5 Annual Meeting 2018
Welcome!
December
Issue 13 | 2018
15 Do not miss in 2019...
2 The ESC Board
15 Upcoming Webinars
14 BOBCATSSS 2019
Are you a LIS student from Europe and want to get involved in our chapter activities? Do you want to share any content in our next newsletter? Do you have any ideas for activities or events that could be organized by the ESC? We are always looking for engaged students who want to participate in our chapter. Feel free to contact us and share your ideas with us!
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In this winter edition of the ESC newsletter we will present you a variety of topics. Our new board is introduced and you can read about our miniBARCamp at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2018 in Vancouver, Canada. In the category "I was at..." students report on their experiences during this year's conferences and workshops. We also report on BOBCATSSS 2019, an upcoming conference organized by students, as well as further conferences and events you should not miss in 2019. We further invite you to share your ideas and thoughts on possible topics for webinars organized by the ESC. We hope you enjoy reading this newsletter! Your European Student Chapter
7 I was at...
We have a new board! Maria is our new chair and has great plans for the following year. As co-chair and thereby chair-elect Joanna will support her. Jure and Maurice will be our secretary and treasurer, respectively. The position as webmaster and social media manager is taken over by Frauke. Christine will remain our newsletter editor for one more year. Last but not least, we have a new Chapter Advisor - Agnes Mainka. Special thanks goes also to our past advisor Rebekah Willson, who was always supporting us. Feel free to contact any of the board members if you have questions or want to participate in the ESC.
Hi everyone, my name is Maria and I am a doctoral student at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany. Here, at the information science department I teach and learn something new every day. My research interests are information literacy, libraries, knowledge management and open science. In the past year I have been serving as the European Student Chapter's Co-Chair and and now, for 2019, I will step into Aylin's footsteps and be your Chair! Thanks again for supporting me and for your trust in me. I will surely do my best! :-) Whether you already know me from our past events, or we still have to get to know each other - let's have fun and shape the future of the European student chapter together!
THE new ESC Board
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Joanna Mazur, Co-Chair University of Warsaw, Poland j.mazur[at]delab.uw.edu.pl
Maria Henkel, Chair Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany maria.henkel[at]hhu.de
I hold two MAs from the University of Warsaw – in Liberal Arts and Law, achieved in 2016 and 2017 respectively. I am a PhD student in the Faculty of Law and Administration at UW. I work in DELab UW (Digital Economy Lab) on the legal aspects of building the Digital Single Market, mostly initiatives regarding copyrights and privacy. I am interested in research on the human rights issues concerning the digital space. Moreover, I am also interested in development cooperation and migration. In my free time I write short stories and plays. Yeah, it means that basically all my life is about writing stuff. :)
Hi, my name is Jure. I’m MA student of Information Science and Information Technology at Department of Information Sciences at University of Osijek, Croatia. I have been a student member of ASIS&T since 2018. My research interests are information behaviour, information literacy, information seeking and a bit of IT development. I will be the secretary for the European Student Chapter for the year of 2019.
Maurice Schleußinger, Treasurer Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany maurice.schleussinger[at]hhu.de
Maurice here. I am a doctoral student at the Department of Information Science at the Heinrich Heine University and also working at the Center of Information and Media Technology at that same university. As a new member of the European Student Chapter I am excited to get to know its members and support the chapter as treasurer. My research focuses on Information Visualization for Information Services, especially for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality systems.
Jure Žilić, Secretary University of Osijek, Croatia dejzilic[at]ffos.hr
I am a MA student of Information Science and Language Technology at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf. I’m also a research associate at the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf where I am working on developing the ULB’s new information literacy programme. I have been a student member of ASIS&T since 2018. My research interests are information literacy in the context of modern scientific libraries and extremist strategic communication (or what you’d probably call propaganda) - and yes, those two overlap sometimes! I will be the webmaster for the European Student Chapter for the year of 2019. If you have any questions regarding the ESC's website or social media accounts please don't hesitate to shoot me a message.
My name is Christine and I am a doctoral student of information science at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. I am part of the ASIS&T ESC board since 2014. Beside my role as Co-Chair and Chair of the Chapter from 2015 to 2017, my main task was the creation of our biannual newsletter. As I like to share interesting activities and events with students from all over Europe, I am happy to serve as the board’s newsletter editor for one more year. In addition to my involvement in the ESC, I am also part of the ASIS&T special interest group for the measurement of information production and use (SIG/MET).
Christine Meschede, Newsletter Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany christine.meschede[at]hhu.de
Frauke Kling, Webmaster Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany frauke.kling[at]ulb.hhu.de
Within this year's ASIS&T Annual Meeting, the European Chapter (EC) and its student Chapter, the ESC, organized a miniBARcamp aiming at providing an open space for interesting discussions and relaxed conversations. Building on the success of our first miniBARcamp in 2016 during the Annual Meeting in Kopenhagen, Denmark, this year's event again brought Europe to the conference. The miniBARcamp was a place to meet and get in touch with other students, researchers and practitioners from all over the world, to have a snack and enjoy the evening. Beside easy conversations, Tjaša Jug and Souvick Gosh, two winners of our Scientivity contest presented their submissions. The participants enthusiastically played Tjaša's board game "Metadventure. From Storyteller to Bestseller", with which she was awarded first place in the contest. We further invited three professors to join our interactive quiz about questions „We never dared to ask". Marie L. Radford, Stefanie Haustein and Dirk Lewandowski met the challenge to answer questions from the audience. Beside serious concerns about doctoral theses and academic work our three experienced researchers also revealed some secrets about things they do in their office, when nobody is watching. For example, Stefanie Haustein confessed to having eaten most of the sweets, which she promised to bring to her students in class.
miniBARcamp @ASIS&T Annual Meeting Vancouver, BC, Canada | November 10, 2018
miniBARcamp attendees enjoying the evening
Attendees playing the board game "Metadventure" by Tjaša Jug
... miniBarCamp
The ESC enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere at the miniBARcamp and we hope to relaunch this event within further upcoming Annual Meetings. Thank you to everyone who participated, either by asking questions, by joining interesting conversations or by providing support in preparing the miniBARcamp. Special thanks goes to our two scientivity winners Tjaša Jug and Souvick Gosh and of course, Marie L. Radford, Stefanie Haustein and Dirk Lewandowski for answering all those questions we never dared to ask.
I am: Hi, my name is Maria and I am a doctoral student at the department of information science in Düsseldorf, Germany. My research interests: My research interests are information literacy education, libraries in the 21st century and also open and sustainable science and education. I am also this year’s European student chapter chair. ;-) I attended: This year in July, I attended the International Conference on Library and Information Science (LIS) and had the opportunity not only to present but also to chair a session for the first time. This was a great experience. A highlight for me was that the work of me and my colleagues was awarded with the distinguished paper award. What I liked about the conference venue: As the LIS conference is being held in Japan most of the times, there are many attendees from Asia. This year the conference venue was in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok is a great city with many things to do. I loved the cultural and culinary input while sightseeing or learning how to cook Thai dishes during a cooking class!
I was at... ...the International Conference on Library and Information Science 2018
My colleagues and I received the distinguished paper award
I really liked: I really liked that at LIS I had the opportunity to meet many researchers from different countries, who were at the same time working in the same area as I do. During the conference sessions and networking breaks, it was very interesting to see the different projects around library innovation and information literacy education from countries I have never even been to before. The conference attendees were really nice and not seldom you hear something like “If you come to my country/city, I can show you around!” It was a very open and welcoming atmosphere. My recommendation for other students attending conferences: Be open for interesting research topics from other researchers and other countries, sometimes you get valuable insight for your own research or inspiration for something new. Also, look forward to delicious food and cultural exchange and definitively bring lots of cards! ;-)
The city of Bangkok where the conference took place.
The city of Bangkok where the conference took place
I am: Karoline Jüttner from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf My research interests: Social Media I attended: HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, Nevada. My presentation at the conference was about: I presented an evaluation of the anonymous student app Jodel My favorite speaker: That is hard to say, there were many interesting presentations from many competent speakers. I really liked: The fact that the conference was very big and people from all over the world attended. With the parallel sessions the presentations still felt rather familiar. My recommendation for other students attending conferences: Not to be nervous, if you don’t speak the conference language fluently. There are many other students who feel the same and it was not a problem at all. I am: Philipp Nowak, a master’s student in Information Science at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. My research interests: Social Media I attended: HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, Nevada. My presentation at the conference was about: I presented an evaluation of the local and anonymous social network “Jodel” I really liked: I liked the opportunity to be part of such an international event with participants from all over the world. As it was my first conference I attended, I was able to gain a lot of new and unique experiences. My recommendation for other students attending conferences: Don’t be scared, enjoy the time, and be open to other participants. For example, I really enjoyed talking to an Assistant Professor from Georgia, USA.
I was at... ...HCI International 2018
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
I am: Jure Žilić, MA student at the Department of information sciences at University of Osijek, Croatia. My research interests: Library science, information literacy, data management, knowledge management. I attended: FEIS - International Symposium on the Future of Education in Information Science in Pisa, Italy, 10 - 11 September 2018. The symposium was organized within the Erasmus + project EINFOSE (European Information Science Education: Encouraging Mobility and Learning Outcomes Harmonization) whose aim was to overcome differences that exist in the area of entry requirements and learning outcomes in the field of Information Science (IS) (http://einfose.ffos.hr/). My presentation at the conference was about: I presented a paper entitled „Student perceptions of LIS programs and profession: Study among undergraduates in Croatia and Turkey" co-authored with Sanjica Faletar Tanacković (University of Osijek, Croatia) and Serap Kurbanouglu and Yurdagul Unal (Hacettepe University, Turkey). In this comparative study some similarities as well as differences were detected between the two student groups (from Croatia and Turkey). Students from both countries believe that LIS profession plays an important role in the society (and will remain so in future) but that it does not enjoy high public status and is not financially rewarding. Both Croatian and Turkish students are generally satisfied with their choice of profession (although for a significant number of students LIS degree was not their first choice), the majority would recommend it to their friends and they are quite optimistic about employment opportunities. Dissatisfaction with their LIS program lies in most cases in insufficient amount of IT courses and practical training. Almost half of the Turkish students had some LIS related work experience prior to embarking on their studies unlike Croatian students. Two words (information and libraries) that first come to majority of students’ mind when they think of LIS profession were the same for both group. Both groups of respondents agreed that LIS profession is interdisciplinary and disagreed that it is a female profession.
I was at... ...FEIS - International Symposium on the Future of Education in Information Science
My favorite session: The panel session "In search of a balance among human, technology, and information dimensions in creating a new curriculum", moderated by Javed Mostafa (University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill, US), was one my favorite sessions. It discussed the need for careful attention to topics that bring in human values, ethics, and laws associated with information capture, storage, use and dissemination in LIS education. Panelists were well-known researchers and experts from Europe and the US: Gary Marchionini (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA), David Bawden (City University London, UK), Sanda Erdelez (Simmons College, USA), Fidelia Ibekwe SanJuan (University of Aix-Marseille, France) and Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić (EINFOSE coordinator, University of Osijek, Croatia). I also liked the keynote speech delivered by David Bawden and Lyn Robinson who examined the perception of the need for new skills and competencies in an ever-changing and increasingly challenging digital information environment in LIS education, through the lens of Luciano Floridi's concept of the 'infosphere'. Bawden suggested some responses, particularly in education for data management and for digital ethics, to prepare the students to participate in the design of the infosphere, and the information society which will inhabit it. What I learned: I heard some great ideas and thoughts about future of LIS education, and learned a lot about LIS programs in other countries. Learning and sharing ideas with colleagues from around the world can be really helpful and an inspiring experience. I really liked: Symposium organization was on very high level and our hosts form Pisa University did a really good job. The program was rich, with good timing and scheduling. It was easy to attend all sessions due to frequent breaks with delicious food and coffee. Besides that, I really enjoyed the city of Pisa. Its historical sites (in particular the Leaning Tower), incl cobbled streets, nice people and amazing food gave me an unforgettable experience and a desire to come back. My recommendation for other students attending conferences: Conferences and symposiums are perfect opportunity for young people to widen their knowledge, to share ideas and to meet new people. Every talk and every speaker at the conferences can be in some way helpful and can encourage you to expand your knowledge and explore further your field of science. Besides that you may have once in a lifetime opportunity to travel all around the world and make friends.
Panel session "In search of a balance among human, technology, and information dimensions in creating a new curriculum"
View from the conference hotel
I was at... ...the ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2018
I am: I am Frauke Kling. I am a Master’s student at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany and a research associate at the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf. My research interests: Information literacy and extremist strategic communication I attended: The ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2018 in Vancouver, Canada. My favorite speakers: My favorite speakers were the keynote speakers Ramesh Srinivasan and Zeynep Tufekci. I also enjoyed Yimin Chen’s talk “Being a Butt While on the Internet”: Perceptions of What Is and Isn’t Internet Trolling. My presentation at the conference was about: The Islamic State’s strategic communication. We analysed 27 magazines published by Islamic State media operatives and used content analysis as well as a knowledge representation method called the text-word method to find out more about the development of certain themes within the magazines’ content. I really liked: I really liked Vancouver. The city was a great choice for this year’s annual meeting and the social events planned by the organizing committee were great! It was easy to get to know renowned researchers and learn what’s going on in the field. Even in sub-fields where your research interests normally don’t take you. My recommendation for other students attending conferences: Sort of ‘fake it ‘til you make it’. I understand and sympathize with any student feeling nervous about visiting a conference for the first time, I felt the same. The good thing about ASIS&T is that it really takes care of its newbies, or “New Bees” as they were called. Be proud of your work, share it with others and try not to be too starstruck when it comes to meeting other researchers. I ended up sitting next to the incredible Bluma Peritz at the closing dinner and got the chance to chat with an academic luminary in the field of Information Science - you could too!
Me introducing the K-pop group whose V LIVE channel I used as an example for the evaluation
I was at... ...SWiF 2018 (Student Workshop)
I am: Johanna Askeridis, I work as a researcher at the Department of Information Science at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. I also just finished my bachelor’s degree in Information Science and Language Technology. My research interests: Scientometrics and altmetrics, as well as social media research with a hint of psychology. I attended: The 9th Student Workshop on Information Science Research (in German SWiF for short) in Hildesheim, Germany. The SWiF is a small, cozy information science workshop targeting students from German-speaking countries. It takes place on an annual basis for two days at a German university and students are free to submit any kind of information science research for a 20-minute presentation. My presentation was about: The Korean K-pop webcasting app V LIVE. I evaluated the app according to the dimensions service, user, and acceptance for a seminar paper. More than 1000 people from 78 countries on all five continents took part in the survey, so I was very excited to share these global results! I really liked: How easy it was to talk to both the students and professors present. It was also great to get so much feedback from advanced researchers. My recommendation for other students attending conferences: Be confident of your research topic, even if you feel insecure for whatever reason – being a student, having an unusual topic, being at a conference for a first time. There is a reason you chose to do this research, a reason you submitted this research, and a reason this research was accepted. Stand your ground, be passionate, and convince!
About BOBCATSSS is an international annual symposium which addresses hot topics for librarians and other information professionals in the fast changing environment. It is created by and for students, teachers, researchers and professionals in the information field. BOBCATSSS is held under the auspices of EUCLID (European Association for Library and Information Education and Research). It is a tradition which has been passed on from one European country to another since 1993, providing rich professional program, accompanied by numerous opportunities for networking, personal exchanges, discussions, and learning. Organization and Venue BOBCATSSS 2019 takes place in Osijek, Croatia, and is organized by Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Osijek University, Croatia; Linnaeus University, Sweden; Uppsala University, Sweden and The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands. Read more: Website http://bobcatsss2019.ffos.hr/index.html Twitter http://twitter.com/bobcatsss2019 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Bobcatsss/
BOBCATSSS Osijek, Coratia, January 22-24, 2019 Information and technology transforming lives: Connection, Interarction, Innovation
After the successful webinar about survey methods with Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Marie L. Radford, the ESC is planning to organize another webinar. For that, we are interested in your ideas and needs. What topics would you like to learn and discuss about in a webinar? Feel free to share any thoughts with us by writing us an e-mail or sending a message via our Facebook page! Watch the recording of our latest webinar on YouTube!
iConference Washington, DC, US March 31 – April 3, 2019
BOBCATSS Osijek, Croatia January 22-24, 2019
Do not miss in 2019
ASIS&T Annual Meeting Melbourne, Australia March 31 – April 3, 2019
Upcoming Webinars
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Do you want to share anything with us in our upcoming newsletter? Feel free to contact our newsletter editor Christine: christine.meschede[at]hhu.de
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