IJIDI Awards

The IJIDI Global Engagement Awards* are conferred yearly to recognize the global engagement of outstanding papers for The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI).

Papers are recognized in the following categories: Research Papers, Conceptual/Theoretical Papers, Literature Reviews, Reports-from-the-Field, and Creative Contributions, as applicable per publication year.

Methodology: Each category is given equal weight and is scored based on the highest number of file views, downloads, PlumX metrics, and social media engagement for all papers published in each applicable category for the calendar year, which culminate to convey global readership. Results are tallied, and the top two papers are determined per category, as applicable. IJIDI Editors then select the winners based on the additional following criteria:

• Originality and novelty of the topic.
• Global relevancy of the topic.
• Quality and rigor of the research, reportage, and presentation.

Starting in 2024, the IJIDI Global Engagement Awards will be announced on the 3rd Friday of November of every year to recognize outstanding papers' global engagement a year after their publication.

* In 2023, the IJIDI refined its awards to be more reflective of its global readership.

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2023

Outstanding Reviewer Awards
Wiebke Reile, Brooklyn College
Toni Samek, University of Alberta
Kim Thompson, University of South Carolina

 

2022

Research
Diversio Diversity and Inclusion Survey: Framework and Psychometric Properties
Somkene Igboanugo, Jieru Yang, Dr. Philip Bigelow (vol. 6, no. 3)

Report-from-the-Field
The Power of Hip Hop and the Library: Narrative, Echoing the Global in the Local, and Connection
Ralph McDaniels, Jill Anderson, Kim McNeil Capers (vol. 6, no. 1/2) 

Creative Contribution
Soy de Aquí y de Allá: The Selfie as Queer LatinX Representation in Digital Landscapes
Darleen Martinez (vol. 6, no. 4)

2021 

Research 
A Weapon and a Tool: Decolonizing Description and Embracing Redescription as Liberatory Archival Praxis
Tonia Sutherland, Alyssa Purcell (vol. 5, no. 1)

Conceptual
Against Whitewashing: The Recent History of Anti-racist Action in the British Archives Sector
Alicia Chilcott, Kirsty Fife, James Lowry, Jenny Moran, Arike Oke, Anna Sexton, Jass Thethi (vol. 5, no. 1) 

Report-from-the-Field
A Crisis of Erasure: Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Populations Navigating Breast Cancer Health Information
Curtis Shane Tenney, Karl J. Surkan, Lynette Hammond Gerido, Dawn Betts-Green (vol. 5, no. 4)

Literature Review
Role of Digital Skills in Refugee Integration: A State-of-the-Art Review
Miriam Potocky (vol. 5, no. 5)

2020

Research Articles
Ethics and Methods for Collecting Sensitive Data: Examining Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of and Services for Rohingya Refugees at Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Bachera Aktar, Rushdia Ahmed, Raafat Hassan, et al., (vol. 4, no. 2)

Outstanding Reviewer Awards
Keren Dali, University of Denver
Patrick Mapulanga, University of Malawi
Mario Ramirez, California State University-Los Angeles
Juliane Stiller, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

2019

Research Articles 
Exploring Reader-Generated Language to Describe Multicultural Literature
Denice Adkins, Jenny S. Bossaller, and Heather Moulaison Sandy, (vol. 3, no. 2)

Pilgrimage to Hajj: An Information Journey 
Nadia Caidi, (vol. 3, no. 1)

Library Exclusion and the Rise of Japanese Bookstores in Prewar Honolulu
Andrew B. Wertheimer and Noriko Asato (vol. 3, no. 1)

Conceptual Papers
Dementia Friendly Memory Institutions: Designing a Future for Remembering
Lynne Howarth (vol. 4, no. 1)

The Reading Habits and Preferences of LGBTIQ+ Youth
Rachel Wexelbaum (vol. 3, no. 1)

Outstanding Reviewer Awards
Denice Adkins, University of Missouri
Briony Birdi, University of Sheffield
Rebecca Muir, Charles Sturt University

2018

Research Articles
Holy selfies: Performing pilgrimage in the age of social media 
Nadia Caidi, Susan Beazley, Laia Colomer Marquez (vol. 2, no. 1/2)

Engaging linguistically diverse populations: Gatekeepers in rural and sparsely populated areas of the U.S. Midwest 
Denice Adkins, Heather Moulaison Sandy (vol. 2, no. 1/2)

Theoretical and Conceptual Papers 
Indigenous initiatives and information studies: Unlearning in the classroom 
Lisa P. Nathan, Amy Perreault (volume 2, issue 1/2)

Outstanding Reviewer Awards
Denice Adkins, University of Missouri 
Kim M. Thompson, University of South Carolina 
Rachel Wexelbaum, St. Cloud State University