Americas Time Zone Schedule
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Welcome & Introductions
- Regional Planning Co-Chairs: Rachel Williams, Simmons University, USA and Vanessa Reyes, University of South Florida School of Information, USA
- ASIS&T President, Naresh Agarwal, Simmons University, USA
Keynote Address
African American Undergraduates and Academic Library Use During COVID-19 | Rebecca Davis, Simmons University, USA
Lightning Talks
- Information Resilience in a Time of Chaos: An Overview of Van Dwellers’ Information Practices in the Onset of COVID-19 | Kaitlin Montague, Rutgers University, USA
- Gender and Personal Information Spaces During COVID-19 | Vanessa Reyes, University of South Florida School of Information, USA; Kristen Schuster, Kings College London, UK
Coffee Break
Papers
- Machine Learning Methods in Student Mental Health Research: An Ethics-Centered Analysis | Sana Ben Hassine, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
- How Not to Write a Paper: Lessons Learned from Collaborative Research | Kate Gregory and Lauren Geiger, Mississippi State University Libraries , USA
- Teaching Design Justice Principles in LIS Education | Danielle Pollock, Simmons University, USA
Keynote Address
Vaccine Hesitancy and Exposure to Misinformation | Stephen Neely, University of South Florida, USA
Lunch Break/Networking
Poster Presentations
- iSmart: Exploring Smart and Connected Disaster Planning for Rural and Small Libraries | Denise Gomez, Faye Jones, and Marcia Mardis, Florida State University, USA
- Understanding the Literary Traveler’s Information and Motivation Behaviors | Denise Gomez, School of Information, Florida State University, USA
- Preliminary Insights on the Use of Consensus Methods in Scientific and Technological Communities | David Stokes, UCLA, USA
Paper Session
- Open Access Services Provision in Libraries During COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Systematic Review | Philips Ayeni, McGill University, Canada; Blessed O. Agbaje, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
- This is Like Herding Cats, but Now We Are Doing it Virtually: Challenges and Opportunities in Virtual Reference Services During COVID-19 | Laura Costello, Marie Radford, and Kaitlin Montague, Rutgers University, USA
- Cataloging Training During a Time of Covid | Joy DuBose, Mississippi State University, USA
Coffee Break / Networking
Keynote Address
Shifting the narrative from resilience to recognition: Public library workers and work during the COVID pandemic | Christine D’Arpa, Wayne State University
Keynote Address
Promoting Networking, Sharing, and Learning for Marginalized Populations through Community-Led Digital Literacy Training | Brian Detlor, McMaster University
Closing Remarks