On 29 October – 1 November, 2022, four of us from LiT.RL, FIMS, Western University took part in the ASIS&T2022 Conference. We managed to doView More
Category: Blog
This blog is for Dr. Rubin’s LiT.RL Lab updates, FIMS announcements, and Western University campus event alerts. Dr. Rubin relates technology-related news, reflections on language technologies or natural language processing. She sometimes writes about languages and cultures. Her lab students may contribute occasional entries on any of the above, or on broader information organization and LIS issues.
Practical Workshop: Student Mini-Thesauri Presentations
On 15 November 2022, students in the Fall 2022 LIS9202: “Thesaurus Construction & Metadata” course (at FIMS, Western University, London Canada) participated in informal presentationsView More
Sodiq Onaopalo Delivers a Speech on Automation in Libraries
On 2 December 2022, Sodiq Onaopalo guest lectured in Dr. Rubin’s LIS9002: “Information Organization, Curation & Access” class. His talk was entitled “Semantic Web, BigView More
London Public Library (LPL) Guest Talk at Western by Anne O’Sullivan and Mary Horman
On 9 December 2022, two local librarians, Anne O’Sullivan (Manager, Customer Services and Branch Operations) and Mary Horman (Cataloguer, Collections Services) from the London PublicView More
Zoom Guest Talk by Dr. Pierson (Germany) on Careers in Metadata
On 6 December 2022, Cameron M. Pierson, Phd, MLIS, L3S Research Center, Hannover, Germany, delivered an invited talk “On Professional Identities Beyond MLIS: Careers inView More
LiT.RL Team Is Presenting Three Posters at ASIST2022, Pittsburgh
On 31 October 2022 (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EDT), the LiT.RL team is taking part in the ASIS&T2022 Conference In-Person Poster Session, present threeView More
Book on Misinformation & Disinformation Published (Rubin, 2022)
Abstract How do we detect, deter, and prevent the spread of mis- and disinformationwith the human eye and AI? How does theory inform the practice,View More
Virtual Poster Presentation in ASIST2022
On 3 October 2022 (7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. EDT), as part of the ASIS&T2022 Conference, Dominique Kelly and the rest of the LiT.RL teamView More
Spring 2022 End-of-Term Digital Wall
Mis- & Disinformation Case Studies: How to Curb the Infodemic? To see our interactive digital wall of infographics, click on the button or screenshot. TheView More
Rubin Gives a Talk to the University of Wisconsin-Madison iSchool Students
Detection, Deterrence, and Prevention of Mis- and Disinformation by Victoria L. Rubin; 15 April 2022Abstract. This talk frames the problem of deceptive, inaccurate, and misleadingView More