Submissions are now being accepted for a one-day research symposium co-hosted by the University of North Texas College of Information, UNT ASIS&T Student Chapter, and SLANT to showcase the research efforts of information scholars and practitioners. The event will be inclusive of workshops, sessions for ongoing and completed papers, posters, and a competition for dissertation presentations. Presenters who cannot attend physically will be able to present remotely. The symposium is being generously funded by the College of Information (COI), the Department of Information Science, and UNT Student Government Association (SGA), with no cost to the attendees or participants, and will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2019, at University Union in Denton, TX.

Scholars and practitioners at all levels are encouraged to submit their research, keeping in mind that the prompt is “Information, Language, and Power,” which is inclusive but not limited to information science, linguistics, learning technologies, digital humanities, data science and analytics, computer science, journalism, and sociology. Just a few examples of topics include:

• Language documentation and technology
• Sociolinguistics on social media
• Ethical data use
• Information and affect
• Digital divides
• Local and indigenous knowledge
• Control of data
• Community informatics
• Archival representation and misrepresentation
• Social media regulation
• Information security
• The impact of information and emerging technologies on society
• Data manipulation
• The surveillance state
• Emerging literacies
• Critical information theory
• Open access vs appropriate access to information
• Privacy
• The right to be forgotten
• And all other information-related topics

One of the primary goals of MIRS is to encourage and empower participants who are new to scholarly communication. Therefore, graduate and undergraduate students at all levels and early professionals are highly encouraged to submit their work.