A Semester Well-Spent: Dr. Fichman’s Book on Online Political Trolling Dr. Pnina Fichman, Director of the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics and Professor of Information Science in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, recently returned from a semester-long sabbatical. During her time away from campus, Dr. Fichman worked on many different projects, but her primary… Read more »
Get Involved! ILS Student Group Callout
New post alert! Get Involved! ILS Student Group Callout On Wednesday, January 22, the ILS department kicked off the spring semester by hosting a Student Group Callout for its various student groups. Check out what each group has to offer and see what our students are up to here.
ILS Colloquium: Dr. Bei Yu, Syracuse University
ILS Colloquium: Dr. Bei Yu, Syracuse University On December 6th, Dr. Bei Yu, Professor at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies, joined the Luddy School to present her talk, “An NLP Analysis of Causal Language Use in Scientific Communication.” This presentation discussed Project Precheck, which focuses on understanding press release exaggeration in scientific research. Dr…. Read more »
Congratulations to our December Graduates!
Congratulations to our December Graduates! This December, the Department has students from our Ph.D. program, our Master of Library Science (MLS) program, our Master of Information Science (MIS) program, our Specialist in Library and Information Science program, and dual degree programs graduating. Congratulations to all graduates! We are proud of all your accomplishments during your… Read more »
Keeping Curriculum Current: The MLS Program’s New Foundational Course
Keeping Curriculum Current: The MLS Program’s New Foundational Course By Megan Sherry Beginning this semester, fall 2024, MLS students are now required to complete ILS-Z622: Resources and Services for People with Disabilities, as a part of their degree. The actual content of the course is more encompassing than what the title suggests. Z622 was built… Read more »
2024 Institute for Korean Studies (IKS) Colloquium: Dr. Younei Soe presents on the digital divide in South Korea
2024 IKS Colloquium: Dr. Younei Soe presents on the digital divide in South Korea By Lily Natter Dr. Younei Soe, assistant chair and lecturer of the Information and Library Science (ILS) Department and affiliated faculty for the data science program, was invited by the Institute of Korean Studies (IKS) to present in their colloquium on… Read more »
ILS Associate Professor receives $1M grant to preserve Puerto Rican communities’ disaster response efforts
Information and Library Science associate professor, Christina Boyles, has been awarded $1 million from the Mellon Foundation to help communities better weather climate-related disasters such as hurricanes and floods. The new funds build upon earlier work supported by the Mellon Foundation and also led by Boyles called the Archivo de Respuestas Emergencias de Puerto Rico, or… Read more »
The 2024 ASIS&T Conference: Hearing from ILS Doctoral Students
The 2024 ASIS&T Conference: Hearing from ILS Doctoral Students The 2024 Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Conference was held from October 25th-29th in Calgary, Alberta. The theme for this year’s meeting was “Putting People First: Responsibility, Reciprocity, and Care in Information Research and Practice.” The Information and Library Science department had five doctoral… Read more »
ILS Hosts Movie Night and Student Group Call-out
ILS Hosts Movie Night and Student Group Call-out By Megan Sherry The ILS Department hosted a successful interactive movie night featuring Scooby-Doo (2002) the Friday before Halloween, drawing one of the largest crowds for an “after hours” event in years. Organized by graduate assistant Sophia Congdon, the event included character props, boarding passes, and Scooby… Read more »
Dr. Martin Halbert lectures on Open Access
Dr. Martin Halbert lectures on Open Access By Megan Sherry Since its first celebration in 2008, Open Access Week has been an annual opportunity for researchers and others in academia to come together to discuss, learn more about, and encourage open access to information. To recognize Open Access Week (October 21-27), IU Libraries sponsored several… Read more »