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Naresh Kumar Agarwal is an Associate Professor and Director of the Information Science and Technology Concentration at the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Naresh’s research area is information behavior and knowledge management. His first book “Exploring Context in Information Behavior: Seeker, Situation, Surroundings and Shared Identities” was published by Morgan and Claypool in 2018. His second book, “You know the glory, not the story: 25 Journeys toward Ikigai” is coming out in 2021. He has been a keynote/invited speaker at workshops and conferences in different countries, including in the USA, Japan, France, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and South Africa. Naresh has held various leadership positions at the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). He was a member of its Board of Directors, co-Chaired its Annual Meeting in 2017 and was awarded the ASIS&T James M. Cretsos Leadership Award in 2012. He is currently the President-elect of ASIS&T.

Wenqing Lu is a PhD candidate in the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Simmons University. Prior to studying at Simmons, she earned her masters’ degree in Russian. She is fluent in English, Russian and her native Mandarin. Lu is particularly interested in usability and user experience studies. She has worked at the SLIS Usability Lab, been a teaching assistant for a usability course and participated in a usability research project on the PBCore website. Her dissertation research focuses on how iSchool students use social media tools for collaborative learning and how user experience elements influence this process.