Roundtables

Session 1—Diversity

Panelists: Currier, James "Kip"; Carbo, Toni
Organization(s): University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences, United States of America

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Topics: e-inclusion in the iSociety: addressing under represented groups

Keywords: diversity, under-represented groups

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Session 2—iSchool Health and Medical Research Initiatives and Opportunities

Panelists: Mokros, Hartmut B. (1); Detlefsen, Ellen (2); Plale, Beth (3); Oesterlund, Carsten (4); Reddy, Madhu (5)
Organization(s): 1: Rutgers University, United States of America; 2: University of Pittsburgh, United States of America; 3: Indiana University, United States of America; 4: Syracuse University, United States of America; 5: Pennsylvania State University, United States of America

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Topics: Other

Keywords: Health Communication, Health/Medical Informatics

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Session 3—Alternative Approaches to Educating Medical Informationists

Panelists: Detlefsen, Ellen (1); Hersh, William (2); Thibodeau, Patricia L. (3); Wildemuth, Barbara M. (4)
Organization(s): 1: University of Pittsburgh, United States of America; 2: Oregon Health Sciences University, United States of America; 3: Duke University, United States of America; 4: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States of America

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Topics: Other

Keywords: medical informationists, graduate education

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Session 4—Feasibility Discussion on Identifying Possibilities for a National Behavioral Anomaly Det

Panelists: Ho, Shuyuan Mary; Treglia, Joseph Vincent
Syracuse University

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Topics: Information infrastructure development in the home, in organizations, in communities, in society, globally

Keywords: privacy, security, national behavioral anomaly detection platform

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Session 5—ASIS&T’s Information Professions Project: An Update

Panelists: Jose-Marie Griffiths, UNC at Chapel Hill
Nancy Roderer, Johns Hopkins University
Ann Prentice, University of Maryland

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Topics: Information professions

Keywords: Research, information science, ASIS&T

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Session 6—Inclusivity, Diversity and Convergence: the CiSAP (Consortium of i-Schools of Asia-Pacifi

Panelists: Shigeo Sugimoto
Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies,
University of Tsukuba, Japan


Shalini Urs
International School of Information Management,
University of Mysore, India

Ee-Peng Lim
School of Information Systems,
Singapore Management University, Singapore

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Topics: Inclusivity - how to be inclusive of the privileged as well as the not so privileged; diversity - how to manage the diverse cultures and systems; convergence

Keywords: Inclusivity, diversity, convergence

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Session 7—iSchools and Philosophy: “I think, therefore iSchool”

Panelists: Mathiesen, Kristy Kay (1); Fallis, Don (1); Froelich, Thomas (2); Srinivasan, Ramesh (3); Doty, Philip (4); Lenhart, Laura (1)
1: School of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona; 2: School of Information and Library Science, Kent State; 3: Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; 4: School of Information, University of Texas

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Topics: e-inclusion in the iSociety: addressing under represented groups, What is 'engagement' in a research institution?, The influence of globalization on the nature and scope of iSchools' reserach, education and engagement, Information policy, ethics and law, Preserving digital information and ensuring information quality, security and privacy, Information organization

Keywords: philosophy, methodology, epistemology, ethics, ontology

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Session 8—Junior faculty engagement at iSchools: Personal experiences during the first several year

Panelists: Edwards, Phillip M. (1); MacMullen, W. John (2); Paquette, Scott (3); Winget, Megan (4)
1: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 3: University of Maryland; 4: University of Texas at Austin

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Topics: What is 'engagement' in a research institution?, Other

Keywords: mentoring, assistant professors, junior faculty, career transitions, doctoral students

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Session 9—Engaging Across Disciplines

Panelists: Fiore, Andrew T.; Antin, Judd; Cheshire, Coye; Sims, Christo
UC-Berkeley School of Information

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Topics: What is 'engagement' in a research institution?

Keywords: engagement,methodology,multidisciplinarity,collaboration

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Session 10—Gaming in the iSchools: Continuing the Discussion

Panelists: Nicholson, Scott; MacInnes, Ian
Syracuse University School of Information Studies

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Topics: Other

Keywords: gaming

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Session 11—Extreme Events and I Schools

Panelists: Yen, John (1); Foley, Hank (1); Larsen, Ron (2); Liddy, Elizabeth (3); Giles, Lee (1); Carroll, John (1); McNeese, Michael (1); Maitland, Carleen (1)
1: Penn State/College of Information Sciences and Technology, United States of America; 2: University of Pittsburgh/ School of Information Sciences, United States; 3: Syracuse University/ School of Information Studies, United States

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Topics: What is 'engagement' in a research institution?, Cultural information systems, Information infrastructure development in the home, in organizations, in communities, in society, globally, Preserving digital information and ensuring information quality, security and privacy, Information organization, Other

Keywords: Extreme Events, Disaster Relief

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Session 12—Challenges and Opportunities for PhD Education in I-Schools

Panelists: Zhang, Ping (1); Moran, Barbara B. (2); Druin, Allison (3); Renear, Allen (4); Phillips, David (5); Barzilai-Zahon, Karine (6)
1: Syracuse University, United States of America; 2: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 3: University of Maryland; 4: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 5: University of Toronto; 6: University of Washington

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Topics: The influence of globalization on the nature and scope of iSchools' reserach, education and engagement, Other

Keywords: Doctoral education, program management

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Session 13—Online teaching experiences

Panelists: Lesk, Michael (1); Crowston, Kevin (2); Haythornthwaite, Caroline (3)
1: Rutgers, United States of America; 2: Syracuse, United States of America; 3: Illinois, United States of America

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Topics: Other

Keywords: Teaching, online instruction

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Session 14—Navigating multi-disciplinary spaces

Panelists: Dean, Rebecca (3); Finn, Megan (1); Irani, Lilly (2); Lindtner, Silvia (2); Nguyen, Lilly (3); Patil, Sameer (2); Perkel, Dan (1); Sims, Christo (1)
1: School of Information, UC Berkeley, United States of America; 2: UC Irvine, Department of Informatics; 3: UCLA, Department of Information Studies

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Topics: What is 'engagement' in a research institution?, Other

Keywords: doctoral workshop, information studies, university of california, multi-disciplinary research practice

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