bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Utility of the 20‐Item Noise Pareidolia Task (NPT‐20) for Assessing Visuoperceptual Disturbances Associated with Complex Visual Hallucinations in Parkinson's Disease
Authors: Turner Travis H. , Rodriguez‐Porcel Federico
Published: October 2022

Background

Complex visual hallucinations (VH) are a common complication of Parkinson's disease (PD). Recent studies have demonstrated relevance of face pareidolia to VH in PD and Lewy body dementia (LBD).

Objective

This study examined utility of the 20‐item Noise Pareidolia Task (NPT‐20) in assessing visuoperceptual disturbances associated with VH in PD.

Methods

Retrospective chart review included 46 consecutive PD patients who completed NPT‐20 during clinical neuropsychological evaluation.

Results

About half the sample (43%) reported VH. PD with VH made significantly more false‐positive pareidolia errors on the NPT‐20 (p < 0.0001). A cut‐off of 2 errors yielded 40% sensitivity, 100% specificity to VH; cut‐off of 1 yielded 75% sensitivity, 81% specificity. NPT‐20 was not associated with any other clinical or demographic factor. Across groups, NPT‐20 evinced moderate correlations with visuospatial functioning and visual memory.

Conclusions

Current findings support utility of the NPT‐20 for evaluating visuoperceptual disturbances associated with VH in PD.
A compact 90–96 GHz 6‐bit passive vector modulator phase shifter in 28‐nm CMOS for phase array applications
Authors: Deng Biao , Pan Dongfang , Duan Zongming , Liu Jie , Wu Fang , Sun Liguo
Published: October 2022

This letter presents a 90–96 GHz 6‐bit digital control passive vector modulator phase shifter (PS) in a 28‐nm complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor for phase array application. In PS, a full differential directional coupler as a quadrature generator (QG) is proposed, which achieves wide bandwidth and a high‐performance orthogonal network by introducing more pole‐zero pairs. In the vector modulator, two 6‐bit binary‐weighted vector modulators, respectively scale the quadrature signal generated by QG to achieve a high‐resolution vector phase. The measured PS cover and the minimal root mean square (RMS) phase error is and RMS gain error 0.3 dB at 93 GHz, respectively. The fabricated PS occupies excluding pads with no power consumption.
Patient experience in automated peritoneal dialysis with telemedicine monitoring during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Mexico: Qualitative study
Authors: Cuevas‐Budhart Miguel Ángel , Celaya Pineda Ingrid Xiomara , Perez Moran Diana , Trejo Villeda Miguel Angel , Gomez del Pulgar Mercedes , Rodríguez Zamora María Cristina , Ramos‐Sanchez Alfonso , Paniagua Sierra Jose Ramón
Published: October 2022

Aim

The aim of the study was to understand the experiences of patients on automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) during the period of confinement due to the COVID‐19 pandemic.

Design

Qualitative exploratory study, phenomenological through semi‐structured telephone interview.

Method

A priori sampling was carried out with patients on APD with remote monitoring and telephone follow‐up, in 13 hospitals in Mexico.

Results

Twenty‐nine informants, mean age 45.41 ± 16.93; 15 women and 14 men. The analysis revealed four categories of analysis: home isolation, clinical follow‐up, socioeconomic challenges and infodemic. The experiences of these patients led them to somatize emotions, presenting symptoms such as anxiety, sadness, loneliness, sleep, eating and digestive disorders, situation that sets the tone for future research on telemedicine care models, coping styles, emotional support strategies and socioeconomic impact on patients with chronic home treatments during the pandemic.
Exponential stability and stabilization of positive T‐S fuzzy delayed systems
Authors: Elloumi Wafa , Makni Salama , Mehdi Driss , Chrifi‐Alaoui Larbi , Chaabane Mohamed , Bahloul Mohamed
Published: October 2022

The analysis of positive nonlinear delayed systems is of great importance for many real‐world applications. Such systems' stability and stabilization assessment is still an open topic, and there is limited literature on this field. Moreover, further convergence conditions should be considered for many experimental processes, such as exponential stability analysis, which is highly important. Considering the above, we deal in this study with the problem of exponential stability and stabilization of nonlinear fuzzy positive systems with delay. We establish exponential stability criteria using Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF) and a delay bi‐decomposition approach for bounded and time‐varying delayed systems. The obtained results are then extended to the exponential stabilization case. The control law is designed using Parallel distributed compensation (PDC). The proposed approach, formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), allows reducing the conservativeness of the delay‐dependent conditions. A comparative study is presented to illustrate the superiority of our method. Moreover, simulation results for the two tanks process show the advantages of the proposed control design.
Bipolar Electrochemistry – A Powerful Tool for Micro/Nano‐Electrochemistry
Authors: Wang Yu‐Ling , Cao Jun‐Tao , Liu Yan‐Ming
Published: October 2022

The understanding of areas for “classical” electrochemistry (including catalysis, electrolysis and sensing) and bio‐electrochemistry at the micro/nanoscale are focus on the continued performance facilitations or the exploration of new features. In the recent 20 years, a different mode for driving electrochemistry has been proposed, which is called as bipolar electrochemistry (BPE). BPE has garnered attention owing to the interesting properties: (i) its wireless nature facilitates electrochemical sensing and high throughput analysis; (ii) the gradient potential distribution on the electrodes surface is a useful tool for preparing gradient surfaces and materials. These permit BPE to be used for modification and analytical applications on a micro/nanoscale surface. This review aims to introduce the principle and classification of BPE and BPE at micro/nanoscale; sort out its applications in electrocatalysis, electrosynthesis, electrophoresis, power supply and so on; explain the confined BPE and summarize its analytical application for single entities (single cells, single particles and single molecules), and discuss finally the important direction of micro/nanoscale BPE.
The interactive effects of drought and heat stress on photosynthetic efficiency and biochemical defense mechanisms ofAmaranthusspecies
Authors: Netshimbupfe Mmbulaheni Happiness , Berner Jacques , Gouws Chrisna
Published: October 2022

Drought and heat stress are major abiotic stress factors that limit photosynthesis and other related metabolic processes that hamper plant growth and productivity. Identifying plants that can tolerate abiotic stress conditions is essential for sustainable agriculture.Amaranthusplants can tolerate adverse weather conditions, especially drought and heat, and their leaves and grain are highly nutritious. Because of these traits, amaranth has been identified as a possible crop to be grown in marginal crop production systems. Therefore, this study investigated the photochemical and biochemical responses ofAmaranthus caudatus,Amaranthus hypochondriacus,Amaranthus cruentus, andAmaranthus spinosusto drought stress, heat shock treatments, and a combination of both. After the six‐leaf stage in a greenhouse, plants were subjected to drought stress, heat shock treatments, and a combination of both. Chlorophyllafluorescence was used to evaluate the photochemical responses of photosystem II to heat shock while subjected to drought stress. It was found that heat shock and a combination of drought and heat shock damages photosystem II, but the level of damage varies considerably between the species. We concluded thatA. cruentusandA. spinosusare more heat and drought‐tolerant thanAmaranthus caudatusandAmaranthus hypochondriacus.
Fabrication of multiwalled carbon nanotube‐reinforced rapeseed‐oil‐based polyurethane coatings for anticorrosive applications
Authors: Alam Manawwer , Ahmed Mukhtar , Altaf Mohammad , Shaik Jilani Purusottapatnam
Published: October 2022

This work describes the synthesis of a hydroxy‐terminated oligomer for polyurethane preparation (HTO‐PU) from rapeseed oil, salicylic acid and toluene diisocyanate. HTO‐PU was further incorporated with different amounts of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) to produce HTO‐PU@MWCNT nanocomposites. These nanocomposites were then converted to coatings using mild steel strip as a substrate and allowed to cure at room temperature. Fourier transform infrared and NMR spectroscopic techniques were used for structural elucidation. Surface morphology was determined using scanning electron microscopy and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Thermal stability (>300 °C) of these coatings was evaluated through thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. Contact angle values suggest that incorporation of MWCNTs enhanced the hydrophobicity of HTO‐PU coatings. Physicomechanical results reveal that these coatings are highly glossy, scratch resistant and impact resistant possessing good adhesion and excellent pencil hardness. The optimum concentration of MWCNTs was found to be 1.0 wt. %, below and above which the coating performance was observed to deteriorate. The corrosion resistance and barrier properties of these coatings were examined using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, the results of which suggest excellent corrosion inhibition efficiency of HTO‐PU@MWCNT‐1.0 coatings until 28 days. This study suggests a step towards synthesis of MWCNT‐incorporated green PU coatings for protective applications. © 2022 Society of Industrial Chemistry.
“I only wish that I had had that growing up”: Understanding Webtoon’s Appeals and Characteristics as an Emerging Reading Platform
Authors: Cho Hyerim , Adkins Denice , Pham Ngoc‐Minh
Published: October 2022

This study investigates the readers of Korean webcomics, Webtoon, to understand their motivations for reading Webtoon, appeals of reading Webtoon, and any informal learning experiences Webtoon readers encounter. This study adopts reader behavior theories and media studies as the two main theoretical foundations; within these frameworks, the authors aim to understand a hybrid reading media platform, Webtoon, which has characteristics of both multimedia and conventional reading content. To understand Webtoon readers and their reading experiences, the focus group method was used. Findings show that Webtoon reading motivations include relaxation, emotional affirmation, creating an identity as a reader, aesthetic appreciation, and habitual reading. Webtoon’s unique format characteristics, ease of access, inclusivity, immersive experience with sound and music, and interactive communications among the authors and readers, are appreciated by readers. Lastly, Webtoon’s cultural differences sometimes lead readers to additional research on their parts, learning more about Korean history, food, or other popular culture. The authors further discuss the findings through the lenses of reader behavior & Readers’ Advisory theories, media studies, and information encountering theories.
Information Practices of Resistance during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Authors: Kouper Inna
Published: October 2022

The paper examines information practices of five projects that emerged in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The projects are conceptualized as resistance projects, i.e., the initiatives that stand against misinformation, censorship, and the invasion itself. The study used virtual ethnography and discourse analysis to examine the projects' web presence and social media channels and the materials about them. The paper describes the driving forces behind the projects, the technologies they use, and their information‐related practices. The latter include information gathering, dissemination and mediation, extralinguistic communication, support and advice, and mobilization. One of the first attempts to document Russian information resistance, this paper provides insight into information behavior under oppressive conditions. It broadens the theorizing of misinformation and disinformation by shifting the focus from algorithmic countermeasures to misinformation, such as detecting bots or fake news, to human‐centered activism.
Transforming the Scholarly Publishing Lindworm
Authors: Marcaccio Alexandra C. , Centivany Alissa
Published: October 2022

Transformative Agreements [“TA”]—contracts for academic publication premised on an initial term of restricted access followed by a switch, often many years later, to Open Access—are increasingly promoted by publishers and, to a lesser extent, academic institutions, as a means of achieving a future reality where our shared fount of cultural, intellectual, and scientific works are openly accessible for all to read. Supporters of TA laud benefits like transparency, streamlined costs for libraries, and investments in the future of Open Access. We find, however, that TA reproduce, rather than relieve or transform, existing challenges facing Open Access and we invoke King Lindworm, a fairytale about transformation as a metaphor to assist understandings of how TA might fall short of their purported aim.
Storied Past, Bright Future: A Provenance Jam Session
Authors: Bettivia Rhiannon , Cheng Yi‐Yun , Gryk Michael , Bishop Wade , Chassanoff Alexandra , Greenberg Jane , Lischer‐Katz Zack
Published: October 2022

This panel will explore provenance of the past, present, and future in information science and technology, as both a concept and professional and intellectual value. The OED defines “provenance” as origin, source, ownership of an artwork, or guidance to determine authenticity. Provenance today is not limited to history domains. It can be used to describe what did happen (retrospective provenance), what will happen (prospective provenance), and what could happen (subjunctive provenance). Provenance transcends disciplines, and this panel is intended for anyone who is interested in the world of provenance. Perhaps echoing life in general, provenance is more about the journey than the destination. The goal of the panel is not to find an authoritative answer to why we choose one method or theory of provenance over another. Rather, this “jam session” will empower participants‐ panelists, moderators, and audiences alike‐ to frame and answer provenance questions for their own work.
Cross‐cultural Information Access
Authors: Choi Inkyung , Lee Wan‐Chen , Liu Ying‐Hsang , Chen Hsinliang , Oard Douglas W , Oh Chi Young
Published: October 2022

Despite the advanced information technology's impact on the extent and availability of digital information, information access is not equally attainable to everyone. The lack of cultural and linguistic diversity in information systems and infrastructure has raised concerns over limited access to digital information, which also harms the information environment. For example, a flood of misinformation and disinformation during the pandemic rendered misrepresentation of cultures and fed the fear of people from different cultures. The “deep learning” revolution has enabled advances in cross‐language search technology and in automated translation of content from one language to another, but the lowering of linguistic barriers to information access, in turn, serves to highlight the need for a comparable degree of focus on cultural differences. The proposed panel will discuss cultural and linguistic diversity as manifested in various information systems and infrastructures and review past and current information systems and practices either lacking or supporting cultural and linguistic diversity.
Accessibility, Usability, Inclusivity: Information Standards, Guidelines, & Best Practices Sponsored by the ASIS&T Standards Committee
Authors: Dickey Timothy J. , Dobreski Brian , Hlava Marjorie , Needleman Mark , Xie Iris , Zeng Marcia L.
Published: October 2022

This panel, sponsored by the ASIS&T Standards Committee, will explore how information standards, guidelines, best practices, and efforts for increasing the accessibility and usability of information resources can contribute to an information‐resilient society. It will start with by addressing several new standard efforts for web accessibility in the data‐driven age led by the W3, including mobile accessibility, cognitive accessibility, and inaccessibility examinations. A special report will then be given by the leader of an IMLS‐funded project on the newly published Digital Library Accessibility and Usability Guidelines that support blind and visually impaired users who rely on screen readers to interact with digital libraries. A case study on Video/Audio to Text to Tagging will be presented, revealing the best practices on translating audio files to time stamped text transcripts for indexing, classifying, and enriching the original content. A final open discussion on “inclusivity” will involve the audience, to highlight the needs, challenges, and standards for enabling inclusivity and ensuring that everyone who faces accessibility barriers due to disability, literacy, digital literacy, or aging, can access, use, and participate in the Internet and all its information.
History and Heritage Update
Authors: Morrow Hall Deanna , Aparac‐Jelušić Tatjana , Le Deuff Olivier
Published: October 2022

Major new developments in the history and heritage of ASIS&T and of information science generally are presented with an opportunity for further discussion. First, a report on the work of the ASIS&T Curator, Deanna Morrow Hall, and on the progress of the ASIS&T Curator's Working Group's strategic plan for managing ASIST's information assests and for stewardship of its heritage resources will be presented. Second, the ambitious program of the ASIS&T History Committee to encourage attention to historical work by promoting open access to past publications, the encouragement of oral histories, and other initiatives will be reported by the Committee Chair, Tatjana Apararc‐Jelušić. Third, Olivier Le Deuff illustrates analysis of the social and conceptual contexts of historically important pioneers with his visualization of the world of Paul Otlet (1868–1944).
Censorship Is Not a Panacea: Access To Information in a Resilient Society
Authors: Oltmann Shannon M. , Knox Emily J. M. , Mabi Millicent N.
Published: October 2022

Information resiliency is a difficult idea to conceptualize, though it seems to include resistance to mis‐ and dis‐information, algorithmic injustices, and filter bubbles. A possible solution to these information challenges and the current “infodemic” is to restrict access to and circulation of certain information. Social media platforms, in particular, have an extraordinarily wide reach in contemporary society. While compelling these platforms to restrict information may be appealing, at first glance, there are inherent problems of power and control bound up in the suggestion of censorship (or, as it is sometimes framed, content moderation). Rules about permitted speech can be wielded in ways that increase harm to already marginalized populations. In this panel, we discuss these ideas and debate the merits of restricting access to information via social media content moderation. We anticipate a robust discussion with attendees
Measuring the Impact of Conversational Technology Interventions on Adolescent Wellbeing: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
Authors: Lopatovska Irene , Turpin Olivia , Yoon Ji Hee , Brown Diedre , Vroom Laura , Nielsen Craig , Hayes Kelli , Roslund Karin , Dickson Mary , Anger Daniel
Published: October 2022

In order to help adolescents cope with loneliness during the social distancing and isolation imposed by the COVID‐19 pandemic, we designed a conversational agent programmed to distract users from negative thoughts and advise them on strategies to improve their wellbeing. In order to assess the effects of the agent intervention on adolescent participants, we performed quantitative analysis of their self‐reported mood states and qualitative analysis of their subjective views and opinions on the agent to help us understand their experiences. Trends in the quantitative data point to minimal changes in participants' wellbeing and loneliness after interactions with the experimental agent. However, qualitative data on adolescent experiences suggests short and long‐term positive effects of the experimental interactions. In reporting our findings, we aim to bring attention to the importance of the qualitative data for understanding human experiences with technology, as well as the limitations of the instruments developed in the field of psychology for human‐information interaction research.
Designing Community Tracking Indicators for Open and Inclusive Scholarship
Authors: Altman Micah
Published: October 2022

There is evidence that scholarly processes have bias and create barriers to inclusion; more openness in scholarly communication is needed. Progress towards a better scholarly ecosystem requires comparable, reliable measures of the desired attributes of a better system. This paper describes an initiative in progress to produce standardized indicators that describe the volume and types of open science output systematically over time, using existing open data sources. We describe a replicable to clean, integrate, code, and analyze these sources to enable continuous publication of indicators. And we report on early results from this initiative, demonstrating how these indicators can go beyond “overall impact” measures to advance the understanding of who is, and who is not, participating in open scholarship.
Social Media as Archival Practice and Paradigm Shifter in United States Death Care
Authors: Ludington Jesse
Published: October 2022

As social media becomes more present in the lives of people worldwide, it pervades their deaths as well. Before the Civil War, death and mourning rituals in the United States were largely considered the province of the deceased's loved ones. Following shifts in funerary customs, 21st century Americans are more removed from death care than ever before. Despite this, social media usage patterns have prompted increasingly public digital expressions of grief and mourning. The medium has transformed into a cathartic space for bereaved individuals, with memorialization functions of social media platforms also recasting platforms as sites of preservation. This paper examines account memorialization features of Facebook and Instagram, exploring social media memorialization as archival practice, with a particular focus on the concept of continued use as preservation. By delving into social media phenomena such as context collapse, the paper considers ways public perceptions of death may be shifting in the digital age. In merging the fields of information science and death studies, this paper intends to raise new questions about the potential impact of social media archival practices on the development of more public reckonings with death in mainstream U.S. culture.
Information Intermediaries and Information Resilience: Working to Support Marginalised Groups
Authors: Nicol Emma , Willson Rebekah , Ruthven Ian , Elsweiler David , Buchanan George
Published: October 2022

Information resilience has become a topic of interest to the information science community in recent years. The COVID‐19 pandemic has shone a light on the vulnerability of information and other networks and the impact on information providers and the information seekers who rely on them. In an exploratory study, we interviewed support workers who act as information intermediaries as part of their work roles about their experiences of providing information to vulnerable and marginalised people during the UK COVID‐19 lockdown. We present findings organised in three themes: shifting client information needs and support provisions, adjusting information sharing and communication practices and workarounds for physical information work. Throughout the themes, information resilience is evident as information intermediaries adapt their work practices to ensure they can continue to serve their clients. In this first stage of research our findings provide insight into the changes to information intermediaries' information behaviour and information work during a crisis, as well as the impact of these changes on the services they provide.
How Preprint Affects the Publishing Process: Duration of the Peer Review Process between bioRxiv and Journal Papers
Authors: Tsunoda Hiroyuki , Sun Yuan , Nishizawa Masaki , Liu Xiaomin , Amano Kou
Published: October 2022

During the COVID‐19 epidemic, the characteristics of rapid sharing of research findings were fully reflected on the bioRxiv platform, which received considerable attention from scholars. bioRxiv currently collaborates with 242 journals, addressing that it can save authors time in submitting papers to journals or peer review services by transmitting their manuscript files and metadata directly from bioRxiv. To see if preprints are altering the publishing process, we compared the duration of the peer review process between bioRxiv and journal papers. This study investigated papers' submission and publication times from bioRxiv to journals (B2J) and authors to journals (A2J) in 119 academic journals from November 2013 to February 2020. Findings reveal that 33 journals exhibited significant differences in the duration time between B2J and A2J papers. B2J papers were published faster than A2J papers in 29 journals, indicating that sharing on the preprint platform could shorten the peer review time.
Information Resilient Society in anAIWorld—IsXAISufficient?
Authors: Xie Sherry L. , Gao Yubao , Han Ruohua
Published: October 2022

This paper discusses the role of organizational records management (ORM) with respect to the field of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) and argues about its necessity and significance. The current trend is to utilize AI to explain AI, including both explanation production and provision. We argue that this kind of approach is not sufficient by itself as it lacks neutrality and localness to explanation recipients, thus ineffective in establishing public trust. We propose the addition of the ORM profession, as an informational 3rd party, to the current and future XAI. We envision that, by working together with XAI performers, ORM contributes to an information resilient AI society. To take on the related responsibilities, the ORM profession must improve its professional expertise and strengthen its professional independence. We call for consensus among individual information professionals and the advocacy of information professional networks to make this vision a reality.
Collecting Diachronic Affiliation Datafor Faculty at HBCUs Using Memento
Authors: Zarrillo Deanna , Kelly Mat , Jackson Christopher , Yan Erjia
Published: October 2022

Academic mobility has accelerated in part due to recent civil rights movements and higher levels of social mobility. This trend increases the threat of brain drain from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which already face significant logistical challenges despite broad success in the advancement of Black professionals. We aim to examine this threat from a Science of Science perspective by collecting diachronic data for a large‐scale longitudinal analysis of HBCU faculty’s academic mobility. Our study uses Memento, manual collection, and web scraping to aggregate historical identifiers (URI‐Ms) of webpages from 35 HBCUs across multiple web archives. We are thus able to extend the use of “canonicalization” to associate past versions of webpages that resided at different URIs with their current URI allowing for a more accurate view of the pages over time. In this paper we define and execute a novel data collection method which is essential for our examination of HBCU human capital changes and supports a movement towards a more equitable academic workforce.
Examining Transparency, Due Diligence, and Digital Inclusion as Resilient Values for Provenance Research Work
Authors: Buchanan Sarah , Bartley Jane , Bennett Danielle , Campbell Elizabeth , Niu Jinfang , Reed Victoria
Published: October 2022

In response to the rising calls for transparency in displaying collections information, an ongoing research project is developing and studying provenance research methods in four domains, which cross museum and archive settings and their legal oversight in the United States: art collections (furthermore colonial era and Nazi‐looted era), special collections and manuscripts, Native and Indigenous research, and local or rural history collections. We illustrate three resilient values underpinning successful or at least informative provenance research: transparency, due diligence, and digital inclusion. Together the values, when practiced further, will guide information professionals towards researching collections provenance more effectively according to internal and public‐facing goals.
How Do Adult Digital Literacy Curricula Address Problematic Information?
Authors: Bugre Charles , Wedlake Stacey
Published: October 2022

Public libraries, nonprofits, and community organizations are key providers of digital literacy and technology education in their communities. Given that they play a crucial role in helping persons outside formal education to navigate the digital world, these organizations have the potential to be key players in addressing problematic information. These institutions could provide critical support in this area since they teach people to use information and communication technologies and how to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information effectively and efficiently. This poster explored how seven digital literacy curricula for adults address problematic information. We found problematic information related lessons were siloed from other lessons on social media or online searching, and these curricula do not use current best practices for evaluating information but rely on older information literacy models.
Identifying Immediate Impact Disciplines and Journals by Combining Three Citation‐Based Indicators
Authors: Chang Yu‐Wei
Published: October 2022

This study identifies immediate impact disciplines and journals by using a new indicator, which combines the journal impact factor (JIF), five‐year impact factor (5‐year IF), and immediacy index (II). Although the numbers of immediate impact journals in both the natural sciences (NS) and social sciences (SS) have increased, NS disciplines have a higher average level of immediate impact than SS disciplines. Among 12,272 NS and SS journals indexed by the 2020 version of Journal Citation Reports, most (62.7%) exhibited the highest value of journal impact in 5‐year IF and lowest value in II, followed by journals with a JIF value higher than that of 5‐year IF (34.3%). Although only 113 journals (0.9%), including SS journals, had the highest value in II and the lowest value in 5‐year IF, the finding rejects the stereotype regarding the nonimmediate impact of SS journals.
Reading Between the Lines in Discussing Multicultural Books for Children: Preliminary Results
Authors: Choi Yunseon , Drouillard Colette
Published: October 2022

Selecting multicultural books for children is very important because multicultural literature helps children understand the issues of cultural diversity and gender biases. This study is a part of a larger research project that aims to build a culture‐rich environment in organizing and selecting books for children. In this study, we investigate whether the sentiments in online reviews of children's multicultural literature would represent readers’ opinions on the books and whether readers’ positive, negative, or neutral attitudes would be directly associated with the overall ratings of books. The preliminary results show that the review rating scores did not accurately indicate readers’ minds in discussing books. This study has an implication of increasing awareness of the ethnic or racial minority themes in children's literature by uncovering readers’ minds in discussing children's multicultural books.
Exploring News Tagging on Spanish Digital Press
Authors: Domínguez‐Delgado Rubén , López‐Hernández María‐Ángeles , Muñoz‐García Francisco‐Javier
Published: October 2022

A proper news tagging is essential for a suitable search and retrieval of information by news libraries users, as well as for a suitable web SEO positioning of these media outlets, what is an aspect to take increasingly into account in digital journalism. Through a case study, we carried out a comparative exploratory analysis on how the most read Spanish online newspapers assign the tags which identify the informational content of their news, given the scarcity of this kind of empirical studies and the enormous importance of this task in the field of news librarianship. The resulting data demonstrate the need for specific training in news librarianship for journalists and the importance of educating media outlets in using controlled vocabularies to ensure an efficient retrieval of news in databases a posteriori.
Who Talked about What Regarding Derek Chauvin’s Trial: A Work‐In‐Progress Analysis
Authors: Duan Yiran , Hemsley Jeff , Smith Alexander O. , Gray LaVerne , Gandhi Dhwani
Published: October 2022

This work‐in‐progress study investigates the information sharing behavior of different levels of Twitter influencers within the context of the #BlackLivesMatter social movement and its related discussions #AlllivesMatter and #BlueLivesMatter during the 2‐week period around Derek Chauvin’s trial. Using qualitative content analysis and quantitative machine learning methods, we analyzed over one million retweets to test if different levels of influencers tend to spread different kinds of information in the discussions around #All/Black/BlueLivesMatter on Twitter. We found out that different levels of influencers tend to spread different information within and between the #All/Black/BlueLivesMatter, and we offer some explanations through the lens of curation logics. We suggest that different levels of influencers may be exposed to different incentives, and be facing different social norms, which leads to different information behaviors. This work‐in‐progress study contributes to updating the theory of curated logics, virality, and influencers, as well as provides empirical data for the discussions of the #BlackLivesMatter social movement and its related discussions of #AllLivesMatter and #BlueLivesMatter.
Measuring Author Similarity by Topic Networks
Authors: Hsiao Tsung‐Ming , Chen Kuang‐hua
Published: October 2022

Researchers have applied multiple methods, like co‐authorship and author co‐citation, to measure the relationships between authors and author similarity. These methods play a critical role in various applications of informetrics. A more delicate approach to gauging author similarity improves the related applications. By applying the method developed by the multiplex network, this study investigated how to identify author similarity by the mesoscale structures of author topic networks, which represent an author's research topic by organizing the interactions of the topic terms of their publications. Compared with the co‐authorship relationship and topic‐term similarity results, identifying author similarity by the mesoscale structure of author topic networks provides a better result reflecting how close authors’ research topics are.
An Exploratory Study on Chinese Parents' Concerns about Preschoolers' Use of Digital Devices and Expectations for Digital Literacy Education
Authors: Huang Ruhua , Shi Leyi
Published: October 2022

It is necessary to carry out digital literacy education (DLE) for preschoolers to ensure they can participate in digital life in a safe and healthy way. This poster reports results from a qualitative study of Chinese parents' expectations of DLE for preschoolers. Through semi‐structured interviews with seven parents whose children are aged from 3 to 6, it is found that all parents thought it necessary to carry out DLE for preschoolers. Chinese parents have expectations for the educational practices in kindergartens, but the digital literacy teaching activities in kindergartens are rare at present. In terms of teaching content, Chinese parents pay more attention to how their children could identify bad information and protect personal privacy.
Analysis Of Acknowledgments of Libraries in the Journal Literature Using Machine Learning
Authors: Hubbard David , Laddusaw Sierra , Tan Qiaoyu , Hu Xia
Published: October 2022

Increasing emphasis is being placed on research impact and it has prompted scholars to explore contributions beyond traditional research impact metrics. Acknowledgments, which are formal statements of indebtedness and contribution, within the journal literature provide an additional means to assess impact. This study examines contributions of libraries to the scholarly literature within acknowledgments using a combination of machine learning and manual methods to quantify and characterize acknowledgments.
Evaluating Visitor Engagement through Instagram: A Case Study of One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection
Authors: Kim Jinyi , Lee Myeong
Published: October 2022

Museums invite visitors to actively engage in exhibitions. However, it is unclear how visitors experience and appreciate exhibitions, because (1) people's motivations and goals to visit museums vary significantly and (2) scholars have yet to standardize a typology of observable visitor experiences. This study explores the potential of social media postings to assess museum visitors' engagement. Images posted on Instagram at an exhibition, One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn, are examined as a case study to explore visitor engagement using social media. A qualitative analysis of the 964 Instagram images posted for the exhibition suggest that Instagram can surface visitors' experiences with artifacts presented in museums: they enjoy interactive and immersive experiences in the exhibition. This preliminary study implies that there are opportunities to extend this approach to facilitate visitor interactions with exhibitions through social media.
Librarians' Conceptions of Expertise: An Intersectional Exploration
Authors: Hicks Deborah , VanScoy Amy , Julien Heidi
Published: October 2022

This poster describes an interview study with librarians representing a broad range of demographics, career stages, and professional roles. The goal of the study is to explore librarians' perceptions of their own professional expertise, and to analyze those perceptions through an intersectional lens. Intersectionality refers to a theoretical perspective that posits that people's intersecting social identities (e.g., gender, race, age, etc.) relate to their experiences, particularly of marginalization, and to systems of oppression. An intersectional understanding of professional expertise as experienced by library workers can expose existing structures that serve to marginalize or stigmatize some forms of expertise, with a goal to establish more equitable and just information organizations.
A Multi‐Methodological Assessment to Further the Role of Alabama's Public Libraries in Addressing the Opioid Crises
Authors: Mehra Bharat , Viehouser Misha , Jaber Baheya
Published: October 2022

This poster highlights the use of a multi‐methodological approach to assess the role of Alabama's public libraries in addressing the opioid crises. Select findings/results from mixed research methods are reported to document the experiences of Alabama's library staff about their information offerings, activities, and community engagement and analyze web representation of their relevant services. The following research objectives were achieved over a two‐year time‐period (2019–2021): 1) We implemented a quantitative online survey to collect feedback from 36 Alabama's librarians about their community engagement experiences and what past and current role public libraries play in community health building processes. 2) We conducted qualitative interviews and focus groups with fifteen state librarians about their role as community hubs to address the opioid crises. From this dataset we developed a programming taxonomy and engagement prototype to identify preliminary activities, partners, challenges, outcomes, potential actions, resources, and best practices. 3) We conducted content analysis on websites of Alabama's 230 public libraries about availability, engagement, and representation of health information support services to overcome the opioid crises. This poster provides a glimpse of select activities conducted in this regard, reports select findings and results from the various methods used and highlights methodological implications and issues.
The Effects of Collaborative Country and Discipline on an International Research Collaboration Indicator: The Case of the United States
Authors: Nguyen Ba Xuan
Published: October 2022

This study explores the extent that international research collaboration indicators vary according to two factors: countries' global economic levels and type of disciplines. The study examines the case of asymmetric co‐authorship relationships between the United States and its collaborative research countries, measured by the affinity index. The study finds that there is no significant interaction between the two factors surveyed. The discipline factor has a main effect on the asymmetric co‐authorship relationships. No main effect of the country factor categorised by economic level is found, after allowing for the discipline factor. This study contributes to the social science research on the impact of factors on co‐authorship in international research collaboration measurement indicators.
Organizing Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Research: A Model for Information Resources Integration
Authors: Shobhanee Mahbub , Ram Shri
Published: October 2022

Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) an essential nutrition source for protein and is quite common in the Indian subcontinent, China, Brazil, and the USA. Common Bean contains nutritional component which will contribute to the reduction of food scarcity worldwide in the coming years (Nadeem et al. 2021). In recent years, the research trends applying informatics techniques have given opportunities to harness genomic level information for better sequencing, generating a large volume of data. The data is generally being utilized for better crop production and improved varieties. The generated data are stored and developed as databases, web servers, publications, and patents. However, managing data in a helpful way is a challenge. This paper proposes a model for developing an integrated platform that comprehends various Common bean information. The proposed model shall provide curated information resources about Common Bean, facilitating the single platform access. The intended benefits can be visualized as the researcher can find all information in one place to showcase the progress of research taking place in this field.
On the Reliability of Funding Acknowledgements as Research Data: Evidence from Astronomy
Authors: Stahlman Gretchen
Published: October 2022

Online bibliographic databases have enabled new research through which bibliographic records are analyzed as data about science. Within these records, the acknowledgements sections of papers are often used to draw conclusions about funding support for published research. While acknowledgements and funding statements can be informative for research and policy development, this poster adds to a body of literature that highlights limitations of funding data for scientometric and policy research, using evidence gathered from a questionnaire of authors of astronomy journal articles. The study shows that only 71.4% of a sample of authors of papers tied to NSF grants through acknowledgements reported in the survey that NSF funded the research presented in the respective papers. A brief analysis of the questionnaire followed by recommendations and considerations for further research are presented. The discrepancy in reporting appears to indicate that funding streams can be fluid and not always apparent to authors, overall raising the question of what sorts of research should be addressed with funding statements, where conceptually tying a paper directly to a grant is not straightforward.
Rethinking Algorithmic Fairness in the Context of Information Access
Authors: Udoh Emmanuel Sebastian , Yuan Xiaojun , Rorissa Abebe
Published: October 2022

The internet has revolutionized the information seeking landscape, heightening expectations that access to information will hasten the attainment of several of the United Nation (UN)'s sustainable development goals (SDGs), although digital and content divides persist and information access is demonstrably steeped in inequalities, partly due to underlying intricate, complex, and often opaque AI/ML algorithms. While equity in information access remains a long shot goal, this poster asks the fundamental question: can access to information at least be fair? And what exactly does algorithmic fairness mean in the context of information access? Drawing from themes in information search and social informatics, especially the political valence in technologies such as online decision and filtering algorithms, this poster aims to analyze current nuances of algorithmic fairness in order to identify those intricate issues that should inform and constitute any working definition and framework to study algorithmic fairness in the context of information access in an increasingly globalized world.
Making a Cocoon: The Social Factors of Pandemic Misinformation Evaluation
Authors: Wan Yi , Thompson Kim M.
Published: October 2022

This study explores the social factors that may impact individuals' evaluation process of pandemic‐related misinformation through a socio‐cognitive lens. We conducted eight semi‐structured interviews to collect data from individuals. Content analysis was guided by framework analysis of the interview transcripts. The social factors revealed in the study are social identity, social groups, social authorities, social spaces, social media, and social algorithms. These factors work together and isolate individuals from heterogeneous information. Social identity may decide other factors; correspondingly, the information filtered by social groups, authorities, spaces, media, and algorithms reinforces individuals' social identity. The tendency may reinforce bias on pandemic information and put people at risk. The research may provide an implication to information platforms to reconsider their algorithm designs and a direction for information literacy training programs to break the deficit assumption on individuals.
Creating an Undergraduate Data Science Program in a Disciplinary and Institutional Context in an iSchool
Authors: Zhang Yin , Zeng Marcia Lei
Published: October 2022

Data science (DS) programs have grown to address the workforce demand in an increasingly data‐driven society. Given that DS is highly interdisciplinary and individual institutions have various academic structures, creating a new DS program needs to consider many factors. This poster details the process of how to create an undergraduate DS minor program with considerations of the following key questions: (1) What is the general background of DS education landscape and iSchools? (2) What is the institutional context of DS education, i.e., what are gaps in the institutional DS education? How does the proposed program fit in and distinguish itself from other DS programs on campus? (3) How to navigate the DS approval process with multiple DS programs on campus? This work will help those who plan to create and revise a DS program that benefits students and fits in the broad DS education landscape and their own institution.