PhD Student · Information Science · University of Arizona
Md Liton Ali
Researcher in the science of science and AI in higher education
I study how scholarly knowledge is produced, published and accessed, and how generative AI is reshaping universities, publishers and libraries. My research builds on nearly a decade of library automation and digital service work in Bangladesh.
- Best Paper AwardIIKM 2025
- Chair-ElectASIS&T SIG-AVC
- Gold MedalistUniversity of Dhaka
Research statement
I study how knowledge is produced, shared and accessed, and how generative AI is reshaping universities, publishers and libraries. A decade of automating libraries in Bangladesh taught me that access changes everything.Read my biography
Library items catalogued and managed
Libraries automated across Bangladesh
Survey respondents across published studies
Awards, medals and scholarships
Areas of inquiry
My doctoral research centres on the science of science and AI in higher education, with related work in information behavior, misinformation and digital libraries.
Science of Science
How scholarly knowledge is produced, published and accessed: scholarly communication, publishing policy, webometrics and the shadow libraries people turn to when access is blocked.
AI in Higher Education
How generative AI is reshaping universities, publishers and libraries: institutional policy, AI-powered library services, and AI's effect on how students learn and perform.
Information Behavior
How people seek, share and use information in everyday academic life.
Misinformation & Belief
How the information people consume shapes beliefs, morality and trust.
Digital Libraries
Low-cost, automated library systems that widen access in resource-constrained settings.
Recent work
- 2025
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
Work in progress
AI and university students' academic performance
A research project on how AI tools affect the academic performance of university students.
Systematic review: GenAI in second-language speaking
Mapping the pedagogical designs and roles of generative AI in L2 speaking learning, guided by the task-based language teaching framework.
Systematic review: AI in higher education
A systematic review of research on artificial intelligence across higher education.
Zero-budget digital library framework
A framework that lets school and college libraries in Bangladesh and other low-resource settings build digital services at zero cost, using free tools and minimal technical skill.
Academic and professional path
- 2013
SSC
Dr. Abu Bakar High School, Rajshahi
- 2015
HSC
Kaliganj Haat Degree College, Rajshahi
- 2015–19
Bachelor's
Information Science & Library Management, University of Dhaka
- 2017
First automation project
Begins a run of 12 library automation and digitization projects
- 2020–21
Master's + Gold Medal
University of Dhaka, top of the cohort
- 2022
Islamic University of Technology
Assistant Cataloguer; Koha, website and automation for 100K+ items
- 2025
Best Paper, IIKM
GenAI policy review of academic publishers and universities
- 2026
PhD, University of Arizona
Information Science; Graduate Teaching Associate for INFO 557
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Honors
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Service
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I welcome conversations about research collaboration, scholarly communication, AI in higher education and library digitization.