Rachel Vagts did not anticipate that serving as the president of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) would involve responding to a global pandemic, but she has successfully helped the organization through the unprecedented circumstances. …
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Alumni Profile: Rita Ormsby (MA’92)
It was not a straight road to librarianship and a 2020 induction into the Special Library Association (SLA) Hall of Fame for Rita Ormsby (MA’92). Rita’s career started with a journalism degree, editing the quarterly …
Events and recordings featuring the new MS Information degree
Interested in learning more about the new Master of Science in Information degree? There are upcoming events featuring faculty, career options, and application tips. Events will be recorded. Faculty Spotlight: MS Information January 19, 2021 …
Professor Arnott Smith’s new book: The consumer context for digital health tools
With the deployment of personal smart health technology, new digital tools are now within reach of people around the globe. From smart watches that monitor heart rate to Bluetooth enabled pulse oximeters, individuals can now …
New Information Master’s Program Prepares Students for Careers in Tech and Information
For the first time ever, the Information School (iSchool) at UW-Madison is accepting applications for a newly launched Master of Science Information degree. The degree complements the iSchool’s long standing Masters of Arts degree in …
New Faculty Profile: Dr. Jacob Thebault-Spieker
Dr. Jacob Thebault-Spieker earned both a BA and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota. His research interests focus on bias, social computing, crowd work, and the shared economy. Dr. Thebault-Spieker’s work will …
Guest Lecture: Hybrid Scientific Relation Extraction for Scholarly Knowledge Organization
Speaker: Ming Jiang, PhD student at the Illinois Informatics Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Time: Thursday, Nov 19 at 3 p.m. CST Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98435362731?pwd=T0xVem1mT1RnbWZzWmNaQ0s5dU1iUT09 The rapid growth of scientific articles has made digital libraries (DL) …
New Faculty Profile: Dr. Chaoqun Ni
Dr. Chaoqun Ni brings her expertise in information technology and science policy to the iSchool. She’s excited to continue her research in scholarly competition and gender disparities within scientific fields at the iSchool, particularly under …
Guest lecture: Language and Justice: Examining the Social Implications of Language Technologies
Language and Justice: Examining the Social Implications of Language Technologies Guest Speaker: Su Lin Blodgett, Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research Montréal Date/Time: Thursday, Nov 12 at 2 p.m., Central Time Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97748479865?pwd=amxrY1g0Y09wOUdHb29zUmZqb3ZoZz09 Natural language processing (NLP) …
Guest Lecture: Towards Explainable Information Retrieval Models for Professional Search Tasks
Towards Explainable Information Retrieval Models for Professional Search Tasks Guest Speaker: Yue Wang, Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina, School of Information and Library Science Date/Time: Nov 17 at 3 p.m., Central Time …