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The School of Information Sciences at Illinois is recognized as a premier institution, consistently ranked as one of the nation’s top library and information science schools. For more than 120 years, the iSchool has prepared students for careers as leaders in information professions and research. As one of the oldest LIS schools in the country, the School was instrumental in developing the methods used in library and information science today. Our faculty, staff, and students are leaders in the field, recognized for their expertise and the impact of their scholarly contributions. Drawing on the resources of the University as well as on collaborations with scholars around the world and corporate sector partners, our researchers conduct research in a variety of areas including data science, information retrieval, librarianship, and much more, using multidisciplinary approaches to address key global challenges found at the intersection of people, information, and technology.
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Research and publications from the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship
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Publications and Research from the Community Informatics Research Lab
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A repeatable international meeting focusing on various aspects of archiving language data in digital repositories
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Lightning talks and posters from the iSchool at Illinois' annual master's student showcase
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Presentations and lectures sponsored by the School
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Publications of the iSchool Publications Office
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A new digital scholarly publishing initiative from the University of Illinois.
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Publications and research, including dissertations and theses, of iSchool students
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The proceedings of the Workshop on Governing Knowledge Commons (GKC).
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(2022-05-06)Information literacy instructors have the opportunity address issues related to algorithms in their instruction. Because discussions of algorithms touch on topics related to privacy, capitalism, and discrimination, this ...
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(International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, 2022)Cryptocurrency has been extensively studied as a decentralized financial technology built on blockchain. However, there is a lack of understanding of user experience with cryptocurrency exchanges, the main means for novice ...
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"I Prefer an Everyday Style and Dislike Big Food Fighters": Integrating Foodshow into Everyday Life (Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2022-01-04)In this paper, we examine a genre of User Generated Videos (UGV) centering around food which we term "foodshow". While Korean mukbang features streamers eat large quantities of food, foodshow features mundane activities ...
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(International Communication Association, 2022-05-26)In the recent 2020 Presidential Election, President Trump and his campaign alleged that mail-in ballots were likely to be fraudulent and this claim stood against Twitter’s efforts to curb spreading of misinformation (Lima, ...
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