Cornell University Application Deadline: Review Begins November 10, 2024 The Cornell University Department of Information Science (IS) in the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science (Bowers CIS) has tenure-track and tenured faculty positions available. The IS department spans Cornell’s Ithaca and New York City campuses where nearly 40 faculty members are leaders in their respective fields within Information Science's interdisciplinary structure. We are interested in applications from researchers in any of the broad research areas of the department see https://infosci.cornell.edu/research)and from researchers who can contribute to advancing the department's commitment to diversity and inclusion. This year, we are especially interested in candidates whose research uses qualitative, ethnographic, or interpretive methods from the social sciences and humanities; computational and quantitative social science approaches; or the study and design of interactions between human and AI systems, including the ways that people make sense of these systems. Faculty hired for this Ithaca campus search will have their teaching and research based in Ithaca. The IS faculty are located in Cornell’s Gates Hall and the department has strong connections with several other units on campus, including Computer Science (also in Gates Hall), Communication, Economics, Sociology, Science and Technology Studies, Statistics and Data Science, Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cognitive Science, and the Law School. These connections support the IS department’s mission to advance its understanding of how people and society interact with computing and information. The department strives to offer a high quality of life, providing a collegial and supportive atmosphere on campus. Beyond campus, Ithaca is in the heart of the Finger Lakes region, and both Cornell and Ithaca offer a vibrant cultural life and a wide range of sporting and outdoor activities close at hand. Cornell also seeks to meet the needs of dual career couples, with both its own Dual Career program and membership in the Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Consortium to assist in dual career searches. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree by August 2025. Candidates should submit a cover letter, a curriculum vitae (CV), a research statement, a teaching statement, and the names and email addresses for three references who will submit letters on the candidate's behalf. The cover letter and research statement should highlight up to three of the candidate’s most significant pieces of work for consideration. We also ask applicants for all faculty positions to share their experiences and/or approaches (past, current, or future) to fostering learning, research, service, and/or outreach in a diverse community. Applicants may choose to submit a stand-alone statement or embed the information in other parts of their application materials.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Assistant Professor JooYoung Seo a four-year, $459,000 grant to create inclusive learning environments and advance workplace equity for persons with disabilities in STEM fields. The project, "An AudioTactile Data System for Blind or Low Vision Faculty, Staff, Postdocs, and Graduate Students in Chemistry, Math, Computer and Information Sciences," will build on Seo's work in developing open-source tools that can augment visual charts into touchable (braille), readable (text), and audible (sound) representations. This multimodal approach leverages blind and low-vision (BLV) users' daily assistive technologies such as screen readers and refreshable braille displays. "Given the scarcity of STEM scientists, researchers, and educators in our country, increasing opportunities for BLV individuals to use better data technologies is essential for their retention and advancement," said Seo. The new research aims to develop and test software and hardware tools for BLV faculty, staff, postdoctoral research fellows, and graduate students in STEM fields. Using the tools, these users will be able to generate, identify, and manipulate digital data patterns and trends in chemistry, mathematics, computer science, engineering, and information sciences. While single-line braille displays have been available for decades, multi-line braille displays are more recent and, as such, more expensive. According to Seo, the high cost of the newer displays has hindered widespread adoption in the BLV community. Seo's team will collaborate with the startup NewHaptics Corporation, which is using innovative air pressure actuation technology to produce affordable multi-line tactile displays. " By combining our expertise in data science accessibility with their advancements in tactile display technology, we will create a more inclusive and interactive data science learning environment for BLV STEM professionals ," he said. Seo is an RStudio double-certified data science instructor and accessibility expert who is certified by the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP). His research focuses on how to make computational literacy more accessible to people with dis/abilities using multimodal data representation. He directs the (x)Ability Design Lab , which aims to advance inclusive (use)ability (UX) and (learn)ability (LX) to create inclusive (access)ability designed by, with, and for people with varying degree of (dis)Abilities. He earned his PhD from the Learning, Design, and Technology Program at Pennsylvania State University.

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION All Proposals Due October 15, 2024 Biennial International Conference LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) Conference Theme: Navigating Disruptive Times: Embracing Uncertainty, Ensuring Credibility Dubrovnik, Croatia, 19th - 21st May 2025 Web site: http://lida.ffos.hr/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lida2025 X: @LIDADubrovnik25 Email: lida@unizd.hr You are warmly invited to submit your work for presentation at the Libraries and Information Institutions in the Digital Age (LIDA) biennial conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 19-21, 2025. LIDA addresses the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services. LIDA is an international biennial conference that brings together researchers, educators, students, practitioners, and developers from around the world in a forum for personal exchanges, discussions, and learning, held in memorable environments. We welcome submission of papers, panels, workshops, and posters that address critical and theoretical examinations of the conference theme; report current research and evidence-based approaches; and address practitioner perspectives. Globally, libraries and information institutions are encountering previously unimaginable challenges. Uncertainty grows, as we ponder the question “What’s next?” In the wake of COVID-19, amid a tempest of political dichotomy and social unrest, information institutions face staff shortages, budget cuts, and reorganizations. As Generative AI applications and related technological developments proliferate, we foresee that they are poised to revolutionize all aspects of our professional lives. Traditionally, libraries were stabilizing forces in providing authoritative information, however this role is undermined by AI, censorship attacks, and diminishing financial support. Ubiquitous information, including social media and the 24/7 news cycle, impact information credibility. Many now regard social media and online outlets as their source for news and interpretation of current events. Despite these disruptions, opportunities abound. Throughout the pandemic, librarians embraced rapid transformation, as traditionally in-person services and programs immediately morphed to online modes. This conference theme invites participants to reflect on these disruptions, opportunities, and innovations, and to consider strategies for weathering the storms of uncertainty, steering bravely into uncharted waters and plotting a course to brighter futures. LIDA 2025 Contributions We welcome submission of papers, panels, workshops and posters that address critical and theoretical examinations of the theme, report current research and evidence-based approaches, present innovative approaches from the field, and describe practitioner applications and perspectives. Potential topics include (but are not limited to) the following: Evolving role of libraries, information agencies, archives and museums in a rapidly changing environment; Evidence-based approaches to addressing the challenges of misinformation, fake news, and conspiracy theories; Generative AI: impact on people, systems and practices; Intellectual freedom in the age of post-neutrality; Digital rights and inequalities; Digital crisis and disaster informatics; Cyber security; Critical librarianship, Social Justice, diversity, inclusion, and information equity; Library services and underserved populations. Developing inclusive collections; Collaborative efforts and partnerships for sustainable information services. Innovative approaches to community education, engagement, and outreach; Workplace health and wellness; self-care strategies for dealing with stress, anxiety and burn-out; Creative approaches to data collection, curation and analysis; Impact of social media on information literacy, creation and media literacy; Managing collections, services, and people in times of uncertainty and budget constraints; The power, potential, and pitfalls of the algorithm; Digital transformation, Sociotechnical challenges and opportunities; Innovations in professional development, education and engagement Types of Contributions Invited - All Proposals Due October 1, 2024 Papers: up to 20 minute presentations on scholarly research, practical advances, best practices, and educational projects. Both completed research and early work/preliminary results are invited. Submit a 1,500 word abstract, plus references. Panels: up to 90 minute sessions that are interactive and offer different perspectives and approaches to a specific topic. Authors must propose the format and invite up to five panelists (including the moderator). Submit a 750 word abstract, including names and affiliations of panel organizer and panelists, plus references. Workshops: up to 90 minute sessions that will be tutorial and educational in nature, and are intended to foster interactive discussions for attendees who share common interests. Submit a 750 word abstract, plus references. Posters: short graphic presentations that will be presented in a poster session. An award will be given for Best Poster. Submit 750 word abstract, plus references. PhD Forum: short presentations by doctoral students, related to their dissertation. The PhD Forum provides doctoral students the opportunity to present their work to senior faculty in a relatively informal setting and to receive feedback on their dissertation by a panel of international educators. Submit a 750 word abstract, plus references. Student Showcase: short presentations by undergraduate and graduate students, related to their academic research, practical projects, etc. The showcase will provide students with an opportunity to get feedback on their work in an informal setting and advice on how to develop their work further and get published. The best showcase presentation will receive the LIDA 2025 Outstanding Student Award. Submit a 750 word abstract, plus references.

Issue #87 by Michael Seadle  (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Retraction Watch  posted an article on “‘Stealth Corrections’: When Journals Quietly Fix Papers” by René Aquarius on 12 September 2024.¹ The article reported on:  “... some overlapping patterns in a figure about a 2016 study on the blood-brain barrier.”¹ The publisher was informed, and “A month later, when Aquarius, a postdoctoral researcher at Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen , Netherlands, revisited the paper, the figure had been replaced without any note that the publisher had fixed the issue.” After Aquarius  “... informed Elsevier, the journal’s publisher about the issue. In July, the journal issued a corrigendum for the paper.”¹ The fact that Elsevier reacted positively and quickly was good, but when he looked again, he wrote: “‘I don’t see any notification when looking at the landing site for the paper: no erratum, corrigendum or a simple log-entry that something has been changed’ … .”¹     It was not an isolated instance. “He and his fellow research-integrity sleuths, who police various issues in scholarly literature alongside their day jobs, found 130 more cases of what they dub stealth corrections, where journals fix papers without acknowledging that they have done so. They outline their findings in a paper published as a preprint on arXiv on September 10. … Of the 131 papers in the study sample, 76 were published by the Journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology. None has an associated digital object identifier but all have PubMed IDs.”¹      The fact of the corrections is good, but the failure to acknowledge the changes is potentially problematic. “Other corrections [are] being fixed quietly include paper titles, authors names, ethical disclosures, images, abstracts, affiliations, among others … .”¹ What seems like a trivial problem becomes more suspicious as the numbers grow. People who read the papers initially may not look at them again to discover the corrections without an explicit signal that important content had changed.  What the stealth corrections cover up is not only the authors’ error, but the fact that the problem slipped through the reviewing process. The pressure to get articles out as quickly as possible comes from many sources, not just the publisher, and it is up to the academic community to recognize that encouraging or enabling such haste is not in the interests of scientific reliability. 1 :  Retraction Watch  (blog), “‘Stealth Corrections’: When Journals Quietly Fix Papers.” September 12, 2024.   https://retractionwatch.com/2024/09/12/stealth-corrections-when-journals-quietly-fix-papers/ .

University of Alabama Application Deadline: December 13 2024 at 22:55 CST The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) is seeking a full-time faculty member in the areas of information organization/information retrieval to join our engaged faculty of creative scholars, innovative researchers, and award-winning educators. This position begins as early as August 16, 2025 at the rank of tenured associate or full professor, and provides an exciting opportunity for an outstanding scholar with an interest in information discoverability, information retrieval, organization of information, database design, and social aspects of information access. Position Summary & Responsibilities: • Maintain established research agenda in library science and information science broadly defined commensurate with rank to include information organization and information retrieval. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to): information retrieval, organization of information, database design, information discoverability, metadata, linked data, and social aspects of information access. • Mentor and advise master's students as part of our ALA accredited Masters of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) degree program • Mentor undergraduate students in the forthcoming BS in Informatics program and contribute to said undergraduate curriculum in areas such as organizing systems and database design • Attract, advise, and mentor doctoral students as part of the college-wide interdisciplinary PhD program • Teach two courses per semester graduate and/or undergraduate in the fall and spring. Instructional modes typically include synchronous, online distance education and face-to-face. • Develop and maintain collaborative relationships across campus, within the larger LIS profession, and in other academic disciplines • Participate in professional service and engagement to SLIS, the College of Communication and Information Sciences, the University of Alabama, and organizations at the state, national, and international levels • All SLIS faculty contribute to a curriculum which fosters diversity of thought, experiences and backgrounds. • Mentor junior faculty as appropriate Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position closes on Dec 13, 2024.

University of South Florida Application Deadline: Review starts 1 November 2024m; open until filled The School of Information at the University of South Florida seeks to fill a 9-month, full-time and tenure-earning, Assistant Professor position with a start date of August 7, 2025. Salary is negotiable. Minimum qualifications: Ph.D. in Information Science or a closely related discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science/Analytics, etc.) is required. Applications from individuals who are ABD will be accepted, but the degree must be conferred by appointment start date. Preferred qualifications: Preference will be given to applicants whose research focuses on the socio-technical aspects of Data Science/Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber/National Security, and who have some university-level teaching experience and a clearly articulated research agenda. When applying, please attach the following documents as one PDF: Cover letter Curriculum Vita Research statement and select publications (no more than three) Teaching statement Service statement Names and contact information for three references. Position is open until filled, with initial review of applications beginning on November 1, 2024. The University of South Florida, a high-impact research university dedicated to student success and committed to community engagement, generates an annual economic impact of more than $6 billion. With campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee, USF serves approximately 50,000 students who represent nearly 150 different countries. For four consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report has ranked USF as one of the nation’s top 50 public universities, including USF’s highest ranking ever in 2023 (No. 42). In 2023, USF became the first public university in Florida in nearly 40 years to be invited to join the Association of American Universities, a prestigious group of the leading universities in the United States and Canada. Through hundreds of millions of dollars in research activity each year and as one of top universities in the world for securing new patents, USF is a leader in solving global problems and improving lives. USF is a member of the American Athletic Conference. Learn more at www.usf.edu . Conclusion of this search is subject to final budget approval. According to Florida Law, applications and meetings regarding them are open to the public. USF is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access institution. For disability accommodations, contact Geneva Jones at 813 974 3522 or gljones1@usf.edu a minimum of five working days in advance.

The iSchools Organisation is pleased to announce the new partnership with the Information Research journal, which will publish the iConference 2025 Proceedings. Information Research  is an Open Access journal hosted by an iSchools member, the Swedish School of Library and Information Science , University of Borås, Sweden. The journal is SSCI, Scopus and Google Scholar indexed and has much experience publishing conference proceedings. Open Access publishing enhances the visibility of papers and grants authors more freedom in the future use of their research. This will empower our community by removing the paywall to access high-quality conference papers.  iConference 2025  will take place at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. The Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering  will host the conference in a hybrid format.  The Virtual Academic Program will take place March 11 - 14, 2025  and the Onsite Academic Program in Bloomington, Indiana, will take place  March 18 - 22, 2025 .

Pratt Institute Application Deadline: November 1, 2024 A top-ranked college with opportunities in art, design, architecture, liberal arts and sciences, and information studies, Pratt offers nearly 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The School of Information (SI) at Pratt Institute has been educating information professionals for nearly 135 years. SI, one of six schools within Pratt Institute, offers rigorous, interdisciplinary, student-centered programs at the intersection of information, knowledge, and culture. We enroll over 300 graduate students in our Masters programs in Library and Information Science, Information Experience Design, Museums and Digital Culture, and Data Analysis and Visualization. We pride ourselves on providing a vibrant and diverse community of scholars, designers, and learners committed to using information and technology to improve lives and communities. We seek a new faculty member who will help advance our mission to lead the information field, through teaching and research, in making connections with arts, culture, and technology. Today, Pratt is committed to advancing social justice, environmental sustainability, and accessibility through our curriculum as well as increasing diversity in the ranks of our faculty, students, and staff. We seek applicants who can contribute to the furtherance of these goals as well as advancing antiracism and decolonization efforts. Position Summary: The School of Information (SI) at Pratt Institute seeks to hire one full-time tenure-track faculty member at the assistant professor level. We seek a full-time faculty who can contribute notably to our M.S. Library and Information Science program.We are open to a wide range of interests from the field of Library and Information Science. Potential areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Academic librarianship and scholarly communication Reference and Instruction Archives and preservation Misinformation and disinformation studies Connections between LIS and art, design, and architecture Activism and advocacy Civic/community engagement Special collections and ephemera Sustainability and LIS Engagement with users/stakeholders and UX librarianship Data literacy and Data librarianship Information ethics, policy and justice Makerspaces and other emerging models of instruction in libraries

Pratt Institute Application Deadline: November 1, 2024 A top-ranked college with opportunities in art, design, architecture, liberal arts and sciences, and information studies, Pratt offers nearly 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.  The School of Information (SI) at Pratt Institute has been educating information professionals for nearly 135 years. SI, one of six schools within Pratt Institute, offers rigorous, interdisciplinary, student-centered programs at the intersection of information, knowledge, and culture. We enroll over 300 graduate students in our Masters programs in Library and Information Science, Information Experience Design, Museums and Digital Culture, and Data Analysis and Visualization. We pride ourselves on providing a vibrant and diverse community of scholars, designers, and learners committed to using information and technology to improve lives and communities. We seek a new faculty member who will help advance our mission to lead the information field, through teaching and research, in making connections with arts, culture, and technology. Today, Pratt is committed to advancing social justice, environmental sustainability, and accessibility through our curriculum as well as increasing diversity in the ranks of our faculty, students, and staff. We seek applicants who can contribute to the furtherance of these goals as well as advancing antiracism and decolonization efforts. Position Summary: The School of Information (SI) at Pratt Institute seeks to hire one full-time tenure-track faculty member at the assistant professor level. We seek a full-time faculty who can contribute notably to our M.S. Information Experience Design, which specializes in educating well-rounded UX designers and researchers. We are open to a wide range of interests from the field of UX and HCI.  Potential areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Accessibility & Inclusive Design Immersive Experience Design User Interface and Digital Product Design Embodied, physical, and wearable computing Games UX Design/Research Usability and UX research Participatory design Service design Other related areas

The iConference 2025 Spanish/Portuguese Research Paper Track Chairs announced their decision to extend the iConference 2025 submission deadline for the Spanish/Portuguese paper track to 20 October 2024 in line with the deadlines for the following other tracks: Workshops & Panels Student Symposium Doctoral Colloquium Early Career Colloquium Chinese Research Paper   iConference 2025  will take place at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. The Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering  will host the conference in a hybrid format.  The Virtual Academic Program will take place March 11 - 14, 2025  and the Onsite Academic Program in Bloomington, Indiana, will take place  March 18 - 22, 2025 .  The theme "Living in an AI-gorithmic World” seeks to explore the potentially profound implications of living in a world increasingly influenced by algorithmic processes, such as generative artificial intelligence, machine learning, large language models (LLM), data analytics, and related technologies. Authors are also encouraged to submit papers that address relevant topics related to information, technology, and people beyond this year’s theme.   Together, we can begin and shape the discourse about the complexities of living in an algorithmic world, ensuring that these powerful tools serve to enhance the human experience. Submissions  for the Spanish / Portuguese and Chinese papers, panels, workshops and the colloquia and symposia will contribute to the discourse and celebrate the 20th anniversary of iConference . Visit the   iConference website  for more information.

University of Toronto, Mississauga Application Deadline: 6 November 2024, 11:59PM ET The Institute of Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology (ICCIT) at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) invites applicants for a full-time tenure stream position in Game Studies to further our interdisciplinary commitment to critically examining the cultural implications of technology including their development and their broader use. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025.  Candidates must have earned a PhD degree in media studies, communication, science and technology studies (STS), cultural studies, sociology, or a related area by the time of appointment, with a demonstrated record of excellence in research and teaching. We seek candidates whose research and teaching interests complement and enhance our existing departmental strengths . The successful candidate will be expected to pursue innovative and independent research at the highest international level, and to establish an outstanding, competitive, and externally funded research program. Applicants must have a program of research and experience in Game Studies which may include the dynamics of game communities, locative media, analog games, game histories, streaming and live play practices, experimental and avant-garde games, augmented reality and the cultural politics of play. We encourage applications from a wide range of critical perspectives and methodologies including Indigenous ontologies, queer, feminist and Black technoscience. Having a research practice that aligns with a curriculum focused on practice and design would be important. Candidates must provide evidence of research excellence which can be demonstrated by a record of publications in top-ranked and field relevant journals or forthcoming publications meeting high international standards, the submitted research statement outlining current and future research interests, presentations at significant conferences, awards and accolades, demonstrated ability to attract external research funding, and strong endorsements from referees of international standing.

Issue #86 by Gary Marchionini  (UNC School of Information & Library Science) Last May, the European Union fined Meta (Facebook’s parent company) 1.2 billion Euros ($1.3B US) for violating EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy laws.¹ The EU has also fined Google multiple times over the past decade for various antitrust actions, the largest totaling 2.42 billion euros ($2.6B US)² still under yet another appeal. Google has also been fined for antitrust and paid fines to India.³ On August 5, a US federal court ruled that Google is a search monopoly under US antitrust laws raising significant expectations about continued lawsuits and possible break up of Google.* There is a long history of antitrust actions that have strongly influenced the information technology industry, ranging from the breakup of AT&T beginning in 1982 and a decade of breakup actions against Microsoft that were settled in 2001. It is important to note from these early cases that these companies still exist as major entities today. Likewise, Meta and Google will likely continue to be dominant corporations in the decades ahead. Why should information professionals be concerned with this ongoing struggle between governments and corporations? First, and most obvious, many information professionals work in the IT industry and may have their jobs affected by reorganizations or curtailments in their workplaces. This can cause anxiety but the IT field is very dynamic and opportunities for career advancement abound for professionals who are flexible, observant, and resilient. Second, it seems clear that challenges to the status quo in key industries lead to innovation and new opportunities for creative individuals and teams to blossom. In the case of Google, its ‘installed base’ advantage of users means it has more data on what and how people are searching for information that allows it to adapt and improve, and also means low impedance for adoption by newcomers because so many people use it already. If the installed base advantage is mitigated by government regulation, there will be opportunities for new search services to develop on a somewhat more even playing field. For example, what could you do if Google search logs were made available? What could you create to help novice mobile device owners easily select which search service would be best for each search they do, or at the very least, which service should be their default service? For iSchool leaders and educators, the tension between government regulation and free-market innovation is an issue for study and participation. We aim to help our students and the public understand that there is progress and innovation that comes from this tension. We must help them learn to be alert to the deltas of information technology industry — the boom and bust hype cycles, and the pushes into frontiers and push backs from stakeholders disrupted by those pushes. More generally, and beyond IT concerns, our curricula and perspectives on information must include treatment of the vying escalations and attenuations of scientific and social forces that shape our world.   1 : EDPB. (22. May 2024). European Data Protection Board.  1.2 billion euro fine for Facebook as a result of EDPB binding decision: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2023/12-billion-euro-fine-facebook-result-edpb-binding-decision_en 2:  European Commission. (27. June 2017). European Commission. Antitrust: Commission fines Google €2.42 billion for abusing dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_17_1784 3:  BBC. (30. March 2023). BBC. Google: India tribunal upholds $160m fine on company: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65120697 *: Robins-Early, N. (06. August 2024). The Guardian. A US judge ruled that Google built an illegal monopoly. What happens next?: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/06/google-antitrust-monopoly-ruling