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IU Faculty and Doctoral Students Present at International Conference

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Back in person for the first time since 2020, ILS faculty and students started the new year off big by attending a major international conference in Hawaii earlier this month.

From Jan. 3-6, Prof. Pnina Fichman, along with Information Science doctoral students Meredith Dedema and Holly Lopez Long, attended the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Another IU Information Science professor, Susan Herring, also had a paper at the conference. 

 The HICSS is an annual event focused on the areas of information, computer, and system sciences. More than 1,100 scientists, hailing from more than 45 countries, attended this year’s conference, which was held in Kaanapali, on the island of Maui. From the 1,429 papers submitted to this year’s iteration of the HICSS only 678 were accepted. 

Read about their experience and research here!

 

 

ILS Professor Ron Day speaks at Cosmopolitanism conference in Paris

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This past October, Indiana University Information and Library Science Professor Ron Day delivered a keynote talk at an international symposium examining the contributions of key figures of Cosmopolitanism during the early 20th century.

The conference “Instruments for Peace? Albert Kahn, Henri Bergson and the Legacy of Belle Époque Cosmopolitanism,” took place on Oct. 25, 2022, at the Albert Kahn Museum in Paris, France.

View the full article on his keynote address here.

Meet our newest faculty!

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Dr. Rongqian Ma Dr. Allan Martell

Professors Rongqian Ma and Allan Martell are first year ILS faculty members this year. We caught up with both of them a few months into their time here at IU to ask a few questions about their thoughts on IU, Bloomington, and their work so far.

Read the full Q&A here!

Fall 2022 Doctoral Student Research Forum

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Our Fall 2022 Doctoral Student Research Forum was a hit!

Each of the six participating students was recognized for their hard work and professionalism.

4 November 2022, 12pm | Geology Building Room 1050

The top three awards were given to:

Alex Wingate – “From Inventory to Database: Sharing data in Book History” (first place)
Shohana Akter – “Online Political Trolling: A study on 2016 and 2020 U. S. presidential election” (second place)
Haining Wang – “Protecting Author Identity with Artificial Intelligence Trained with the Bible” (second place)

The three students who were given honorary mention for professionalism are:

Megan Vladoiu – “Are Virtual References Color and Gender Blind? Service Equality Revisited”
Meredith Dedema – “Public engagement with science during and about COVID-19 via Twitter: Who, when, what, and how?”
Jieli Liu – “Service Equality in Public Libraries”

View the full article here.

Open Access Week Held at IU

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The Scholarly Communications Department at Wells Library participated in this year’s International Open Access Week by hosting a Symposium on Friday October 28th.

Learn more about the Open Access Week Symposium here!

We’re grateful that our students and faculty have access to professional opportunities, right here on campus, through the IU Libraries.

Busy October Conference Weekend

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This final weekend of October is a busy one for our faculty and students.

On Friday Oct. 28, the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Colloquium Series is presenting a talk by Dr. Mikihito Tanaka, followed by a reception in the Rob Kling Center.

The 81st meeting of the Music Library Association Midwest Chapter will be held here at IU from Thursday, Oct. 27 through Saturday, Oct. 29, with involvement from many of our students, faculty, and IU Librarians.
2022 Music Library Association Annual Meeting

Several ILS faculty, researchers, and doctoral students will be attending and presenting at this year’s annual Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) conference in Pittsburgh from Oct. 29 – Nov. 1. The theme of this year’s conference is “Crisis, Transition, Resilience: Re-imagining an information resilient society.”
2022 ASIS&T Conference

To top it all off, the Wells Library is hosting the Open Access Week Symposium on Oct. 28. The symposium will highlight the experiences of IU authors and the various models of funding open access publications. Discussion will also focus on the limitations and challenges facing open access, as well as the implications of the recently released “Nelson Memo,” a memorandum from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy which greatly impacts researchers who receive federal funds.

Best of luck to everyone presenting this weekend!

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