Department of Information Science, University at Buffalo

10/18/2022

Join us for our next Research Seminar Series event on Thursday, Oct. 20. Rexwhite T. Enakrire will join us from the University of Pretoria/University of South Africa to present -related (Information and Communications Technology) Training and Support Programs for Information Professionals.

Attend in person, or on Zoom (UB login required).

Learn more about this event: https://ed.buffalo.edu/information/research/seminar-series/archive.host.html/content/shared/ed/information/research/seminar/2022/10.detail.html

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has made information professionals’ tasks much broader, due to the interactions with different technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, genetic engineering and quantum computing.

03/29/2022

Join this evening on Zoom for the 2022 Bobinski Lecture Series, presented by the Department of Information Science, Graduate School of Education. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Special Collections.

In this presentation, Tracie D. Hall, tenth executive director of the American Library Association, reflects on libraries’ status as contested spaces from the early Civil Rights Movement through the present day, and why contemporary libraries are called now more than ever to fulfill the promise of information, social and economic enfranchisement to all.

Learn more and register: http://ow.ly/muUI50IuSKn

10/19/2021

A professor will lead a new project to create more inclusive college classrooms that recognize the neurodiversity of students by building micro-credential training courses for computer science faculty.

The two-year, $293,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will help improve the educational experiences of neurodivergent students, said Sam Abramovich, principal grant investigator, director of the UB Open Education Research Lab and associate professor in the Department of Learning and Instruction.

Neurodivergent individuals have neurological differences that affect the way they process information, communicate and view the world. They include people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia and Tourette syndrome.

The Open Education Research Lab will eventually publish the micro-credentials and curriculum so others can use the tools.

“These micro-credentials will give instructors the training they need to transform their practice and create an ecosystem of belonging for neurodiverse undergraduate computer science students,” Abramovich said.

ed.buffalo.edu/news-brief

09/07/2021

faculty are working on a new study to better understand the racial disparities within the library system: 83 percent of librarians in 2020 identified as white. This leaves those who identify as Black, Indigenous and people of color in the minority.

Amy VanScoy, associate professor of information science, and Sunha Kim, assistant professor of counseling, school and educational psychology and learning and instruction, will study why librarians of color leave the profession with a new grant from the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.

“There are lots of initiatives focused on recruiting a diverse library workforce, but if the profession can't retain BIPOC librarians who have already been recruited, then recruitment strategies will have a limited and temporary effect,” said VanScoy. “So, discovering effective strategies for retention of BIPOC librarians is critical.”

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08/12/2021

DIGITAL-AGE LITERACY: Challenges and nuances explained — For Heidi Julien, a professor of information science, who has devoted her career to education, scholarship and digital literacy, public acceptance of misinformation is an alarming, and old, problem. It could use a modern fix that starts with school librarians and civics lessons. New public clarity about the need for change came from the pandemic’s highlighting of the life-saving power of good information.

For Heidi Julien, a GSE professor of information science, who has devoted her career to education, scholarship and digital literacy, public acceptance of misinformation is an alarming, and old, problem. It could use a modern fix that starts with school librarians and civics lessons. New public clari...

07/30/2021

Graduates will be honored in two ceremonies on Oct. 1 as part of Homecoming Weekend.

07/21/2021

07/19/2021

Tick, tock, tick, tock.......🔔🔔🔔

Happy anniversary to 's favorite bells!

05/14/2021

Today's the day! ceremony starts at 9 a.m. Welcome to all those joining us in person and online! Visit ed.buffalo.edu/commencement to access the livestream link and join us virtually.

05/14/2021

05/14/2021

Graduates, family and friends, and community: Commencement is tomorrow! Celebrate, leave a note of inspiration, a photo, a quote. Tag your public posts with so we can see and share the fun.

04/30/2021

That’s a wrap on 2021! Thank you to all our Bulls who supported the Graduate School of Education! We can't wait to share the final numbers with you. Stay tuned!