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Jenna Hartel

INFIDEOS’ 2023 Holiday Gift to Information Science

For 2023, a new video series, An Archipelago of Information Science. The 7-episode playlist is on YouTube at INFIDEOS. The series explores ideas on the frontier of Information Science. Altogether, the collection enacts the metaphor of an island chain—an archipelago—of incipient concepts existing still somewhat offshore, but within sight, of the Information Science mainland. (The mainland is our literature where many well-established tenets reside.) Viewers are taken on an archipelago adventure, following a tour guide who is my own seagull avatar. There are several destinations, namely the islands of: Embodied Information, Contemplation, a Multispecies Perspective, Love, and Psychedelic Information Theory. The video thumbnail for these “islands” are shown below. Each stop on the journey is a expeditious primer, and the featured concept is defined and situated within the history and literature of Information Science. The series is ideal for anyone curious about emergent concepts and new directions in Information Science.

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Shalini Urs

Whither Information Science? Fireside Chat with Nick Belkin, A Pioneer of the Cognitive Paradigm

In this edition of InfoFire, a conversation with Dr. Nicholas Belkin, an American whose academic journey took him from studying Russian language and literature to a master’s in library science. He then pursued his Ph.D. under the guidance of the legendary British Information Scientist B.C. Brookes, alongside his fellow scholar Stephen Robertson at the University College London. Luminaries such as Brian Vickey and Karen Spark Jones profoundly influenced Belkin’s academic journey. Read/listen/watch this episode of InfoFire to gain insights into the past, present, and future of the fields of information retrieval and information science.

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Jenna Hartel

Attending the ASIS&T Annual Meeting in London, England? Need to “Cover” a Class You are Teaching this Fall? Hold an Information Science Video Festival!

All educators occasionally wrestle with the matter of travel or other interruptions during the academic semester that take them away from the classroom. This posting offers a turnkey way for information science teachers to productively fill the gap: Hold an Information Science Video Festival!

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Jenna Hartel

Learn Information Behavior (1980s Style!)

The video Learn Information Behavior, 1980s-Style! opens to Lauper’s famous melody and goes on to feature four great information behavior luminaries from the 1980s and their contributions. Specifically, Brenda Dervin’s Sense-Making (1983), Carol Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process (1988), Marcia Bates’ Berrypicking (1989), and Elfreda Chatman’s multiple social theories (1996) are the stars.

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Jenna Hartel

“Library and Information Science” Explained and Embodied in 5 Minutes

“What is Library and Information Science?” in a 5-minute video. LIS is cast as the mediating force between publications and people. Further, the video distinguishes the academic discipline (library and information science) from the related concepts of its institution (the library) and profession (librarianship). Along the way, several key concepts are defined, such as the reference interview, reader’s advisory, bibliographic control, and information retrieval. Three distinct types of libraries are named (public, academic, special).

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InfoFireMultimedia
Shalini Urs

Doing Interdisciplinary Science: from Complex Systems to Computational Biology to Climate Change—Fireside Chat with Gautam Menon

This episode of InfoFire is in conversation with Gautam Menon, Professor of Physics and Biology and Dean of Research and heads the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability (3CS) at Ashoka University, who believes that climate change is a settled science and requires an interdisciplinary approach to mitigate its worst consequences. This will involve cutting-edge research into ecological shifts, monitoring local environments, socio-economic issues connected to climate change, sustainable lifestyles, and the development of effective teaching and awareness tools.

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