Library & Information Science News

New Faculty Join CCI

September 24, 2024

Drexel CCI welcomes eight new faculty members this autumn.

$398K Grant Fuels CCI’s Research into Digital Ad Archiving

July 31, 2024

Mat Kelly, PhD, assistant professor, and Alex Poole, PhD, associate professor, have received a 2024 National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Drexel CCI Faculty Featured in WHYY Article on ChatGPT's Information Retrieval

March 14, 2024

Denise Agosto and Michael Ekstrand weighed in on ChatGPT and its role within the broader landscape of artificial intelligence, information retrieval and human-computer interaction.

Drexel University College of Computing & Informatics Faculty Present at ASIS&T 2023

October 20, 2023

Drexel CCI is proud to announce our faculty members will present and be recognized for awards at the 86th ASIS&T Annual Meeting in London.

Drexel CCI Faculty & Students Present at iConference 2023

March 31, 2023

Associate Professor Alexander H. Poole, PhD was nominated for the iConference’s Lee Dirks Award for Best Paper.

Drexel CCI Faculty and Students at 2022 ALISE and ASIS&T Conferences

October 26, 2022

Drexel CCI faculty and students are participating in the 85th Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting and ALISE 2022 Annual Conference.

Drexel CCI Researchers Receive IMLS Grant in Support of Collaborative Study on the Preservation of Digital Ads

August 31, 2022

The project serves to analyze preservation practices of past online advertisements help to inform future archiving methods.

Drexel University College of Computing & Informatics Announces Denise Agosto as Recipient of Fulbright Award for 2022-2023

July 06, 2022

As a Fulbright Scholar, Agosto will share knowledge and foster meaningful connections across communities in the United States and Brazil.

Deborah A. Garwood, PhD ‘21 Receives 2022 ALISE Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Award and 2022-23 Beckman Center Fellowship

May 31, 2022

Advised by CCI Associate Professor Alex H. Poole, PhD, Garwood received the 2022 ALISE Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation award for her dissertation titled “To Our Health: A Case Study of Archivists’ Information Work and Information Practices at History of Medicine Collections in Philadelphia.”

Alex Poole Receives Davis Award and Winsor Prize from ALA's Library History Round Table

May 24, 2022

Poole is the first Drexel faculty member to receive the American Library Association’s Donald G. Davis Article Award and the Justin Winsor Library History Essay Award.

LIS Education and Data Science Integrated Network Group (LEADING): Call for Applications

January 27, 2022

CCI's Metadata Research Center (MRC) invites early-to-mid career library professionals and doctoral students to participate in the LIS Education and Data Science-Integrated Network Group (LEADING) virtual fellowship program.

Deborah Garwood and Alex Poole Win Best Student Paper Award at ASIS&T 2021

October 28, 2021

Titled “Archivists’ Information Work Lines: Affective, Information Management, and Hybrid Onsite-Remote Work Performance,” their paper is among the first to investigate information work concepts in the archival context.

Deborah Garwood and Alex Poole Named Finalists for Best Short Research Paper Award at iConference 2021

March 31, 2021

Their paper presents preliminary findings from an exploratory, qualitative case study of archivists working in Philadelphia and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

LIS and Data Science LEADING Virtual Fellowship Now Accepting Applications

February 02, 2021

Early-to-mid career library professionals and doctoral students are invited to apply to the virtual LIS Education and Data Science-Integrated Network Group (LEADING) fellowship program by March 15, 2021.

IMLS-Funded LIS Education and Data Science-Integrated Network Group to Launch Nov. 1

October 28, 2020

Drexel CCI's Metadata Research Center, in partnership with Montana State University Library, UC San Diego Library, and OCLC, is establishing an LIS Education and Data Science-Integrated Network Group thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Drexel PhD Student Samantha Grabus Wins 2020 LITA/Ex Libris Student Writing Award

April 20, 2020

Grabus' winning manuscript will be published in Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL), LITA's open access, peer reviewed journal, and Grabus will receive $1,000 and a certificate of merit.

Drexel CCI Faculty and Student Research Featured at ASIS&T 2019

October 17, 2019

Drexel CCI faculty and students are participating in the 82nd annual Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting this month in Melbourne, Australia.

Tim Gorichanaz, PhD ’18 Receives Prestigious ALISE and ASIS&T Awards for Doctoral Dissertation

July 25, 2019

Gorichanaz' dissertation titled “Understanding Self-Documentation” (supervised by Lorraine L. Richards, PhD) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to the field.

Drexel Researchers Participate in ACM CHI International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 01, 2019

Several Drexel University faculty members, students and alumni will present at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019) in Scotland.

Alex Poole Wins 2019 ALA Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research

April 11, 2019

Poole's paper, which examines the larger phenomenon of feminism in the archival profession, was recognized as exceptional by the American Library Association's Library Research Round Table.

Drexel CCI Faculty and Students to Present at iConference 2019

March 26, 2019

Several faculty and students from Drexel University’s College of Computing & Informatics (CCI) will be presenting and participating in iConference 2019 in Washington, DC (March 31 to April 3).

Alex Poole Wins MARAC and ASIST Awards for Research on Archivists of Color

December 19, 2018

Poole is the recipient of the 2018 Arline Custer Award and 2018 Bob Williams History Fund Award for his research on Harold T. Pinkett and the first archivists of color.

Denise Agosto Receives 2018 SIG-USE Outstanding Contributions to Information Behavior Research Award

July 26, 2018

The award recognizes Agosto's outstanding contribution to information behavior research and her achievements having significant impact in the field.

Call for LEADS-4-NDP Fellowship Applications

March 13, 2018

The Metadata Research Center invites doctoral students to apply for a LEADS-4-NDP Fellowship by Friday, March 30. 

The American Archivist Publishes Alex H. Poole’s Research on African American Archivists in the Twentieth Century

February 07, 2018

Poole's article, "Harold T. Pinkett and the Lonely Crusade of African American Archivists in the Twentieth Century,” follows Harold T. Pinkett (1914–2001), the first African American archivist employed by the National Archives, to be named an SAA Fellow, to edit The American Archivist, and to serve on SAA Council.

Yongjun Zhu awarded 2017 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

August 10, 2017

Yongjun Zhu, a doctoral graduate of Drexel University’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI), has been awarded a 2017 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.

Assistant Professor Alex Poole’s Research on Diversity in Archival Studies Featured in American Archivist

July 28, 2017

Alex Poole, an assistant professor of information science at Drexel’s College of Computing & Informatics (CCI), recently published, “Pinkett’s Charges: Recruiting, Retaining, and Mentoring Archivists of Color in the Twenty-First Century,” in the Spring/Summer 2017 issue of American Archivist. 

Drexel Hosts Ninth International Evidence Based Library & Information Practice Conference

June 30, 2017

From June 18 to 21, Drexel University Libraries hosted the ninth International Evidence Based Library & Information Practice Conference: Embedding and Embracing Evidence (EBLIP9) in the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building.

Three CCI Students Earn University Recognition for Leadership and Teaching Excellence 

June 08, 2017

Three College of Computing & Informatics students were independently recognized for their exceptional contributions to Drexel University at the 2017 Graduate Student Day Awards on May 31 and the 2017 Student Life Impact Awards on May 18.

CCI Student Alexandra M. Wilder Wins the F. Gerald Ham and Elsie Ham Scholarship

May 23, 2017

Drexel University College of Computing & Informatics (CCI) graduate student Alexandra M. Wilder was recently awarded Society of American Archivist’s (SAA) highly coveted F. Gerald Ham and Elsie Ham Scholarship, which is given to students in the archival studies field based on academic merit. 

PhD Student Timothy Gorichanaz Wins ASIS&T SIG USE Innovation Award

September 13, 2016

Timothy Gorichanaz, an information studies doctoral student at the College of Computing & Informatics (CCI), is the recipient of the ASIS&T SIG USE Innovation Award for 2016-2017.

Information Studies Student Heather Willever-Farr Uncovers Women's Political History

August 04, 2016

Information studies doctoral student Heather Willever-Farr is working to uncover the stories of the many women who helped to pave the way for the first-ever woman presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, nearly a century ago.