Rajarathnam, S., & Singh, V. (2025). Assessing the Cybersecurity User Experience (UX) in an Organizational Context. Manuscript submitted for review to IEEE Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium (CARS). (Under Review)
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Rajarathnam, S., & Singh, V. (2024). Systematic Literature Review of Cybersecurity and User Experience. IEEE Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium (CARS), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1109/CARS61786.2024.10778869
Singh, V., (2024). Responsible AI: Advancing Gender Equity through Ethical Technology. Workshop at the Association of Computing Machinery 10th Annual Women in Computing Celebration, WomENcourage Conference organized at School of Engineering (EPS) of the Carlos III University of Madrid from June 24-26th in Madrid, Spain. (Forthcoming)
Forthcoming
Singh, V., Alicia JW Takaoka, AJW., Unal Aydin, Pinar., Alboaie, Lenuta., Carlos Pacheco Afonso Goulao, Miguel., Boudaoud, K. (2024) Growth Mindset and Resilience: Thriving Through Setbacks. Workshop at the Association of Computing Machinery 10th Annual Women in Computing Celebration, WomENcourage Conference organized at School of Engineering (EPS) of the Carlos III University of Madrid from June 24-26th in Madrid, Spain. (Forthcoming)
Forthcoming
Singh, V., Miller, L. and Takeoka, A. (2023). Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Proficiency in the Information Technology Industry –What DEIA Skills and Competencies Do IT Employers Seek? Workshop at the Association of Computing Machinery 10th Annual Women in Computing Celebration, WomENcourage Conference organized at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway, 20-22 September 2023.
Singh, V. (2023). “International Forum: A Global Perspective of Women in Computer Science” EUGAIN International Forum: A Global Perspective of Women in Computer Science, Panelist at the Association of Computing Machinery 10th Annual Women in Computing Celebration, WomENcourage Conference organized at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway, 20-22 September, 2023.
Rajarathnam, S., & Singh, V. (2023, May). Poster: A Template for developing NIST CSF Profiles [Poster]. IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P). https://sp2023.ieee-security.org/downloads/SP23-posters/sp23-posters-paper31-final_version_2_page_abstract.pdf
Singh, V. (2023). “Open Source Software Community Inclusion Initiatives to Support Women Participation” Session “Interventions and Initiatives of Gender Inclusion in Academia and Industry” of the “Annual EUGAIN Workshop collocated with Association of Computing Machinery 10th Annual Women in Computing Celebration, WomENcourage Conference organized at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway, 20-22 September 2023.
Singh, Vandana, Bilal, D., Cox, A., Hope, G. Chidziwisano, Dinneen, J. (2023). “Global AI Initiatives: From Theory to Practice.” Panel at the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), 2023, October 27th to 30th, 2023, London, United Kingdom.
Ashiq, Murtaza; Warraich, Nosheen Fatima; Mehra, Bharat; Singh, Vandana. (2023). “Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in LIS to Drive Sustainability and Growth of the Profession,” Panel presentation at ASIS&T 2023 Mid-Year Conference. https://www.asist.org/my23/mid-year-conference-abstracts/
Singh, V. (2023). The retention problem: women are going into tech but are also being driven out. In The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-retention-problem-women-are-going-into-tech-but-are-also-being-driven-out-200625 (Read about 24,000 times)
Tahamtan I, Potnis D, Mohammadi E, Singh, V., Miller LE. (2022). “The Mutual Influence of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Twitter Users During COVID-19: Network Agenda-Setting Analysis.” Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2022 Apr 26;24(4):e34321. doi: 10.2196/34321. PMID: 35275836; PMCID: PMC9045487.
Singh, V., Cooke, N., Rorissa, A., Knox, E., and Hands, A. (2022) “Opportunities and challenges for People of Color in LIS Leadership.” Panel at ALISE conference, October 25th, 2022
Singh, V. (2022) Discrimination, Misogyny and Harassment: Examples from OSS (Content Analysis of Women-focused Online Discussion Forums. ACM/IEEE Third Workshop on Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Software Engineering at the 44th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2022) – May 2022, Pittsburgh, USA https://geworkshop.github.io/
Singh, V. and Jeffrey C. Carver. (2022). Educating Students to be Better Citizens of Tech Communities. In Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (SIGCSE 2022). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1053. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3478432.3499242
Singh, V., and Thurman, A., and Bongiovanni (2021). A Systematic Literature Review of Online Learning (1998-2018). Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS). https://utpjournals.press/doi/ref/10.3138/jelis-2020-0107
Tahamtan, I., Potnis, D., Mohamadi, E., Miller, L., and Singh, V. (2021). “Framing of and Attention to COVID-19 on Twitter: A Thematic Analysis of Hashtags”. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2021;23(9):e30800 https://doi.org/10.2196/30800
Singh, V. and Bongiovanni, B.A. (2021) Motivated and Capable but No Space for Error – Women’s Experiences of Contributing to Open Source Software. International Journal of Information, Diversity and Inclusion. Volume 5 (3). https://doi.org/10.33137/ijidi.v5i3.36197
Singh, V., Mehra, B and Sikes, S. (2021). Framework for Agriculture-Based Community Engagement in Rural Libraries. Journal of Librarianship and Information Sciences May 2021 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09610006211015788
Singh, V., Bongiovanni, B. & Brandon, W. Codes of conduct in Open Source Software—for warm and fuzzy feelings or equality in community? Software Quality Journal (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11219-020-09543-w
Wolske, M., Rathi, D., Singh, V. and Grob. H. (2020) Introducing the Command Line. Contributed chapter in A Person-Centered Guide to Demystifying Technology, Illinois Open Publishing Network. Windsor and Downs Press ISBN 978-1-946011-12-1 https://doi.org/10.21900/wd.7 https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/pressbooks/demystifyingtechnology/
Singh, V., and Brandon, W. (2020). How do the women of Open Source support each other? An investigation into women-focused online discussion forums. Proceedings of 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 7 - 10, 2020, Maui, Hawaii.
Mehra, B., Sikes, E. S., and Singh, V. (2019). Scenarios of technology use to promote community engagement: Overcoming marginalization and bridging digital divides in the Southern and Central Appalachian rural libraries. Information Processing & Management, Volume 57, Issue 3 2019, ISSN 0306-4573, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2019.102129
Mehra, B., Sikes, E. S., and Singh, V. (2019). Scenarios of Health Engagement Experiences and Health Justice in Rural Libraries. International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (Special Issue: Health Justice. Edited by Paul Jaeger) Volume 3, Issue 3 Part 1 https://doi.org/10.33137/ijidi.v3i3.32963
Singh, V. (2019). Applying Participatory Action Approach to Integrating Professional Librarians into Open Source Software Communities. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. Volume 52 Issue: 2, page(s): 541-548 https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000619836724 Featured Article for July/August 2020 issue of Informed Librarian Online.
Singh, V., and Thurman, A. (2019). Definitions of Online Learning: An investigation into the evolution of online learning definitions (1993-2018). American Journal of Distance Education. Volume 33 - Issue 4, pages: 289-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/08923647.2019.1663082 Second most-read article of all time in the American Journal of Distance Education.
Singh, V. (2019). Personas and Scenarios as a Methodology for Information Sciences. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, [Special Issue], v. 7, n. 1, p. 123-134, Feb. 2019. ISSN 2241-1925. Available at: http://qqml-journal.net/index.php/qqml/article/view/462
Singh, V., and Brandon W. (2019) Open Source Software Community Inclusion Initiatives to Support Women Participation. In: Bordeleau F., Sillitti A., Meirelles P., Lenarduzzi V. (eds) Open Source Systems. OSS 2019. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 556. Springer, Cham. Nominated for Best Paper. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-20883-7_7
Singh, V. (2019). Women participation in open-source software communities. In Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Software Architecture - Volume 2 (ECSA '19), Laurence Duchien, Catia Trubiani, Riccardo Scandariato, Raffaela Mirandola, Elena Maria Navarro Martinez, Danny Weyns, Anne Koziolek, Patrizia Scandurra, and Clément Quinton (Eds.), Vol. 2. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 94-99. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3344948.3344968
Singh, V. (2019). Women-only spaces of open source. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering (GE '19). IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, USA, 17-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/GE.2019.00010
Singh, V. (2019). “What do global researchers mean when they say “Online Learning?” The annual conference of the Association of Library and Information Science Education, Peer-reviewed abstract, Work in Progress poster at ALISE 2019, Knoxville.
Singh, V. (2019) “Integrating Professional Librarians into Open Source Software Communities” Annual conference of the Association of Library and Information Science Education, Juried panel at ALISE 2019, Knoxville.
Mehra, B., Singh, V., and Sike, E.S. (2019). A Model of Community-Engaged Scholarship Across “Institutional Borders” to Assess the Role of Rural Libraries in Community Engagement in the Southern and Central Appalachia. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science, 2019, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada from June 3-6, 2019
Mehra, B., Sikes, E.S., Singh, V. (2019). Scenarios of Health Engagement Experiences and Health Justice in Rural Libraries. Medical Library Association Conference: Elevate. Chicago, Illinois. May 3-8, 2019
Mehra, B., Sikes, E. S. and Singh, V. (2019), An exploratory GIS prototype to map community engagement in the Southern and Central Appalachian rural libraries. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 56: 735-737. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.154
Hank, C., Singh, V., and Simone, S. (2019). Social Media Policy Analysis for Primary and Secondary Public Schools and Districts. I-Conference Poster, I-Conference, 2019. 4 pages
Mehra, B., Sikes, E. S.; Barrett, C.; Singh, V. (2018). Information technology use behaviors of community-engaged rural librarians: A future beyond the theory-practice discourse to integrate impact. Short paper. Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group Information Needs, Seeking and Use (SIGUSE) Symposium, in Vancouver, Canada, November 10-14, 2018.
Mehra, M., Singh, V., and Sikes, E.S. (2018). A works-in-progress poster, “Assessment of rural library professionals’ role in community engagement in the Southern and Central Appalachian region: Mobilization from change agents to community anchors (CA2CA@SCA-RL).” Association of Library and Information Science Education, February 6-9 Denver, Colorado 2018.
Mehra, M., and Singh, V. (2018). “A juried panel, “Library leadership-in-training as embedded change agents to further social justice in rural communities: Teaching of library management subjects in the ITRL and ITRL2. Association of Library and Information Science Education, February 6-9 Denver, Colorado 2018.
Mehra, B., Black, K., Singh, V., Nolt, J., Williams, K.C., Simmons, S., and Renfro, N. (2017). The Social Justice Framework in the Information Technology Rural Librarian Master’s Scholarship Program: Bridging the Rural Digital Divides. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, [Special Issue], p. 5-11, June 2017. ISSN 2241-1925. Available at: http://qqml-journal.net/index.php/qqml/article/view/206
Mehra, B., and Singh, V. (2017). Recruitment Methods in the Information Technology Rural Librarian Master’s Scholarship Program (Part I and Part II): Implications of Social Justice in the Southern and Central Appalachian Region. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, [Special Issue], p. 13-22, June 2017. ISSN 2241-1925. Available at: http://qqml-journal.net/index.php/qqml/article/view/207
Singh, V. (2017). A Case Study of Migration to an Open Source ILS: Partnership among State Libraries. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, [Special Issue], p. 49-57, June 2017. ISSN 2241-1925. Available at: http://qqml-journal.net/index.php/qqml/article/view/212
Singh, V. (2017). Open Source Software Use in Libraries: Implications for Social Justice. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, [Special Issue], p. 59-68, June 2017. ISSN 2241-1925. Available at: http://qqml-journal.net/index.php/qqml/article/view/211
Singh, V. (2017). Open source integrated library systems migration: Librarians share the lessons learned. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. Volume 51, Issue 2 pages 346-355 https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000617709059 Featured Article for July 2019 issue of Informed Librarian Online.
Mehra, B., and Singh, V. (2017). Library Leadership-In-Training as Embedded Change Agents to Further Social Justice in Rural Communities: Teaching of Library Management Subjects in the ITRL and ITRL2. In Nicole A. Cooke and Miriam E. Sweeney (Eds.), Teaching for Justice: Implementing Social Justice in the LIS Classroom. Sacramento, CA: Library Juice Press.
Mehra, B., Singh, V., Hollenbach, N., and Partee II, R.P. (2017). “A Community Informatics Model in ICT Use to Train Rural Librarians in the Southern and Central Appalachian Region as Change Agents in the 21 Century” Book Chapter proposal in Rural and Small Public Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities (Advances in Librarianship book series). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing.
Chapter proposal
Mehra, B., and Singh, V. (2015). A Social Justice Framework to Further Community Engagement in Pakistan’s Information Management and Library Professions, Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Management & Libraries, Department of Information Management, University of Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore-Pakistan, from 10-13 November 2015.
Singh, V. (2014). Expectations versus Experiences: Librarians using Open Source Integrated Library Systems. The Electronic Library, Vol. 32 No. 5 (September), pp. 688-709. https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-10-2012-0129
Singh, V. (2013). The nuts and bolts of migration to open source ILS: Experiences and Recommendations from the librarians. LIBRI International Journal of Libraries and Information Services, Volume 63, Issue 2, Pages 108–122, ISSN (Online) 1865-8423, ISSN (Print) 0024-2667, https://doi.org/10.1515/ibri-2013-0009
Singh, V. (2013). Why Open Source ILS? Librarians Share their Reasons and Experiences. LIBRI International Journal of Libraries and Information Services, 63 (3): 206-219.
Hendrickson, E., Singh, V., and Redmond, C (2013). iPerceive: Platform Priorities and Workplace Innovation in America’s Consumer Magazine Industry. Journal of the International Symposium on Online Journalism.
Singh, V., (2013). “Challenges of Open Source ILS Adoption” Poster, Proceedings of 76th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Beyond the Cloud: Rethinking Information Boundaries, November 1-6, 2013, Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Singh, V. (2013) "Evaluating and Improving an Information Portal for Open Source Integrated Library Systems" Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer International 2013 (HCI 2013), 21-26 July 2013, Las Vegas, USA.
Singh, V. and Holt, L. "Online Technical Support: How It Works and Why It Fails?" 2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Wailea, Maui, HI, 2013, pp. 3187-3196. DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2013.429
Holt, L., and Singh, V. (2012). “Self-direction and Open Source Software Forum Participants: Characteristics and Relationships” International Journal of Self-Directed Learning, Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2012, Page 28-43
Singh, V., and Holt, L. (2012). Learning and Best Practices for Learning in Open Source Software Communities, Computers, and Education 63 (April 2013), 98–108. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131512002862
Singh, V. (2012). Experiences of Migrating to Open Source Integrated Library Systems, Information Technology, and Libraries, Volume 34 (4), 36-53.
Singh, V., and Mehra, B. (2012). Strengths and Weaknesses of the Information Technology Curriculum in Library and Information Science Graduate Programs, Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, as DOI:10.1177/0961000612448206 45(3), 219-231.
Mehra, B., Singh, V., Mitchell, C., Williams, K. C., Simmons, S., and Renfro, N. (2012). Empowering Rural Librarians as Change Agents in the 21st century: Development of Community-Based Technology Literacy and Management Outcomes in the Southern and Central Appalachia (Poster). World Library and Information Congress: 78th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) General Conference and Assembly, August 11-17, 2012, Helsinki, Finland.
Normore, L. and Singh, V., (2012) Mental Models: Setting User Expectations for ICTs. Poster, Proceedings of I-Conference, 2012, February 7 -10, 2012 Toronto, Canada
Singh, V. (2012). Newcomer Integration and Learning in Technical Support Communities for Open Source Software. Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP ’12), 26-30 October 2012, Sanibel Island, FL, 65-73.
Boehm, M., and Singh, V. (2012) Citizen Users and Interactivity on Government Environmental Agency Web Pages: An analysis of Colony Collapse Disorder Information. Proceedings of American Society for Information Science and Technology, October 26-31, 2012, Baltimore, MD.
Mehra, B., Black, K., Singh, V., Nolt, J., Williams, K.C., Simmons, S., and Renfro, N. (2012). Computer-Enabled Innovations in the Information Technology Rural Librarian Master’s Scholarship Program: Bridging Rural Digital Divides in the Southern and Central Appalachia, Proceedings of the 57th Indian Library Association Annual Conference, 23-25 February 2012, Mangalore, Karnataka.
Singh, V., Kathuria, S. & Johri, A. (2012). Newcomer integration and learning in technical support communities for Open Source Software. Interactive Paper, Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work, Feb. 11-15, 2012, Seattle, WA.
Mehra, B., Black, K., Singh, V., and Nolt, J. (2011). Collaboration between LIS Education and Rural Libraries in the Southern and Central Appalachia: Improving Librarian Technology Literacy and Management Training [Brief Communications and Research in Progress]. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 52(3), 238-247.
Mehra, B., Black, K., Singh, V., and Nolt, J. (2011). What is the Value of LIS Education? A Qualitative Analysis of the Perspectives of Rural Librarians in Southern and Central Appalachia [Best Paper for the 2011 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference]. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 52(4), 265-278.
Mehra, B., Black, K., Singh, V., and Nolt, J. (2011). Mapping the Education of Rural Librarians’ Technology Literacy and Management Training: Use of Mixed Data Collection Methods in the ITRL Program. Proceedings of the World Library and Information Congress: 77th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions General Conference and Assembly. In top 5 papers. [Library Theory and Research Section and Statistics and Evaluation Section], 13-18 August 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Singh, V., Johri, A., and Mitra, R. (2011). Types of Newcomers in an Online Developer Community. Interactive Paper, Proceedings of the Computer Supported Cooperative Work 2011, (Shanghai, China), ACM, 2011
Mitra, R., Singh, V., and Johri A., (2011) Cyberlearning Ecosystem - Users, Technology, and Tools. Poster, Proceedings of I-Conference, 2011, Seattle, Washington 2011
Black, K., Mehra, B., and Singh, V. (2011). Scope of Broadband Education and Deployment in Rural Libraries: Desperately-Seeking Partners in a Grant Proposal. Tennessee Libraries.URL: http://tnla.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=428.
Mehra, B., Singh, V., and Parris, H. (2010). Open Source Software Collaborations in Tennessee’s Regional Library System: An Exploratory Study. Library Review, 59(9), 690-701.
Payne, A. & Singh, V. (2010). Open Source Use in Libraries. Library Review 59(9), 708-717.
Singh, V. (2010) Comparison of Technical Support for Open Source Software and Proprietary Software. Poster, Proceedings of American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Conference: Navigating Streams in an Information Ecosystem, October 22-27, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA.
Singh, V. & Johri, A. (2010). Newcomer Participation in Cyberlearning Environments: Lessons from Open Source Communities. Poster, National Science Foundation Engineering Education Programs Awardees Conference. January 31-February 2, 2010. Reston, Virginia.
Mehra, B., Black, K., Singh, V., Renfro, N., Reynolds, D., Simmons, S., & Williams, K. C. (2010). Rural Library Professionals as Change Agents in the 21st Century: Integrating Information Technology Competencies in the Southern and Central Appalachian Region. TENNESSEE LIBRARIES.
Singh, V., Twidale, M.B., and Nichols, D.M. (2009). Users of Open Source Software: What are they contributing? Proceedings of Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS – 42), IEEE, January 2009.
Singh, V., (2008). Modes of Technical Support in Open Source Software – Peer to Peer Digital Knowledge Creation, Sharing and Re-Use" Poster, Proceedings of American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Conference, October 2008, Columbus, Ohio
Rathi, D., Twidale, M. B., Singh, V., and Bisen, A. (2008). Users = Designers: A Participatory Approach in Designing Knowledge Management System. Proceedings of International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM), October 2008.
Singh, V., and Twidale, M.B. (2008). The Confusion of Crowds: non-dyadic help interactions. Proceedings of ACM Conference of Computer Supported Cooperative Work 2008, San Diego, CA. Winner of "Best Note of CSCW 2008" Award
Rathi, D., Twidale, M. B. Singh, V., and Jones, M. C. (2007). Your Mark is My Dirt: Impact of Email Signatures on Decision Making, Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Decision Support Systems, January 2-4, 2007, India.
Singh, V., Twidale, M., Rathi, D., (2006). Open Source Technical Support – A look at Peer Help Giving. Proceedings of Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS – 39), IEEE, January 2006. "Best Paper of the Mini-Track".
Rathi, D., Twidale, M., Singh, V. (2005). Adapting Knowledge Management Systems for Collaborative Technical Problem Solving. International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM), ASIST, October 2005.
Rathi, D., Singh, V., Gebauer, J., (2004). Ubiquitous Computing for Knowledge Management. Proceedings of Knowledge Sharing and Collaborative Engineering (KSCE 2004), IASTED, November 2004.
Jones, M. C., Medina, K. E., Rao, A., Rathi, D., Singh, V. (2004). I-Vote: an audience voting system. Student competition paper. CHI extended abstracts on human factors in computing systems, April 2004
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