Multimedia - Information Matters

At my YouTube channel, INFIDEOS, I recently published a video series, Writing-Up Research as Thematic Narrative. It contains 14 short episodes on authoring qualitative or ethnographic research. The series addresses the complexity of social scientific narratives, which are multi-perspective and multivocal. While all the examples of writing in the collection are drawn from Information Science, these fundamental techniques easily transfer to other disciplines.

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November 21, 2022 Shalini Urs

Deciphering the Genetic Heritage of the People of India: Fireside Chat with Partha Majumder

We are expected (and frequently required) to use socially-visible population labels—whether they are referred to as races, ethnicities, nationalities, or others. However, these labels significantly impact science and society during heightened sectarian tensions worldwide, including in India. A nuanced and scientific understanding of identity and ethnicity matters. Genetic research is closely interlinked with group taxonomies and has profound and unexpected impacts on existing categories of belonging and differences.

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October 18, 2022 Shalini Urs

The Changing Information Industry Landscape: Through an Internet Entrepreneur’s Lens—Fireside Chat With Ajit Balakrishnan

In this episode of InfoFire, our guest Ajit Balakrishnan—founder, chairman, and CEO of Rediff.com and an internet industry pioneer in India—chats about technological advancements and social change from a historical perspective before going on to share his enthusiasm about metaverse and optimism about the democratizing impact of technology.

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September 19, 2022 Jenna Hartel

Hear! Here!: A New Video Series for Doctoral Students

Attention doctoral students of Information Science: There’s a new video series at INFIDEOS, and it is just for you.

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September 7, 2022 Shalini Urs

Building Socio-technical resilience in software development: experiences from The Motivating Jenny Project (Fireside chat with Helen Sharp)

Software systems are not isolated but socio-technical systems (STS) that are components of broader systems with a human, social or organizational purpose. Socio-technical systems are large-scale systems that include but are not limited to software and hardware but also people, processes, and organizational policies.

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July 18, 2022 Jenna Hartel

Three Generations of Savolainen’s (1995) Everyday Life Information Seeking Model

Reijo Savolainen’s “Everyday Life Information Seeking: Approaching Information Seeking in the Context of Way of Life” was published in the journal Library and Information Science Research in 1995. This landmark paper introduced a model of information behavior and opened-up a now-flourishing research frontier dedicated to non-work contexts.

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June 30, 2022 Shalini Urs

Towards Responsible AI: Leveraging Multi-partner Engagement—Fireside chat with Carolyn Watters

The growth and the impact of AI on the world are extensive. However, when AI algorithms introduce bias, preventable errors, and poor decision-making, it causes mistrust among the very people it is supposed to be helping.

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June 15, 2022 Shalini Urs

Is R the Right Toolset for eScience/Open Science? Fireside Chat with Maëlle Salmon

R language is bringing open source to science. R is crossing over from just calculating statistics to scientific experimentation and bringing hacker culture. Thanks to R, the “open science” advocates are succeeding at getting science to go open source.

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May 26, 2022 Jenna Hartel

An Unpopular Video That Bridges Certain Divides in Information Science

This video bridges certain divides in Information Science and demonstrates a less fragmented and more holistic potential of our field.

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May 25, 2022 Shalini Urs

Fireside Chat with Dan Atkins—Evolution of Computing Infrastructure for Research: Is AI the Future of Research?

Recently (May 10, 2022), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a report advocating Automated Research Workflows (ARWs) to accelerate discovery by closing the knowledge Discovery Loop.