First Conference I Never Attended: QQML’14

Exciting news: I’m thhhhhis close to achieving my first academic publication. Last semester, my Human Information Behavior class (which consisted of two other students and our professor, Dr. Pattuelli) conducted a three-part study on e-book usage among college students. Our abstract on the study was accepted at the 2014 QQML conference in Istanbul, which means it will also be published in the conference proceedings. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the conference but Dr. Pattuelli will be able to go and present our research. (Tho I’m less annoyed about missing the conference than missing a chance to see Hagia Sophia because duh it’s amazing).

The International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML) is an interdisciplinary conference which focuses on the development and use of quantitative and qualitative research methods in libraries, which is very cool and super relevant to my general user experience/research interests. This year, Pratt Institute is coordinating a session on academic e-book adoption/practices in libraries under the direction of Dr. Irene Lopatovska and Dr. Cristina Pattuelli.