Keynote Speakers
Andrew Cox: The enduring importance of library values in the era of AI
Andrew Cox is a senior lecturer at the Information School, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. After graduating, he spent a number of years working in development projects around the use of ICT in library contexts, funded by EC, JISC and others. His main research area has been the response of information professions to contemporary societal challenges such as new technologies, increasing managerialism, datafication, changing conceptualisations of learning and a perceived crisis of well-being. Much of his recent research has been examining the impact of AI on information professional work. He is currently convenor of IFLA's Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group. More information is available at https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/people/academic/andrew-cox
Andrew Cox is a senior lecturer at the Information School, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. After graduating, he spent a number of years working in development projects around the use of ICT in library contexts, funded by EC, JISC and others. His main research area has been the response of information professions to contemporary societal challenges such as new technologies, increasing managerialism, datafication, changing conceptualisations of learning and a perceived crisis of well-being. Much of his recent research has been examining the impact of AI on information professional work. He is currently convenor of IFLA's Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group. More information is available at https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/people/academic/andrew-cox
Abebe Rorissa: The Content Divide. Contributing factors and how Libraries and other Stakeholders can help address it
Abebe Rorissa is a Professor and Director of the School of Information Sciences and the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs of the College of Communication and Information at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Before his current position, he worked as an educator, researcher, administrator, and practitioner in the United States, Ethiopia, Lesotho, and Namibia. He served as a consultant for academic institutions, national governments, and international organizations on various topics. He has published extensively in leading international information science journals. He is the immediate Past President and was a member of the Board of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and its Executive Committee, and a recipient of the ASIS&T Watson Davis Award for Service, Distinguished Member, and SIG Member of the Year Awards. More information is available at https://sis.utk.edu/about/directory/abebe-rorissa.
Abebe Rorissa is a Professor and Director of the School of Information Sciences and the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs of the College of Communication and Information at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Before his current position, he worked as an educator, researcher, administrator, and practitioner in the United States, Ethiopia, Lesotho, and Namibia. He served as a consultant for academic institutions, national governments, and international organizations on various topics. He has published extensively in leading international information science journals. He is the immediate Past President and was a member of the Board of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and its Executive Committee, and a recipient of the ASIS&T Watson Davis Award for Service, Distinguished Member, and SIG Member of the Year Awards. More information is available at https://sis.utk.edu/about/directory/abebe-rorissa.
Marijana Tomić: From collections to collaborations: Building collaborative laboratories for humanities research in GLAM institutions
Marijana Tomić is an Associate Professor at the Department of Information Sciences at the University of Zadar where she also serves as an associate at the Scientific Centre for Research in Glagolitism. Her research interests encompass digital humanities, the digital transformation of cultural heritage, the challenges of digital infrastructure and its users in the context of humanities, data-driven research in cultural heritage and GLAM Labs, and bibliographic organization of information. She is particularly focused on the study of manuscripts and old books, especially regarding Croatian Glagolitic heritage.
She has received several awards, including the Judita Award for the best study of Croatian Renaissance heritage published in a scientific monograph, and the Rector's Award from the University of Zadar for her contributions to digitization and the preservation of written heritage. More information is available at https://iz.unizd.hr/o-nama/djelatnici/tomic-marijana
Marijana Tomić is an Associate Professor at the Department of Information Sciences at the University of Zadar where she also serves as an associate at the Scientific Centre for Research in Glagolitism. Her research interests encompass digital humanities, the digital transformation of cultural heritage, the challenges of digital infrastructure and its users in the context of humanities, data-driven research in cultural heritage and GLAM Labs, and bibliographic organization of information. She is particularly focused on the study of manuscripts and old books, especially regarding Croatian Glagolitic heritage.
She has received several awards, including the Judita Award for the best study of Croatian Renaissance heritage published in a scientific monograph, and the Rector's Award from the University of Zadar for her contributions to digitization and the preservation of written heritage. More information is available at https://iz.unizd.hr/o-nama/djelatnici/tomic-marijana