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Session Overview
Date: Friday, 12/Dec/2025
5:00am
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6:30am
Virtual Paper Session 16
Virtual location: Virtual
 
5:00am - 5:30am

Human-Centred Digital Governance: Computational Analysis of Public Engagement and Government Responses on China’s Fertility Policies

J. Li, S. Qiao, J. Hua, L. Li, P. Yan



5:30am - 6:00am

A Deep-Learning Approach for Three-Dimensional Confirmation Prediction in Data Retrieval

J. Hou, S. Peng, Q. Li, Y. Li, P. Wang



6:00am - 6:30am

Understanding Data Search Behaviors Through the Lens of Search Stages: A Comparative Study of Data Retrieval Systems and Generative Search Engines

S. Wu, S. Peng, Q. Li, P. Wang

8:00am
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9:30am
Virtual Poster Session
Virtual location: Virtual
 

Academic Libraries in the Age of AI: The Importance of Information Literacy Education

A. Crabtree



Toward agency-centered AI literacy: A scoping review

T. Maeda, H. Anderson, A. Quan-Haase, K. Willis, S. Gignac



The Information Behavior of Theatre Performers: Embodiment, Precarity, and Body Capital

J. A. Maxwell



Introducing Collections as Data in Postgraduate and Professional Education

M. Dobreva



Copy, Paste, Innovate: Leveraging Sentiment Analysis and Interviews to Uncover AIGC Literacy Among China’s Youth

B. Jia, P. Yan, Y. Liu



In the Weeds: Entity Detection for Plant Based Foods

C. Blake, R. Wang, Z. Madak-Erdogan



Contribution of Wind Energy Research towards the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals

S. Aytac



Cross-Social Media Platform Emergency Knowledge Collaboration Based on Multimodal Heterogeneous Information Networks

W. Zhou, L. An, R. Han, G. Li, C. Yu



Technological Mediation of Trust in Grassroots Organizations: A Case Study of Social Networking Platforms (SNPs)

D. Delgado Ramos



How Artists Translate Image Needs on Social Media: Preliminary analysis of interaction

H. S. Lee



“Hard Drives are the Tip of the Iceberg”: Using r/datahoarder to Understand Conceptions of Data Risk

E. Tither, T. Wagner



Transforming Perspectives on Data Ethics through Collaborative Game Design

S. Yoon, S. Evans, C. Aragon, B. Herman, L. Yang, L. Molina



How Privacy Notifications Shape Privacy Management Strategies Among Quantified Self Users

R. Geng, S. Li, K. Yao, Z. Liu



Academic Library and Public School Partnerships to Foster K–12 Professional Development and Learning Opportunities

N. Grimes



Beyond the Canvas: Exploring the Information Seeking Behaviour of Painters in the Creative Process

T. Hussain, S. W. Hussain, N. Akram



Navigating AI Literacy: High School Students’ Perspectives on AI Tools in a Human-Centered Information Landscape

L.-M. Huang, T.-Y. Wu, T.-I. Tsai, W.-L. Cheung



Navigating Barriers: Disability, Healthcare Information Seeking, and AI-Enabled Chatbots

M. Gray, M. Threats



Navigating Health Information Poverty: International Students' Challenges and Strategies

X. Pan



Five Tools for Workshopping Humanitarian Responses to Harmful Information in Conflict Settings

E. Tither



A Holistic Understanding of Chinese Children's Artificial Intelligence Literacy: An Exploratory Study

P. Wang, S. y. Wang, H. Su



Designers as Co-Creators: Reconfiguring Workflows and Creative Agency in AI-Augmented Design

R. Zhang, S. Sung



Why Unequal AI Access Enhances Team Productivity through Negative Socio-emotional Reactions and Cognitive Diversity

J. Han, R. Ren



From Utopianism to Technological Realism: A Social Informatics Perspective on Generative AI Discourse

S. Akter, N. Hara, E. Kim



Diffraction as a Critical Research Methodology

S. Appedu



Balancing Equity and Access: Acquisition Librarians' Views on Social Justice in Collection Development

S. H. Soroya, H. J. Kim, S. Hussain



Preserving the Woman’s Voice on the Archival Canvas: Interactive Digital Narrative Mechanisms for Jiangyong Nüshu Driven by Generative Artificial Intelligence

K. Liu

10:00am
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11:30am
Exploring Critical Issues in AI with the AI Agnostics Reading Group
A. Hands, L. Gray, H. Julien, G. Marchionini, M. Posner, V. Van Hyning
Virtual location: Virtual
 
12:00pm
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1:30pm
Virtual Paper Session 9: Science, AI, and scholarly publishing
Virtual location: Virtual
 
12:00pm - 12:30pm

Knowledge breadth and depth measurement of Large Language Models (LLMs)

X. Peng, Q. Lu, K. Liu



12:30pm - 1:00pm

Chinese Large Language Models Evaluation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Information

L. Xiaosong, L. Zenghua, Z. Keran, L. Yifei, T. Shanhong, G. Qiang, Z. Yingxiao, G. Guotong



1:00pm - 1:30pm

Don’t Stop Me Now: Investigating the Information Interactions Involved in Overcoming Creative Blocks

P. Sanchez, S. Makri, G. Buchanan, D. McKay

Virtual Paper Session 10: AI and Libraries
Virtual location: Virtual
 
12:00pm - 12:30pm

Exploring Public Perceptions of Generative AI in Libraries: A Social Media Analysis of X Discussions

Y. Li, T. Mandaloju, H. Chen



12:30pm - 1:00pm

Public Library Workers, IT Identity Threats, and Implications for Artificial Intelligence

D. Freeburg, K. Klein

Virtual Paper Session 11: Business and Finance
Virtual location: Virtual
 
12:00pm - 12:30pm

Identifying Information Needs to Enhance a Customer Engagement System

H. Al-Thani, B. Jansen



12:30pm - 1:00pm

The Uneven Impact of Big Data in Science

X. Han, O. J. Gstrein, V. Andrikopoulos

Virtual Paper Session 12: Enabling Inclusion
Virtual location: Virtual
 
12:00pm - 12:30pm

Practice of Information Seeking on Dementia and the Positioning of Public Libraries in Japan

M. Takeda, S. Donkai



12:30pm - 1:00pm

Using Digital Interventions from a Sustainability Perspective: Capabilities and Needs of Deaf People in Bangladesh

M. K. Hossain, M. J. Islam, M T. Hasan



1:00pm - 1:30pm

Same Same, but Different: An Examination of Different Student Groups’ Information Behaviors

R. Bahl, D. McKay, S. Chang, M. Cheong, G. Buchanan



Intersections Between Government Data and AI Strategies: A Case Study of Technology Policies in Canada’s Federal Service

K. Mahetaji, C. Zogheib, R. Spencer

2:00pm
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3:30pm
Scholarly Productivity in Contentious Times: Future Considerations for Early Career Information Scholars
M. Threats, R. D. Frank, A. D. Smith, K. Fenlon, A. Thomer
Virtual location: Virtual
 
4:00pm
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5:00pm
Virtual Paper Session 13: User Experience
Virtual location: Virtual
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

User Experience in Metaverse Libraries: Lessons from Four Cases

Y. Kim, Y. Kim, N. Kwon, H. Choi, H. Kim



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Are They Getting What They Expected? User Confirmation and Satisfaction with Generative AIs

B. Ju, J. B. Stewart



4:30pm - 4:45pm

Empowering Reading Engagement through Big Data Analytics in Taiwan

W.-H. Hung, H.-C. Wang, H.-R. Ke

Virtual Paper Session 14: Governing AI
Virtual location: Virtual
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

Research on Collaborative Governance of AIGC Applications in the DeepSeek Era

S. Deng, F. Wang, R. Xiang, J. Chen



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Towards advancing AI governance, Innovation, and Risk Management: US Government Agencies’ Reflections

J. Khisro

Virtual Paper Session 15: Scholarly Publishing 2
Virtual location: Virtual
 
4:00pm - 4:30pm

“It’s like some weird AI ouroboros”: Artificial Intelligence Use and Avoidance in Scholarly Peer Review

A. H. Poole, A. Todd-Diaz



4:30pm - 4:45pm

“Are We Still in Control?”: Exploring Patterns of AI Dependency in Scientific Research

X. Li, X. Cai, P. Wang

 
5:30pm
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7:00pm
Co-Creation in Context: Participatory Approaches to Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage Work
R. Ma, A. T. Chen, J. Bossaller, C. Boyles, D. Donaldson
Virtual location: Virtual