Conference Agenda (All times are shown in Eastern Daylight Time)
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Session Overview |
| Date: Tuesday, 18/Nov/2025 | ||||||
| 7:45am - 8:45am |
Chapter Assembly Meeting Location: Potomac III |
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| 9:00am - 10:00am |
Research Engagement Committee Meeting Location: Potomac III |
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| 9:00am - 10:30am |
Panel 22: Difficult Conversations: Academic Cultures J. Abbas, M. Bates, S. Erdelez, H. Julien, D. Sonnenwald Location: Conference Theater |
Panel 24: Responsible Use of AI: Role of Standards and Guidelines R. Gamage, M. Zeng, M. Hlava, B. Lund, I. Xie, M. Needleman Location: Washington B |
Paper Session 22: Activism, AI, and Identity Location: Potomac II “Workhorses and Show Ponies”: The Role of 501(c)(3) Recordkeeping Requirements on the Queer Activist Work of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence™ 9:30am - 9:45am Narrating Affect: Archives, Affect, and the Construction of Identity 9:45am - 10:15am How the Salvage has Turned: Shadow Archives, AI Counter-Surveillance, and the Limits of Digital Resistance 10:15am - 10:30am AI in the House of God: Threat, Tool or Transformation? |
Paper Session 23: AI in Higher Education Location: Potomac IV Fueling Conversations: AI Education Across the iSchools in the US and Canada 9:30am - 10:00am How Students (Really) Use ChatGPT: Uncovering Experiences Among Undergraduate Students 10:00am - 10:15am The Potential of Generative AI in Supporting Neurodiversity in Higher Education: A Systematic Review |
Paper Session 24: User Needs, Behaviors, and Retrieval Location: Potomac VI Understanding User intent in Generative Information Retrieval Through Tasks Characteristics: Insights from A Meta-analysis 9:30am - 10:00am Click-Click-Add – Product Search Strategies in Online Shopping |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break Location: Regency ABCD Foyer |
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| 11:00am - 12:00pm |
Annual Meeting Program Committee Meeting Location: Potomac III |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Alternative Event 25: Exploring Critical Issues in AI with the AI Agnostics Reading Group A. Hands, L. Gray, H. Julien, G. Marchionini, M. Posner, V. Van Hyning Location: Conference Theater |
Panel 26: Social Media and Politics Around the World: Navigating the Era of AI-Generated Content L. Hagen, L. Hong, P. Fichman, M. Matsubayashi, M. Chong, M. L. Dowell Location: Washington A |
Panel 27: Memory and History: Reconciling Inquiry and AI J. Budd, L. Wang, A. Gilliland, W. de Fremery Location: Washington B |
Paper Session 25: AI and Communication Location: Potomac II From Queries to Conversations: Examining Human–GenAI Information-Seeking Through Belkin’s Cognitive Communication Model 11:30am - 11:45am “Digital Friend” or “It”? Conceptualizations of LLM-Powered Chatbots in National Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Crisis Hotlines 11:45am - 12:15pm Human-AI Collaborative Content Analysis: Investigating the Efficacy and Challenges of LLM-Assisted Content Analysis for TikTok Videos on Palliative Care |
Paper Session 26: Prompting Generative AI Location: Potomac IV Enhancing Critical Thinking in Generative AI Search with Metacognitive Prompts 11:30am - 12:00pm “Sorry, I Cannot Fulfill That Request”: Analyzing Large Language Model Responses, Redirections, and Refusals to Polarized News Topics 12:00pm - 12:15pm Understanding User Prompting Behavior in Generative AI: A Component Analysis 12:15pm - 12:30pm What Makes a Good Prompter? Insights into Prompt Literacy across Mind, Experience, and Culture |
Paper Session 27: Information Ecology and GenAI Location: Potomac VI Epistemological Beliefs as Predictors of Generative AI Familiarity, Perceived Issues Likelihood, and Usage 11:15am - 11:45am “Let’s ask Meta AI!”: Information Seeking Practices with Meta AI on WhatsApp 11:45am - 12:00pm From Open‑Ended Text to Taxonomy: An LLM‑Based Framework for Information Sources for Disability Services 12:00pm - 12:15pm Learning with Generative AI: Evaluating Acceptability of Fact-Checking Digital Nudges |
| 12:30pm - 2:15pm |
Closing Debate and Luncheon Location: Regency ABCD Ballroom A panel of esteemed ASIS&T members will debate the following statement: The information professions must play a key role in the development, implementation, and use of AI. The debate teams are: For: Against: |
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| 2:30pm - 4:30pm |
Board Meeting Location: Potomac III |
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