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I\u2019m also interested in how archives influence identity construction, especially among people in under-served communities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kipp, Margaret<\/strong><br>Bibliometrics\/informetrics\/webometrics; Computer\/information networks; Database and other retrieval systems; Information architecture; Information retrieval theory and practice; Information systems and technologies; Metadata and semantic web; Organization of information; Social software applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kozak, Nadine<\/strong><br>Broadband internet infrastructure; Copyright\/intellectual property; Information and society\/culture; Information policy; Political economy of information; Research methods; Science, technology, and society studies; Information and communication law and policy, information and communication history, information technology and globalization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lee, Wan-Chen<\/strong><br>Critical perspectives on LIS; Data curation; Diversity issues; Information and society\/culture; Information needs\/behaviors of specific groups; Libraries and society\/culture; Metadata; Organization of information; Services to multicultural populations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lipinski, Tomas<\/strong><br>Copyright\/Intellectual Property; Digital\/Virtual Libraries; First Amendment in Libraries; Government Documents; Information ethics; Information Policy; Intellectual Freedom and censorship; Law Libraries; Library Privacy; Licensing; Philosophy, Values, and Ethics of LIS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mu, Xiangming<\/strong><br>Health informatics; Human-computer interaction; Information architecture; Information retrieval theory and practice; Information systems and technologies; Online catalog retrieval systems; Users and uses of information systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nelson, Sarah Beth<\/strong><br>Information and society\/culture; Information needs\/behaviors of specific groups; Information practices; Libraries and society\/culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Park, Min Sook<\/strong><br>Computer\/information networks; Data mining; Health informatics; Information needs\/behaviors of specific groups; Metadata and semantic web; Organization of information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Peekhaus, Wilhelm<\/strong><br>Books, printing, publishing industry; Copyright\/intellectual property; Critical perspectives on LIS; Information and society\/culture; Information ethics; Information policy; Intellectual freedom &amp; censorship; Libraries and society\/culture; New media; Philosophy, values &amp; ethics of LIS; Political economy of information; Research methods; Scholarly and scientific communication (open access publishing); Science, technology, and society studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Phillips, Abigail<\/strong><br>Neurodiversity; mental health; disability; accessibility; empathy; inclusion and diversity in LIS; libraries; librarianship; critical perspectives in LIS; social media; cyberbullying and bullying; making and makerspaces in school and public libraries&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ponelis, Shana<\/strong><br>Diffusion and adoption of innovations \/ technology; 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