a>,&nbsp;</font>studies how diverse stakeholders (big data researchers, platforms, regulators, and user communities) understand their ethical obligations and choices, and how their decisions impact data system design and use. They have many goals, including developing implementable and sustainable best practices for research ethics. This project is made up of researchers from many communities, including archivists, computer scientists, and socio-technical designers. Another project, called&nbsp;<font color="#954F72"><a href="https://morphic.world/">Morphic</a>,&nbsp;</font>focuses on providing ICT access to people facing barriers to the use of computers due to disability, literacy, digital literacy or age. They are already deploying prototype technology, including at my university’s library. A major concern of the project is protecting the privacy of the people using the technology in terms of their disabilities. They have turned down corporate sponsorship because they will not share information about their users with companies, and are even setting up an external Data Ethics Council to oversee privacy after Morphic leaves the University. The Morphic researchers come from accessibility engineering, biomedical and health informatics, computer science, and HCI.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000">The skills and values taught by LIS programs are even more sharply needed now that information is becoming ever more deeply embedded in our lives. We badly need to bring engineers and computer scientists together with LIS-trained experts to work together. That is what our iSchool, and others like ours, do. We are the library and information science schools for the information age.</font></p> <p><em><font color="#878787" face="Source Sans Pro">Image: Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, speaking at the 2019 iSchools' iConference. (Image by&nbsp;Craig Taylor&nbsp;/ University of Maryland)&nbsp;</font></em><span><font color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></span></p> https://ischools.org/News/7852221 https://ischools.org/News/7852221 iSchools News Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:32:58 GMT iConference 2020 research papers due in 3 weeks <p><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The deadline for iConference 2020 <a href="https://ischools.org/Full-Research-Papers">full research papers</a> and <a href="https://ischools.org/Short-Research-Papers">short research papers</a> is Sept. 16, 2019. This means that, as of press time, authors</font></span><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><strong><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">now have t</font></strong><strong><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">hree weeks&nbsp;</font></strong><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">to finalize and submit their research findings. Papers accepted for presentation at iConference 2020 will be published in Springer’s</font></span><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><em><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Lecture Notes in Computer Science</font></em><span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference">iConference 2020</a> will take place March 23-26, 2020 in Borås, Sweden. Jointly hosted by the University of Borås and Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway) and presented by the iSchools, this is the 15th event in the annual iConference series. Papers on all current critical information issues are invited; contributions within the 2020 conference theme of&nbsp;<em>Sustainable Digital Communities&nbsp;</em>are particularly encouraged. Participants are invited to discuss sustainability from ethical, social, ecological, economic and technological perspectives. This includes trusting communities, equality, openness, privacy, cultural heritage and access to digital worlds.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">In addition to research papers, iConference 2020 seeks <a href="https://ischools.org/Posters">research posters</a>, <a href="https://ischools.org/Visions">visions papers</a>, <a href="https://ischools.org/Workshops">workshop proposals</a> and <a href="https://ischools.org/Sessions-for-Interaction-and-Engagement">proposals for interactive sessions</a>; all are due Sept. 23. <a href="https://ischools.org/Doctoral-Colloquium">Doctoral Colloquium applications</a> are also due Sept. 23; meanwhile, applications for the <a href="https://ischools.org/Early-Career-Colloquium">Early Career Colloquium</a> and <a href="https://ischools.org/Student-Symposium">Student Symposium</a> are due Oct. 15.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">All information scholars, researchers and practitioners are welcome to make submissions and participate at the iConference, whether they are with a member-school or elsewhere; affiliation with the iSchools organization is&nbsp;<em>not</em>&nbsp;required.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Visit the <a href="https://ischools.org/iConference">iConference website</a>&nbsp;for more information, and follow the conference on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IConference" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/iconf" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, #iconf2020. Participant registration will open in mid-November.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7852196 https://ischools.org/News/7852196 iSchools News Fri, 09 Aug 2019 22:11:40 GMT UMD iSchool creating new food tracking app <p><font style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Helvetica">Kim S., like half of mobile phone users, has an application to track her daily eating and fitness. But Kim is newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and wants to start tracking the glycemic index of her food, her blood glucose levels, how low blood sugar affects her moods, and feelings of fatigue. People with complex or unique health tracking needs like these can struggle to find a single tracking app and often resort to using multiple apps, spreadsheets, and lists.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span>Dr. Eun Kyoung Choe, at the <a href="https://ischool.umd.edu" target="_blank">University of Maryland College of Information Studies</a> (UMD iSchool), in partnership with researchers at Seoul National University and Microsoft Research, is tackling this challenge of individualized and unique data tracking needs through the development of a mobile data collection platform, called OmniTrack.</span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/Discipline%20of%20Organizing/Core%20Concepts/omnitrack_interface.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="302" height="159" align="left" style="margin: 8px;">OmniTrack allows people to easily design their own personalized tracking tool (whether for food tracking or other health or fitness needs), selecting what they want to track and how to track it, and adding extra support like reminders. The app can also sync with external tracking devices, such as smartwatches, to integrate data scattered across multiple platforms. OmniTrack is in fact so flexible, that it can be used for people with unique tracking needs across domains, such as exercise, sleep, mood, or productivity.&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><span>Dr. Choe and UMD students Yuhan Luo and Peiyi Liu are also looking at potential applications of OmniTrack specifically in supporting the tracking of complex food and other contextual data to support individuals and patients with complex diet needs, such as individuals with diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), or eating disorders.</span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/news/creating-new-type-food-tracking-app" target="_blank">Read more of this story</a> on the UMD iSchool website.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7821139 https://ischools.org/News/7821139 iSchools News Fri, 26 Jul 2019 19:39:20 GMT China’s Nanjing University of Science and Technology joins iSchools at top iCaucus level <p><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">The</font></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><a href="http://ischool.njust.edu.cn" target="_blank">School of Economics and Management</a>&nbsp;at Nanjing University of Science and Technology</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">&nbsp;</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">has joined the iSchools organization of <a href="https://ischools.org/Directory">more than 100 leading information schools</a>. It becomes the eighth school to join the iSchools this year, and has opted to support the organization at the prestigious iCaucus level.</font></span></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/Discipline%20of%20Organizing/Core%20Concepts/school_of_EconomicsandManagement,Njust.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0">Located in the&nbsp;</font></span><span><font face="Helvetica">Jiangsu Province of&nbsp;<span style="background-color: white;">China, the&nbsp;<a href="http://ischool.njust.edu.cn" target="_blank" data-wacopycontent="1">School of Economics and Management</a>&nbsp;at Nanjing University of Science and Technology&nbsp;is headed by Prof. Peng Wu. The school has 32 professors, 65 associate professors, and 28 lecturers, as well as 15 teaching staff and 6 adjuncts. The school’s undergraduate programs include: Information Management &amp; Information Systems; Management Science &amp; Engineering; Accounting &amp; Information Systems; and Business Management &amp; Organization Science. Master’s programs include:&nbsp;</span></font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">Library Science, Information Science &amp; Archival Science</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">;&nbsp;</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">Information Resources Management</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">;&nbsp;</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">Business Administration</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">;&nbsp;</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">Management Science and Engineering</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">;&nbsp;</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">Library &amp; Information Science</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">; and&nbsp;</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">Master of Professional Financial Engineering</font></span><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">The school's Ph.D. program was established in 1998, and there are currently five specific directions under this program: Information system and knowledge management; Quality management and quality engineering; Operational strategy and supply chain management; Management evaluation and decision analysis; and Industrial development and innovative management. In the last three years, 27 students have received a Ph.D. through this program.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">According to the school’s profile, the Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST) was founded in 1953, and is one of the seven universities under the administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in China. In 2017, NJUST was selected to be part of the construction plan of Double-Frist Class (world-class universities and first-class disciplines). The School of Economics and Management (SEM), as one of the key schools in NJUST, takes the first position in the ranking of social science disciplines of the university. It has an influential impact in both managements field and information field within and outside Jiangsu Province.&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">The school looks forward to engaging with the iSchools organization in innovative ways as the organization continues its mission of spreading the <a href="https://ischools.org/The-iSchool-Movement">iSchools movement</a> worldwide.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7798623 https://ischools.org/News/7798623 iSchools News Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:12:02 GMT University of Washington to create new center to fight "misinformation epidemic" <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The University of Washington announced a $5 million investment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to create the Center for an Informed Public to resist strategic misinformation, promote an informed society, and strengthen democratic discourse. The Center is also funded by a $600,000 award from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">This interdisciplinary effort is being led by the <a href="https://ischool.uw.edu" target="_blank">UW Information School</a>, Human Centered Design &amp; Engineering and the School of Law, with collaboration from the Communication Leadership Program at the UW and numerous other university and community partners.</font></span></p> <p>Read the full story <a href="https://ischool.uw.edu/news/2019/07/center-informed-public-study-and-combat-misinformation" target="_blank">here on the UW iSchool website</a>.</p> https://ischools.org/News/7798439 https://ischools.org/News/7798439 iSchools News Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:16:02 GMT “The Discipline of Organizing” inaugurates new “Resources” section of iSchools website <p><font face="Helvetica"><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">The iSchools website now has a <a href="https://ischools.org/Resources_ischools">“Resources” section</a> that will contain a collection of free resources that should be of interest to faculty, students, and other iSchool stakeholders. The inaugural resource is</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></span><em><a href="https://ischools.org/Discipline-of-Organizing"><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">The Discipline of Organizing</font></a></em><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">, first published by MIT Press in 2013 and now in its 4</font></span><sup><font color="#000000">th</font></sup><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">edition published by O’Reilly Media.</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></span><em><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">The Discipline of Organizing&nbsp;</font></em><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">(TDO) unifies concepts and methods from library and information science, informatics and computer science, cognitive science, linguistics, philosophy, business, law, and other fields.</font></span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/Discipline%20of%20Organizing/Core%20Concepts/TDO-4th-Pro-Cover-Small-Hack-1.jpg" alt="" title="" style="margin: 5px;" width="129" height="172" border="0" align="left">The transdisciplinary breadth of</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></span><em><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000"><a href="https://ischools.org/Discipline-of-Organizing">The Discipline of Organizing</a>&nbsp;</font></em><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">has enabled it to be used as a primary or supplemental text in more than 50 schools (more than half of them iSchools) in 20 countries. It has been used for courses in Information Organization, Knowledge Management, Digital Collections, Information Architecture, Information Systems Design, Data Science, and other related fields.</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">O’Reilly Media has given us permission to make TDO freely downloadable at no cost under a Creative Commons Attribution­­­–NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License. Not only does this put the book closer to its primary users (instructors of iSchool courses), but we hope it sets an example of “open access” texts that the iSchools can curate for their members.</font></span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">In addition to the complete text of all three versions of the latest edition of TDO, the resources collection contains nearly 100 case studies that apply TDO’s framework for designing or analyzing an organizing system. Most of the case studies were written by students as “mini term papers” to demonstrate their mastery of TDO, and they have proven useful as supplemental readings in many courses that use the book.</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">&nbsp;</font></span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">An editorial board headed by <a href="mailto:glushko@berkeley.edu">Bob Glushko</a></font></span> <span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">and <a href="mailto:vivien.petras@ibi.hu-berlin.de">Vivien Petras</a></font></span> <span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">is being assembled to manage the continued evolution of TDO as a useful resource for the iSchools community.</font></span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">The iSchools may assemble an analogous editorial board to evaluate further submissions to the Resources collection to ensure their quality and relevance to the iSchools community.</font></span><br></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7795501 https://ischools.org/News/7795501 iSchools News Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:34:51 GMT Berlin University Alliance Wins Excellence Status <p><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Berlin, Germany. Major award for Berlin: The Berlin University Alliance has won funding as a group in the Universities of Excellence funding line of the German federal and state governments’ Excellence Strategy.</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><br></p> <p><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">The German Council of Science and Humanities announced the decision on July 19, 2019, in Bonn. &nbsp;</font><span style="">The four Berlin partners – Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (where the <a href="https://www.ibi.hu-berlin.de/en/startpage" target="_blank">iSchool Berlin School of Library and Information Science</a> is located), Technische Universität Berlin and Charité (the medical school jointly owned by FU and HU) -- submitted a common proposal entitled "Crossing Boundaries toward an Integrated Research Environment" and in a highly competitive process were able to convince the reviewers of its feasibility.</span></p> <p><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif">As of November 1, 2019, they will receive up to 196 million euros at first over a seven-year period. The Berlin Senate will contribute an additional 6 million euros annually through the Einstein Foundation Berlin to support top-level appointments and research projects.</font></p> <p><font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.hu-berlin.de/en/press-portal/nachrichten-en/july-2019/nr-19719" target="_blank">Click here</a> for full story.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7792498 https://ischools.org/News/7792498 iSchools News Mon, 22 Jul 2019 21:39:45 GMT UNC establishes Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life with Knight Foundation gift <p><span style="background-color: white;"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">A $5 million gift from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will enable the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to launch a new research center focused on evaluating the impact of the internet, social media, and other forms of digital information sharing on society and politics. <a href="https://sils.unc.edu" target="_blank">The UNC iSchool</a> is lead partner in this new endeavor. The funding is part of a broader Knight Foundation initiative that is investing nearly $50 million for research around technology’s impact on democracy.</font></span><br></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">At Carolina, Knight Foundation funding will help establish the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP). The UNC iSchool is lead partner in this new endeavor, but CITAP will foster interdisciplinary research and exchange across the UNC campus and beyond. An additional $750,000 contribution from Luminate and $600,000 from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation will further accelerate and expand the center’s impact.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">“CITAP capitalizes on the fact that Carolina is home to some of the nation’s leading communication, information, journalism, and legal scholars, as well as highly regarded centers focused on media law and innovation and sustainability in local media,” said Gary Marchionini, dean of the iSchool at UNC-Chapel Hill. “We envision the center as a crucible for ideas and a living laboratory for understanding the core information needs of American democracy and other socio-political systems.”</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><font face="Helvetica">Read the full story on the <a href="https://sils.unc.edu/news/2019/citap" target="_blank">UNC iSchool website</a>.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7791386 https://ischools.org/News/7791386 iSchools News Wed, 17 Jul 2019 03:22:26 GMT Death of Professor Judit Bar-Ilan <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Professor Judit Bar-Ilan passed away on July 16, 2019. Professor Bar-Ilan was born in 1958, and most recently worked in the <a href="https://is.biu.ac.il/en/node/2203" target="_blank">Department of Information Science at Bar-Ilan University</a>, where she served as head of department for several years. Her research interests included internet research, information retrieval and informatics.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Professor Bar-Ilan received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1989. She received the Derek de Solla Price Memorial Medal in 2017 from the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, and the Association for Information Science &amp; Technology Research in Information Science Award in 2018. She served as a member of the editorial boards of Scientometrics, Cybermetrics, Online Information Review, Journal of Informetrics, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, and PLoS One.</font></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Professor Bar-Ilan was a vibrant and valued member of the information science community, and she will be sincerely missed. We offer condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues.</font></span><br></p> https://ischools.org/News/7783475 https://ischools.org/News/7783475 iSchools News Tue, 16 Jul 2019 22:57:21 GMT UMD iSchool partners with Kyrgyz Republic libraries to develop innovative youth education programs <p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;">The Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) is making strides in addressing the country’s historically low K-12 school attendance through the implementation of a multi-year education development strategy that focuses on education quality. However, many of the underlying causes of low school attendance by Kyrgyz youth do not have immediate solutions, such as poverty, disabilities, and remote rural locations.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://ischool.umd.edu" target="_blank">University of Maryland College of Information Studies</a> (UMD iSchool) is helping Kyrgyzstan find solutions to these access-to-education challenges by leveraging a perhaps unlikely resource - the country’s public libraries.</font></span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;">Dr. Mega Subramaniam, a Fulbright Specialist from the UMD iSchool and internationally renowned youth library programming expert, visited Kyrgyzstan this past spring to provide support to the National Children’s Library of Kyrgyzstan in leveraging local public libraries to help address educational disparities among Kyrgyz youth, particularly in impoverished and remote communities.</font></span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/librarian_with_child_on_computer_2_12.jpg" alt="" title="" style="margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;" width="242" height="163" border="0" align="left">Kyrgyz libraries are working hard to develop programs for early-childhood education, education for youth with disabilities and their caregivers, family learning, youth digital skills development, and much more. While they are making great strides, they have run into barriers with inadequate space, funds, and training for staff.</font></span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;">Dr. Subramaniam, with expertise in developing youth programming in the United States (US) for libraries and communities faced with similar challenges, introduced concepts of design thinking and connected learning that require minimal resources while also building capacity. For instance, leveraging youth peer mentors, implementing digital literacy and STEM learning tools that require little funding, space, or staff supervision, and leveraging partnerships with local communities and industries to help engage youth in the library programs.</font></span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;">Dr. Subramaniam illustrated implementation of these concepts through examples of her work with US libraries to support marginalized youth. For instance, a partnership between the Providence Public Library and Nordstrom to teach youth about merchandising and marketing – and a Washington DC Public Library computational thinking program for children and their families that does not require using any technology tools. She was also interested to learn about some of the extremely innovative ways that Kyrgyz libraries are already leveraging resources, such as a partnership with a brewery that helps fund the rental of athletic fields throughout one city. She found that youth in the impacted communities are so inspired by the role libraries are playing, or are beginning to play, that there is a surge of interest in librarianship careers.</font></span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;">Dr. Subramaniam is currently developing a study abroad program so that UMD students can visit Kyrgyzstan and experience first-hand how these libraries are doing a lot with so little, and also provide assistance to the libraries in designing, implementing, and evaluating youth programs.</font></span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 16px;">Read this story in its entirety on the <a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/news/partnering-kyrgyz-republic-libraries-develop-innovative-youth-education-programs" target="_blank">UMD iSchool website</a>.</font></span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7783223 https://ischools.org/News/7783223 iSchools News Mon, 15 Jul 2019 18:41:48 GMT Illinois iSchool selects Dr. Eunice E. Santos as new dean <p><font face="Helvetica"><span><font>University of Illinois Provost Andreas C. Cangellaris <a href="https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/801293" target="_blank">has announced</a> the appointment of Dr. Eunice E. Santos as dean of the School of Information Sciences, effective August 16, 2019, pending approval by the University’s Board of Trustees.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/EuniceSantos.jpg" alt="" title="" style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px;" width="242" height="296" border="0" align="left">Santos currently serves as the Ron Hochsprung Endowed Chair and Professor, and department chair of computer science, at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. She is an accomplished scholar and researcher whose expertise includes computational social science, with an appreciation for the social and human aspects of the information sciences. Her recent research focuses on using computationally intensive methods to understand the behavior of social networks and communities. This work has led to insights related to community resilience, disaster response, and belief and opinion change.</span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span>“As a member of the search committee, I was very impressed with Dr. Santos and her vision for the iSchool as a leader both among colleges at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and among our peer schools nationally and internationally,” said Professor Emerita Linda Smith, former Illinois iSchool executive associate dean. “Just as our School’s founder Katharine Sharp came from the Armour Institute (predecessor of Illinois Tech) to establish a pioneering library science program at Illinois, Dr. Santos’ appointment as iSchool dean promises to sustain our leadership into the twenty-first century.”</span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span>Santos takes over the leadership role from Dean Allen Renear, who has been an instrumental leader in the iSchools Organization for many years. Renear will return to a faculty role at the Illinois iSchool.</span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span>Santos will bring an impressive professional portfolio to the Illinois iSchool, with successful experience in strategic planning, academic program development, and community outreach initiatives. She will continue the School’s excellence in educating information professionals and advancing the broad application of information and technology in science, liberal arts, society, and other sectors. Her commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion will reinforce the values of librarianship that serve as the iSchool’s foundation.</span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span>At Illinois Tech, Santos focuses on growth, leadership, and partnership. Her accomplishments include furthering robust research programs and curricula in a multidisciplinary environment; supporting diverse groups of faculty by providing mentoring and service opportunities; and acting as an influential voice for her department, which has led to the awarding of external funding from agencies, foundations, and donors.</span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span>The appointment of Santos marks the only woman to currently serve as dean among schools ranked in the top ten for library and information studies by <em>U.S. News &amp; World Report</em>.</span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span>“This is an extremely exciting opportunity for our School to further advance our global leadership in the information sciences and more fully realize our mission in the world. Dr. Santos is an inventive, committed scholar and an exceptionally creative and entrepreneurial academic leader; there is no one better prepared to lead our rapidly growing School and ensure that we engage the challenges that face our society,” said Dean and Professor Allen Renear.</span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span>Santos was selected by a search committee with strong representation from the iSchool. Members included Professor James D. Anderson, dean of the College of Education and committee chair; Heather Clay, executive director of advancement in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement; and the following iSchool individuals: Professor Emerita Linda C. Smith (MS ’72); Professor and Associate Dean for Research J. Stephen Downie; Associate Professor and PhD Program Director Jana Diesner; Associate Professor and BS/IS Program Director Emily Knox (MS ’03); Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Meg Edwards (MS ’04); and Kirstin Phelps (iSchool doctoral candidate).</span></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica"><span>This story can be read in its entirety on the <a href="https://ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/news/2019/07/santos-named-new-ischool-dean" target="_blank">Illinois iSchool website</a>.</span></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7781091 https://ischools.org/News/7781091 iSchools News Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:33:23 GMT Shanghai University admitted to iSchools <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT>The <A href="http://ischool.shu.edu.cn" target="_blank">Department of Library, Information and Archives (DLIA) at Shanghai University</A> has joined the iSchools organization. Shanghai’s application was approved by the iSchools board in July of 2019, and is now a full member of the <A href="https://ischools.org/Directory" target="_blank">iSchools association of more than 100 leading information schools worldwide</A>.&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT>Located in Shanghai, China, the Shanghai University DLIA was founded in 1978. While it initially had only an undergraduate program, the school has since added master’s and Ph.D. programs. Today the school has 35 permanent professors, 120 undergraduate students, 250 master’s students, and 24 Ph.D. candidates. The school is headed by Professor Bo Jin.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT>The Shanghai iSchool’s significant research areas include the following: Cultural Heritage and Digital Memory; Competitive Intelligence; Archive Information; Digital Humanities; and Data Science.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT>The Shanghai iSchool has initially opted to support the iSchools at the Basic level. The iSchools have five levels of membership ranging from Basic up to iCaucus, and each member school is encouraged to select the level that best reflects their circumstances and support for the organization.&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> https://ischools.org/News/7777089 https://ischools.org/News/7777089 iSchools News Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:12:32 GMT Kyushu iSchool becomes full iSchools member <p><font face="Helvetica"><span><font color="#000000">The iSchools organization is pleased to announce that the <a href="http://www.ifs.kyushu-u.ac.jp/pages/eng/ifs_02.html" target="_blank"><font>Kyushu University Graduate School of Integrated Frontier Sciences</font></a> is now recognized as a full member of the organization at the Basic level. The Kyushu iSchool first joined the <a href="https://ischools.org/Directory">iSchools association of more than 100 information schools</a> in 2018 as an Associate member, and the school recently petitioned the iSchools board of directors for full membership. That request was granted in early July of 2019.</font></span><br></font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica" color="#000000">The Kyushu iSchool is located in Fukuoka, Japan and is headed by Dean Professsor Kazunori Shidoji; the school’s iSchools representative is Dr. Emi Ishita.</font></p> <p><font face="Helvetica" color="#000000">The iSchools Associate level is for schools that are new or may not meet the requirements for other levels. Associate members are invited to petition for full membership when their circumstances so warrant. Once full membership is granted, each iSchool may choose the membership level that it feels best represents their relationship with the organization.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7776960 https://ischools.org/News/7776960 iSchools News Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:19:39 GMT Illinois iSchool seeks Freedom Award nominees <P><SPAN><FONT style="font-size: 15px;" color="#000000">The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks nominations for the <A href="https://ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/awards/robert-b-downs-award" target="_blank">Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award</A>. The deadline for nominations is October 5, 2019.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>Given annually, the award acknowledges individuals or groups who have furthered the cause of intellectual freedom, particularly as it impacts libraries and information centers and the dissemination of ideas. Granted to those who have resisted censorship or efforts to abridge the freedom of individuals to read or view materials of their choice, the award may be in recognition of a particular action or a long-term interest in and dedication to the cause of intellectual freedom.</SPAN></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT style="font-size: 15px;">The Downs Award was established in 1969 by the Illinois iSchool’s faculty to honor Dean Emeritus Robert B. Downs, a champion of intellectual freedom, on the occasion of his twenty-fifth anniversary as director of the School.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT style="font-size: 15px;">Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO Publishing Company, provides an honorarium to the Downs Award recipient and co-hosts the reception held in honor of the recipient. The reception and award ceremony for the 2019 Downs Intellectual Freedom Award will take place on January 25, 2020, during the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia.<BR></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><SPAN><FONT style="font-size: 15px;">Previous winners have included the Iowa Library Association (2018) for taking a leadership role in several highly visible challenges to intellectual freedom; The Kansas City Public Library (2017) for its defense of library patron’s First Amendment rights; Wendy Campbell (2016) for her work in increasing cultural awareness in her community; HP Kids Read (2015) for its work in support of freedom to read at the Highland Park (TX) High School; the staff and board of trustees of the Orland Park (IL) Public Library (2014) for the defense of their policy to not filter adult Internet access in the library; and DaNae Leu (2013) for her efforts to keep a controversial picture book on the shelves of her elementary school library.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> <P><SPAN>More information and nomination instructions can be found on the <A href="https://ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/awards/robert-b-downs-award" target="_blank">Award website</A>.</SPAN><BR></P> https://ischools.org/News/7773863 https://ischools.org/News/7773863 iSchools News Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:19:14 GMT iConference 2020 Opens for Submissions <P><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">iConference 2020 is now accepting submissions to <A href="https://ischools.org/2020-Program">all conference tracks</A>, including full and short research papers, visions papers, posters and much more. Visit the <A href="https://ischools.org/iConference">conference website</A> for track-specific details and begin planning your submission. The papers deadline is Sept. 16, with other deadlines in the following weeks. Submissions can be made on our <A href="https://www.conftool.com/iconference2020" target="_blank">secure submissions website</A>.</FONT></SPAN><BR></P> <P><FONT color="#000000">iConference 2020 will take place March 23-26, 2020 in Borås, Sweden. Jointly hosted by the University of Borås and Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway) and presented by the iSchools, this is the 15th event in the annual iConference series.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000">The 2020 organizers invite papers on all current critical information issues; contributions within the 2020 conference theme of&nbsp;<EM>Sustainable Digital Communities&nbsp;</EM>are particularly encouraged. Participants are invited to discuss sustainability from ethical, social, ecological, economic and technological perspectives. This includes trusting communities, equality, openness, privacy, cultural heritage and access to digital worlds.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000">All information scholars, researchers and practitioners are welcome to make submissions and participate at the iConference, whether they are with a member-school or elsewhere; affiliation with the iSchools organization is&nbsp;<EM>not</EM>&nbsp;required.</FONT></P> <P><SPAN><FONT color="#000000">Visit the&nbsp;<A href="https://ischools.org/iConference">iConference website</A>&nbsp;for more information, and follow the conference on&nbsp;<A href="https://www.facebook.com/IConference" target="_blank">Facebook</A>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<A href="https://twitter.com/iconf" target="_blank">Twitter</A>, #iconf2020. Participant registration will open in mid-November.</FONT></SPAN><BR></P> https://ischools.org/News/7668863 https://ischools.org/News/7668863 iSchools News Wed, 05 Jun 2019 19:40:08 GMT iSchools welcome new member University of Cincinnati <p><span>The University of Cincinnati School of Information Technology has joined the iSchools organization as an Associate member. The iSchools welcome this latest addition to our organization of <a href="https://ischools.org/members/directory/">more than 100 schools</a>&nbsp;dedicated to advancing the information field worldwide.</span><br></p> <p>Cincinnati’s <a href="https://cech.uc.edu/it.html" target="_blank">School of Information Technology</a> (SoIT) is headed by Professor &amp; Director Hazem Said. It was formed in 2006 (then known as the Department of Information Technology). Initially focused on ungraduated engineering technology, the school added a Master of Science in Information Technology program in the fall of 2015 which is currently ranked 11th in the nation by <em>US News and World Report</em>. Meanwhile, its Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology was recently ranked 5th in the nation by <em>CyberDegrees.com</em>.</p> <p>SoIT received state authorization for a Ph.D. program in January 2019, and the inaugural cohort will start in Fall 2019.&nbsp;</p> https://ischools.org/News/7557894 https://ischools.org/News/7557894 iSchools News Wed, 05 Jun 2019 18:06:16 GMT UMD Human-Computer Interaction Lab launces blog site <p>The Human-Computer Interaction lab (HCIL) at the University of Maryland iSchool has launched a new blog site, <em><a href="https://medium.com/hcil-at-umd" target="_blank">Sparks of Innovation: Stories from the HCIL</a></em>. The site features stories of research, events, and activities at the lab, showcasing its history of transforming the experience people have with new technologies.<br></p> <p><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/HCIL-logo.png" alt="" title="" border="0" style="font-size: 1em; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"><br></p> <p>Th<span style="font-size: 1em;">e&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1em;">new HCIL blog site is published by editors Niklas Elmq</span><span style="font-size: 1em;">vist, associate professor and HCIL director; Catherine Plaisant, senior research scientist; Ben Shneiderman, HCIL member; and a team of writers.</span></p> <p><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/news/hcil-launches-new-blog-site-sparks-innovation-stories-hcil" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the full UMD news story, and <a href="https://medium.com/hcil-at-umd" target="_blank">click here</a> to visit the HCIL blog site.</p> https://ischools.org/News/7557521 https://ischools.org/News/7557521 iSchools News Mon, 03 Jun 2019 19:37:00 GMT What is a librarian? The person who can beat Jeopardy juggernaut James Holzhauer <p>If quiz-show host Alex Trebek had asked the iSchools, we would have told him that librarians not only know the answers, they know the questions as well. But to all appearances Trebek has figured this out on his own: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/arts/television/james-holzhauer-jeopardy.html" target="_blank">The <em>New York Times</em> is reporting</a> that Chicago librarian Emma Boettcher has won Trebek’s popular quiz-show <em>Jeopardy</em>. In the episode airing June 3, 2019, Boettcher successfully provided all the answers (in the form of a question) needed to defeat long-time defending champion James Holzhauer.<br></p> <p>Holzhauer has become something of a media phenomenon during his 33-show reign as Jeopardy champion. The 33-year-old professional sports better used his gambling moxie to dominate competitors and rack up $2.5 million in prize money.</p> <p>The <em><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-jeopardy-james-holzhauer-emma-boettcher-20190603-story.html" target="_blank">Chicago Tribune</a></em> reports that 27-year-old Boettcher is a user experience resident librarian at the University of Chicago. She received her master’s degree in information science in 2016 from the <a href="https://sils.unc.edu" target="_blank">iSchool at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a>. Her master’s paper was titled, “Predicting the Difficulty of Trivia Questions Using Text Features.” The UNC iSchool is an <a href="https://ischools.org/Directory">iSchools member</a> at the iCaucus level.</p> <p><br></p> https://ischools.org/News/7557372 https://ischools.org/News/7557372 iSchools News Wed, 29 May 2019 21:31:00 GMT iSchools respond to article in “American Libraries” magazine <p><span><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">In an article titled</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/05/20/trends-in-library-school-accreditation/"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#2E8ACA">“Trends in Accreditation”</font></a><span><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">that appears in the May 2019 issue of</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#2E8ACA"><span><em>American Libraries</em></span></font></a><span><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></span><span><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">magazine, author Terry Weech explores the growth of the iSchool movement, and how he feels it has contributed in-part to pressure on the American Library Association Committee on Accreditation to expand its accreditation standards beyond librarianship.</font></span><br></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iSchools organization extends its appreciation to Dr. Weech. The organization welcomes discussion of the iSchools organization, and the roles our members play in the ever-evolving information field. As iSchools Executive Director Michael Seadle is quoted as saying, “The growth of the international iSchools group and the broadened definition of information science represent defining trends because they cut across disciplinary and national boundaries.”</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">However, Weeks draws an inference about our organization that could be misleading. He states the following: “In 2019, the&nbsp;<font color="#2E8ACA"><a href="https://ischools.org/members/directory/">iSchools membership directory</a>&nbsp;</font>lists 101 institutions worldwide, but fewer than 40 have ALA-accredited programs. The iSchools represent a population of schools in information studies in which LIS programs are a minority.”</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">To clarify, the iSchools are an international organization. The majority of our members are outside North America, and their LIS programs are thus not eligible for accreditation by ALA. If you consider only our eligible&nbsp;<span><em>North American&nbsp;</em></span>member-schools, a significant majority of that subset have ALA accredited programs.&nbsp;</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">In addition, a significant majority of our international membership have LIS programs; it’s just that these programs are not eligible to seek ALA accreditation due to their geographic location. They are nevertheless meaningful and vibrant programs. When taken as a whole, LIS programs are by no means “a minority” among the iSchools—in fact, these programs represent a significant point of commonality across the iSchools’ membership.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/stories/ischool-movement/"><font color="#2E8ACA">iSchool movement</font></a>&nbsp;began several decades ago in the United States when a number of schools that were offering degrees in the library and information sciences realized that their teaching and research programs had capacity to reach a broader audience of students and also prepare professionals for work beyond libraries.&nbsp;</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iSchools organization now includes&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/members/directory/"><font color="#2E8ACA">more than 100 schools from all parts of the world</font></a>. Scholars and researchers in iSchools are focusing their attention on enhancing the lives of people, the productivity of companies, the innovation cycles of industries, the design of technologies, the policies that govern technology and information use, information services to communities, and much more.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7494235 https://ischools.org/News/7494235 iSchools News Tue, 21 May 2019 09:10:13 GMT iConference 2020 issues Call For Participation <p align="left"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Fresh on the heels of our successful conference in Washington DC, the organizers of next year’s iConference in Borås, Sweden have released the&nbsp;</font></span><a href="https://ischools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CFP_iConf2020_v1.pdf"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#2E8ACA" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">2020 Call for Participation</font></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">. Faculty and students in the information field are encouraged to begin making submission plans.&nbsp;</font></span><a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/venue/"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#2E8ACA" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">iConference 2020</font></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">&nbsp;will open for submission in late June, and a series of staggered deadlines will occur starting in September.</font></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/iConf2020_Sculpture.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="250" height="250" align="left" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iConference 2020 CFP is&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CFP_iConf2020_v1.pdf"><font color="#2E8ACA">available here</font></a>&nbsp;in .pdf form for easy viewing and sharing. Meanwhile, our&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/"><font color="#2E8ACA">2020 Program webpage</font></a>&nbsp;provides a timeline a quick links to all track pages.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The fifteenth annual event in our series, iConference 2020 will take place in Borås, Sweden, March 23-26, 2020. It is jointly hosted by the University of Borås, Sweden, and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The organizers invite papers on all current critical information issues. Contributions within the theme of Sustainable Digital Communities are particularly encouraged. Participants are invited to discuss sustainability from ethical, social, ecological, economic and technological perspectives. This includes trusting communities, equality, openness, privacy, cultural heritage and access to digital worlds.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">All information scholars, researchers and practitioners are welcome to make submissions and participate at the iConference, whether they are with a member-school or elsewhere; affiliation with the iSchools organization is&nbsp;<em>not</em>&nbsp;required.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">iConference 2020 registration will open in November. Watch the&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/venue/"><font color="#2E8ACA">iConference website</font></a>&nbsp;for more details in the coming months. You can also follow the conference on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/IConference"><font color="#2E8ACA">Facebook</font></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/iconf"><font color="#2E8ACA">Twitter</font></a>, #iconf2020</font></p> <p align="justify"><br></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384994 https://ischools.org/News/7384994 Contact Tue, 21 May 2019 09:09:40 GMT University of Washington iSchool examines what makes technology “creepy” to children <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Although young children are increasingly familiar with technology, that does not necessarily mean they are comfortable with it. Researchers at the&nbsp;<a href="https://ischool.uw.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">University of Washington Information School</font></a>&nbsp;found that kids might say technology was “creepy” if they saw it as ambiguous or posing a threat.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">“Over the years of working with kids we realized they use the word ‘creepy’ a lot as a way to reject specific technologies,” notes Jason Yip, an assistant professor at UW’s iSchool.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Yip and his fellow researchers designed a series of activities to help children work through these thoughts. This led to the identification of five properties of technologies that contributed to children’s concerns: deception versus transparency; ominous physical appearance; lack of control; unpredictability; and mimicry.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/05/16/what-technology-is-creepy-for-children/?utm_source=UW+News+Subscribers&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=UW_Today&amp;mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTlRGbE9EZGtNR0UwT1dKbSIsInQiOiI2OEVlWmkyeW5YSXp6bk1leDBMMElZU1MzYitSdEh3YUt3YkNENjNIclB1K0RJU0ZVSUxNSm9pd1wvUkp6M2JLalY2NmlTUjl0cjdLRXVYNGsxWDNTU2hZdDEyM0lFZ01heUtpVUNTOUpYcGY2cEdnVkhJRVpRdnFLOUlCYmJJazQifQ%3D%3D"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;for more details in a&nbsp;<em>UW News</em>&nbsp;story by Sarah McQuate.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384947 https://ischools.org/News/7384947 Contact Tue, 21 May 2019 09:07:51 GMT Illinois iSchool announces endowed professorship in Preservation and Technical Services <p align="left"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/MildredLuther-professorship.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="238" height="250"><span style=""><font style="font-size: 17px;">The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce the establishment of an endowed professorship, the Mildred M. Luther and Kathryn Luther Henderson Professorship in Preservation and Technical Services. The professorship was established through the generosity of Mildred Luther (1926-2017), a loyal Illinois employee and alumna with a special family connection to the School.</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">The endowed professorship honors Luther’s 49 years of service to the University.&nbsp;<a href="https://ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/news/2019/05/first-professorship-established-ischool"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;for the full story on the Illinois website.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384916 https://ischools.org/News/7384916 Contact Wed, 15 May 2019 09:05:22 GMT The iSchools welcome new members in Australia and Croatia <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iSchools welcome two new members to its&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/members/directory/"><font color="#2E8ACA">worldwide organization of leading information schools</font></a>. Our new iSchools are:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.monash.edu/it"><font color="#2E8ACA">The Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University</font></a>, located in Melbourne, Australia; and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ffos.unios.hr/infoznanosti"><font color="#2E8ACA">The Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at University J.J. Strossmayer</font></a>&nbsp;in Osijek, Croatia.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Monash University</strong><br> Headed by Professor Jon Whittle, the Monash University iSchool has 69 permanent faculty members, as well as 37 additional teaching and research staff members. The school’s enrollment is more than 3,000, and 56 individuals have received their Ph.D. through the school in the last two years.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="justify"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/Monash.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;"></font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Monash iSchool is focused on core research pillars in Data Science, Cyber Security, Computer Human Interaction and Community Organisational and Social Informatics. It also has research expertise in archives and recordkeeping systems, accountability and transparency, community development, technology for innovation, ICT in healthcare and digital civics.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Monash University is the largest university in Australia, and its iSchool has chosen to join at the iCaucus level, reflecting the highest possible level of support for the iSchools organization.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><strong>University J.J. Strossmayer</strong><br> The iSchool at University J. J. Strossmayer is headed by Boris Badurina. The school has three permanent professors plus a teaching staff of more than 20. Enrollment is approaching 200, and the school has produced 10 Ph.D.s in the last two years.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="justify"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/ffos_building.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"></font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Established in 1998 as a Cathedra for Library Science, the school changed its name Department of Information Sciences in 2005. A leader in developing new approaches to education and research in the Information Sciences field in Croatia, the school joins the iSchools at the basic level, and looks forward to developing strong partnership in research with other members of iSchools family, particularly in Europe.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><strong>About the iSchools</strong><br> <a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/venue/"><font color="#2E8ACA">The iSchools organization</font></a>&nbsp;was founded in 2001 as a collective of Information Schools dedicated to advancing the information field in the 21st Century. It has since grown to&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/members/directory/"><font color="#2E8ACA">more than 100 universities and institutions spanning six continents</font></a>.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384885 https://ischools.org/News/7384885 Contact Wed, 15 May 2019 09:04:20 GMT UMD iSchool alumnus elected ALA president <p align="left"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/candidates-jefferson.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="300" height="200" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;"><span style=""><font style="font-size: 17px;">Julius C. Jefferson Jr., section head of the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., has been elected president-elect of the American Library Association (ALA). He will serve as president-elect for one year before stepping into his role as president at the close of the 2020 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago.</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;">An active member of ALA for 15 years, Jefferson holds an MLS from the University of Maryland.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/news/umd-alumnus-julius-jefferson-jr-wins-2020-2021-ala-presidency"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here&nbsp;</font></a>for more of this story on the UMD iSchool website.</font></p> <p><br></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384875 https://ischools.org/News/7384875 Contact Wed, 15 May 2019 09:03:50 GMT Rutgers iSchool welcomes four new faculty members <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Rutgers School of Communication and Information (SC&amp;I) has announced four new faculty members that will join its Library and Information Science (LIS) Department in fall 2019.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The new faculty members are:&nbsp;<strong>Warren Allen</strong>, who joins Rutgers as Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of the Information Technology and Informatics (ITI) Program;&nbsp;<strong>E.E. Lawrence</strong>, a doctoral candidate in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;&nbsp;<strong>Britt Paris</strong>, an information studies scholar focused on developing a sociotechnical understanding of how groups understand, build, and use Internet infrastructure in accordance to their value systems; and&nbsp;<strong>Gretchen Stahlman</strong>, a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Arizona’s School of Information.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">“Rutgers LIS Department is very excited to be welcoming these four outstanding new faculty members,” said Department Chair Marie Radford. “Our Department is experiencing a period of rapid growth in enrollment in both our Masters of Information, as well as our Information, Technology, and Informatics undergraduate programs. These accomplished new faculty will bring a range of talents to enhance our research reach and innovative curriculum development.”</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/news/four-new-faculty-members-join-sci-september"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;for more for more of this story on the Rutgers iSchool website.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384873 https://ischools.org/News/7384873 Contact Fri, 03 May 2019 09:02:30 GMT Information Behavior is focus of ISIC 2020, to be held in South Africa <p><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/ISIC2020.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="300" height="141" align="left" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;"></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.isic2020.co.za/"><font color="#2E8ACA">ISIC 2020</font></a>&nbsp;is a conference focused on Information Behavior taking place this fall in Pretoria, South Africa. Hosted by the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria, the conference dates are Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2020.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The ISIC 2020 papers submission date is Jan. 31, 2020. The conference welcomes interdisciplinary information research, taking influence from fields such as information science, information studies, library studies, communication studies, computer science, education, information management, information systems, management science, psychology, social psychology, sociology, and other disciplines.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Full submission details are included in the CFP, found on the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.isic2020.co.za/"><font color="#2E8ACA">ISIC 2020 website</font></a>.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384831 https://ischools.org/News/7384831 Contact Wed, 01 May 2019 09:01:08 GMT iSchools Research Blog: Exploring digital competence as it applies to student teachers <p align="left"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/kindergarten-504672_1280.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="">In the latest installment of our&nbsp;</span><a href="https://ischools.org/stories/research-blog/" style="font-size: 17px;"><font color="#2E8ACA">iSchools research blog</font></a><span style="">, Linnaeus University Lecturer Fredrik Hanell examines information literacy as it pertains to pre-school teacher education. Based on Hanell’s dissertation from Lund University, the author examines how global policy discourse surrounding digital competence can constrain the development of creative and critical aspects of information literacies that are vital to successful teaching.&nbsp;</span><a href="https://ischools.org/blog/2019/05/01/the-digital-daily-lives-of-pre-school-student-teachers/" style="font-size: 17px;"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a><span style="">&nbsp;to read the new post.</span></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iSchools Research Blog showcases the work of young scholars throughout our organization’s 100 member schools. Scholars at member schools are invited to&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/stories/research-blog/blog-post-submission/"><font color="#2E8ACA">propose blog submissions here</font></a>.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384813 https://ischools.org/News/7384813 Contact Tue, 30 Apr 2019 09:00:29 GMT iConference 2019 a rousing success; planning now underway for upcoming conferences in Sweden and China <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">iConference 2019 drew nearly 600 participants to the Washington DC area, making it the best-attended conference in our 14-year-old series. iConference 2019 was hosted by the&nbsp;<a href="http://ischool.umd.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">University of Maryland iSchool</font></a>, and took place March 31 – April 30. We urge participants to watch their inbox for our follow-up survey invitation.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">For those seeking information on this recently concluded conference, our&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/about-the-iconference/iconference-2019-summary/"><font color="#2E8ACA">iConference 2019 Summary</font></a>&nbsp;provides exhaustive conference details, including links to past proceedings, organizer names, program information, award winners, and myriad conference artifacts.&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/about-the-iconference/iconference-2019-summary/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;for details.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Our next event is&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/venue/"><font color="#2E8ACA">iConference 2020</font></a>, which takes place March 23 – 26, 2020 in Borås, Sweden. Co-hosted by the iSchools at the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hb.se/en/The-Swedish-School-of-Library-and-Information-Science-SSLIS/"><font color="#2E8ACA">University of Borås</font></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hioa.no/eng/About-HiOA/Faculty-of-Social-Sciences/Department-of-Archivistics-Library-and-Information-Science"><font color="#2E8ACA">Oslo Metropolitan University</font></a>, the conference theme is Sustainable Digital Communities. Watch for our CFP to be released in the coming weeks.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iSchools are also very pleased to announce that the iConference will return to China the following year, where iConference 2021 will be hosted by the&nbsp;<a href="http://sirm.ruc.edu.cn/"><font color="#2E8ACA">iSchool at Renmin University of China</font></a>, located in Beijing. It will be the second iConference to be hosted in Asia.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384791 https://ischools.org/News/7384791 Contact Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:59:35 GMT ALISE announces 2019 election results <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The board of directors of the Association for Library and Information Science Education have announced the results of their 2019 election. Sandra Hirsh of San Jose State University has been named chair-elect, and the director of member servies is Denice Adkins, University of Missouri.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Get more details on the&nbsp;<a href="https://ali.memberclicks.net/alise-election-2019-results"><font color="#2E8ACA">ALISE website</font></a>.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384770 https://ischools.org/News/7384770 Contact Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:58:49 GMT “Education for Information” issues CFP for special issue <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">IOS Press’s&nbsp;<em>Education for Information: Interdisciplinary Journal of Information Studies</em>&nbsp;has issued a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.iospress.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CFP_Interdisciplinary-curricula.pdf"><font color="#2E8ACA">Call for Papers</font></a>&nbsp;for an upcoming special issue on Emerging interdisciplinary curricula in the information sciences. Researchers, teachers and professionals are invited to submit original research, review articles, or position papers on new interdisciplinary curricula, especially data-related, in (Library and)Information Science education. Submissions are due July 15, 2019.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The special issue is being co-edited by&nbsp;<a href="mailto:koraljka.golub@lnu.se"><font color="#2E8ACA">Koraljka Golub</font></a>&nbsp;(<a href="https://lnu.se/en/iinstitute"><font color="#2E8ACA">Linnaeus University</font></a>, Sweden),&nbsp;<a href="mailto:apmurill@iu.edu"><font color="#2E8ACA">Angela P. Murillo</font></a>&nbsp;(Indiana University-Indianapolis, USA), and&nbsp;<a href="mailto:simi@di.unipi.it"><font color="#2E8ACA">Maria Simi</font></a>(University of Pisa, Italy); questions can be directed to these individuals.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.iospress.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CFP_Interdisciplinary-curricula.pdf"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;to read the full CFP.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384769 https://ischools.org/News/7384769 Contact Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:58:17 GMT UMD iSchool professor receives Google faculty research award <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Dr. Jonathan Lazar, professor at the&nbsp;<a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">University of Maryland College of Information Studies</font></a>, has received a Google Faculty Research Award for the next academic year. Dr. Lazar’s Google faculty research award focuses on the development of new metrics for use in automated accessibility testing tools, for more accurately measuring web accessibility in large organizations. Dr. Lazar is the Associate Director of the Trace Research and Development Center at the Unviersity of Maryland, the nation’s oldest center on disability and technology.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Google Faculty Research Awards provide funding for a graduate student to work on one cutting-edge research project for an entire year. The awards include a broad set of computer science research areas, including Algorithms and Optimization, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Retrieval and Real-Time Content, Machine Learning and Data Mining, Augmented and Virtual Reality, and much more.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/news/umd-ischool-professor-dr-jonathan-lazar-receives-google-faculty-research-award"><font color="#2E8ACA">Read more</font></a>&nbsp;on the UMD website.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384768 https://ischools.org/News/7384768 Contact Mon, 22 Apr 2019 08:57:39 GMT Records Management Journal invites submissions on disruptive technologies <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><em>Records Management Journal</em>&nbsp;(RMJ) invites submissions for a themed issue focused on the opportunities and challenges of so-called disruptive technologies for archives and records management and records professionals. Extended abstracts are due May 1, 2019.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The RMJ consulting editor is&nbsp;<a href="mailto:julie.mcleod@northumbria.ac.uk"><font color="#2E8ACA">Professor Julie McLeod</font></a>&nbsp;of the Northumbria University iSchool; the guest editor is Richard Marciano of the University of Maryland iSchool.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">More information, including theme details and submission instructions, can be&nbsp;<a href="https://dcic.umd.edu/technology-and-records-management-disrupt-or-be-disrupted-records-management-journal-themed-call-for-papers/"><font color="#2E8ACA">found here</font></a>&nbsp;on the University of Maryland iSchool website.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384767 https://ischools.org/News/7384767 Contact Fri, 19 Apr 2019 08:57:10 GMT TPDL 2019 invites submissions <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">TPDL 2019 is the 23rd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries. Chaired by Trond Aalberg of Oslo Metropolitan University and Adam Jatowt of Kyoto University, TPDL 2019 attempts to facilitate establishing connections and convergences between diverse research communities such as Digital Humanities, Information Sciences and others that could benefit from (and contribute to) ecosystems offered by digital libraries and repositories. The conference takes September 9-12, 2019 in Oslo, Norway.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Under the general theme “Connecting with Communities”, TPDL 2019 invites submissions for scientific and research work in the following categories: Full Papers, Short Papers, Posters and Demonstrations, Workshops and Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.tpdl.eu/tpdl2019/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;to visit the conference website for more information.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384766 https://ischools.org/News/7384766 Contact Fri, 19 Apr 2019 08:56:27 GMT Amazon VP and UNC iSchool Alumna Wei Gao selected for National Diversity Council’s Top 50 Women in Tech <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Wei Gao (MSIS ’01), alumna of the&nbsp;<a href="https://sils.unc.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS)</font></a>&nbsp;and Vice President, Technical Advisor to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has been named one of the&nbsp;<a href="http://top50tech.org/2019/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology</font></a>&nbsp;by the National Diversity Council. The list features executive female leaders in the technology industry who drive change, innovate, and inspire others to succeed while contributing to business growth. The 2019 honorees were recognized at the 15th Annual Diversity and Leadership Conference on April 11 in Dallas.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Gao was promoted to her VP Technical Advisor role in November 2018. Executives in the position are often referred to as Bezos’ “shadow” because they accompany him to all meetings, according to a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/19/bezos-new-shadow-adviser-at-amazon-is-a-woman-of-chinese-descent.html"><font color="#2E8ACA">report from CNBC</font></a>.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://bit.ly/2Ue3lzL"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;for more on this story and other news from the UNC iSchool.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384751 https://ischools.org/News/7384751 Contact Thu, 18 Apr 2019 08:55:41 GMT UMD iSchool alumus becomes NASA Goddard’s first-ever archivist <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">UMD iSchool MLIS alumnus Holly McIntyre has been named archivist of the<a href="https://www.giss.nasa.gov/"><font color="#2E8ACA">&nbsp;NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies</font></a>, one of 11 NASA centers. NASA Goddard was established 60 years ago, and McIntyre is its first archivist, meaning she starts out with a considerable backlog of materials to be collected, organized and securely stored.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Although NASA keeps permanent materials in the National Archives (NARA), according to McIntyre this only applies to the 1 to 3 percent of records created by government agencies that are considered permanent. “The rest is considered temporary and will be disposed of (after a certain amount of time),” says McIntyre. It’s McIntyre’s job to separate Goddards’s created records into three categories: these permanent records, temporary, and non-record. Temporary material includes working records that allow someone to do their job. These might be copies of permanent series, or different versions that aren’t necessarily the final version. Non-record material is anything that is ephemeral: posters given out to employees, stickers, pins, personal photographs, etc. The Goddard Archives’ holdings are compiled of historically significant temporary and non-record material.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Who uses the Goddard Archives? “The first group would be people working here – like scientists and engineers who may want to see their own history so that they can build on the legacy that came before them,” says McIntrye. “The second group are members of the Goddard center who want to see culturally important or historically significant records. And finally, space historians, researchers, and students.”</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">McIntyre worked at NARA while she was an MLS student. Soon after graduating, she started working with special media in the Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Unit. Because she was working with “special media,” she was able to do all parts of the archival process: appraisal, accessioning, processing, etc. NASA was one of the agencies she did appraisal and accessioning for.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Creating an archive from the ground up is a constant learning experience. When she was first starting out, McIntyre contacted other centers with archives to see what they were doing and what their records look like compared to her records. She needed “to start learning what a science archives looks like, not to be confused with data centers that take raw data that come down from space.”</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/news/interview-holly-mcintyre-archivist-nasa-goddard-and-mlis-program-alumnus"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;to read the full story on the UMD iSchool website.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384714 https://ischools.org/News/7384714 Contact Thu, 18 Apr 2019 08:54:52 GMT Rutgers iSchool announces launch of new journal <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The&nbsp;<a href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">School of Communication and Information (SC&amp;I) at Rutgers University</font></a>&nbsp;is excited to announce the launch of the new journal, Information and Learning Sciences, co-edited by LIS faculty Rebecca B. Reynolds along with Dr. Samuel K. W. Chu of the University of Hong Kong, and published by Emerald, UK.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Upcoming Special Issues include: Call for papers – Learning in Low-tech, Information-rich Environments; Call for papers – Foregrounding Play: Games and Playful Engagement in the Study and Design of Formal and Informal Learning Environments.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">More at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/ils"><font color="#2E8ACA">https://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/ils</font></a></font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384703 https://ischools.org/News/7384703 Contact Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:53:15 GMT iSchools organization issues statement following New Zealand tragedy <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iSchools, an organization of 100 information schools worldwide, has issued the following statement:</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">“The iSchools condemn the shootings in New Zealand and all such acts of hate and violence in the world. Together with our colleagues in New Zealand and with colleagues in the Muslim community in all of our countries, we mourn those who died. We offer our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of those killed or injured in the attack and to the people of Christchurch at this time.”</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/world-117174_640-1.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="300" height="161" align="left" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The&nbsp;</font></span><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#2E8ACA" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischools.org/members/directory/">worldwide iSchools membership</a>&nbsp;</font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">includes universities in Muslim-majority countries. The iSchools organization supports academic freedom everywhere as essential to scientific inquiry and the advancement of knowledge.</font></span><br></font></p><br> https://ischools.org/News/7384692 https://ischools.org/News/7384692 Contact Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:52:29 GMT Rutgers iSchool to host Sociotechnical Summer Institute; application deadline March 31 <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color="#3498DB"><a href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/" style=""><font style="">The School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University</font></a>&nbsp;</font><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">will host the upcoming&nbsp;<a href="https://sociotech.net/summer-research-institute/summer2019cfp/"><font color="#2E8ACA">CSST Summer Institute</font></a>, supporting late-phase doctoral students, post-docs and early career emerging scholars in the socio-technical systems and critical informatics research domains. The event takes place June 18-22, 2019.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Now 10 years running, the event will be co-organized by Rutgers LIS professor Rebecca Reynolds and Dr. Morgan Ames of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">UC Berkeley iSchool</font></a>. It will be held at the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center, close to NYC, Newark Airport, and major transportation hubs.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://sociotech.net/summer-research-institute/summer2019cfp/"><font color="#2E8ACA">See the online CFP</font></a>&nbsp;for details, including the list of mentors, and application instructions. The application deadline is March 31, 2019.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The event is ACM SIGCHI Sponsored, with additional support from iSchools-members Rutgers,&nbsp;<a href="https://sislt.missouri.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">University of Missouri</font></a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://ischool.syr.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Syracuse University</font></a>.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384661 https://ischools.org/News/7384661 Contact Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:51:48 GMT JCDL 2019 doctoral consortium issues call for papers <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">A Doctoral Consortium workshop will be held as part of the upcoming Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. The Consortium takes place on June 2, 2019, and call for papers and topics has been issued with an abstract deadline of Monday, March 25.&nbsp;<a href="https://2019.jcdl.org/cfps/doctoralconsortium/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Visit the online CFP</font></a>&nbsp;for details.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Questions about the JCDL 2019 Doctoral Consortium can be directed to workshop organizers&nbsp;<a href="mailto:ptdarch@illinois.edu"><font color="#2E8ACA">Dr. Peter Darch</font></a>,&nbsp;<a href="mailto:edie.rasmussen@ubc.ca"><font color="#2E8ACA">Dr. Edie Rasmussen</font></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="mailto:oksana.zavalina@unt.edu"><font color="#2E8ACA">Dr. Oksana Zavalina</font></a>.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384660 https://ischools.org/News/7384660 Contact Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:50:37 GMT Two weeks to iConference 2019: updates to be posted regularly <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">iConference 2019 starts Saturday, March 31 — that’s less than two weeks from now! Watch the&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/venue/"><font color="#2E8ACA">conference home page</font></a>&nbsp;from now through the end of the conference for important updates.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Here are a few of the latest developments:</font></p> <ul style="line-height: 24px;"> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> For those making presentations, the organizers have prepared track-specific instructions with details on such matters as duration of presentation and A/V technical capabilities.&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/presentation-guidelines/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;to view. </div> </li> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> The&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/doctoral-colloquium/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Doctoral Colloquium webpage</font></a>&nbsp;now provides full details on the colloquium agenda, mentors, and participant biographies. </div> </li> </ul> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Check the&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/venue/"><font color="#2E8ACA">conference homepage</font></a>&nbsp;regularly for more announcements as the conference approaches.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384659 https://ischools.org/News/7384659 Contact Thu, 14 Mar 2019 09:49:58 GMT Agriculture technology forum invites informatics researchers and data scientists to Washington gathering <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Gathering for Open Ag Tech (GOAT) is an ad-hoc gathering of technologists and agriculturalists seeking to collaborate and create a vision for a fully open agricultural future. GOAT has scheduled a gathering April 4 and 5, 2019, immediately following&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/venue/"><font color="#2E8ACA">iConference 2019</font></a>, and invites informatics researchers, research data scientists and members of the public to take part.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The gathering, called GOAT:Hack, will take place at the USDA’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Washington D.C.; application deadline March 22.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://goatech.org/goathack-usda-ars/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here&nbsp;</font></a>for more information and application instructions.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Note: This event is not affiliated with the iConference or iSchools.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384658 https://ischools.org/News/7384658 Contact Thu, 14 Mar 2019 09:49:15 GMT Singapore Management University launches new computing degree programs <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">In response to industry trends and demand, the School of Information Systems at Singapore Management University (SMU) has strengthened its undergraduate curriculum with the introduction of two new degree programs – Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) from the new academic year commencing in August 2019, and Bachelor of Science (Computing &amp; Law) in August 2020.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Some of the job roles which students in this program can undertake include: IT &amp; business innovation; operating IT &amp; business innovations within a legal framework; employing IT in legal practice; IT audit and compliance; risk management; legal knowledge engineer; legal technologist.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.smu.edu.sg/news/2019/02/21/smu-launches-new-degree-programmes-computer-science-and-computing-law"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;for full story on the SMU website.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384611 https://ischools.org/News/7384611 Contact Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:30:21 GMT iSchools reach 100 members as Thailand’s Khon Kaen University joins consortium <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iSchools announce that the&nbsp;<a href="https://home.kku.ac.th/icm/main/index.php/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Department of Information Science at Khon Kaen University</font></a>&nbsp;(KKU) has joined the organization. With the addition of KKU, the iSchools consortium now numbers&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/members/directory/"><font color="#2E8ACA">100 active members</font></a>.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Founded in 1975, KKU’s Department of Information Science is headed by Dr. Malee Kabmala, and resides within the University’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Prof. Dr. Kulthida Tuamusk, Dean). The school has doctoral, master’s and undergraduate programs, and significant research areas include Digital Humanities, Information Behaviors, Information/Digital Literacy, Knowledge Management, and Data Mining/Analytics.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The school notes that its curriculum is interdisciplinary in design, maintaining the principles of data and content management in the fields of library science and integrating the issues of information management. The school feels its relationship with the iSchools organization will help facilitate collaboration with other schools in Southeast Asia and around the world.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Visit the&nbsp;<a href="https://home.kku.ac.th/icm/main/index.php/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Khon Kaen University iSchool</font></a>&nbsp;website to learn more about the iSchools’ newest member.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384606 https://ischools.org/News/7384606 Contact Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:00:23 GMT USPS uses technology from UMD iSchool to improve automated kiosk accessibility <p align="left"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The United States Postal Service has a new version of its popular Automated Postal Center that includes an updated EZ Access keypad developed by the Trace Center at the University of Maryland College of Information Studies. The keypad, along with software techniques developed by Trace, makes it possible for people with low vision, blindness, physical and cognitive disabilities to use touchscreen-based public systems.</font></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/news/trace_kiosks_UMD.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The original Automated Postal Center (APC), which included an earlier version of EZ Access, won the 2004 Kiosk Award as “Best Retail Application.” Over 2,800 of the APC kiosks are deployed in post offices throughout the US.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Development of the keypad began in 1998, when the Trace Center began researching barriers to using touchscreens and self-service kiosks faced by people with varied abilities. Today, the keypads are used on kiosks at automated postal stations, Amtrak ticket machines, Homeland Security kiosks, airport check-in kiosks, museum and other information and transaction machines across the country.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/news/usps-kiosks-now-use-trace-ez-access-touch-screen-keypads"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;to read this story on the UMD iSchool website.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384596 https://ischools.org/News/7384596 Contact Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:45:18 GMT Call for Participation: Libraries in the Digital Age 2020 <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Celebrating their 20th anniversary, Libraries in the Digital Age (<a href="http://lida.ffos.hr/"><font color="#2E8ACA">LIDA</font></a>) has issued a call for participation for their 2020 conference, which will take place from May 19-22, 2020 at the Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik, Croatia.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">LIDA addresses changing and challenging environments for libraries and other information institutions in the digital world. LIDA is an international biennial conference that brings together researchers, educators, students, practitioners, and developers from all over the world in a forum for personal exchanges, discussion, and learning in a beautiful setting. The 2020 theme is “Reshaping Identity in the Digital Age: People, Libraries, Data, Technology &amp; Ethics.” LIDA welcomes papers, panels, workshops, and posters that address this topic.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://lida.ffos.hr/datoteke/2020/LIDA_2020_CfP_long.pdf"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;to view the LIDA Call for Participation.</font></p> <p><br></p> https://ischools.org/News/7384554 https://ischools.org/News/7384554 Contact Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:25:51 GMT iConference 2019 Papers Finalists Announced: Lee Dirks Award winner to receive $5,000 <p style="">Award finalists have been announced for iConference 2019 full and short research papers. The finalists are listed below and also on the <span style=""><a href="https://ischools.org/page-18215">conference website</a></span>. Winners will be announced at iConference 2019, which takes place March 31 – April 3 in Washington DC.</p> <h4 style="background-color: transparent;">Best Full Research Paper</h4> <p style="background-color: transparent;">The winning paper in the full research category will receive the Lee Dirks Award for Best Paper. This award includes a $5,000 prize, funded this year by Emerald Publishing. The winner will be announced in the conference’s opening plenary on Monday, April 1. The finalists are listed here alphabetically by title:</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Algorithmic Management and Algorithmic Competencies: Understanding and Appropriating Algorithms in Gig work</em><br> <strong>Authors:</strong> Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Will Sutherland, University of Washington<br> <strong>Presentation:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;form_session=375&amp;presentations=hide">Papers 17: Algorithms at Work</a>, Tuesday, April 2, 1:30-3:30pm</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Documenting the Undocumented: Privacy and Security Guidelines for Humanitarian Work with Irregular Migrants</em><br> <strong>Authors:</strong> Sara Vannini, University of Washington; Ricardo Gomez, University of Washington; Bryce Clayton Newell, University of Kentucky<br> <strong>Presentation:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;form_session=365&amp;presentations=hide">Papers 7: Collecting Data about Vulnerable Populations</a>, Monday, April 1, 1:30-3:00pm</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <em>The Innovation Ecology: Collaborative Information, Community Support, and Policy in A Creative Technology Community</em><br> <strong>Authors:</strong> Guo Freeman, Clemson University; Jeffrey Bardzell, Indiana University; Shaowen Bardzell, Indiana University; Nathan J McNeese, Clemson University<br> <strong>Presentation:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;form_session=376&amp;presentations=hide">Papers 18: Innovation and Professionalization in Technology Communities</a>, Tuesday, April 2, 1:30-3:00pm</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Understanding Change in a Dynamic Complex Digital Object: Reading Categories of Change out of Patch Notes Documents</em><br> <strong>Authors:</strong> Ayse Gursoy, University of Texas at Austin; Karen M. Wickett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Melanie Feinberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br> <strong>Presentation:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;form_session=370&amp;presentations=hide">Papers 12: Digital Libraries, Curation and Preservation</a>, Monday, April 1, 3:30-5:00pm</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Understanding the Role of Privacy and Trust in Intelligent Personal Assistant Adoption</em><br> <strong>Authors:</strong> Yuting Liao, University of Maryland, College Park; Jessica Vitak, University of Maryland, College Park; Priya Kumar, University of Maryland, College Park; Michael Zimmer, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Katherine Kritikos, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee<br> <strong>Presentation:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;form_session=361&amp;presentations=hide">Papers 3: Concerns about “Smart” Interactions and Privacy</a>, Monday, April 1, 10:30am-12:00pm</p> <h4 style="background-color: transparent;">Best Short Research Paper</h4> <p style="background-color: transparent;">Finalists in the Short Research Paper category are listed below, alphabetically by title. The winner will be announced in the conference’s Tuesday plenary.</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Characterizing Same Work Relationships in Large-Scale Digital Libraries</em><br> <strong>Authors:</strong> Peter Organisciak, University of Denver; Summer Shetenhelm, University of Denver; Danielle Francisco Albuquerque Vasques, University of Denver; Krystyna Matusiak, University of Denver<br> <strong>Presentation:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;form_session=370&amp;presentations=hide">Papers 12: Digital Libraries, Curation and Preservation</a>, Monday, April 1, 3:30-5:00pm</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Illegal Aliens or Undocumented Immigrants? Towards the Automated Identification of Bias by Word Choice and Labeling</em><br> <strong>Authors:</strong> Felix Hamborg, University of Konstanz; Anastasia Zhukova, University of Konstanz; Bela Gipp, University of Wuppertal<br> <strong>Presentation:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;form_session=364&amp;presentations=hide">Papers 6: Limits and Affordances of Automation</a>, Monday, April 1, 1:30-3:00pm</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Looking for Group: Live Streaming Programming for Small Audiences</em><br> <strong>Authors:</strong> Travis Faas, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis; Lynn Dombrowski, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis; Erin Brady, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis; Andrew Miller, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis<br> <strong>Presentation:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;form_session=362&amp;presentations=hide">Papers 4: Identity Questions in Online Communities</a>, Monday, April 1, 10:30am-12:00pm</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Proposing “Mobile, Finance, and Information” Toolkit for Financial Inclusion of the Poor in Developing Countries</em><br> <strong>Authors:</strong> Devendra Potnis, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Bhak Gala, Central University of Gujarat<br> <strong>Presentation:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;form_session=365&amp;presentations=hide">Papers 7: Collecting Data about Vulnerable Populations</a>, Monday, April 1, 1:30-3:00pm</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Public-Private Partnerships in Data Services: Learning From Genealogy</em><br> <strong>Authors:</strong> Kalpana Shankar, University College Dublin; Kristin Eschenfelder, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Laurie Buchholz, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Christine Cullen, University College Dublin<br> <strong>Presentation:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;form_session=373&amp;presentations=hide">Papers 14: Data and Information in the Public Sphere</a>, Tuesday, April 2, 10:30am-12:00pm</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;">Finalists were selected by an awards jury overseen by 2019 Papers Chairs Aleksandra Sarcevic of Drexel University and Nicholas Weber of the University of Washington. The organizers of iConference 2019 congratulate all honorees.</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;">iConferernce 2019 will take place March 31 – April 3 in Washington DC. The <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/sessions.php">schedule</a> is available online and we are currently accepting <a href="https://iconference2019.umd.edu/register/">registrartions</a>. All accepted papers will be published in Springer’s <a href="http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs"><em>Lecture Notes in Computer Science</em></a>.</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;">iConference 2019 is presented by the <a href="https://ischool.umd.edu">iSchool at the University of Maryland, College Park</a> in collaboration with the <a href="https://ischool.syr.edu">Syracuse University iSchool</a> and the iSchool at the <a href="https://informationsystems.umbc.edu">University of Maryland, Baltimore County</a>.</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;">Sponsors include the Emerald Publishing, Computing Research Association, Elsevier, MDPI, ALISE, NVivo, University of British Columbia, University of Pittsburgh, University of Kentucky, National Taiwan University, and Springer.</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;">An annual presentation of the iSchools organization since 2005, the iConference brings together scholars and researchers from around the world to examine critical information issues in contemporary society. The iConference is open to any and all information scholars and researchers, regardless of institutional affiliation. An openness to new ideas and research fields in information science is a primary characteristics of the event. Attendance has grown every year; participants appreciate the inspiring sense of community, high quality research presentations, and myriad opportunities for engagement and networking.</p> https://ischools.org/News/7193238 https://ischools.org/News/7193238 Contact Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:31:04 GMT iConference Poster Finalists Announced <p style="background-color: transparent;">The iConference 2019 organizers have announced the <a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/awards/#posters">finalists for this year’s best poster competition</a>. The five finalists were selected from among the conference’s 92 abstracts that were accepted for presentation.</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/UndergradPosterPresentation_iConf18.jpg" alt="" title="" style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px;" width="302" height="227" border="0" align="left">Conference posters are an opportunity for present and future thought-leaders to display and discuss their research with key members of the information community in attendance at the iConference. The presentations of the five 2019 finalists will be judged during the conference <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;form_session=278&amp;presentations=hide">poster session</a> on Tuesday, April 2, and the overall winner will be recognized during the conference’s third and final plenary session Wednesday morning.</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><br></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>The 2019 best poster finalists are listed here alphabetically, by title:</strong></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;presentations=show&amp;search=Algorithmic+Accountability+in+Surveillance+Regulation"><em>Algorithmic Accountability in Surveillance Regulation</em></a><br> <strong>Authors:</strong> Meg Young, Michael Katell, Peter M. Krafft, University of Washington</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;presentations=show&amp;search=Decision-making+processes+for+e-book+products%3A+mixture+of+institutional+and+rational+actions"><em>Decision-making processes for e-book products: mixture of institutional and rational actions</em></a><br> <strong>Author:</strong> Mei Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;presentations=show&amp;search=The+Economic+Value+of+Personal+Information+Under+the+Situation+of+Information+Leakage"><em>The Economic Value of Personal Information Under the Situation of Information Leakage</em></a><br> <strong>Author:</strong> Shengli Deng, Haiping Zhao, Wuhan University; Yong Liu, Aalto University School of Business Finland</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;presentations=show&amp;search=Leaving+No+One+Behind%3A+Preparing+China’s+Public+Librarians+for+Providing+Multicultural+Services+to+Ethnic+Minorities"><em>Leaving No One Behind: Preparing China’s Public Librarians for Providing Multicultural Services to Ethnic Minorities</em></a><br> <strong>Author:</strong> Lihong Zhou, Cheng Cui, Wuhan University; Tim Zijlstra, University of Derby</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>Title:</strong> <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;presentations=show&amp;search=Towards+a+Domain+Ontology+for+Data+Assemblages"><em>Towards a Domain Ontology for Data Assemblages</em></a><br> <strong>Author:</strong> Ceilyn Boyd, Simmons University</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><span style=""><a href="https://ischools.org/iConference-2019-Summary">iConference 2019</a></span> will take place March 31 – April 3, 2019, in Washington DC under the banner theme “Inform | Include | Inspire.” The conference <a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/index.php?page=browseSessions&amp;form_session=278&amp;presentations=hide" style=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">poster session</span></a> will take place Tuesday, April 2, 5:00 – 6:00 pm.</p> <p style="">iConference 2019 papers finalists will be announced in the near future. All finalists will be found on our conference <span style=""><a href="https://ischools.org/Doctoral-Dissertation-Award">Awards Webpage</a></span>. All accepted poster abstracts from iConference 2019 will be published in the <a href="https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/102118" style=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">IDEALS open repository</span></a>.</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://iconference2019.umd.edu/register/">Registration for iConference 2019</a> is open, with standard rates available through Feb. 25; late fees apply thereafter.</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;">iConference 2019 is presented by the <a href="https://ischool.umd.edu">iSchool at the University of Maryland, College Park</a> in collaboration with the <a href="https://ischool.syr.edu">Syracuse University iSchool</a> and the iSchool at the <a href="https://informationsystems.umbc.edu">University of Maryland, Baltimore County</a>. Sponsors include the Computing Research Association, Emerald Publishing, Elsevier, MDPI, ALISE, NVivo, University of British Columbia, University of Pittsburgh, University of Kentucky, National Taiwan University, and Springer.</p> <p style="background-color: transparent;">An annual presentation of the iSchools organization since 2005, the iConference brings together scholars and researchers from around the world to examine critical information issues in contemporary society. The iConference is open to any and all information scholars and researchers, regardless of institutional affiliation. An openness to new ideas and research fields in information science is a primary characteristics of the event. Attendance has grown every year; participants appreciate the inspiring sense of community, high quality research presentations, and myriad opportunities for engagement and networking.</p> https://ischools.org/News/7193255 https://ischools.org/News/7193255 Contact Thu, 14 Feb 2019 12:35:36 GMT Maryland iSchool researchers link virtual reality with sight and smell to better understand data <p>Imagine running through a dark forest in a virtual reality video game and being able to smell the crisp scent of pine needles all around you. Or what if you were analyzing a complex data set, and could associate specific scents with data points in order to better track and recall the information?</p> <p><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/UMD-virtual.jpg" alt="" title="" style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px;" border="0" align="left">University of Maryland researchers in the <a href="https://hcil.umd.edu">Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL)</a> are linking virtual reality with sight and smell to help people better process information. HCIL is jointly supported by the <a href="https://ischool.umd.edu">UMD iSchool</a> and the UMD Institute for Advanced Computer Studies.</p> <p>HCIM student, Biswaksen Patnaik and PhD student, Andrea Batch are exploring ways to convey information with scent as a complement to the visual representation of data sets.</p> <p>Patnaik and Batch recently presented their research paper, “Information Olfaction,” which explores the sense of smell combined with information visualization at IEEE VIS in Berlin, the largest and most important conference on Scientific Visualization, Information Visualization and Visual Analytics.</p> <p>“This was easily our most crazy idea to date,” said Niklas Elmqvist, HCIL director. Elmqvist is also the student’s adviser and co-author of the research paper.</p> <p><a href="http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/about-us/news/hcil-team-combines-smell-sight-better-understand-data">Click here</a> for more on this story.</p> https://ischools.org/News/7193258 https://ischools.org/News/7193258 Contact Thu, 14 Feb 2019 12:30:56 GMT News from Rutgers iSchool: ALA reaccreditation and return of Dept. Chair Radford <p>The <a href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu">Rutgers School of Communication and Information (SC&amp;I)</a> announces that its Master of Information (MI) Program has been awarded full reaccreditation through fall 2025 from the American Library Association’s Committee on Accreditation. “We have had continuous accreditation since 1956, and continue our commitment ongoing quality curriculum design, innovation, and meeting professional opportunities in a diverse library and information landscape,” said former Department Chair Ross Todd.</p> <p>The ALA/COA accredits master’s programs in LIS in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, based on an extensive review process conducted by an external panel of practitioners and academics that ensure the program meets the required standards. <a href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/news/scis-master-information-program-granted-continued-accreditation">Click here</a> for more on this story.</p> <p>In related news, Professor Marie L. Radford is returning to the post of Library and Information Science Department Chair for the next 18 months, replacing former Chair Ross Todd. “It’s a pleasure to jump in here because Ross has worked hard to ensure that the department is in great shape,” said Radford. “Enrollments are up – our master and undergraduate programs continue to be very strong.”</p> <p>Radford originally had the role from 2012 to 2014, then went on to serve as the school’s Ph.D. Director. During her Department Chair appointment, Radford is focused on maintaining the high standard of the School and LIS department. <a href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/news/professor-marie-l-radford-phd-returns-department-chair">Click here</a> for more on this story.</p> https://ischools.org/News/7193259 https://ischools.org/News/7193259 Contact Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:39:51 GMT Central China Normal University Joins iSchools <p>The School of Information Management at Central China Normal University has joined the iSchools organization. CCNU’s application was accepted by the iSchools Board of Directors on Feb. 5, 2019. The school is now a member of our consortium of <a href="https://ischools.org/Directory">nearly 100 institutions</a> dedicated to advancing the information field in the 21st century. They join at the iCaucus level, showing their high level of commitment to the organization.</p> <p><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/CCNUischool.jpg" alt="Central China Normal University School of Information Managment" title="Central China Normal University School of Information Managment" style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px;" width="302" height="130" border="0" align="left"></p> <p><a href="http://imd.ccnu.edu.cn/en/index.htm">The CCNU iSchool</a> is located in Wuhan, China. The Head of School is Prof. Yuhai Li. The school currently has 44 permanent professors and lecturers, plus additional external professor and adjuncts.</p> <p>The CCNU iSchool PhD program dates back to 2005, and now includes Information Science, Management Science and Engineering, Library Science, and Archival Science. It also offers master’s degrees in Information Science, Library Science, Archival Science, Management Science and Engineering, Library &amp; Information Science, and Agricultural Engineering and Information Technology. Bachelor’s programs include Information Resources Management, Information Management and Information Systems, and E-commerce.</p> <p>“We believe that joining the iSchools is a step in the right direction, not only in terms of pursuing our school’s mission and the international strategy of our university, but also in terms of our contribution to the iSchools’ movement,” the school noted in its successful membership application.</p> https://ischools.org/News/7193262 https://ischools.org/News/7193262 Contact Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:35:33 GMT Research Blog Post: New lion-alert platform helps protect both livestock and lions <p>In an area populated by more than 1,000 carnivorous lions, you might think people need protection. But actually, it’s the other way around. In Botswana’s Okavango Delta, lions are often shot or poisoned as locals attempt to protect their free-roaming livestock.</p> <p><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/lion-235386_640.jpg" alt="" title="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;" width="302" height="260" border="0" align="right">In the <a href="https://ischools.org/website/system-pages/?pageId=18010">latest installment of our iSchools Research Blog</a>, PhD Candidate Konstantin Aal of the <a href="http://www.uni-siegen.de/infme/start_ifm/index.html?lang=de">University of Siegen</a> explains how his research in conjunction with <a href="http://www.clawsconservancy.org">CLAWS Conservancy</a> is helping mitigate human-lion conflict. Using information- and communications-technology (ICT), the group is developing a lion alert system for improved livestock protection in rural communities. With early warnings, rural communities can take proactive steps to prevent attack rather than rely on the historic model of reactive management—i.e. the unnecessary killing of lions.</p> <p><a href="https://ischools.org/website/system-pages/?pageId=18010">Click here</a> to read Konstantin’s blog entry.</p> <p>The iSchools Research Blog showcases the exceptional work of emerging scholars in the information community. <a href="https://ischools.org/Research-Blog">Visit our blog</a> to review other scholarly posts, as well as information on how to propose a blog entry of your own.</p> https://ischools.org/News/7193267 https://ischools.org/News/7193267 Contact Tue, 05 Feb 2019 12:50:20 GMT Software Preservation Network seeks survey participants <p>The Software Preservation Network’s Research Working Group invites participating in a survey on practices, needs, and gaps related to software preservation. The goal of the <a href="https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/about/">Software Preservation Network (SPN)</a> is to “make it easier to deposit, discover and reuse software.”</p> <p><strong>Why Does This Matter?</strong><br> For decades, researchers and practitioners in information science, digital preservation, and allied fields have discussed the necessity of software preservation: preserving software is a prerequisite for preserving and providing access to digital cultural heritage and research, and software is increasingly considered a research product or artifact in itself.</p> <p>How are cultural heritage professionals working on preserving software? What are the obstacles to software preservation? Do best practices exist? The survey is intended to help answer these questions.</p> <p><strong>Who Should Participate?</strong><br> Any individual or organization involved in activities that involve or rely on software preservation is encouraged to take the survey. For the purposes of this survey, software preservation encompasses a wide range of experimental or established services or actions at organizations such as collecting original software media and documentation, consultations with software producers or users of specialized or obsolete software, preservation of software code or executable files, metadata creation for preserved software, etc. The survey will close on February 19, 2019.</p> <p><strong>How will the survey information be used?</strong><br> Anonymized data from the study will be made available to the profession, along with analysis of current trends and possibilities for future research. This study has been approved by the Georgia Institute of Technology Institutional Review Board.</p> <p><a href="https://b.gatech.edu/2Cs10Gf">Click here</a> to take the survey (roughly 15 minutes).</p> <p>Questions can be addressed to the <a href="mailto:spn-research@googlegroups.com">SPN Research Working Group</a>.</p> https://ischools.org/News/7193268 https://ischools.org/News/7193268 Contact Tue, 05 Feb 2019 12:49:34 GMT Rutgers professor Shah receives $100K Amazon grant for search and browsing research <p>Rutgers iSchool Associate Professor Chirag Shah has been awarded $100,000 by the Amazon Research Awards program for his project “Addressing Cold Start Problem in Personalization and Recommendation Using Proactive Information Retrieval.” The grant will be distributed in two parts: $80,000 in monetary funding, and $20,000 in AWS cloud services credits.</p> <p>The proposal takes on the issue of search and browsing difficulties, where users often do not know where or how to begin a search. The project will use existing data from a number of browsing and searching studies to build behavioral models for proactive information retrieval (IR), and test them using a new user study involving online searching and browsing. The results will include a new algorithm that will use a small amount of browsing data from a user’s session and make predictions about the nature of the task. This algorithm will also be able to provide recommendations before even the searcher realizes the need for them, thus being proactive in an IR episode and addressing the possible cold start problem.</p> <p>“We have entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where artificial agents are becoming an integral part of our lives, being more proactive than reactive,” Shah said. “This project will design, build, and test information agents that learn from our behaviors and offer crucial support in a proactive manner.”</p> <p>Also serving as Director of the InfoSeeking Lab, Shah’s work focuses on interactive information retrieval/seeking, with an emphasis on those involving social and collaborative aspects.</p> <p><a href="https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/news/associate-professor-chirag-shah-receives-grant-amazon">Click here</a> for more of this story on the Rutgers iSchool website.</p> https://ischools.org/News/7193271 https://ischools.org/News/7193271 Contact Tue, 05 Feb 2019 12:48:43 GMT UMD iSchool theorist calls for research that is actionable rather than purely curiosity-driven <p>Human-computer interaction theorist Dr. Ben Shneiderman of the UMD College of Information Studies’ HCIL research lab is shaking up the research world by questioning the value of curiosity-driven research conducted in laboratories. “[In] our knowledge-rich, information-overloaded world, new models are needed…” he says.</p> <p>With his Twin-Win Model of research, Dr. Schneiderman challenges the value of research that solely creates new knowledge. The Twin-Win Model contends that in this day and age, for new research to be impactful, it must be tied to actionable insights that can lead to societal benefits.</p> <p>According to a recent UMD story written by Mia K. Hinckle, the Twin-Win Model theory is controversial as many researchers actively reject collaborations with businesses with the fear that it will taint the validity of their research or damage their academic credibility. However, Dr. Schneiderman argues that interdisciplinary ideas are not sufficient to achieve the goal of high research impact—that research must solve authentic, real-world problems and that partnerships with businesses or organizations provide a forum to identify these problems, test research, and disseminate actionable solutions.</p> <p><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/news/shneiderman-shakes-research-world-twin-win-model-challenging-what-research-value">Click here</a> for more of this story on the UMD iSchool website.</p> https://ischools.org/News/7193272 https://ischools.org/News/7193272 Contact Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:54:24 GMT The iSchools welcome new member Kyungpook National University LIS <p>The iSchools organization is pleased to announce that <a href="http://widit.knu.ac.kr/lis/notice.cgi">Department of Library and Information Science at a Kyungpook National University</a> has become the organization’s newest member. The Korea-based school becomes the 98th member to join our consortium of schools dedicated to advancing the information field.</p> <p><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/knu%20logo.jpg" alt="" title="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;" border="0" align="right">Located in the Daegu Metropolitan City, KNU LIS has 7 full-time professors as well as a number of adjunct professors. The school’s doctoral program was established in 2000. In 2018 the school had 9 doctoral students, 18 master’s students and 165 undergraduate students. Significant research areas include Bibliography, Information Organization, Information Service Management, Bibliometrics, and Information Retrieval.&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/knu%20circle.jpg" alt="" title="" style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px;" border="0" align="left">The school cites several objectives for joining the iSchools, including the establishment of a framework that extends the existing iSchools model to accommodate characteristics specific to Korea, constructing a roadmap for world-class education, and laying the foundation for academia-industry-government symbiosis.</p> <p>“Our aim is to establish a new direction for LIS in Korea that is firmly rooted in cross-institutional and international collaborations as well as academia-industry-government synergy,” the school notes in its successful application. “By capitalizing on school-wide initiatives, we hope to focus and extend our efforts to educate the next-generation information professionals that can interpret and analyze theoretical constructs of information science to synthesize practical applications for everyday life. Under the iSchools umbrella, our efforts toward that goal will not only gain in credibility but also be afforded a framework that can transcend existing boundaries.”</p> https://ischools.org/News/7193273 https://ischools.org/News/7193273 Contact Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:00:48 GMT Drexel iSchool receives CAHIIM accreditation for Master of Science in Health Informatics Program <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The&nbsp;<a href="https://drexel.edu/cci/"><font color="#2E8ACA">College of Computing &amp; Informatics at Drexel University</font></a>&nbsp;is pleased to announce that its Master of Science in Health Informatics (MSHI) degree program was granted full accreditation by the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cahiim.org/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education</font></a>&nbsp;(CAHIIM).</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">CAHIIM is an independent accrediting organization whose mission is to serve the public interest by establishing and enforcing quality Accreditation Standards for Health Informatics and Health Information Management (HIM) educational programs.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">With this accreditation,&nbsp;<a href="https://drexel.edu/cci/academics/graduate-programs/ms-in-health-informatics/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Drexel’s MSHI program</font></a>&nbsp;is ensured to meet the rigorous academic standards set forth by CAHIIM, and is the first CAHIIM-accredited health informatics program in the Greater Philadelphia area. Students who graduate from CCI’s CAHIIM-accredited program are eligible to sit for professional certification exams including Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) and Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) offered by AHIMA.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">“With recognition from the top accrediting body in health informatics and information management education, our MS in Health Informatics program is recognized among the best programs in the nation,” said Professor and MSHI Program Director Christopher C. Yang, PhD. “Our interdisciplinary curriculum, led by a world-class faculty, is helping health and computing professionals to advance their knowledge in the health IT field and achieve their career goals.”</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://drexel.edu/cci/news/2019/January/cahiim-grants-drexel-cci-accreditation-for-master-of-science-in-health-informatics-program/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;for more on this story on the Drexel website.</font></p> <p><br></p> https://ischools.org/News/7197335 https://ischools.org/News/7197335 Contact Fri, 18 Jan 2019 09:02:08 GMT iSchools 2019 Dissertation Award results announced: Dr. Maia Jacobs is winner, Dr. Jennifer King runner-up <p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iSchools are pleased to announce that Dr. Maia Jacobs of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cc.gatech.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Georgia Tech iSchool</font></a>&nbsp;has been named winner of the 2019 iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award. The runner up is Dr. Jennifer King of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">UC Berkeley iSchool</font></a>. The iSchools organization congratulates both honorees on their achievement. The pair will be recognized at the upcoming&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/"><font color="#2E8ACA">iConference 2019</font></a>&nbsp;in Washington DC.</font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award recognizes the best iSchool dissertations of the preceding year. Nominations are solicited from all members of the iSchools organization, now approaching&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/members/directory/"><font color="#2E8ACA">100 institutions worldwide</font></a>, and judged by an award committee drawn from leading international schools. The winner receives a cash prize of $2,500 US, the runner up $1,000. This year’s committee was chaired by Prof. Tawanna Dillahunt of the University of Michigan (USA) and Prof. Voker Wulf of the University of Siegen (Germany).</font></p><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/M-Jacobs.png" alt="Dr. Maia Jacobs, winner of the iSchools 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Award" title="Dr. Maia Jacobs, winner of the iSchools 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Award" border="0" width="302" height="312" align="left" style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px;"> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Dr. Jacobs’ winning dissertation is titled&nbsp;</font></span><em><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Personalized Mobile Tools to Support the Cancer Trajectory</font></em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">. The Award Committee felt it was timely and important, and lauded its impact in how patients manage their health. “Dr. Jacobs’ thesis&nbsp;</font></span><em><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Personalized Mobile Tools to Support the Cancer Trajectory</font></em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">contributes MyPath, an adaptive system that provides personalized support to patients throughout their cancer journey, including diagnosis, treatment, and post-treatment survivorship. Her research provides insight into the usability of recommender systems within a health context and finds promise in recommendations that stimulate coping behaviors. Dr. Jacobs’ dissertation stands out because of its strong contributions to health informatics, HCI, and innovative methods that can be used across these fields. The thesis was well-written, the research questions well designed, and Dr. Jacobs did an outstanding job of putting her research questions into context making it the clear winner for this year’s competition.”</font></span></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/jenking_0.jpg" alt="Jennifer King, runner up, 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Award" title="Jennifer King, runner up, 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Award" border="0" align="right" width="220" height="330" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"></span></p> <p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Committee had this to say about the work of runner-up Dr. King: “In the thesis&nbsp;<em>Privacy, Disclosure, and Social Exchange Theory</em>, the author uses Social Exchange Theory (SET) to explore reasons why individuals decide to disclose personal information to companies. The object of exchange implied by this approach draws on rather strong background assumptions like an objective givenness or unity of information as an object of study. Granted that individuals entertain relationships to companies it may indeed be worthwhile to analyze the impact of such relationships on the disclosure of private information in return for gratifications expected. The assumption about the applicability of SET to privacy issues is tested by empirical methods, i.e. qualitative interviews and three online surveys. The author provides clear descriptions of the methods and reasons for using each approach and also delivers a satisfying discussion of the theory.“</font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Dr. Jacobs and Dr. King will be recognized during a presentation at&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/iConference-2019-Summary"><span style=""><font color="#2E8ACA" style="">iConference 2019</font></span></a>, which takes place March 31 – April 3 in Washington DC. iConference 2019 is expected to draw more than 500 information scholars and researchers from around the world, and&nbsp;<a href="https://iconference2019.umd.edu/register/" style=""><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#2E8ACA">registration</font></span></span></a>&nbsp;is open now, with discounted early rates available through Jan. 21.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iSchools will begin accepting nominations for next year’s Doctoral Dissertation Award in July. All member schools are invited to submit a nomination. The iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award was established in 2013 to honor outstanding work in the information field. Details on previous honorees can be&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Dissertation-Award-Past-Winners"><span style=""><font color="#2E8ACA" style="">found here</font></span></a>.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7197352 https://ischools.org/News/7197352 Contact Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:08:48 GMT Announcing Release of iConference 2019 Program Schedule <p style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iConference 2019 program schedule is&nbsp;</font></span><a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/sessions.php"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#2E8ACA" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">now available for viewing</font></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">. Presented in a searchable, interactive format, presenters can quickly find their session by putting their last name or title fragment into the search field.</font></span></p> <p style="background-color: transparent;"><img src="https://ischools.org/resources/Pictures/Ad-2-conference-speaker-AI.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="302" height="158" style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px;" align="left"></p> <p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/venue/" style=""><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style=""><font color="#2E8ACA" style="">Conference 2019</font></span></span></span></a>&nbsp;will take place March 31 – April 3 in Washington DC. Conference registration is now open, with discounted early rates available through January 18. A limited supply of specially priced rooms are available at the conference hotel; lodging details can be found on our&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Venue"><span style=""><font color="#2E8ACA" style="">venue page</font></span></a>, along with additional information about travel, visas, and letters of invitation.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">A quick look at this year’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2019/sessions.php" style=""><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#2E8ACA">program schedule</font></span></span></a>&nbsp;reveals more than 75 peer reviewed papers, 13 Workshop, 14 interactive sessions, and much more.&nbsp;<span style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#2E8ACA" style=""><a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/keynote-speakers/">Keynote speakers</a>&nbsp;</font></span>include Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, Kentaro Toyama of Microsoft Research India, and Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive.&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/Venue"><span style=""><font color="#2E8ACA" style="">Visit the conference website</font></span></a>&nbsp;for additional details.</font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><strong>About the iConference</strong><br> iConference 2019 will take place March 31 – April 3, 2019, in Washington DC under the banner theme “Inform | Include | Inspire.” The event is presented by the&nbsp;<a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">iSchool at the University of Maryland, College Park</font></a>&nbsp;in collaboration with the&nbsp;<a href="https://ischool.syr.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Syracuse University iSchool</font></a>&nbsp;and the iSchool at the&nbsp;<a href="https://informationsystems.umbc.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">University of Maryland, Baltimore County</font></a>. Sponsors include the Computing Research Association, Emerald Publishing, Elsevier, MDPI and ALISE.</font></p> <p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">An annual presentation of the iSchools organization since 2005, the iConference brings together scholars and researchers from around the world to examine critical information issues in contemporary society. The iConference is open to any and all information scholars and researchers, regardless of institutional affiliation. An openness to new ideas and research fields in information science is a primary characteristics of the event. Attendance has grown every year; participants appreciate the inspiring sense of community, high quality research presentations, and myriad opportunities for engagement and networking.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7197353 https://ischools.org/News/7197353 Contact Tue, 08 Jan 2019 09:12:16 GMT UC Berkeley iSchool seeks candidates for the inaugural position of Associate Provost of the Division of Data Science and Information and Dean of the School of Information <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Data science is rapidly transforming society and the academy. In response, Berkeley has established programs in data science that span the campus, and is now looking for an Associate Provost to lead these efforts and to ensure that Berkeley’s engagement with data science reflects the Berkeley’s values of excellence and inclusion and enhances their mission of serving the public through the creation and sharing of knowledge. As an institutional vehicle for moving forward in data science, Berkeley has created a new division, provisionally entitled the Division of Data Science and Information, which will be built on the disciplines of computation and statistics, their application across fields, and the exploration of their human, social, political, artistic, and scientific implications.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The new division will wholly incorporate the current Data Sciences Division, the School of Information (iSchool), the Department of Statistics, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS), and the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS). EECS and Statistics will also remain a part of their current colleges. A signature of the new division will be the Data Science Commons, a new structure for Berkeley that will empower groups of faculty across the University—with common interests in diverse aspects of the foundations, applications, and implications of data science—to establish new cross-cutting academic programs.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Associate Provost will serve as the leader of this new division, and as Dean of the School of Information. Among the roles envisioned for this new position are fostering data science across the campus broadly and supporting interdisciplinary synergies within this new division. There is both a pedagogical mission and a research imperative to data science. Berkeley’s efforts are already off to a strong start; the new, integrative undergraduate data science major is the fastest growing major in Berkeley’s history, attracting more than 1,000 pre-declarations in its first year. Data science is also rapidly infusing into curricula and classes across the campus. In terms of research, Berkeley, long a leader in these fields, is building on its long-standing strengths and breaking ground across new frontiers. The scope of this movement is remarkable: for example, this academic year, one fifth of all faculty searches at Berkeley are strongly tied to data science.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">To bring about this innovative change, Berkeley seeks an Associate Provost and Dean who will provide vision as well as strategic and intellectual leadership to this endeavor. Candidates must have an earned doctoral degree or equivalent international degree and a distinguished record of scholarship that merits a tenured appointment as a Professor. Candidates must also have significant leadership experience in a complex institutional environment as well as a track record of fostering diverse, inclusive and excellent organizations, and in seeking philanthropic support and establishing strategic partnerships.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">UC Berkeley is internationally renowned for comprehensive excellence, the opportunities it affords students of all backgrounds, and pioneering achievements across all disciplines. The Berkeley campus is home to more than 30,000 undergraduates and more than 11,000 graduate students, and approximately 1,500 ladder-rank faculty across more than 65 academic departments and 80 research units.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01959"><font color="#2E8ACA">Visit the UC Berkeley website</font></a>&nbsp;to learn more about this opportunity and how to apply. The search is being facilitated by the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wittkieffer.com/position/associate-provost-for-the-division-of-information--data-science-dean-of-the-school-of-information/university-of-california-berkeley/14479"><font color="#2E8ACA">Witt/Kieffer executive recruiting agency</font></a>.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7197354 https://ischools.org/News/7197354 Contact Fri, 04 Jan 2019 09:13:24 GMT Syracuse iSchool Launches Dean Search <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The&nbsp;<a href="https://ischool.syr.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">School of Information Studies at Syracuse University</font></a>&nbsp;has launched a search for a new Dean. Current Syracuse iSchool Dean, and former iSchools Organization iCaucus Chair, Elizabeth D. Liddy, will step down and retire in May, 2019.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Reporting to the Syracuse University Provost, the Dean will collaborate with the 12 deans of the other schools and colleges at Syracuse and with senior University leadership. The Dean will oversee 50 tenure-track faculty members, professors of practice and teaching faculty, and a staff of 50 and will be responsible for an operating budget of $62 million.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The Syracuse iSchool, a founding member of the iSchools Organization, is a globally recognized leader in advancing knowledge and developing creative, thoughtful, and technically capable leaders in the information field. The mission of the iSchool is to expand human capabilities by connecting people, information and technology. The faculty and staff of the iSchool are committed to preparing students to become leaders in the information field and using information to solve problems faced by individuals and organizations. Together, the faculty, staff and students of the iSchool impact research and the information profession through scholarship, rigorous education opportunities and commitment to service that advances science, improves professional practice and contributes to society.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Consistently ranked among the top five programs of its kind in the country by&nbsp;<em>U.S. News and World Report</em>, the Syracuse iSchool offers degree programs at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels; master’s programs are available both on campus and online.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The next Dean will lead Syracuse’s iSchool at a time when its disciplines are in increasingly high demand by undergraduate, professional and graduate students. The Dean will have the opportunity to capitalize on this exciting information age by focusing on fostering academic excellence, advancing the research agenda, building institutional capacity, and raising visibility and resources.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Founded in 1870, Syracuse University is a private, coeducational, research institution in the heart of central New York, where students choose from more than 200 majors, 100 minors, and 200 advanced degree programs. Syracuse is a university of national stature and international opportunity, known for its professional programs, investment in research and innovation, and school spirit.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/78497"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;for full details on the Syracuse University Job’s Board.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">This search is being handled by Russell Reynolds Associates, executive search consultants. Inquiries, nominations, and expressions of interest can be sent to:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:SyracuseiSchool@russellreynolds.com"><font color="#2E8ACA">SyracuseiSchool@russellreynolds.com</font></a>.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7197355 https://ischools.org/News/7197355 Contact Thu, 03 Jan 2019 09:15:36 GMT UMD iSchool researcher questions AI used to interpret police body-cam video <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Axon Enterprise, formerly known as Taser International, recently shifted its focus from stun guns to body-cam video following the killings of a number of unarmed black citizens by police. Researchers have followed Axon’s plans to build artificial intelligence systems, AI, to process, label and interpret police body-cam video and have now expressed doubts in an article published in&nbsp;<em>IEEE Spectrum</em>.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">In the article, Dan Greene, assistant professor at the&nbsp;<a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">University of Maryland College of Information Studies</font></a>&nbsp;and his colleague, Dr. Genevieve Patterson, a computer vision researcher, question the practicality of Axon’s strategy and the preparedness of Axon’s proposed AI capabilities.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The application of machine learning for the classification of police body-camera video has become a major flash point in the broader debate over whether proprietary software should be incorporated into the criminal-justice system. In their article,&nbsp;<a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/the-trouble-with-trusting-ai-to-interpret-police-bodycam-video"><font color="#2E8ACA">“The Trouble With Trusting AI to Interpret Police Body-Cam Video”</font></a>Greene and Dr. Patterson discuss their concerns and also offer suggestions for how to manage technology that is on the horizon.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://ischool.umd.edu/news/new-ai-systems-interpret-police-body-cam-video-researchers-are-skeptical"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;to read this news story on the UMD webstie.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7197357 https://ischools.org/News/7197357 Contact Thu, 03 Jan 2019 09:14:34 GMT UNC iSchool receives Mellon grant for machine learning project tied to email curation <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a grant for $1.1 million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a project to develop a toolset that will enable institutions to more quickly and efficiently process emails included in born-digital collections. The project will specifically explore the use of machine learning to separate irrelevant emails from those that should be preserved, and will apply natural language processing methods to identify topics of interest within those records so the messages can be tagged for improved organization and retrieval.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The&nbsp;<a href="https://sils.unc.edu/"><font color="#2E8ACA">UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS)</font></a>&nbsp;is partnering with the State Archives of North Carolina under the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NC DNCR) for the two-year project. The Review, Appraisal, and Triage of Mail (RATOM) project’s goals are particularly significant for organizations, including libraries, archives and museums (LAMs), that need to provide public access to records while protecting private information.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">RATOM project personnel include SILS Professor Christopher “Cal” Lee, who will serve as Principal Investigator (PI), as well as SILS Research Scientist Kam Woods (Co-PI) and DARNC Section Head of Digital Services Camille Tyndall Watson (Co-PI).</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://sils.unc.edu/news/2019/ratom"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;for more details on the UNC website.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7197356 https://ischools.org/News/7197356 Contact Thu, 03 Jan 2019 09:10:08 GMT Singapore AI expert named IEEE Fellow <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Associate Professor Steven Hoi from the School of Information Systems (SIS) at Singapore Management University (SMU) has been elevated to IEEE Fellow with effect from 1 January 2019. He is being recognised for his contributions to machine learning for multimedia information retrieval and scalable data analytics.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an outstanding record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">“I am honoured and greatly humbled to be elevated to IEEE Fellow,”Prof Hoi said “I would like to offer my sincerest gratitude to all my collaborators and students for their valuable support and contributions to my professional career, and to SMU for providing a dynamic and supportive research environment that has enabled me to undertake machine learning and artificial intelligence research in Singapore.”</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Prof Hoi’s research contributions cover both fundamental research on machine learning methodology, and practical machine learning research for a wide range of real-world application domains in artificial intelligence (AI) and data science, including multimedia information retrieval, computer vision and pattern recognition, scalable data analytics, web search and mining, social media, computational finance, cybersecurity intelligence, and healthcare intelligence for smart nation.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.smu.edu.sg/news/2018/12/18/singapores-ai-expert-conferred-prestigious-ieee-fellowship"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;for the full story on the SMU website.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7197358 https://ischools.org/News/7197358 Contact Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:01:41 GMT iSchools Organization establishes new governance structure <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iSchools Organization has unveiled a new governance structure that is expected to make the Organization more responsive to the needs of its membership. To facilitate the change, the new membership structure more distinctly reflects each member’s involvement with the Organization. In the works for more than a year, the new governance model was formally adopted at the annual iSchools business meeting, which was held March 27, 2018 in conjunction with iConference 2018 in Sheffield, UK.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Under the new model,&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/members/directory/"><font color="#2E8ACA">all iSchools members</font></a>&nbsp;will participate in the election of a&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/about/meet-our-people/#leadership"><font color="#2E8ACA">Board of Directors</font></a>. This new Board consist of two groups: an Executive Committee, and an additional group of regionally elected Board members. The Executive Committee is made up of the current iSchools chair, the chair-elect, the immediate past-chair, the treasurer, the chairs of each of the three regions, and ex officio the executive director. The remainder of the Board consists of regionally elected chairs, calculated using a formula that factors the number of schools and the financial contributions in each.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The newly adopted membership structure offers a wider array of levels reflecting each member’s ongoing relationship with the organization. All members may self-select the membership level that represents the level of support they wish to provide; this includes the iCaucus level, which formerly required institutional approval to join.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The new iSchools membership levels are as follows: iCaucus; Enabling; Sustaining; Supporting; Basic; and Associate. Members at all levels have a vote factored for their level of support, with the exception of those who select the non-voting Associate level.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">“I am very pleased with the new governance structure adopted at our recent business meeting,” said iSchools Chair Sam Oh. “These changes enable member-institutions of all sizes to have a direct impact on the Organization’s mission of leading and promoting the information field in the 21st century, while at the same time recognizing the level of Organizational support that each of our members graciously provides.”</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Moving forward, the Executive Committee will continue to handle the ongoing day-to-day business of the Organization. The Board of Directors must approve broader decisions such as changes in the budget and membership. In addition, a majority of all members must vote to approve any change in the dues or fundamental structural alterations, and will also elect the chair.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iSchools Executive Committee currently includes:</font></p> <ul style="line-height: 24px;"> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> iSchools Chair: Sam Oh, Head of School, Library &amp; Information Science and Data Science Department, Sungkyunkwan University </div> </li> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> iSchools Chair-Elect: Gobinda Choudhury, Head of School, Mathematics and Information Sciences, Northumbria University </div> </li> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> iSchools Past-Chair: Ron Larsen, Dean Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh iSchool </div> </li> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> Executive Director: Michael Seadle, Professor, Berlin School of Library and Information Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin </div> </li> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> Treasurer: Johannes Bauer , Director, Department of Media and Information, Michigan State University </div> </li> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> European Regional Chair: Ann-Sofie Axelsson, Head of School, The Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Boras </div> </li> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> North American Regional Chair and Executive Committee member: Keith Marzullo, Professor and Dean, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland </div> </li> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> Asia Pacific Regional Chair and Executive Committee member: Miguel Nunes, Head of School, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, School of Information Management </div> </li> </ul> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The above are joined by the following Board members, elected earlier this month:</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><strong>North America</strong></font></p> <ul style="line-height: 24px;"> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> Gary Marchionni, Dean, University of North Carolina, School of Information and Library Science </div> </li> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> Diane Kelly, Director, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, School of Information Sciences </div> </li> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> Tom Finholt, Dean, University of Michigan School of Information </div> </li> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> Kristin Eschenfelder, Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Library and Information Studies </div> </li> </ul> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Europe</strong></font></p> <ul style="line-height: 24px;"> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> António Lucas Soares, Director, University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering in cooperation with the Faculty of Arts; alternate Fernanda Ribeiro </div> </li> </ul> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><strong>Asia Pacific</strong></font></p> <ul style="line-height: 24px;"> <li style="line-height: 24px;"> <div align="left"> Bin Zhang, Head of School, Renmin University of China, School of Information Resource Management; alternate Jenny Wang </div> </li> </ul> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">For his part, iSchools Executive Director Michael Seadle expressed satisfaction that the Organization’s extended governance deliberations have resulted in structures that support the needs of membership and will allow the Organization to address challenges and opportunities in the information field.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">“All iSchools are known for their leadership and their commitment to the information field. Our Organization seeks to maximize our collective influence and impact worldwide,” said Seadle. “The Organization’s former tier structure was always intended to reflect each member’s relationship with the Organization. By recasting the membership levels and adding more gradations, as well as allowing members to self-select their appropriate level, we believe the egalitarian nature of our Organization will be more clearly understood.”</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The current iSchools Board of Directors is listed on the Organization’s&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/about/meet-our-people/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Meet our People</font></a>&nbsp;webpage. Institutions interested in joining the iSchools should visit the&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/members/apply-to-join/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Apply to Join</font></a>&nbsp;webpage.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><strong style="font-size: 17px; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-family: Lato, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">About the iSchools</strong><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The iSchools Organization is a consortium of&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/members/directory/"><font color="#2E8ACA">more than 90 universities and institutions</font></a>&nbsp;dedicated to advancing the information field in the 21st Century. The iSchools organization supports and recognizes student achievement through its annual&nbsp;<a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/doctoral-colloquium/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Doctoral Colloquium</font></a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/dissertation-award/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Doctoral Dissertation Award</font></a>, and, starting this year,&nbsp;<a href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/undergraduate-symposium/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Undergraduate Symposium</font></a>. The iSchools also provide collaboration tools and other support to assist faculty in their teaching and research endeavors.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 24px;" align="left"><font style="font-size: 17px;" color="#231F20" face="Lato, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Every year, the iSchools organization presents the&nbsp;<a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/"><font color="#2E8ACA">iConference</font></a>, a forum in which information scholars, researchers and professionals share their insights on critical information issues in contemporary society. The next iConference is scheduled to take place March 31-April 3, 2019 in Washington DC.&nbsp;<a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/"><font color="#2E8ACA">Click here</font></a>&nbsp;to learn more about iConference 2019.</font></p> https://ischools.org/News/7389376 https://ischools.org/News/7389376 Contact
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