{"id":519,"date":"2025-11-01T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/?page_id=519"},"modified":"2025-12-23T01:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:17:11","slug":"libraries-and-users","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/research-areas\/libraries-and-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Libraries and Users"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"519\" class=\"elementor elementor-519\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b47288 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b47288\" 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-25318e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25318e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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data-id=\"870b349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Click on the names below to see the research projects by faculty members in the area of Libraries and Users.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2a12ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f2a12ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7565200 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7565200\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d99742b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d99742b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IS&amp;T Lab Faculty<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a5e2f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a5e2f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Areas<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edc6d23 elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"edc6d23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/index.php\/naresh-agarwal\/#LU-NA\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg 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