2024 Annual Meeting Panels and Alternative Events
SUNDAY, 27 OCTOBER
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Accessibility for Motor Disabilities in Immersive Technologies
Marlene Holmner, Theo Bothma, Kwan Sui Dave Ka, Anika Meyer, University of Pretoria, South Africa; John MacLeod, Marinovation Learning Center, USA; Daniel Alemneh, University of North Texas, USA; Anthony Chow, San José State University, USA
Scholarship for the People: Michael K. Buckland and Information Science (SIG-HFIS)
John Budd, University of Missouri, USA; Ronald Day, Indiana University, USA; Fang Wang, Nankai University, People's Republic of China; Ryan Shaw, University of North Carolina, USA; Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić, University of Zadar, Croatia
What Does it Mean to “Misuse” Research Data?
Irene Pasquetto, University of Maryland, USA; Andrea Thomer, University of Arizona, USA; Amelia Acker, University of Texas at Austin, USA; Natascha Chtena, Simon Fraser University, Canada; Meera Desai, University of Michigan, USA
2:00 PM-3:30 PM
Creative Research Engagement from Design Through Application to Dissemination (Research Engagement Committee
John Budd, University of Missouri, USA; Charles Senteio, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA; Valerie Nesset, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA; Yazdan Mansourian, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Embracing Ubuntu: Cultivating Inclusive Information Access in Decolonising African Information Curriculum
Paul Laughton, Marlene Holmner, Anika Meyer, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Daniel Alemneh, Suliman Hawamdeh,University of North Texas, USA; Abebe Rorissa, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, USA
Exploring the Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in GLAM Collections
Jeonghyun {Annie} Kim, Haihua Chen, University of North Texas, USA; Le Yang, Julia Simic, University of Oregon, USA
Researching Informational Technologies of Trust: From Blockchain to Paradata and Digital Archives
Isto Huvila, Olle Sköld, Uppsala University, Sweden; Victoria Lemieux, University of British Columbia, Canada; Devan Ray Donaldson, Indiana University Bloomington, USA
4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Conceptions of Everyday Life in Information Science (SIG-USE)
Jenna Hartel, University of Toronto, Canada; Ana Ndumu, University of Maryland, USA; Melissa Ocepek, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Ian Ruthven, University of Strathclyde, UK
Emphasizing the Social in Sociotechnical Approaches to the Digital Curation of Visual Information
Travis Wagner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Zack Lischer-Katz, University of Arizona, USA; James Hodges, San Jose State University, USA; Victoria Van Hyning, Mace Jones, University of Maryland, USA; Amelia Acker, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Immersive Technology in Education
Isak Bosman, Yan Lau Wong, Kwan Sui Dave Ka, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Daniel Alemneh, University of North Texas, USA; Anthony Chow, San José State University, USA
MONDAY, 28 OCTOBER
9:00 AM-10:30 AM
Ethnographic Stories in Information Science
Kaitlin Montague, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA; Jenna Hartel, University of Toronto, Canada; Devon Greyson, University of British Columbia, Canada; Ina Fourie, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Pelle Tracey, University of Michigan, USA
Social Media and Crisis Informatics Research in LIS (SIG-SM)
Ly Dinh, University of South Florida, USA; Lingzi Hong, University of North Texas, USA; Catherine Dumas, University at Albany, USA; Beth Patin, Syracuse University, USA; Souvick Ghosh, San Jose State University, USA; Lingyao Li, University of South Florida, USA; Christy Khoury, Syracuse University, USA
The People Behind the Research: How Three Researchers Utilized Their Diverse Positionality to Study LGBTQ+ Archives
Shannon Oltmann, University of Kentucky, USA; Travis Wagner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Allan Martell, Indiana University, USA
11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Queer Data
Patrick Keilty, Andrew Wiebe, University of Toronto, Canada; Marika Cifor, University of Washington, USA; Bri Watson, University of British Columbia, Canada
Roles and Responsibilities in University-Community Engagement for Library and Information Scientists (Canadian Chapter)
Julia Bullard, Kristina McDavid, Heather O'Brien, University of British Columbia, Canada; Heather DeForest, Simon Fraser University, Canada; Brian Detlor, McMaster University, Canada; Cansu Ekmekcioglu, University of Toronto, Canada; Ali Shiri, University of Alberta, Canada
2:00 PM-3:30 PM
Knowledge Organization Systems and Provenance: Experiences and Challenges (SIG-CMR)
Yi-Yun {Jessica} Cheng, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA; Rhiannon Bettivia, Simmons University, USA; Wan-Chen Lee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA; Bri Watson, University of British Columbia, Canada
Social Risks in the Era of Generative AI
Xiaozhong Liu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA; Yu-Ru Lin, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Zhuoren Jiang, Zhejiang University, People's Republic of China; Qunfang Wu, Harvard University, USA
Who Are They? Redefining Demarcation of Research Participant Characteristics and Related Conceptualizations
Ina Fourie, Theo Bothma, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Naresh Kumar Agarwal, Simmons University, USA; Anna Mierzecka, University of Warsaw, Poland; Valerie Nesset, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA
4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Health Misinformation Research
Devon Greyson, David Walugembe, University of British Columbia, Canada; Morgan Lundy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Sophie Rutter, University of Sheffield, UK
Information Standards and Guidelines on AI: Ethical Concerns, Trustworthiness, Quality Assessment, and Human Oversight (Standards Committee)
Timothy Dickey, Kent State University, USA; Brian Dobreski, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, USA; Marjorie Hlava, Access Innovations, USA; Brady Lund, University of North Texas, USA; Marcia Zeng, Kent State University, USA
Why VR? Exploring the Intersection of Virtual Reality and Information Science
Catherine Dumas, University at Albany, SUNY, USA; Rachel Williams, University of South Carolina, USA; Anthony Chow, Darra Hofman, San Jose State University, USA; John MacLeod, XRLibraries, USA
TUESDAY, 29 OCTOBER
9:00 AM-10:30 AM
AI4LIS: Towards a Research Agenda
Darra Hofman, Souvick Ghosh, San Jose State University, USA; Alamir Novin, Ehsan Mohammadi, University of South Carolina, USA University of South Carolina, USA
Provocations on iSchools and Librarianship: New Priorities for LIS Forward
Carole Palmer, Lorcan Dempsey, Tracie Hall, Chris Coward, University of Washington, USA; Allen Renear, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina, USA; Mega Subramaniam, University of Maryland, USA
11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Emerging Topics, Challenges, and Strategies for Information Science Research
Jiangping Chen, University of North Texas, USA; June Abbas, University of Oklahoma, USA; Bei Yu, Syracuse University, USA; Zhiwu Xie, University of California, Riverside, USA. Please note that Abebe Rorissa contributed to this panel.
Exploring Some Impacts of Advances in Artificial Intelligence: A Social Informatics Approach
Howard Rosenbaum, Ece Gumusel, Indiana University Bloomington, USA; Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Miriam Sweeney, The University of Alabama, USA; Steve Sawyer, Syracuse University, USA
Human Subjectivity in Information Practice and AI Governance
Fang Wang, Zhang Chao, Nankai University, People's Republic of China; Shengnan Yang, Western University, Canada; Xiaozhong Liu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA; Ying-Hsang Liu, Uppsala University, Sweden; Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
The Evolving Role of Information Professionals in Navigating Places, Spaces, and Nurturing New Discourses in the In-Between
Anika Meyer, Marlene Holmner, Ina Fourie, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Abebe Rorissa, University of Tennessee,-Knoxville, USA; Daniel Alemneh, University of North Texas, USA; Jenna Hartel, University of Toronto, Canada
2024 Annual Meeting Alternative Events
SUNDAY, 27 OCTOBER
Siphonophorae: An Intervention on (In)Visible Infrastructure
Rhiannon Bettivia, Rebecca Stallworth, Simmons University, USA; Danielle Maurici-Pollock, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, USA; Rachel Williams, University of South Carolina, USA
MONDAY, 28 OCTOBER
11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Centering Care and Kindness: Mentoring Ph.D. Students in Tumultuous Times
Jenny Bossaller, University of Missouri, USA; Deborah Charbonneau, Wayne State University, USA; Keren Dali, University of Denver, USA; Jenna Hartel, University of Toronto, Canada; Charles Senteio, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA
Undergraduate Education in Information Science Session: Building a Community of Practice, Networking, and Standard Discussion
T. Zachary Frazier, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA