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Schedule at a Glance

*final schedule with time blocks will be published mid February

10-11 April

9 am -5 pm China Standard Time

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"How to Better Engage with ASIS&T Members? Lessons Learned From SIG-III's Activities During the Covid-19 Pandemic"
Devendra Potnis, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville USA │ Bhakti Gala, Central University of Gujarat, India │ Vanessa Reyes, University of South Florida, USA │Manika Lamba, University of Delhi, India │ Nosheen Fatima Warraich, University of the Punjab, Pakistan │Leili Seifi, University of Birjand, Iran │Paul Jason Perez, University of the Philippines, Philippines


"D/Misinformation on Social Media and the Role of the LIS Profession: A South Asian Perspective"
Amara Malik, University of the Punjab, Pakistan │ Syeda Batool, University of British Columbia, Canada │ Naresh Agarwal, Simmons University, USA │Anwarul Islam, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh │ Prasadi Jayasekara, University of Ruhana, Sri Lanka │ Reshma Dangol, SAARC Secretariat, Nepal │ Manika Lamba, University of Delhi, India   Abdul Baseer Mahmood, Berea College, USA


"Understanding the Behavioral Impact of Users' Perceived Stress on Health Information Recommendations: An Example of TikTok (DouYin)"
XiWei Wang, School Of Business and Management, Jilin University │ SiGuLeng WuJi, School Of Business and Management, Jilin University


"A Model of the Algorithmic Divide in Information Epidemics of Major Public Health Events"
Xiwei Wang, Jilin University, China │ Yutong Liu, Jilin University, China


"Strategies for Coping with Twitter's "Dark Side": A Transactional Model of Stress and Coping Analysis"
Sei-Ching Joanna Sin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore │ Kyung-Sun Kim, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA


"Connections Between Incentive Behavior and User Engagement: Evidence From Stack Overflow"
Yanqing Shi, College of Information Management, Nanjing Agriculture University, Weigang, Xuanwu  Distinct, Nanjing, China │ Yao Zhang, College of Information Management, Nanjing Agriculture University, Weigang, Xuanwu  Distinct, Nanjing, China


"SAGE: A Semantic Annotator for Knowledge Graph Exploration"
Biswanath Dutta, Indian Statistical Institute, India │ Puranjani Das, Indian Statistical Institute, India


"Learning Before Teaching: Teachers Making Sense of the Shift to Remote Learning"
Kathleen Obille, University of the Philippines, Philippines │ Marina Giron, Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte


"Collaborators, Intermediaries and Gatekeepers: Doing Research Remotely in Bangladesh"
Viviane Frings-Hessami, Monash University, Australia


"Data Science Career Preference of Nigeria University Students"
Wole M. Olatokun, Department of Data and Information Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria │ Oluyemi F. Ayanbode, Neuropsychiatric Hospital Aro Abeokuta, Nigeria │ Sunday Oladipo, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria


"The Role of Paywalls in Online Information Seeking Behavior: A Review of Literature"
Richmond Yeboah, McGill University, Canada │ Joan Bartlett, McGill University, Canada

12 April

9 am - 5 pm Eastern Daylight Time

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“Intellectual Freedom and Access to Controversial Health Information”
Devon Greyson, University of British Columbia, Canada │ Amelia N. Gibson, University of Maryland at College Park, USA │ Shannon M. Oltmann, University of Kentucky, USA


“Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in LIS to Drive Sustainability and Growth of the Profession”
Murtaza Ashiq, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan │ Warraich Nosheen Fatima, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan │ Bharat Mehra, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA │ Vandana Singh, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA


“Variations in Political Trolling Tactics Towards Democrat and Republican Candidates Between two US Presidential Election Cycles”
Pnina Fichman, Indiana University, USA │ Shohana Akter, Indiana University, USA │ Maanvi Rathi, Indiana University, USA │ Tess Rutherford, Indiana University, USA │ Lily Dolif, Indiana University, USA


“The Digital Afterlife: An Inquiry Into Digital Remains”
Nilou Davoudi, University of British Columbia, Canada


“Identifying Affective Gameplay Behaviors: How Video Games Help People Feel Better”
Hyerim Cho, University of Missouri, USA │ Joe Kohlburn, University of Missouri, USA


“Censorship as Information Behavior”
Amanda Hovious, Emporia State University, USA │ Mirah Dow, Emporia State University, USA │ Andrew Smith, Emporia State University, USA


“Information Needs of Deaf Welders: Improving the Accessibility of Middle-Skill Work”
Katherine Hill, HP.Inc │ Rebecca Giuntoli, University of Texas at Austin, USA │ Rakshita Kota, University of Texas at Austin, USA │ Kenneth R. Fleischmann, University of Texas at Austin, USA


“Oral History Projects’ Multiple Frames of Reference: Implications for Stewardship”
Deborah Garwood, Drexel University, USA


“Voice Interfaces for Library Accessibility: Challenges Identified by Academic Librarians”
Jaxsen R. Day, The University of Texas at Austin, USA │ Kenneth R. Fleischmann, The University of Texas at Austin, USA │ Soo Young Rieh, The University of Texas at Austin, USA │ Yujin Choi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA


“A Preliminary Analysis of Post Types of Online Course Discussion”
Jianqiang Wang, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA │ Ying Sun, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA


“Data Visualization Use in JASIST: An Exploratory Look Through Years 2001- 2021”
SaBrina Jeffcoat, University at Albany, USA │ Monica Rogers, University at Buffalo, USA


“A Hierarchical Model for Human-Robot Interaction”
Jessica K. Barfield, University of Tennessee, USA


“Influences on Deliberation Quality: Exploring How Question Characteristics Affect Scientific Deliberation”
Jieli Liu, Indiana University Bloomington, USA │ Noriko Hara, Indiana University Bloomington, USA


“Virtual Service Equality in Public Libraries”
Jieli Liu, Indiana University Bloomington, USA │ Pnina Fichman, Indiana University Bloomington, USA │ Megan Vladoiu, Indiana University Bloomington, USA


“Finding Harmony: Social Tags and Name Authority Records in the Popular Music Domain”
Kabel Stanwicks, University at Albany, SUNY, USA │ Hemalata Iyer, University at Albany, SUNY, USA


“Female Authorship Has Increased in Computer and Information Sciences, but Further Growth in Gender Representation is Still Needed”
Brady Lund, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA │ Ting Wang, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, USA │ Nishith Mannuru, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA │ Daniel Agbaji, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA


“Big Data Researchers’ Perceived Value of Big Data Curation”
Ayoung Yoon, Indiana University Indianapolis (IUPUI), USA


“I Won’t Lie. I’m Pretty Anti-Twitter”: LIS Students’ Perceptions Toward the Use of Twitter”
Africa Hands, University at Buffalo, USA


“Looking for Information in Health Contexts: A Review of Methods and Theories Used in Health Information Seeking Studies”
Brady Lund, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA │ Ting Wang, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, USA


“Incorporating Social VR Technology in Graduate Students’ Collaborative Work: A Comparative User Experience Study of “Horizon Workroom”
Zhan Hu, Simmons University, USA │ Jie Jiang, Simmons University, USA │ Catherine Dumas, Simmons University, USA


“The Information Consumer Consumed by Information”
Emily Vardell, Emporia State University, USA │ Ting Wang, Emporia State University, USA


“Using Altmetric to Explore the Effectiveness of Lay Summaries in Scientific Communication”
Deanna Zarrillo, Drexel University, USA

13 April

8 am - 4 pm British Standard Time

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“Humanistic Foundation of Information Science in the Data Intelligence Age”
Lin Wang, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China │ Wayne Fremery, Dominican University of California, USA
Luciana Mendes, Monteiro Lobato Library, Brazil │ Michael Buckland, UC Berkeley, USA


“Calculating the Effectiveness of RCNN-Based Coral Reef Classification”
Rohit Raj Gunti, University of Tennessee, USA


“Moroccan Jews and Muslims Discussing Online Their Mutual Heritage: The Moderation Role of Nostalgia on Well-Being and Social Network Participation”
Yohanan Ouaknine, Independent Researcher, Israel


“Mental Health Information Seeking of University Students in Croatia”
Gabrijela Arbanas, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Croatia │ Nataša Akmačić, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Croatia │ Darko Lacović, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Croatia


“Beliefs, Values, and Emotions in Pharmaceutical Practitioners’ Engagements with Narrow AI Adoption
Jo Bates, University of Sheffield, UK │ Itzelle Medina Perea, University of Sheffield, UK │ Monika Fratczak, University of Sheffield, UK │ Erinma Ochu, University of West England Bristol


“Examining Trust and Willingness to Accept AI Recommendation Systems”
Anjan Pal, University of York, UK │ Alton Chua, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
│ Sne hasish Banerjee, University of York, UK


“Scientific Productivity at Information Science and Library Science Research Area in the Middle East Countries and What Should We Do for the Better?”
Muhammet Damar, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkiye │ Leili Seifi, University of Birjand, Iran │ Reham Alshaheen, Kuwait University, Kuwait


“Methodological Insights From a Multimethod Information Behavior Study in Agile Software Development”
Anika Meyer, Department of Information Science, School of IT, Faculty of EBIT, University of Pretoria, South Africa │ Ina Fourie, Department of Information Science, School of IT, Faculty of EBIT, University of Pretoria, South Africa │ Preben Hansen, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden


“Invested Interest in Their Voice Assistant’s AI Model: A Sociomaterial Perspective on Owners’ Attitudes and Experiences”
Indra Mckie, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Conference and Track Co-Chairs

Conference Co-Chairs
Imane Hilal, School of Information Sciences, Rabat, Morocco
Hemalata Iyer, University at Albany, SUNY, USA

Paper Co-Chairs
Brian Griffin, University of Toronto, Canada
Blessing Mawire, Integra Consultants, South Africa

Panel Co-Chairs
Bhuva Narayan, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Nosheen Fatima Warraich, University of the Punjab, Pakistan

Poster Co-Chairs
Daniel Alemneh, University of North Texas, USA
Sheila Webber, University of Sheffield iSchool, UK