Dr. Yuerong Hu Awarded SHARP Lightning Seed Grant Dr. Yuerong Hu received a SHARP (The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing) Lightening Grant, awarded to support events or activities that advance global book history studies. Hu gave us a glimpse into her current research and how she plans to use the grant… Read more »
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Spring 2025 ILS Colloquium: Dr. Yuerong Hu
Spring 2025 ILS Colloquium: Dr. Yuerong Hu On Friday, April 11th, the ILS Department hosted its second colloquium of 2025, featuring Dr. Yuerong Hu’s presentation, “Goodreads might not be that good to read: Complexities of online book reviews.” The talk focused on the different intricacies of research data on online book reviews. Initially, the rise… Read more »
IU Bloomington Luddy at iConference 2025
IU Bloomington Luddy at iConference 2025 Many of Indiana University’s faculty and students participated in iConference 2025. They proudly represent our institution as we host this year’s conference on the Bloomington campus. The iConference program co-chairs are Dr. Howard Rosenbaum, Dr. Noriko Hara, Dr. Devan Donaldson, and Dr. Carol Choksy, all of the Department of… Read more »
ILS Colloquium: Dr. Siqi Wu
ILS Colloquium: Dr. Siqi Wu On Friday, January 31st, the Department of Information and Library Science hosted its first colloquium of 2025, featuring Dr. Siqi Wu’s presentation, “Towards Transparent Social Computing Systems.” This talk presented two studies, which both focused on the ways that people can and do use social media. By studying social media,… Read more »
A Semester Well-Spent: Dr. Fichman’s Book on Online Political Trolling
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 »
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 Professor Selected for EMPOWER Award
ILS Professor Selected for EMPOWER Award By Megan Sherry Dr. Rongqian Ma, Assistant Professor of Information and Library Science at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, has been selected for the EMPOWER Program, aimed at supporting junior faculty from historically marginalized groups in securing external research funding. Working with Dr. Manling Luo, an… Read more »
Reconnecting through Research: More Than a Conference
“For Dr. Susan Herring, an invitation to be the keynote speaker at the Conference on Computer-Mediated Communication and Social Media Corpora (CMC2024) in France was more than an honor; it was the chance she had been waiting for.” Faculty member Dr. Susan Herring traveled to Nice, France, to deliver her keynote address at the… Read more »
Projects and Passions: A Q&A with New ILS Faculty
Professors Christina Boyles, Yuerong Hu, and Siqi Wu are all first year ILS faculty members. We asked them a few questions to find out their thoughts on IU, Bloomington, and their own research and interests. [Note: Responses were lightly edited for grammar and clarity.] Read the full Q&A here!
IU Faculty and Doctoral Students Present at International Conference
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… Read more »