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 »
Events
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 »
Dr. Nicole A. Cooke Visits Bloomington: The 2024 Kaser Lecture and Doctoral Research Forum
Dr. Nicole A. Cooke was invited to Bloomington to present the 2024 Kaser Lecture and to be the keynote speaker for the ILS Doctoral Research Forum. She delivered unique presentations best suited for each event. Her talk at the lecture was titled “The Competent Humility Model: Merging the Powers of Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility,”… Read more »
Studying Social Memories: A Talk with Professor Allan Martell
According to Professor Allan Martell, the ways we think and feel about the past inform our individual and collective behaviors towards the present and the future. On January 12, 2024, Martell presented a talk focused on the role of information objects as dissimilar as personal records, commemorations, and memorial exhibitions in shaping how such memories… Read more »
RKCSI Speaker Series- Jeff Hart, Emeritus Professor at Indiana University
On November 10, Emeritus Professor Jeffrey Hart joined the department to share a talk entitled “The Internet: Past, Present, and Future” as part of the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI) Speaker Series. Read about his talk here!
RKCSI Speaker Series: Jeremy Birnholtz, Northwestern University
On Friday, November 3rd, Dr. Jeremy Birnholtz of Northwestern University gave the talk “Self-Presentation in Socio-Technical Life: How We Present Ourselves to Each Other in a World of Digital Platforms” as part of the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI) Speaker Series. Read more about his talk here!
Indiana University Libraries Commemorates Open Access Week
IU Libraries commemorated Open Access Week from October 23 to October 29, 2023, with a series of events and activities on the Bloomington campus and online. Read more about it here!
Tenth Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, Visit to IU Bloomington
On October 4th, Indiana University Libraries hosted David Ferriero, Tenth Archivist of the United States. During his visit, Ferriero answered a range of questions during a Q&A. Read more about his visit and Q&A session here!
Fall 2023 David Kaser Endowed Lecture Series- Dr. Kate Starbird, University of Washington
On October 6th, the Information and Library Science department held its first David Kaser Endowed Lecture Series since 2021. Dr. Kate Starbird of the University of Washington delivered the talk, “Participatory Disinformation during U.S. Elections: Deep Storytelling with an Online Audience”. You can learn more about Starbird and the Kaser Lecture Series here!