She is an information scientist who pioneered the digital library movement in India, particularly the Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETD). She was awarded the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations–Adobe Leadership award in 2004 for her initiatives. She built a multilingual online digital library called Vidyanidhi in 2000, long before the digital era captured the imagination of many in India. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Gooru and is an Associate Editor of Information Matters.
Dr Shalini’s research areas include Information Retrieval, Ontology Development, and Social Media and Network Analysis. She has published more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals and prestigious academic conferences and also edited five books published by Springer.
Her Google Scholar profile has more than 800 citations. She received the Emerald Research Fund Award 2007/2008 for her research “Networks and Turning Points: An Exploration of the Dynamics of Academic Networks and Social Movements in India
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Recent Publications :
Urs, S. R. (2024). Disinformation in the Post-Truth Era: Epistemological Constructs, Social Contagion, and the Role of the iField. Journal of Information and Knowledge, 261-269.