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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And that’s a wrap on #TPDL2026! Closing remarks by José Barateiro, followed by Gianmaria Silvello announcing #TPDL2027 in Venice, Italy! 🇮🇹 - inviting everyone to return next year and, of course, to start working on those papers! @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And closing out the final session of #TPDL2026 with our own work! Nobody Truly Agrees on Sentiment: Humans, Bespoke Tools, and LLMs Struggle with Social Media Texts @webscidl.bsky.social, @phonedudemln.bsky.social, @weiglemc.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Session 8 Third presentation: Adoption, Attitudes, and Apprehensions: A Survey of Librarians on GenAI By Maja Kuhar and Adam Roegiest @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Session 8 Second presentation: Speaker Mining – FAIR Data on Public Broadcasts for Question Answering By Tim Wittenborg @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Session 8 First presentation: A Complementary Tool for a Sensitive Domain: How Users Seek Health Information through LLMs By Luana Ponte @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The final session of #TPDL2026! Session 8 - AI, Human Judgement, and Public Information Practices The papers are available to download: tpdl2026.ualg.pt/program/ @webscidl.bsky.social @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The final day of #TPDL2026 is today! 🎤 Day 3 begins with the conference’s third keynote: “Temporal Intelligence in Language Technologies: Modeling, Retrieval, and Reasoning” by Adam Jatowt @webscidl.bsky.social @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Glad we took the ferry - Old Town Faro looked so beautiful from the water. A whole different view! #tpdl2026b @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

At the #TPDL2026 conference dinner! ⛴️🌊 A beautiful ferry ride across the Ria Formosa to Elementos Faro for dinner by the waterfront ✨ A great way to wrap up another conference day! @webscidl.bsky.social @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Session 6 Fourth and final presentation: Do You “See” What I “See”? A Multi-panel Visual Question and Answer Dataset for Large Language Model Chart Analysis By Daniel Evans @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Session 6 Third presentation: GeoSearch: Transforming Geoscience Literature Discovery for Chinese Geoscientists with AI By Feng Zhou @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Session 6 Second presentation: MARIO: Multi-Agent Retrieval and Iterative Reasoning for Knowledge-Augmented Generation in Scientific Question Answering By Maodi Hu @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Session 6 First presentation: Using Hierarchical Controlled Vocabularies to Understand CLIP Retrieval Failures in Historical Photo Collections By Ratan Sebastian Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2607.19836 @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Session 6 · LLMs and Multimodal Models for Knowledge Discovery is happening now! Chaired by Anett Hope. The papers are available to download: tpdl2026.ualg.pt/program/

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Takeaways: “Credit can travel. Nothing is created. Foundations become visible” The idea extends to AI: “How should LLMs cite data so as to ensure verifiability, provenance tracking, & fair credit attribution to data creators & curators?” @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social #tpdl2026

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Distributing credit can help “recognize the work of the giants”, foundational works that later research builds upon. @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social #tpdl2026

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For example: Paper A → cites Paper B → cites Paper C. A citation to Paper A can pass some credit through to Paper B and then Paper C. @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“A work should share its credit with the works it builds on” Credit doesn’t just stop at a citation; it can flow through the scholarly graph, recognizing the works that contributed along the way. @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Main Conference - Day 2 kicks off with the second keynote 🎤 “Transitive Credit Allocation for Heterogeneous and Dynamic Scholarly Graphs” By Gianmaria Silvello, Professor at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A few captures from the #TPDL2026 social event yesterday evening 📸🇵🇹 A tour of the Faro Museum, followed by a walk through the beautiful Old Town of Faro. A lovely way to wrap up the day, made extra special with our little one by our side 💕 @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Session 1 Third and final presentation: Enhancing Machine-Actionable DMPs with Policy Entities Expressed in ODRL By Diamantis Tziotzios @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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Luca @sciencialab.com · 23/09/2026

At #TPDL2026 in Faro ☀️: 🔹 Today, Michael Paris presents our Common Crawl paper on what web crawlers actually see 🔹 Thu afternoon I demo the INRIA DataLake: HAL papers → structured knowledge + software mentions Come say hi! #DigitalLibraries #CommonCrawlFoundation #Grobid

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Session 1 Second presentation: It’s FAIR and generic?! A Systematic Analysis for FAIR Assessment Tools By Anna Lehmann-Gnirck @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Session 1 First presentation: Community Metrics and Automated Assessment of Machine-Actionable Data Management Plans By Tomasz Miksa @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Session 1: Data Management Plans and FAIR Assessment is happening now! Chaired by Ralf Krestel. The papers are available to download: tpdl2026.ualg.pt/program/

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

First coffee break at #TPDL2026 with some delicious Portuguese delicacies 🇵🇹☕️ And of course, the star of the break - pastel de nata! @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#TPDL2026 InfoVis-DL workshop After the coffee break, a presentation on DAViD Lab, Portugal’s first laboratory dedicated to the digitisation and advanced visualisation of historical archives. Presented by Tomás Alves and Elsa Cardoso, also our InfoVis-DL workshop chairs!

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#TPDL2026 Main Conference - Day 1 kicks off with the first keynote! 🎤 “Knowledge Beyond Documents: FAIR Ontologies for Humans and Machines” by María Poveda-Villalón @webscidl.bsky.social, @skandasiva.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#TPDL2026 InfoVis-DL workshop Second presentation: Tracing Early Digital Art: Coordinated Visual Exploration of Digital Art Archives By: Mengying Du Explore the case study live: tracingdigital.art @webscidl.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#TPDL2026 InfoVis-DL workshop First presentation: From Inscription to Information: A Multi-modal Visualization Pipeline for Endangered Graffiti Heritage at Apostolos Andreas Monastery, Cyprus. By: Mia Gaia Trentin and Doron Altaratz @webscidl.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📍 #TPDL2026 in Faro, Portugal 🇵🇹 Happening now: InfoVis-DL — Information Visualization in Digital Libraries: Multi-modal Applications to Cultural Heritage Collections. Excited for a great workshop and discussions! @webscidl.bsky.social @phonedudemln.bsky.social @weiglemc.bsky.social

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’m especially happy to see this project come to life as it builds on my PhD research (PhD proposal slides: slideshare.net/slideshow/in...). Excited for what’s ahead! 🎉 💰🙏Thank you, IMLS! #oducs #WMdatascience #TVNewsArchive #IMLS @archive.org

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Michael L. Nelson @phonedudemln.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

2026 WS-DL Research Expo Tuesday, June 23, 2pm EDT All are welcome: members, alumni, friends, etc. github.com/oduwsdl/2026... 5 students, 1 from each @webscidl.bsky.social prof, will give a ~15 min summary of their current research. Status updates from profs & alumni too! (zoom link in repo)

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GitHub - oduwsdl/2026-research-expo: 2026 ODU Web Science and Digital Libraries (WSDL) Research Expo

2026 ODU Web Science and Digital Libraries (WSDL) Research Expo - oduwsdl/2026-research-expo

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Excited to share that I passed my PhD proposal defense on April 24, 2026 -- another step closer to finishing my PhD 🎓 Special thanks to my dissertation committee: @weiglemc.bsky.social, @phonedudemln.bsky.social, @acnwala.bsky.social, & Erika Frydenlund for their guidance & support.

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

What does it take to teach a senior/grad-level database course for the first time? I share my experience teaching CS 450/550 in Spring 2026, a semester that pushed me beyond research into teaching and learning. ✍️ WS-DL blog: ws-dl.blogspot.com/2026/06/2026... @webscidl.bsky.social #oducs

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2026-06-09: Teaching Database Concepts for Senior Undergraduate and Graduate Students at ODU

The Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at Old Dominion University.

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

(2) Give authors of papers the ability to edit the AI-generated summary. Ideally directly, but if that's not possible, to easily request a change. (3) Give authors the ability to opt out of having an AI summary on their paper entirely. (Or require an opt in.)

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Michael L. Nelson @phonedudemln.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

On Thursday, May 14 2026, we held our WSDL gathering at Hank’s Filling Station. It also served as a promotion and tenure party for Vikas Ashok. Himarsha and Skanda brought the future WSDL member (and shared her with others), and former members were there too (Sawood, Yasith, Gavindya).

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 27/10/2025

Planning the coming weekend, San Francisco? Celebrate 1 trillion pages archived on the #WaybackMachine with art at Internet Archive x Gray Area. 📅 Sat, Nov 1, 2025 🕗 5 PM PT 📍 Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave, San Francisco 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1872604563... @GrayArea.org #Wayback1T

A vertical trio of digital artworks. The top panel shows hand-drawn icons—a hand, compass, cloud, and eye—connected by a dotted path on a pink gradient background. The middle panel displays floating, distorted names on a grid of Internet Archive logos. The bottom panel features a pixelated circular form resembling an eye with pink pixel blossoms on a white background.

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Michael L. Nelson @phonedudemln.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

To study Twitter is to study archived Twitter. And if you're replaying archived pages, you need to be familiar with the different generations of UIs. Tarannum Zaki of @webscidl.bsky.social explores and classifies the different UIs. ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/10/2025...

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2025-10-26: Exploring the Different Generations of Twitter/X's Tweet UI

The Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at Old Dominion University.

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Michael L. Nelson @phonedudemln.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

8 @webscidl.bsky.social classes for Fall 2025: CS 418/518 Web Programming CS 432/532 Web Science CS 433/533 Web Security CS 620 Intro to Data Science CS 625 Data Vis CS 733/833 NLP CS 734/834 Info Retrieval CS 795/895 Foundational Models for Data Science ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/08/2025...

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2025-08-18: Eight WSDL Classes Offered for Fall 2025

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Michael L. Nelson @phonedudemln.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Lesley's "welcome to WSDL" post from 2022 ws-dl.blogspot.com/2022/01/2022... and the wrap-up post for her MS thesis “Surfacing Text Changes in Archived Webpages” ws-dl.blogspot.com/2024/10/2024...

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2024-10-02: MS Thesis: Surfacing Text Changes in Archived Webpages

The Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at Old Dominion University.

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Michael L. Nelson @phonedudemln.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

@webscidl.bsky.social's own Lesley Frew! big congrats to @weiglemc.bsky.social for recruiting her. www.odu.edu/article/odu-...

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ODU Helps Fill Virginia's Need for More Computer Science Teachers

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himarshaj.bsky.social @himarshaj.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Excited to share that I’ve been selected as a Google Summer of Code 2025 contributor 🤩 I’ll be working with @archive.org this summer, mentored by @ibnesayeed.bsky.social 😇 #GSoC2025, @mark.bsky.social, @webscidl.bsky.social, @weiglemc.bsky.social, @phonedudemln.bsky.social, @acnwala.bsky.social

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