iConference 2026 Paper and Poster Awards Finalists Announcement
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The organizers of iConference 2026 are pleased to announce the finalists for this year’s Best Paper and Poster Awards. Five finalists in each category have been selected representing the most outstanding of the many submissions received.
This year’s finalists demonstrate breadth of quality information research being conducted at iSchools and other institutions worldwide. The work of these finalists will be presented along with all other accepted submissions at iConference 2026 taking place hybrid:
online with the Virtual Academic Program (23-26 March 2026) and
on-site with Academic Program in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (29 March - 02 April 2026).
The Award winners will be announced at the virtual iConference Keynote and celebrated at the Opening Keynote on-site in Edinburgh.
Best Full Research Paper Award Finalists (1.000 USD)
(ID 157) Voices from the River: Exploring Digitally Inclusive Tools with Marginalised Fishing Communities in Bangladesh by Md Khalid Hossain, Gillian Christina Oliver, Misita Anwar, Tanjila Kanij, and Manika Saha
(ID 307) Immersive quality control for 3D data curation by Matt Cook, Hannah Hok Kim, Helen He and Zack Lischer-Katz
(ID 326) Digital Citizenship and Student-Teacher Readiness: Insights from Malaysia by Rini Azrina Zabri
(ID 384) Revising the research data lifecycle: evidence from oceanography by Yubing Tian, Thomas Struett, Amelia Acker, Megan Finn
(ID 459) Defining the ‘Good’ in Educational TikTok Videos: Authenticity, Literacies, and Digital Enlightenment by Joe Sánchez, Kayla Booth, Isabel Karolczak
Best Short Research Paper Award Finalists (500 USD)
(ID 118) Engineering Oral Stories: A Conceptual Model of Traditions as Water by Andrew Wiebe
(ID 229) Her cycle, its logic: information practices and gendered governance in MCT apps by Yanli Zhou, Yunjie Tang
(ID 302) From Human to AI: University Students’ Trust in Generative AI as Reference Librarians by Di Wang, Xizhou Deng, Xinyu Lu, Jianting Guo
(ID 355) Illuminating Connections and Contexts: Building an Ontology for Chinese Ration Coupon Archival Resources based on RiC-O by Linqing Ma, Ruohua Han, Xiaoyan Yang, Yina Wu, Jiaqi Shi
(ID 454) Artificial Intelligence in Libraries: A Systematic Review of Upskilling, Challenges, and Future Research Directions by Erezi Ogbo-Gebhardt, Agnes G. Pearcy, Joseph B. Wiggins, Yerika Jimenez
Best Poster Award Finalists (300 USD)
(ID 197) Preserving the Legacy of a Space Training Facility through Digital Storytelling by Junshan Liu, Danielle Willkens, Jeff Kim, Scott Kramer
(ID 351) Annotated Portfolios as a Tool for Education and Research through Design in LIS by Ladislava Zbiejczuk Suchá, Roman Sellner Novotný
(ID 465) Centering the Care of Refugees and their Service Workers through Archival Community Informatics by Merrion Frederick
(ID 486) Privacy Concerns and ChatGPT: Exploring Online Discourse through the Lens of Information Practice on Reddit by S M Mehedi Zaman, Saubhagya Joshi, Yiyi Wu
(ID 546) Sharenthood: A Qualitative Study of Children's Online Privacy Parental Disclosure Behavior by Ping Wang, Hang Su
Best Chinese Research Paper Award Finalists (1.000USD)
(ID 125) 中国特色图书馆学话语体系构建的理与路（Constructing the Discourse System of Library Science with Chinese Characteristics: Principles and Pathways) by Qinggong Shi, Wei Feng, Ximing Xiao
(ID 618) 我国省域数字鸿沟的多维致因与供给侧治理路径——基于TOE框架的组态分析 by Chunyan Liu, Shi Yin, Tong Zhou, Haiqun Ma
(ID 657) Research on the Formation Mechanism and Prevention Path of "BrainRot" Phenomenon of Social Media Users in the Digital Age by Wenming Xing, Ziyan Chen, Jili Chen
(ID 772) Research on Chinese-English Entity Recognition for Ancient Texts Based on Fusing LLM Multi-Task Learning and GraphRAG by Xiyu Wang, Wei Zhang, Wenhua Zhao, Si Shen, Dongbo Wang
(ID 817) 智慧医疗场景中老年人健康信息的隐私风险识别及应对研究/Identifying and Mitigating Privacy Risks to Older Adults’ Health Information in Smart Healthcare Settings by Shanman Li, Leye Yao, Xin Jiang
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