It was a real privilege to present a keynote address this morning titled "Information Access of the Oppressed: Envisioning Emancipatory Information Access Platforms" at the The Critical Approaches to Libraries Conference (CALC) 2026.
Slides: https://bhaskar-mitra.github.io/files/Information-Access-of-the-Oppressed-CALC2026.pptx

I have been really enjoying the different conference sessions; it's been particularly exciting given IR's roots are in library and information sciences. #CALC26

RE: https://mastodon.social/@bmitra/116301774531122514

We have released the test queries for the NTCIR Tip-of-the-Tongue (ToT) Shared Task (languages: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and English).
https://ntcir-tot.github.io/guidelines

Register now: https://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/ntcir-19/howto.html (DEADLINE: JUNE 1ST)

Deadline for submitting runs will be sometime in July (TBA).

Please reshare and spread the word. #NTCIR2026 #NTCIRToT #NTCIR2026ToT