Register Today for INFOcon 2024!

[Lauren Mandel]

Learn to lead analytics teams, operationalize AI, and supercharge your record keeping with blockchain: All at INFOcon 2024, a free, two-day, online conference. Join URI GSLIS and a collaborative group of iSchools from across the country for this year’s conference, which will take place November 13 and 14. Registration is now OPEN!

INFOcon is an online conference for those interested in, studying in, or researching in the field of information science. The conference will consist of presentations from faculty from across the iSchools Collaborative Network on emerging topics in the field. 

Confirmed topics include:

• Data Science and Co-Op Opportunities 
• Trauma-Informed Librarianship in Movement 
• De-Siloing Scholarly and Science Communication Research
• Taking Arms Against a Sea of Chatbot Sludge
• Hitting the Mark or Losing the Shot: Inclusive Efforts in Archives
• Unveiling Histories: Provenance and CSI in Rare Books Cataloging
• What Does it Mean to be a Cataloger in 2025?
• Blockchain and Record Keeping: Opportunities for Information Professionals
• How Blind and Low-Vision Youth Live-Code Experimental Music Together
• Advocacy in Libraries
• The Art of Leading Data Analytics Teams
• Operationalizing AI: From Strategy to Scalable Solutions 
• Consumer Health Information Practices
• Neurodiversity in the Workplace

The speakers, schedule, and additional topics will be available soon. Register for INFOcon today to secure your spot and plan to join us!

Dr. Lauren H. Mandel
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Associate Professor and Director
Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
University of Rhode Island
lauren...@uri.edu
401-525-1613

http://harrington.uri.edu/graduate/library-information-studies