Presentations
Conference & Other Presentations
- Bilal, D. (2022). Human-information behavior and interaction: Envisioning a new paradigm shift. Keynote address. Presented at the 2022 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Cologne, Germany, June 22.
- Bilal, D, Chu, C.M., & Rieh, S.Y. (2022). AI education in iSchools: Reshaping the curricula for an equitable and inclusive information landscape. Presented at the 17th International iConference, February 28-March 4. Virtual.
- Bilal, D. (2022). AI in education: Filling in curricular gaps. Presented at the 2022 SEC Mini Conference on Artificial Intelligence in the Curriculum, April 8. Featured Guest Speaker. Virtual.
- Bilal, D. (2022). IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on AI. Presented at SPARKS Artificial Intelligence Series, February 2, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Invited. Virtual
- Bilal, D., He, J., & Panigabutra-Roberts, J. (2022). The Shift: Transforming Libraries through Artificial Intelligence. The 2022 Tennessee Library Association Conference. April 14, Knoxville, TN.
- Chu, C.M., Rieh, S.Y., & Bilal, D. (2022). Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Libraries: From Training to Innovation. Panel session presented at the 2022 ALA Annual Conference, June 25, Washington, DC. Panel organized by Drs. Chu, Rieh, & Bilal and presented by Drs. Chu and Rieh.
- Rieh, S.Y., Chu, C.M., & Bilal, D. (2022). AI in the real world: Strengthening connections between LIS research and practice. To be presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Oct 20-Nov 1, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Bilal, D., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Teens’ conceptual understanding of web search engines: The case of Google Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs). Presented at the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer International, July 24-29.
- Bilal, D., & Barfield, J. (2021). Voice switching in voice-enabled digital Assistants (VDAs). Presented at the 2021 Human-Computer Interaction International Conference, July 24-29 (pp. 507-520).
- Bilal, D, & Barfield, J. K. (2021). Hey there! What do you look like? User voice switching and Interface mirroring in voice-enabled digital assistants (VDAs). Presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Oct. 29-Nov. 3, 2021, Salt Lake City, UT
- Bilal, D., & Chu, C.M. (2021). Artificial intelligence (AI) in libraries: Training for innovation. Presented at Naseej Academy, December 8, Cairo, Egypt. Invited. Virtual.
- Bilal, D. (2021). IDEA Institute on Artificial Intelligence. Presented at the 31st Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture: Engineering Change and the Power of Information: Otherness, Exclusion, Propaganda, Dislocation, November 8. Invited. Virtual.
- Bilal, D., & Chu, C.M. (2021). Educating the next generation of AI leaders in libraries: IDEA Institute on AI. Presented at the Lebanese Library Association/IFLA Oceania Section Conference, Libraries as Power of Change, May 19, Beirut, Lebanon. Invited. Virtual.
- Figueiredo, V., Meyers, M. E., Bilal, D., Rutter, S., & Magee, R. M. (2021). Youth information interaction research in the Pandemic: Adjustments, innovations, implications. Panel presentation at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Oct. 29-Nov. 3, 2021, Salt Lake City, UT. Virtual.
- Rieh, S. Y, Chu, C. M., & Bilal, D. (2021). Artificial Intelligence in information research and practice: Fostering interconnected communities. The 2021 SIG AI Workshop, the 84th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Oct. 29-Nov. 3, 2021, Salt Lake City, UT.
- Warraich, N., Rorissa, A., Potnis, D., Bilal, D., Caidi, N., & Singh, R. (2021). Living in two worlds: Challenges faced by and opportunities for international graduate students and faculty. Presented at the ALISE 2021 Annual Conference, September 22. Virtual.
- Bilal, D. (2020). Theory use in youth information behavior and interaction research: 1999-2019. Preliminary Findings. A paper presented at the 2020 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, SIG USE Symposium.
- Bilal, D., & Zhang, Y. (2019). Tell me what I need to know! Youth’s conceptual understanding of the internet and search engines. Paper presented at the 12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2019). Seville, Spain, November 11-13.
- Fritzlen, K., Bilal, D., Olson, M. (2019). Attitude-behavior inconsistency management strategies in MTurk workers: Cognitive dissonance in crowdsourcing participants. Poster presented at the 2019 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII2019), Orlando, FL, July 26-31.
- Bilal, D., & Zhang, Y. (2019). Tell me what I need to know! Youth’s conceptual understanding of the internet and search engines. Paper presented at the 12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2019). Seville, Spain, November 11-13.
- Fritzlen, K., Bilal, D., Olson, M. (2019). Attitude-behavior inconsistency management strategies in MTurk workers: Cognitive dissonance in crowdsourcing participants. Poster presented at the 2019 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII2019), Orlando, FL, July 26-31.
- Huang, Li-Min, & Bilal, D. (2019). Eye-tracking as an approach for evaluating international graduate students’ interaction with university recruitment web pages: A case study. Poster presented at the University of Tennessee College of Communication & Information 41st Annual Research Symposium, Knoxville, TN, February 11.
- Roth, K., & Bilal, D. (2019). User-centered survey design: Considering group membership effects on survey responses. Poster presented at the University of Tennessee College of Communication & Information 41st Annual Research Symposium, Knoxville, TN, February 11.
- Fleming-May, R., Mays, R., Tenopir, C., Bilal, D., & Forrester, A. (2018). Building a Master’s Program in User Experience and Assessment. Poster presented at the 2018 ARL Library Assessment Conference, Houston, TX, December 5-7.
- Bilal, D. (2017). Children’s interactions with information retrieval systems: The past, the present, and the future. A talk presented at the School of Information, UT-Austin Research Colloquium, October 24, 2017. Invited.
- Fleming-May, R., Mays, R., Forrester, A., Walker, T., Tenopir, C., Bilal, D., & Allard, S. (2017). Experience assessment: Designing an innovative curriculum for assessment and UX professionals. Paper presented at 12th International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries, Oxford, UK. July 31-Aug 2, 2017.
- Gwizdka, J., & Bilal, D. (2017). Analysis of children’s queries and click behavior on ranked results and their thought processes in Google search. Poster presented at the 2017 Conference on Conference Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR’17), Oslo, Norway, March 7-11 (pp. 377-380).
- Forrester, A., Tenopir, C., Fleming-May, R., Mays, R., & Bilal, D. (2017). Building a curriculum for assessment librarians. Poster presented at the University of Tennessee College of Communication & Information 39th Annual Research Symposium, Knoxville, TN, February 1.
- Huang, Li-Min, & Bilal, D. (2017). International students’ information seeking behavior during the application for graduate study in the U.S. Poster presented at ALISE 2017 Conference. Atlanta, GA, January 17-20.
- Huang, Li-Min, & Bilal, D. (2017). “Not what I thought!” Information seeking behaviors of international students during the application for graduate study in the USA. Poster presented at the 80th ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Crystal, City, VA, October 27-November 1.
- Bilal, D., & Gwizdka, J. (2016). Top ranked results and what they mean. Misconception of missed information literacy education. The 79th 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 14-18 (Part of the Panel titled: Information Literacy: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice). Invited.
- Bilal, D. (2015). Beyond searching: Understanding young users’ holistic information interaction experiences. Plenary speaker. 7th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries. Paris, France, May 26-29. Invited keynote
- Douglass, K., & Bilal, D. (2014). Constructing the 21st century workforce: Implications of NSF-funded DataONE for K-12. Poster presented at iConference, Berlin, Germany.
- Bilal, D. (2014). Information behavior in motion: The iUser in context. The 3rd Lebanese Library Association Conference/IFLA Asia-Oceania Section. Beirut, Lebanon, May 20-22.
- Bilal, D. (2014). Why searching the Web is difficult? The 6th Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Libraries International Conference. Istanbul, Turkey, May 25-30.
- Bilal, D. (2013). Information retrieval and youth: The question of relevance and readability on the Web. Information Retrieval Group Lecture Series. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, April 15. Invited guest speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2013). The readability of text retrieved by search engines on children’s queries: The case of Google. The 5th Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Libraries International Conference. Rome, Italy, June 3-6.
- Bilal, D. (2013). Teaching IB and usability: Back to my native grounds. The 2013 Conference of the Association of Library and Information Science Education. Seattle, Washington, January 22-25.
- Bilal, D. (2013). Designing emotionally intelligent virtual agents to enable inquiry-based learning. The 76th American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada, November 1-5. Invited.
- Bilal, D., Beheshti, J., Erdelez, S., & Todd, R. (2012). Learning to discover: Youth information literacy in the “I” digital age. The 75th American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, October 26-30. https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/meet.14504901097?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false
- Bilal, D. (2012). The iUser in sync with information behavior and usability theories and research. Presented at The 2nd Lebanese Library Association Conference/IFLA Asia-Oceania Section. Beirut, Lebanon, April 7. Invited.
- Bilal, D. (2011). Qualitative and quantitative research methods in studies of children’s information behavior. The 3rd Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Libraries. Athens, Greece, May 24-27.
- Bilal, D. (2011). Observations and log data methods in research on children’s use of the Web and digital libraries. Observational/Log Data Methods Working Group. Northwestern University. Evanston, IL, April 14-15. Invited.
- Bilal, D. (2010). Children’s use of Google and the like engines: New challenges in information seeking and use. Science Communication: Responsibilities of the Scientific Community and the Media Conference. Bogota, Colombia, November 17-19. Invited.
- Bilal, D. (2010). Children and young people with disabilities: Breaking new ground and bridging information worlds. The 73rd American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA, October 22-27. https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/meet.14504701194?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false
- Bilal, D. (2010). The mediated information needs of children on the autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The 31st ACM SIGIR Workshop on Accessible Search Systems. Geneva, Switzerland, July 19-23. Invited.
- Bilal, D., & Sarangthem, S. (2009). Mediating differences in children’s interaction with digital libraries through modeling their tasks. Poster presented at The 73rd American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting. Vancouver, CA, November 6-13.
- Bilal, D., & Sarangthem, S. (2008). Task-based models of children’s information-seeking behavior in digital libraries. The 37th Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL). Berkeley, CA, August 3-7. Invited. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263615102_Task-based_models_of_children’s_information-seeking_behavior_in_digital_libraries
- Bilal, D., Sarangthem, S., & Bachir, I. (2008). Toward a model of children’s information seeking behavior in using digital libraries. The Second International Symposium on Information Interaction in Context (IIiX), ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, (vol. 348). London, UK, October 14-17. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1414694.1414727
- Bilal, D. (2006). Assessing the usability of cross-cultural digital libraries for Arabic-speaking children. LIDA 2006 Libraries in the Digital Age Conference. Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 30-June 3. Invited.
- Bilal, D. (2006). Measuring the usability of an international user interface: Culture and design representations. Human-Computer Interaction Symposium, American Society for Information Science & Technology. Austin, TX, November 3-8.
- Bilal, D. (2005). Cross-cultural use of digital libraries by children in Arabic-speaking countries. The 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Charlotte, NC, October 28- November 2.
- Bilal, D. (2005). Affect and Arabic-speaking children’s interaction with digital libraries. The 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Charlotte, NC, October 28-November 2.
- Bilal, D. (2005). Are children, adolescents, and adults homogeneous information seekers and design partners? The 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Charlotte, NC, October 28-November 2. Invited.
- Bilal, D. (2005). Arabic-speaking children’s interaction with the International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL). Global Studies Conference. Knoxville, TN, May 10-13. Invited.
- Watson, J., Bilal, D., Metzer, L., & Bentley, A. (2005). The information highway in the schools: A 10-year review of the research. Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference. Nashville, TN, April 7-8.
- Bilal, D. (2004). Affective information seeking and system interface design from children’s perspectives. The 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Providence, RI, November 12-17.
- Bilal, D., & Bachir, I. (2004). Arabic-speaking children’s interaction with the International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL). The 15th Annual Conference of the Arab Federation on Library and Information Science. Alexandria, Egypt, December 27-30. Invited.
- Bilal, D. (2003). Draw and tell: Children as designers of Web interfaces. The 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology. Long Beach, CA, October 18-22. https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/meet.1450400117?deniedAccessCust=
- Bilal, D., & Wang, P. (2003).Children’s categorization and the design of taxonomic categories in search engines. LIDA 2003 Libraries in the Digital Age Conference. Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 24-30. Invited.
- Bilal, D. (2002). Challenges to children’s research: The road ahead. The 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology. Philadelphia, PA, November 18-21.
- Bilal, D. (2002). Children design their interfaces for Web search engines: A participatory approach. The 30th Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS/ACSI) Conference. Toronto, Canada, May 30-June 1. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/ojs.cais-acsi.ca/index.php/cais-asci/article/view/513
- Bilal, D., & Watson, J. (2002). Student use of search engines too ingenuous. The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Science and Technology Column, October 28.
- Bilal, D. (2001). Kids trek: The next generation. The 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology. Washington, D.C., November 2-8.
- Bilal, D. (2000). User studies: Bridging the gap. The 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology. Chicago, IL, November 11-16. Invited.
- Bilal, D. (2000). Lost and found in cyberspace: Strategies for untangling the Web. Tennessee Library Association Conference. Kingsport, TN, May 3-4.
- Bilal, D. (1999). Web search engines for children: A comparative study and performance evaluation of Yahooligans!, Ask Jeeves for Kids, and Super Snooper. The 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science. Washington, D.C., October 31-November 4. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ597561%20
- Bilal, D. (1999) Children and graduate students’ Web traversal behaviors: Preliminary findings. The 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science. Washington, D.C., October 31-November 4.
- Bilal, D. (1999). Finding a needle in the haystack: Effective strategies for untangling the Web. The Ninth National Conference & Exhibition of the American Association of School Librarians. Birmingham, AL, November 10-14.
- Bilal, D. (1999). How do children and adults search the Web? Tennessee Library Association Conference. Nashville, TN, April 28-30.
- Bilal, D. (1998). Children’s search processes in using the World Wide Web search engines: An exploratory study. The 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science. Pittsburgh, PA, October 25-29. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ575850
Panel Presentations, Moderation, and Organization
- Fleming-May, R., Bilal, D., Forrester, A., Mays, R., & Tenopir, C. (2018). The winds of change: A new model for specialized LIS education. The 2018 Charleston Library Conference. Charleston, SC, November 5-9. Speaker.
- Acker, A., Bilal, D., Bowler, L., Garcia, P., Meyers, E. M., & Zhang, Y. (2018). Investigating youth learning and data: Contexts, concepts, and connections. The 81st Association for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting. Vancouver, Canada, November 10-14. Presenter.
- Bilal, D., Fleming-May, R., Mays, R., Tenopir, C., & Walker, T. (2017). Professional prologue: Building a community of practice for assessment and user experience librarians. The 2017 Charleston Library Conference. Charleston, SC, November 6-10. Speaker.
- Bilal, D., Heidi, J., Gregory, V., Adkins, D., Erdelez, S., Eschenfelder, K. (2017). Tell me! These things I need to know about the program accreditation review process. ALISE 2017 Conference. Atlanta, GA, January 17-20. Organizer, moderator, speaker.
- Bilal, D., & Gwizdka, J. (2016). Top ranked results and what they mean? Misconception or missed information literacy education. The 79th 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 14-18. (Note: this presentation is part of the Panel titled: Information Literacy: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice). Invited speaker.
- Bilal, D., Erdelez, S., Fisher, K., & Wang, P. (2013). Teaching information behavior: Sharing global experiences. The 2013 Conference of the Association of Library and Information Science Education. Seattle, Washington, January 22-25. Organizer, moderator, presenter.
- Bilal, D., Erdelez, S., Beheshti, J., & Todd, R. (2012). Learning to discover: Youth information literacy in the “I” digital age. The 75th American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, October 26-30. Organizer, moderator, presenter.
- Bilal, D. (2011). Contributed paper session: Collaborative/Children/Reference (papers-Sunday). The 72nd American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, October 9-13. Moderator.
- Beheshti, J., Bilal, D., Druin, A., & Large, A. (2010). Testing children’s information retrieval systems: Challenges in a new era. The 73rd American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA, October 22-27. Presenter. Invited.
- Bilal, D. (2010). Accessible search systems. The 31st ACM SIGIR Workshop on Accessible Search Systems. Geneva, Switzerland, July 19-23. Invited panel Chair.
- Bilal, D. (2010). Contributed Papers on Information Behavior. The 70th American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA, October 26. Invited moderator.
- Bilal, D. (2009). Celebrating the 10th anniversary of SIGUSE. The 70th American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting. Vancouver, Canada, November 6-13. Invited moderator.
- Bilal, D., Meyers, E. M., Lee, S., Large, A., Beheshti, J., & Vallière, N. (2008). Waddling around the Digital Iceberg: Use of Virtual Spaces and Environments by children, preteens, and teens. The 69th American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting. Organizer.
- Bilal, D. (2007). Information behavior in developing countries: Research, trends, and emerging issues. The 70th ASIS&T Annual Meeting, 44. Milwaukee, WI, October 19-24. Organizer, moderator, speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2006). Information realities: Exploring affective and emotional aspects in information seeking and use. SIG USE 6th Annual Research Symposium, American Society for Information Science & Technology. Austin, TX, November 3-8. Invited.
- Bilal, D. (2005). Emotional design II: Affective information behavior research with adult and child populations. The 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. October 28-November 2. Invited presenter.
- Bilal, D. (2005). Cross-cultural issues in user learning and the design of digital interfaces. The 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. October 28-November 2. Organizer, moderator, and speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2005). Examining design threads: Issues in Web design across student populations. The 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. October 28-November 2. Invited.
- Bilal, D. (2004). Emotional design: The influential role of affect in information behavior. The 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Providence, RI, November 12-17. Invited presenter.
- Bilal, D. et al. (2003). Designing digital information technologies for children. The 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Long Beach, CA, October 19-22. Organizer, moderator, and speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2002). Challenges to children’s research: The road ahead. The 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA, October 19-22. Organizer, moderator, speaker.
- Fagan, J. C. et al., & Bilal, D. (2002). Training and coordination for chat reference. The 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA, October 19-22. Speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2001). Kids’ trek: The next generation. The 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., November 3-8 Organizer, moderator, speaker.
- Bilal, D. et al. (2000). User studies and system design: Bridging the gap. The 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, November 12-16. Invited presenter.
Other Presentations
- Bilal, D. (2020). Research methods with youth. INSC 504. School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, March 2018. Guest speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2018). Research with youth. INSC 593. School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, March 2018.
- Bilal, D. (2010). Children and the web. IS 573 (Programming for Children and Young Adults, Dr. Cindy Welch), School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee. November 15. Invited Speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2009). Empirical research with children. (CCI 610 doctoral class, Dr. Sally Macmillan), College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee. March 18. Invited Speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2009). Doing research overseas. International Brown Bag Lecture, (Dr. Sam Swan), College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee. February 18. Invited Speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2005). Understanding and navigating international digital libraries: Cultural perspectives. School of Information Sciences Research Forum, University of Tennessee. November 16.
- Bilal, D. (2004). Formulating a sustainable research question. Hodges Library Research Symposium, University of Tennessee. June 10. Invited speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2004). The School of Information Sciences program: An overview. Phi Delta Kappa Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN. November 29. Invited speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2003). Use of MARC 21. American University of Beirut Jafet Library, Beirut, Lebanon. June 28. Invited speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2003). Searching the web for kids. Annoor Academy, Knoxville, TN. July 10. Invited speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2001). Mining the web. Knox County School System Teacher Pre-service Workshop, Knoxville TN. February 16. Invited speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2001). Children’s use of the web: Research findings. Knox County School System Pre-service Workshop, Knoxville, TN. February 16. Invited speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2000). Stages of the information seeking process. ENG 360, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. February 24-25. Invited speaker.
- Bilal, D. (2000). Stages of the information seeking process. IS 310 (Information Seeking). School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. May 16. Invited speaker.
- Bilal, D. (1999). The Big6 skills of information seeking. School of Information Sciences Alumni Day, Knoxville, TN. June 12. Invited Speaker.
- Bilal, D. (1999). Web search engines for children. School of Information Sciences Research Forum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Invited Speaker.
- Bilal, D. (1999). Classrooms connections: Strategies for using WWW search engines. Knox County School System Pre-service Workshop, Knoxville, TN. October 7-25.