Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group

  Figure: One participant shared his shopping experience using his smartphone. (Figure 1 in Liu et al .) Introduction The emergence of online shopping has transformed consumer behavior, providing unmatched convenience. For individuals with visual impairments, it is of paramount importance, offering autonomy and accessibility that conventional shopping frequently lacks. The study 'I Bought This for Me to Look More Ordinary': A Study of Blind People Doing Online Shopping by Guanhong Liu et al. explores the intricate practices, challenges, and aspirations of blind individuals in online shopping. The study published at the CHI 2019 conference underscores how the aspiration to seem " ordinary " profoundly influences shopping behaviors, illustrating a complex interaction among societal perceptions, accessibility obstacles, and individual strategies. This paper is particularly influential in my work as it effectively summarizes the challenges and motivations within this r...

20th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Libraries (JCDL 2020) was hosted virtually (due to the COVID-19 pandemic ) jointly by the School of Information Management at Wuhan University and the School of Public Administration at Northwest University , between August 1 - 5, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Similar to last year's conference, we (members of WSDL ) attended paper sessions, workshops (Web Archiving and Digital Libraries), and tutorials, where researchers from multiple disciplines presented their work via Zoom. The theme of this year's conference was "Speedier Innovation, Sustainable Development, Societal Transformation". On 1st of August, Yasith Jayawardana (PhD student of  WSDL ) attended the JCDL 2020 Doctoral Consortium . It took place immediately preceding the technical program of JCDL 2020 . The Doctoral Consortium event allows students to present their thesis and research plans and receive feedback and general advice from the others i...