{"id":392,"date":"2025-10-30T01:55:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T01:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2026-04-09T23:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:36:13","slug":"research-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/research-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"392\" class=\"elementor elementor-392\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bb2e99 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8bb2e99\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e866b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e866b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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custom-html-widget\"><nav style=\"align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;color:white;width:100%;padding:10px 0;flex-wrap:wrap\">\r\n  \r\n  <div style=\"text-align:left;line-height:1.5\">\r\n    <div style=\"font-size:25px;font-weight:bold\">IS&amp;T Lab<\/div>\r\n    <div style=\"font-size:18px;margin-top:2px\">Information Science &amp; Technology Lab<\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"align-items:center;text-align:right\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/\" style=\"margin-left:25px;color:white;text-decoration:none\">Home<\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/news-events\/\" style=\"margin-left:25px;color:white;text-decoration:none\">News &amp; Events<\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/research-areas\/\" style=\"margin-left:25px;color:white;text-decoration:none\">Research Areas<\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/ai\/\" 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data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65ca646 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65ca646\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/research-areas-new\/artificial-intelligence-in-lis\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/igor-omilaev-FHgWFzDDAOs-unsplash_546x364.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1941\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/igor-omilaev-FHgWFzDDAOs-unsplash_546x364.jpg 546w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/igor-omilaev-FHgWFzDDAOs-unsplash_546x364-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.67%;max-width:546px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Artificial Intelligence in LIS<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1621084 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1621084\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/research-areas-new\/hci-ux-and-emerging-technologies\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/uxdesignfinal-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-418\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/uxdesignfinal-1.jpg 546w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/uxdesignfinal-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.67%;max-width:546px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">HCI, UX, and Emerging Technologies<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4998347 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4998347\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/research-areas-new\/health-informatics-and-well-being\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/noteubug-eseo-jag-eob-haneun-uisawa-uilyo-baeneo-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-420\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/noteubug-eseo-jag-eob-haneun-uisawa-uilyo-baeneo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/noteubug-eseo-jag-eob-haneun-uisawa-uilyo-baeneo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/noteubug-eseo-jag-eob-haneun-uisawa-uilyo-baeneo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/noteubug-eseo-jag-eob-haneun-uisawa-uilyo-baeneo-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/noteubug-eseo-jag-eob-haneun-uisawa-uilyo-baeneo-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/noteubug-eseo-jag-eob-haneun-uisawa-uilyo-baeneo-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.68%;max-width:2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Health Informatics and Well-Being<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dccd43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7dccd43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/research-areas\/information-behavior-and-practices\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/infobehavior.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-406\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/infobehavior.jpg 546w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/infobehavior-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.67%;max-width:546px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Information Behavior and Practices<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-738a3fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"738a3fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/research-areas-new\/information-literacy-and-mis-disinformation\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/informationliteracy-3-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-413\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/informationliteracy-3-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/informationliteracy-3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/informationliteracy-3-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/informationliteracy-3-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/informationliteracy-3-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/informationliteracy-3-1568x1043.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.48%;max-width:2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Information Literacy and Mis\/Disinformation<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40c64be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40c64be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/research-areas\/personal-information-management\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-serpstat-572056-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-408\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-serpstat-572056-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-serpstat-572056-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-serpstat-572056-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-serpstat-572056-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-serpstat-572056-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-serpstat-572056-1-1568x1046.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.72%;max-width:2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Knowledge Management<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13b9209 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"13b9209\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/research-areas-new\/libraries-and-users\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/library.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-409\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/library.jpg 360w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/library-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.67%;max-width:360px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Libraries and Users<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0f19bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c0f19bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/research-areas\/personal-information-management\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/knowledgemanagementstock.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-407\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/knowledgemanagementstock.jpg 546w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/knowledgemanagementstock-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.67%;max-width:546px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"> Personal Information Management<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14ca2b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14ca2b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/research-areas-new\/scholarly-communication-and-open-access\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"941\" 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