News 2017-2020
Dr. Borgman’s work highlighted in IDRE Newsletter
Professor Borgman’s stellar work, including that of mentoring the students and post-doctoral researchers in the Center for Knowledge Infrastructures, was focused on in the recent UCLA Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE) Newsletter. Read more: Christine...
Dr. Darch now Assistant Professor at UIUC iSchool
Congratulations to our own Peter T. Darch as he begins his new job as Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (UIUC). The iSchool at Illinois announced his appointment here. Dr. Darch...
Christine L. Borgman, Distinguished Professor
Congratulations to our own Christine L. Borgman for promotion to Professor Above Scale. Dr. Borgman is now a UCLA Distinguished Professor of Information Studies. The advancement is a well-deserved honor and our UCLA KI Team is very proud. ...
IS student posters presented at the 2nd Annual UCLA Research & Inquiry Conference
Among the posters from the 2nd Annual Research & Inquiry Conference featured by UCLA’s Ampersand was the poster on The Police Officer-Involved Homicides Database Project curated by Irene Pasquetto (KI team member), Brittany Paris, Jennifer Pierre and Morgan...
Professor Borgman presents at Technology Trends in Research Management, Showcasing Outputs & Collaboration
Dr. Borgman presented for the Digital Science hosted event Technology Trends in Research Management, Showcasing Outputs & Collaboration. Her presentation “Data, Management, and Digital Science” discussed challenges and opportunities for research data management...
Darch nominated for UCLA Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research
Congratulations to our own Peter Darch for representing the Information Studies Department in his nomination for the UCLA-wide Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research. While there are more than 1,100 postdocs at UCLA, Darch was one of only 24 nominees for the...
UCLA KI Team at the “Herrenhausen Conference: Big Data in a Transdisciplinary Perspective”, Hannover, Germany
On March 25-27 2015, the UCLA KI team participated to the first edition of the Herrenhausen Conference - Big Data in a Transdisciplinary Perspective, which was held in Hannover, Germany, and sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation. Christine L. Borgman was the opening...
UCLA KI Team presents at iConference 2015
The UCLA KI team enjoyed seeing old friends and meeting new colleagues at the 2015 iConference in Newport Beach, CA this week. Our team was well represented at the conference: Christine L. Borgman is a keynote speaker at the conference on March 27, 2015. Peter Darch...
UCLA IS Department and UCLA Library celebrated Dr. Borgman’s new book
Professors, students, librarians, researchers, along with friends and family, gathered to celebrate Dr. Christine Borgman's new book on February 25, 2015. The event was titled “Little Data. No Data. Big Celebration”, a wordplay on the title of the book “Big Data,...
Daily Bruin Features Hackathon organized by IS Students including our own Pasquetto and Sands
Our graduate student researchers Irene Pasquetto and Ashley Sands participated in the organization of a Hackathon of Police Officer Involved Homicide Databases that took place on Saturday, February 14, 2015. Read more: Daily Bruin: ‘Hackathon on Police Brutality Data’...