Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group

This year, the 30th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries ( #TPDL2026 ) was held in the beautiful town of Faro, Portugal from September 22-25, 2026. We, Himarsha Jayanetti and Skanda Siva, attended the conference in person to present our paper titled “ Nobody Truly Agrees on Sentiment: Humans, Bespoke Tools, and LLMs Struggle with Social Media Texts ”, co-authored with our advisors, Michele C. Weigle , Michael L. Nelson , and Shuai Hao , all from the Department of Computer Science at Old Dominion University . InfoVis-DL Workshop The first day of the conference was dedicated to workshops and the Doctoral Consortium. We attended the InfoVis-DL 2026 workshop titled “Information Visualization in Digital Libraries: Multi-modal Applications to Cultural Heritage Collections”, which explored how information visualization can help libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions make complex digital collections more accessible and meaningf...

                                                         First Day at TPDL 2024 Conference! Attending TPDL 2024 in Ljubljana , Slovenia , was an unforgettable experience. The conference brought together a vibrant community of researchers and practitioners exploring the frontiers of digital libraries, cultural heritage, and accessibility. From keynote presentations to paper sessions and networking events, the week was a blend of inspiration, collaboration, and learning. The @Europeanaeu Research Community is thrilled to join forces with #TPDL2024 , which will take place at @knjiznicaNUK on 24-27 September 2024. Submit a proposal and become part of this vibrant environment! Deadline: 30 April 2024 https://t.co/7x8QPdOsGW pic.twitter.com/UETEnVt2wy — Europeana Research (@EurResearch) March 29, 2024 One of the highlights of the conference was p...

Prato della Valle in Padua, Italy This year, the 26th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries ( #TPDL2022 ) returned to an in-person, hybrid format after taking place solely online for the last two years. TPDL was held in beautiful Padova, Italy at the Istituto Sant’Antonio Dottore from September 20-23, 2022. Emily Escamilla and Himarsha Jayanetti from the Web Science and Digital Libraries (WSDL) research group attended the conference in-person and presented four papers at TPDL 2022. There were four presentations from WSDL and one from a recent WSDL alumnus: Robots Still Outnumber Humans in Web Archives, But Less Than Before (Himarsha Jayanetti, Kritika Garg, Sawood Alam, Michael L. Nelson, and Michele C. Weigle A Chromium-based Memento-aware Browser (Abigail Mabe, Michael L. Nelson, and Michele C. Weigle) presented by Emily Escamilla CDX Summary: Web Archival Collection Insights (Sawood Alam and Mark Graham) (WSDL alumni) Creating Structure in Web A...