Faculty News

Presentations

IDEA in Action: Your Voices Best Practices – Empowering Students, Building Bridges
iSchool students Kara Price and Laura Dowell, along with Associate Professor Dr. Michele Villagran, will present IDEA in Action: Your Voices Best Practices – Empowering Students, Building Bridges, at the Library Marketing and Communications Conference 2024 on Nov. 14, 2024 at 10 a.m. 

Dr. Ghosh at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2024
iSchool Assistant Professor, Dr. Souvick Ghosh, will participate in the following panel discussions and workshops at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2024 in October. 

  • October 26, 2024 - Annual Workshop on Social Media Research, Challenges and Opportunities
  • October 27, 2024 - Social Media and Crisis Informatics Research in LIS (SIG-SM)
  • October 28, 2024 - AI4LIS: Towards a Research Agenda

Sandra Hirsh Presents on The Future of Libraries 
Gleaning off key themes from her book Library 2035: Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries, Sandra Hirsh [pdf], Associate Dean for Academics at the College of Information, Data and Society, will be speaking at the following events. 

  • October 24, 2024 - Internet Librarian Connect
    Hirsh, along with various thought leaders/authors of Library 2035, continue the discussion about the future of libraries and spark ideas about creating exciting new library structures, services, programs and more.
  • October 31, 2024 - Future Trends Forum
    A live video conversation with Dr. Hirsh discussing Library 2035 and the future of higher education.
  • November 7, 2024 - Library Journal's Directors' Summit
    Hirsh will offer the keynote highlighting key themes from Library 2035.
  • November 13, 2024 - 49th Assembly of the Croatian Library Association
    Hirsh will offer the keynote titled "The Next Generation of Libraries: Looking Ahead to Library 2035".
  • January 24, 2024 - Greater Opportunities for Leadership Development
    Hirsh will speak to a leadership development cohort of 14 middle managers about the future of libraries. 
  • February 25, 2025 - North American Virtual Reference Online Conference
    Hirsh will offer the keynote titled "The Next Generation of Libraries: Looking Ahead to Library 2035".

Publications 

"Recommendations on Using Artificial Intelligence in Archival Appraisal and Selection" with Souvick Ghosh
Bayeck, R. Y., Colavizza, G., Bunn, J., Bell, M., & Ghosh, S. (2022). Recommendations on Using Artificial Intelligence in Archival Appraisal and Selection. Comma, 2022(1). 219-225. https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/coma.2022.22 

"Approaches to Demystifying Librarianship to BIPOC Undertraduates Through Mentorship and Internships" with Michele Villigran
Hillery, L., Roy, M., Villagran, M. A. L., & Wittkower, L. (2025 April). Approaches to Demystifying Librarianship to BIPOC Undergraduates Through Mentorship and Internships

"Social services, law and crisis management curriculum offered in Library and Information Studies" with Michele Villigran 
Villagran, M. A. L., Long, B., & Monobe, D. (2024). Social services, law and crisis management curriculum offered in Library and Information Studies. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 65(3). 260-281. https://doi.org/10.3138/jelis-2022-0072