Translation - Information Matters

On 6 February 2023, the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes reduced large parts of southern Türkiye to rubble. Countless buildings collapsed or became uninhabitable. Yet one public building remained standing: the Adıyaman Provincial Public Library. Amid the devastation, this fact was impossible to ignore. This observation became the starting point of my master’s thesis, which examined the earthquake risk of public libraries in Türkiye using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It also raised a more immediate and human question: what can a library that remains standing actually do after a disaster?

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February 5, 2026 Claudio Gnoli

Researchers Debate on Water Discipline(s)

A lively discussion developed in library and information science (LIS) from an article by Claudio Gnoli, Richard Smiraglia and Rick Szostak, already summarized in Information Matters.

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February 4, 2026 Rebecca D. Frank

The Transparency Gap: What’s Missing from Qualitative Research Reporting in Information Science?

How do Information Science researchers describe their use of qualitative methods? What do they say about their approach to different steps in the research process such as dates of data collection, people involved in the research process, and whether they’ve obtained ethics board approval for their work? What information gets left out? These questions lie at the heart of ongoing conversations around trust in research and the reusability of research data across the academic landscape.

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February 3, 2026 Jeff Allen

Collaborative Intelligence: Partnership, Not Replacement

Collaborative Intelligence: Partnership, Not Replacement Jeff Allen, Tara Whitson, Sudeshana P. Ghose Most of us now work alongside artificial intelligence

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February 2, 2026 Neil Grimes

Libraries Don’t Just Close the Digital Divide — They Redefine Digital Equity

While technology is often framed as a great equalizer, access to it remains deeply uneven. The gap is not just about who has Wi-Fi or a laptop. It is about who can fully participate in modern civic, economic, and social life. That is where libraries quietly, but powerfully, step in.

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January 20, 2026 Sujin Song

Why Is Design Ethics Still Stuck?

Designers shape far more than products or interfaces. They shape how people act, decide, and relate to the world around them. From recommendation systems to account settings, design quietly guides everyday behavior. Because of this, design is never neutral. It always carries ethical consequences, whether designers intend them or not. This article reworks selected ideas from the author’s research, Rethinking Design Ethics from the Perspective of Spinoza, for a general audience.

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January 13, 2026 Anoma Weerakoon

University Libraries: Your Gateway to Citizen Science Success

Are you tired up of travelling across the country to various sites for data collection? Imagine having thousands of eager, geographically distributed volunteers ready to contribute to your research project, and what if these volunteers are people who are already engaged learners, information seekers, and capable of following standard data collection protocols. This resource exists right now in every university library across Sri Lanka.

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December 19, 2025 Evelyn Cox

AI in a Tribal Context: Diverse Perspectives Matter in a Changing Landscape

With Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) seemingly increasing integration into various aspects of society, nations worldwide—including Tribal Nations—are assessing its impact on the changing landscape. AI is a revolutionary technology that poses potential opportunities and risks for federally recognized Indian Tribes (Tribal Nations or Tribes) and their citizens. This article provides an overview of the literature related to AI in a tribal context.

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December 10, 2025 Travis Reid

Problems With Archiving and Replaying Web Advertisements

Advertisements are an integral part of our cultural heritage, and this extends to online web advertisements. Unlike print ads, web ads are dynamic and interactive, which makes them difficult to archive and replay (i.e., load archived web resources in a web browser) successfully . To explore these challenges, we created a dataset of 279 archived web ads. During this study, we identified five major problems with archiving and replaying web ads, which we discuss in detail in our article “Problems With Archiving and Replaying Current Web Advertisements”.

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November 18, 2025 Pethigamage Perera

AI in the House of God: A Threat, Tool or Transformation?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping nearly every corner of human life—from classrooms to hospitals and corporate offices. But what happens when it enters the house of worship? Can a machine deliver the word of God, or does this cross a sacred boundary? Our study, “AI in the House of God: Threat, Tool or Transformation?” (ASIS&T 2025), explores how people respond to AI-driven sermons and what this means for the future of faith and technology.