2024 Annual Meeting Panels and Alternative Events
2024 Annual Meeting Panels
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; 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
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, 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; 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; Souvick Ghosh, San Jose State University, 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)
Jessica Yi-Yun 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
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 ResearchJiaxuan
Devon Greyson, 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, Jiaxuan Zhang, University of South Carolina, USA; Anthony Chow, 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
Provocations on iSchools and Librarianship: New Priorities for LIS Forward
Carole Palmer, Lorcan Dempsey, Tracie Hall, 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; 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
4:00 PM-5:30 PM
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