Numbers
Total virtual participants: 414
Total participants onsite in Bloomington: 244
Full Research Papers: 35 (acceptance rate 32%)
Short Research Papers: 68 ( acceptance rate 51%)
Chinese Research Papers: 38
Spanish & Portuguese Research Papers: 4
Posters: 38
Workshops & Panels: 22
Colloquia and Symposia acceptance: 44 (acceptance rate 71%)
Organizers
Conference Chairs: Howard Rosenbaum, Carol Choksy and Devan R. Donaldson (Indiana University Bloomington, United States).
Confererence Coordinators: Noriko Hara, Gillian Dunn (Indiana University Bloomington, United States), Slava Sterzer, Vera Hillebrand and Ulrike Liebner (iSchool staff).
Full Research Papers Chairs: Madelyn Sanfilippo (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States), Charles Inskip (University College London, United Kingdom) and Annika Hinze (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
Short Research Papers Chairs: Rhea Rowena Ubana-Apolinario (University of the Philippines, Philippines), and France Bouthillier (McGill University, Canada).
Posters Chairs: Eric M. Meyers (The University of British Columbia, Canada), Laura Sbaffi (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom) and Ping Wang (Central China Normal University, China)
Spanish-Portuguese Research Papers Chairs: Josep Cobarsí Morales (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain), Julián D. Cortés (Universidad del Rosario, Colombia), Sara Martínez Cardama (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) and Alan César Belo Angeluci (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
Chinese Research Papers Chairs: Rong Tang (Simmons University, United States), Tina Du (Charles Sturt University, Australia) and Pengyi Zhang (Peking University, China)
Workshops & Panels Chairs: Bei Yu (Syracuse University, United States), Rahmi (Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia) and Helena Lipková (Charles University Prague, Czechia)
Doctoral Colloquium Chairs: Güleda Doğan (Europe & Africa, Hacettepe University, Turkey), Khalid Hossain (Asia Pacific, Monash University, Australia) and Heather Moulaison-Sandy (North America, University of Missouri United States)
Early Career Colloquium Chairs: Udo Kruschwitz (Europe & Africa, University of Regensburg, Germany), Kristin Eschenfelder (North America, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States) and Dion Hoe-Lian Goh (Asia Pacific, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Student Symposium Chairs: Hiroyoshi Ito (Asia Pacific, University of Tsukuba, Japan), Anika Meyer (Europe & Africa, University of Pretoria, South Africa) and Matthew Francisco (North America, Indiana University Bloomington, United States)
Proceedings Chair: Isaac Sserwanga, Humboldt-Universität zu Ber
Program Committee
The Organizing Committee was responsible for the program.
Sponsors & Partners
Florida State University, Syracuse University, University of Kentucky, University of South Carolina, Rutgers University, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, University of Alabama, ServiceNow, Figshare, O'Reilly, University of Texas at Austin, University of South Florida, Vivum AI, Simmons University, University of Toronto, University of Montréal, University of Iowa and University of California, Berkeley
Awards
Best Full Research Paper Award
Sponsored in 2025 by UC Berkeley School of Information, the Award is presented to the author(s) of the conference’s most outstanding full research paper. The 2025 award included a prize of $1,000 U.S.
2025 WINNING PAPER
Title: ID 359 Does Google dream of electric memes? From human to computational culture
Authors: Alexander O. Smith, Una Joh, Jeff Hemsley
2025 RUNNERS UP (by ID):
Title: ID 113 Improving Scholarship Accessibility with Reinforcement Learning
Authors: Wang, Haining; Clark, Jason; McKelvey, Hannah; Sterman, Leila; Zheng, Gao; Tian, Zuoyu; Liu, Xiaozhong
Title: ID 145 Leveraging Social Circles and Algorithmic Processes in Digital Mental Health Tools for College Students' Stress Management
Authors: Kazi, Farhanuddin Fazaluddin; Sandbulte, Jomara
Title: ID 180 Collaborative Human-AI Risk Annotation: Co-Annotating Online Incivility with CHAIRA
Authors: Park, Jinkyung Katie; Ellezhuthil, Rahul Dev; Wisniewski, Pamela; Singh, Vivek
Title: ID 362 Conceptual approaches to information-as-potentiality
Authors: Chassanoff, Alexandra; Chen, Annie
Best Short Research Paper
Sponsored in 2025 by Iowa, School of Library and Information Science. The 2025 award included a prize of $500 U.S.
2025 WINNER
Title: ID 202 The Promoting Effect of Internet Use on the Physical Health of Chinese Older Adults: An Empirical Study Based on the Difference-in-Differences Model
Authors: Sun, Haoyuan; Fu, Zhenkang; Pu, Zhengtong; Zhu, Qinghua
2025 RUNNERS UP, (by ID)
Title: ID 132 Discourses of Fear around AI and their Implications for Library and Information Science
Author: Appedu, Sarah; Qin, Yigang
Title: ID 135 Evaluating Techniques of Artificial Intelligence for Social Robots
Authors: Barfield, Jessica
Title: ID 188 ‘Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep’: A Thematic Analysis of Datahoarding as Digital Curation Practice
Author: Maemura, Emily; Wagner, Travis L.
Title: ID 366 “Just because we can, does it mean we should?” The Integrated Data Infrastructure in Aotearoa, and its implications for Māori
Authors: Boey, Daphne; Toland, Janet; Campbell-Meier, Jennifer; Lilley, Spencer
Best Poster:
Sponsored in 2025 by Figshare. The 2025 award included a prize of $300 U.S.
2025 WINNER
Title: ID 181 The impact of Economic Sanctions on China-U.S. Scientific collaboration: Evidence from the Civilian Universities on the U.S. Entity List
Authors: Lu, Chao; Xiao, Chengrui
2025 RUNNERS UP (by ID)
Title: ID 212 Decoding Climate Data Modeling and its Impacts
Authors: Dave, Aashka
Title: ID 258 A Comparative Institutional Analysis of Software Accessibility Laws, Policies, and Guidelines
Authors: Zhou, Kyrie Zhixuan; Sanfilippo, Madelyn Rose
Title: ID 310 Generative AI in the Creative Domain: Innovation or Interference? Preliminary insights from online discussions
Authors: Lee, Hyun Seung; Luo, Manman
Title: ID 445 Doc on the Tok: How BIPOC College Students Perceive Healthcare Professionals’ Social Media Content
Authors: Zheng, Xiang; Xiong, Tiancheng