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iConference 2019 Summary
2019 ContentsQuick Links 2019 Quick LinksLocation: College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center By the NumbersTotal registered participants: 593 Full Research Papers: 44 (acceptance rate 33%) Rates (listed in GBP):
2019 Supporting MaterialsOfficial Proceedings
Workshop Proposals
Sessions for Interaction and Engagement Proposals
iSchools Partnerships and Practices Proposals
2019 OrganizersConference Chairs: Mega Subramaniam, University of Maryland, College Park; Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University; Wayne Lutters, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Program Chairs: Michelle H. Martin, University of Washington; Bonnie Nardi, University of California, Irvine Papers Chairs: Aleksandra Sarcevic, Drexel University; Nicholas Weber, University of Washington Posters Chairs: Yong Ming Kow, City University of Hong Kong; Eric M. Meyers, University of British Columbia Workshops Chairs: Gitte Balling, University of Copenhagen; Marianne Martens, Kent State University SIE Chairs: James Howison, University of Texas at Austin; Kate Marek, Dominican University Keynotes Chair: Dan Russell, Google, Inc. Doctoral Colloquium Chairs: Anita Komlodi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Sun Young Park, University of Michigan Early Career Colloquium Chairs: Hamid R. Ekbia, Indiana University; Dick Kawooya, University of South Carolina Doctoral Dissertation Chairs: Tawanna Dillahunt, University of Michigan; Volker Wulf, University of Siegen iSchools Partnerships and Practices Chairs: Elke Greifeneder, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Sean McGann, University of Washington; Timothy Summers, University of Maryland, College Park Proceedings Chairs: Natalie Taylor, University of South Florida; Caitlin Christian-Lamb, University of Maryland Student Volunteer Chairs and Mentor: Samantha McDonald, University of California, Irvine; Elizabeth Mills, University of Washington; Nora O’Murchú, University of Limerick (Mentor) Social Media Chairs: Amelia Gibson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jessica Vitak, University of Maryland, College Park Undergraduate Symposium Chairs: Matthew Bietz, University of California, Irvine; Yubo Kou, Florida State University Blue Sky Track Chairs: Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University; John King, University of Michigan Conference Coordinator: Clark Heideger, iSchools Inc. Conference Management: Mary Kendig, University of Maryland 2019 AwardsThe following awards were presented at iConference 2019. Doctoral Dissertation AwardThis award recognizes the most outstanding dissertation of the preceding year. Each member iSchool was invited to submit one dissertation for blind review by an international jury made up of iSchool leadership and faculty. The winner received $2,500 U.S., the runner up $1,000 U.S. 2019 Winner 2019 Runner Up Lee Dirks Award for Best PaperSponsored in 2019 by Emerald Publishing, the Lee Dirks Award is presented to the author(s) of the conference’s most outstanding full research paper. The award includes a prize of $5,000 U.S. This award honors the memory of Lee Dirks of Microsoft Research, long-time friend and supporter of the iConference. Click here for past winners. 2019 Winning Paper Runners Up, in alphabetical order: Title: Documenting the Undocumented: Privacy and Security Guidelines for Humanitarian Work with Irregular Migrants Title: The Innovation Ecology: Collaborative Information, Community Support, and Policy in A Creative Technology Community Title: Understanding Change in a Dynamic Complex Digital Object: Reading Categories of Change out of Patch Notes Documents Best Short Research Paper2019 Winner: Runners up, in alphabetical order: Title: Looking for Group: Live Streaming Programming for Small Audiences Title: Proposing “Mobile, Finance, and Information” Toolkit for Financial Inclusion of the Poor in Developing Countries Title: Public-Private Partnerships in Data Services: Learning From Genealogy Best Poster:Finalists were selected based on their abstract submissions, and the winner determined based on their resulting presentation at the conference. 2019 Winner Runners up, in alphabetical order: Title: The Economic Value of Personal Information Under the Situation of Information Leakage Title: Leaving No One Behind: Preparing China’s Public Librarians for Providing Multicultural Services to Ethnic Minorities Title: Towards a Domain Ontology for Data Assemblages Blue Sky Papers AwardsAwards for this special track were funded by a grant from the Computer Research Association, with $1,000 going to the first place paper, $750 to second and $500 to third. First Place: Second Place: Third Place Kentaro ToyamaMonday, April 1, 2019, 8:30 am  Kentaro Toyama is W. K. Kellogg Professor of Community Information at the University of Michigan School of Information and a fellow of the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT. He is the author of Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology. From 2005-2009, Toyama was co-founder and assistant managing director of Microsoft Research India. There, he started the Technology for Emerging Markets research group, which conducts interdisciplinary research to understand how the world’s poorest communities interact with electronic technology and to invent new ways for technology to support their socio-economic development. Prior to his time in India, Toyama did research in artificial intelligence, computer vision, and human-computer interaction at Microsoft and taught mathematics at Ashesi University in Ghana. Toyama graduated from Yale with a Ph.D. in computer science and from Harvard with a bachelor’s degree in physics. Presentation abstract: Technology’s Law of Amplification, and What It Means for iSchools Four years out, I am not sure what the net impact of the book has been, but I have received a lot of excellent feedback. In this talk, I will overview the amplification thesis, discuss the feedback I have heard (and not heard), and highlight a paradoxical consequence of technological amplification — that in an age of advanced technology, people and institutions matter even more than before. This last point hints at an essential, discipline-unifying role for Schools of Information that I would like to propose for the iConference community. Brewster KahleTuesday, April 2, 2019, 8:30 am
Kahle earned a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1982. Presentation Abstract: But now, through innovations in technology and new legal frameworks, we have the power to transform our library system and bring it into the digital age. The Internet Archive’s Open Libraries project is working with library partners across the country to bring 4 million books online, starting with a wishlist of the most widely held and used books in libraries and classrooms. Our project includes expanded circulation of these digital books, enabling libraries who own the physical works to lend digital copies to their patrons. Through Open Libraries, thousands of libraries can unlock their analog collections for a new generation of learners, ensuring free, long-term, public access to knowledge. Carla HaydenWednesday, April 3, 2019, 8:30 am
Hayden attended Roosevelt University in Chicago (B.A., political science, 1973), also earning a master’s degree and a doctorate from the University of Chicago Graduate Library School (1977, 1987). Hayden began her library career at the Chicago Public Library. From 1973 to 1979, she worked as an Associate/Children’s Librarian and from 1979 to 1982, she was Young Adult Services Coordinator. From 1982 to 1987, Hayden worked as a Library Services Coordinator at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. Following this, she was the CEO of Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland from 1993 until 2016. She advanced the Baltimore library system into the digital age, greatly expanding the library’s digital resources, increasing the number of computers available to the public, and opening an after-school center for teens. During her tenure with the Baltimore library, she oversaw the opening of the system’s first new branch in more than three decades. During this time, she became the president of the American Library Association (ALA) from 2003 to 2004, choosing as the theme of her presidency “Equity of Access.” In this role, Hayden was vocal in her public opposition to the Patriot Act, leading a battle for the protections of library users’ privacy. On February 24, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Hayden to serve as the next Librarian of Congress. On July 13, 2016, she was confirmed as Librarian of Congress by a 74-18 vote in the United States Senate. Hayden was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on September 14, 2016. Even though more than eighty percent of American librarians are women, for over two hundred years, the position of Librarian of Congress was filled exclusively by white men, making her appointment notably historic. Presentation abstract: Libraries in the Digital Age: Now What? The Library of Congress is leading the way in having collections and resources digitized and accessible online. As we navigate through new technologies and applications, how do libraries adopt to the changing digital landscape and keeping users engaged?
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Brewster Kahle, Digital Librarian and Founder of the 
Carla Diane Hayden is an American librarian and the 14th Librarian of
Congress. She is the first woman and the first African American to hold
the post, and she is the first professional librarian appointed to the
post in over 60 years.
