bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Investigating the information gaps in refugee integration
Authors: Oduntan Olubukola , Ruthven Ian
Published: October 2017

Refugee integration processes and systems are complex for refugees. They find them difficult to navigate and thus often end up disadvantaged. This paper presents the first set of findings from an ongoing information behaviour research study into refugee integration. The study explores the situational experiences of refugees and asylum seekers engaging with integration processes and systems through individual semi‐structured interviews. Dervin's sense‐making methodology was used to elicit the information gaps. The findings reveals refused asylum situation during integration and highlight information needs embedded in processes and systems of refugee integration. The results have implications for reducing the complexity of service provision during refugee integration. In addition, the approach expands previous studies and highlights the depth a situational investigation can bring to information behaviour studies.
Investigating relations of information seeking outcomes to the selection and use of information sources
Authors: Sarka Shawon , Wang Yiwei , Shah Chirag
Published: October 2017

This paper reports the findings of a study investigating the relationship between information seekers' selection and use of information sources and their perceptions of information seeking outcomes (i.e., successes and failures) in the context of information seeking barriers as well as contextual factors such as knowledge, emotions and social role. Fifty‐three participants performed four simulated information‐seeking tasks over a two‐day period and reported their experiences and findings in an online logbook. Semi‐structured interviews with 23 participants were also conducted in order to examine the issues that arose from the logbook. Data collected from the study were analyzed by applying both qualitative and quantitative methods. The findings suggest that use of impersonal sources provides a higher likelihood of successful outcomes in information seeking episodes compared to interpersonal sources. Meanwhile, interpersonal sources were found to be more effective in providing personalized information. Moreover, there were no significant associations among users' education, cognitive and emotional characteristics, and other contextual factors and successes and failures in information seeking. Lastly, constraints such as, lack of help from people, unreliable information, and time limitation seemed to influence information seeking outcomes and increase the chances of unsuccessful results.
Disciplinary assessment of scientific content by higher‐order citation mining
Authors: Sizov Sergej , Bahn Mikel
Published: October 2017

Discovery of disciplinary fields, their relationships, and key contributors is an important research field of modern scientometrics. In this contribution, we study the problem of disciplinary/interdisciplinary interpretation of scientific content in the context of higher‐order citation graphs. In doing so, we introduce the general approach for representing scientific publishers (conferences, journals) and their relationships by means of multi‐dimensional tensor models. Consequently, tensor decomposition methods allow us to identify scientific fields in terms of key authorities, hubs and topical context expressed by keywords and/or fields of study.

The proposed strategy of tensor importance sampling allows for efficient and effective analysis of large‐scale publication databases in state‐of‐the art cloud computing infrastructures. Consequently, we present results of our large‐scale evaluations for the Microsoft Academic Graph dataset with various tensor modeling strategies, in direct comparison with state of the art content mining and graph mining methods common to the scientometric domain.

The comprehensive comparative analysis shows that tensor‐based interpretations show considerable agreement with established content mining methods and graph‐based authority ranking. At the same time, tensor based analysis allows for discovery of novel inter‐disciplinary and trans‐disciplinary fields, which are focused on subjects of investigation rather than on established methodologies and strongly connected research communities. In this sense, our approach complements existing mining methods for scientific content, and allows for novel insights into research collaboration patterns.
Using social media in formal learning: Investigating learning strategies and satisfaction
Authors: Zhou Quan , Lee Chei Sian , Sin Sei‐Ching Joanna
Published: October 2017

Social media have been widely adopted by digital natives for learning purposes due to the wealth of educational resources afforded by these platforms. As such, educational researchers and practitioners have been advocating the integration of social media in formal learning. While a majority of research has highlighted the benefits of using social media in formal education, still lacking is research that examines students' learning behaviors and experience with social media. From the perspective of self‐regulated learning, we investigate students' learning strategies in social media, as well as the relationship between using these strategies and students' learning satisfaction. Drawing on a survey of 270 undergraduate and graduate students, we found that in the formal learning context, students employed four types of self‐regulated learning strategies (i.e., goal setting, environment structuring, performance control and self‐evaluation) to achieve effective learning with social media. Among the four strategies, goal setting was most commonly used. Further, a regression analysis revealed that all four types of self‐regulated learning strategies were significantly related to students' learning satisfaction with social media, while goal setting was the most prominent strategy. This article concludes by presenting limitations as well as implications for research and practice.
The effects of BeNetWise program on youth media literacy: A mixed methods research
Authors: Cheng Kevin P.C. , Leung Chun Kit , Mok Joanne C.Y. , Datu Jesus Alfonso D. , Valdez Jana Patricia M. , Huang Hong , Unsworth Kris , Chan Andy , Ng Cecilia , Chu Samuel Kai Wah
Published: October 2017

Existing literature has demonstrated that cultivating media literacy skills may optimize various indicators of student success. However, limited research has been conducted to examine how media literacy programs can improve effective consumption and production of media contents. The present research addresses these gaps through providing preliminary evidence about the effectiveness of BeNetWise, which is a two‐year project launched in Hong Kong to educate youth on proper attitude and behavior in the cyberworld. This study was based on a sample of 196 secondary school students who participated in the media literacy intervention. The Chinese version of the New Media Literacy Scale was used to assess functional consumption, critical consumption, functional prosumption and critical prosumption. The results indicated that students who were exposed to this program significantly improved on functional consumption, critical consumption and critical prosumption. Findings point to the advantageous impacts of the BeNetWise project on the adaptive consumption and production of various media contents.
Document representation and clustering models for bilingual documents clustering
Authors: Ma Shutian , Zhang Chengzhi
Published: October 2017

Currently, the internet has created many documents in languages other than English. People face challenges when seeking and using information; for example, non‐native English‐speaking students tend to have problems when utilizing libraries in North American universities. To help people efficiently organize information, bilingual documents clustering has advantages for practical utilization, it can divide documents into groups with the same topic and there is no need for a training dataset. Document representation and clustering models are two important parts in clustering. This paper compares four popular representation methods, vector space model (VSM), latent semantic indexing (LSI), latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) and doc2vec (D2V), together with four different types of clustering algorithms, K‐means++, BIRCH, DBSCAN and affinity propagation (AP) to identify appropriate combinations for bilingual documents clustering. Parallel corpus and comparable corpus are all used for the bilingual datasets. Experimental results show that, clustering performance varies when combining different representation methods with clustering algorithms. It's important to make good choice of models for better documents organization.
Passive information behaviors while grocery shopping
Authors: Ocepek Melissa G.
Published: October 2017

Information behavior addresses how individuals use information throughout the various contexts of their daily lives. Previous research in the field has explored passive information behaviors, but not addressed them in the quotidian aspects of life, such as grocery shopping. The current work fills this gap by addressing passive information behaviors throughout the grocery shopping process providing useful insights into how individuals interact with information in a new domain. Data was gathered through two empirical studies using qualitative methods emphasizing the lived experience of primary grocery shoppers. Findings show that information encountering, browsing and monitoring are prevalent in the grocery store and during the planning of a shopping trip demonstrating the information richness of grocery shopping.
The topical interconnections within the realm of information behavior research
Authors: Tang Rong , Ni Chaoqun
Published: October 2017

In response to the lack of clarity concerning both the conceptual boundaries of information behavior (IB) and the interrelationship between IB and multiple related topics, this study attempts to establish an intellectual profile of IB scholarship by examining publications of IB and 13 other related topics. Results show a similar growth pattern of IB publications and authors over past 45 years. Multidimensional scaling analysis (MDA) based on top frequent terms of the 14 topics revealed a configuration of three clusters and one individual entity (information ecology). IB is found to cluster with topics of seek, need, use, practice, and experience. As the very first study investigating the underlying conceptual connection between IB and 13 other related topics, results of the study help to outline the intellectual affinity of various concepts used in IB related research, add further insights into identifying points of convergence and departure as well as scholarship configuration within the realm of information research.
Factors influencing faculty attitudes towards open access institutional repositories
Authors: Tmava Ahmet Meti , Miksa Shawne D.
Published: October 2017

Open access institutional repositories (OA IR) have increased in popularity in last decade. However, research shows they remain thinly populated in large part due to faculty reluctance to participate. The focus of previous research has been on external factor (social or technological context) and there is a lack of understanding of the internal factors and the psychology of the reluctance. This study investigated the factors affecting faculty participation in IRs and examined the extent to which these factors influenced faculty willingness to participate in IRs by drawing upon the theory of planned behavior and the model of factors affecting faculty self‐archiving.
Knowledge translation in health sciences
Authors: Bedford Denise A. D. , Turner Jeanine , Norton Theresa , Sabatiuk Liz , Nassery Homira G.
Published: October 2017

Knowledge Translation (KT) is a term used by healthcare professionals and practitioners to represent a process of ensuring that what is learned in research is applied in the field. Knowledge Translation includes all stages in the research and research uptake life cycle. In the knowledge management field, the concept of Knowledge Translation is characterized as knowledge transfer, knowledge exchange, knowledge sharing and knowledge use. This panel brings together these two perspectives around a common application area – delivery of health services to a multicultural community by international development organizations. The goal of the program is to build a shared view of the concept, and to expand our understanding of the challenges and opportunities of “doing” knowledge translation in a complex environment.
What research and theory inspires IA/UX, and how can this change behavior and help make a political and humanitarian difference?
Authors: Busch Joseph , Cooksey Dave , Pass Jeff , Pope Ren , Surla Stacy , Wal Thomas Vander , Welchman Lisa , Willis Dan
Published: October 2017

This session is a moderated panel discussion among senior IA/UX practitioners from the greater Washington, DC area. Its goal is to challenge and inspire the ASIST research community. Among themes the panel will discuss are: 1) how research and theory inspires client project work – what types of research is needed, and what would be considered accessible and practical research; and 2) how IA/UX (including content strategy, taxonomy, governance, etc.) can change behavior, and help make a political and humanitarian difference.
Health information behavior research with marginalized populations
Authors: Hawkins Blake , Costello Kaitlin , Veinot Tiffany , Gibson Amelia , Greyson Devon
Published: October 2017

As part of an increasingly vibrant area of research, information behavior scholars have shown that traditionally marginalized populations (e.g., older adults, LGBTQ people, people of color, low‐income people and people with chronic diseases or disabilities) may have distinct health information needs and information behaviors. These differences may arise from unique patterns in marginalized groups' life experiences, health risks and burdens, social networks and available resources, as well as dynamics of social marginalization and exclusionary service design. This subfield of information studies challenges established notions of health information‐seeking behaviours to further develop theories and models, as well as propose new models for information services and technologies. The unique characteristics of marginalized populations have necessitated the development of novel research approaches and methods, as well as interdisciplinary collaborations and community‐based partnerships. This panel invites audience members to think critically about what it means to engage marginalized populations in research and the methods and approaches needed to do so in a health context. It will also allow participants to broaden their understanding about the health information‐seeking behaviors of marginalized populations. Panelists will introduce and contextualize marginalized populations' health information‐seeking behaviours and explore potential or existing connections between themes from a variety of disciplines. Following a brief introduction and presentations from five panelists (who are themselves exploring marginalized populations' health information‐seeking behaviours), there will be an open discussion session with the audience in a World Café format.
Archaeological perspectives in information science
Authors: Huvila Isto , Olsson Michael , Faniel Ixchel M. , Dalbello Marija , Dallas Costis
Published: October 2017

Archaeology is a domain that has intersections with information science and technology research both as an empirical domain of investigation and as a perspective to inquire into how people interact with information. The aim of this panel is to highlight this interdisciplinary nexus of diverse engagements and to explicate how archaeology has informed and could inform information science research and practice in the future, and how empirical information science research on archaeological practices has enhanced our understanding of both archaeological work and human information behavior and practices in general.
Addressing barriers to engaging with marginalized communities: Advancing research on information, communication and technologies for development (ICTD)
Authors: Potnis Devendra , Adkins Denice , Cooke Nicole , Babu Rakesh
Published: October 2017

Researchers' inability to address challenges related to planning, collecting or interpreting data collected from marginalized communities is one of the main reasons for the failure of projects using information, communication and technologies for the development (ICTD) of marginalized communities. This panel consists of information science experts who have conducted research with marginalized communities like women earning less than a dollar a day in slums in India, farmers, Latino community in the Midwest, racial minorities and visually impaired population. Panelists will share various challenges that they encountered while planning, collecting and interpreting data collected from marginalized communities; they will also provide guidance, advice, lessons learned and tips for addressing the challenges encountered during data collection with marginalized communities in the developing and developed world. This panel will inform information science researchers, who work at the intersection of information technologies and social justice, for better engaging with marginalized communities.
Uncertainties and information behaviors of alcohol and other drug (AOD) counselors
Authors: Bejarano William A.
Published: October 2017

The purpose of this study is to assess the uncertainty‐driven problem‐solving model posited by Wilson (1999) as applied to the information behaviors of alcohol and other drug (AOD) counselors in their daily work practices. With the Wilson model serving as a framework, a series of semi‐structured interviews was developed and the data analyzed to uncover the uncertainties of each of the interrelated domains of the profession, as well as the subsequent information behaviors that serve to address those uncertainties. Results show a strong match between the Wilson model and the empirical data in most functions of the job. That is, most information behaviors in the various job functions tend to stem from some uncertainty.
Diversity by design: From concept to action
Authors: Caidi Nadia , Dali Keren
Published: October 2017

Last year, in a guest editorial for the Library Quarterly (LQ) we proposed the concept of diversity by design (DbD) and posited it as a concept relevant to workplace environments, community engagements and graduate LIS education. We invited LQ readers “to contemplate whether this concept ma[de] sense to them and, if yes, how it work[ed] in their respective” situations [1: 88]. We brought to light “the multiplicity of contexts that give diversity meaning and life in our complex field” [ibid] and demonstrated that it was integral, rather than superfluous, to our field and way of being. Finally, we gave examples of how “discounting or underappreciating” diversity “may have a disintegrating effect on our practice, scholarship, and education” [ibid]. This poster will introduce the concept of DbD; provide examples of several case studies which show the difference between “diversity as a bonus” and “diversity by design”; and include feedback and insight from the DbD grant‐funded international symposium in Toronto, Canada, in September 2017.
Design and implementation of domain knowledge service platform based on spring framework
Authors: Chen Qimei , Shi Hongbo
Published: October 2017

With so many places to look for information and the uncertainty surrounding the credibility of many free web resources, researchers' demand for knowledge services continues to grow under the e‐science environment. Academic libraries facing the challenge of determining which information will be value‐added when integrated with current collections makes it necessary to build an incorporate knowledge platform that integrates knowledge, skills, tools and services of certain professional field. This paper describes the technical solution of domain knowledge service platform based on Spring Framework, including resource organization, platform design and development. The practical application of domain knowledge service platform is shown in catalytic domain.
Collective action framing episodes: A methodological tool to make sense of case studies
Authors: Vasquez Fatima K. Espinoza
Published: October 2017

This visual presentation introduces Collective Action Framing Episodes (CAFEs), a method that addresses the need for a relational approach to study groups, society and ICTs. This method also speaks to the need for a visual tool to make sense of theories, constructs and data, build narratives and construct theories. This tool is based on social movement theories like the Contentious Politics Model by McAdam, D. et al., (1996) and on Benford and Snow's (2000) framing processes theory. The presentation first shows an animated illustration of the theoretical framework coming together in a multi‐level unit of analysis. Then it shows a visualization of the research design process including identifying the episode components, coding, building a timeline, building a narrative and constructing theory.
A pilot study of the information behaviors of web designers
Authors: Frazier T. Zachary
Published: October 2017

Despite their large contribution to the ability of individuals to access information, little is known about how those who build websites professionally interact with information in that context. As part of a research pilot study, several individuals involved in the professional design of websites were interviewed. The interviews used a semi‐structured instrument that had a sketching activity integrated within it. Preliminary results indicate a heavy reliance on visual information and social information seeking are reported.
Using podcasts as texts in the study of human information behavior
Authors: Frazier T. Zachary
Published: October 2017

Despite the relatively scant attention paid to individuals involved in the professional design of websites, or web design, there is a large body of literature by and for practitioners. This study examines podcasts for the ubiquitous nature of the medium and frequency of occurrence in the literature. Podcasts themselves are a little used type of text available to researchers, and this study illuminates the possibilities of their use.
Health information assessment by vaccine hesitant parents
Authors: Greyson Devon , Bettinger Julie A.
Published: October 2017

Vaccines are widely considered to be one of the greatest successes of public health, but vaccine hesitancy has been internationally recognized as a health threat. Efforts to use information to increase vaccine acceptance have largely been unsuccessful, highlighting the need to better understand the information practices, values and experiences of hesitant populations. This constructivist grounded theory study explored health information experiences of 23 mothers in the Greater Vancouver region of Canada who had changed their minds about vaccines, in order to understand the ways information may have influenced their vaccination beliefs and practices. While health information sources were similar across the study population, assessment of vaccine‐related information varied a great deal. In particular, mothers reported difficulty triangulating and assessing information during periods of affective stress, such as following their first birth or around a child's illness. Helping mothers triangulate information among trusted sources may help build vaccine confidence.
Factors affecting psychologists' adoption of an open data badge
Authors: Harper Lindsey M. , Kim Youngseek
Published: October 2017

The purpose of this research is to investigate the individual, normative and resource factors affecting psychologists' adoption of an open data badge. The theory of planned behavior is employed as the theoretical framework to explain how these factors impact behavioral intention to adopt an open data badge. A national survey (n=341) of psychologists found that perceived benefits, norms of data sharing and attitude towards an open data badge had a significant positive relationship with attitude toward the open data badge, whereas perceived risk had a significant negative relationship. Perceived effort had a negative relationship to behavioral intention to adopt the open data badge, but had no relationship to attitude formation surrounding the open data badge adoption. The availability of a data repository and pressure from an open science journal did not have a significant relationship to behavioral intentions to adopt an open data badge. The implications for psychologists from a practical and theoretical perspective, and future directions for improving psychologists' data sharing behaviors are discussed.
Toward automating detection of human values in the nuclear power debate
Authors: Ishita Emi , Oga Toru , Cheng An‐Shou , Fleischmann Kenneth R. , Yasuhiro Takayama , Oard Douglas W. , Tomiura Yoichi
Published: October 2017

This paper describes the creation of a corpus of newspaper articles about the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a coding frame for content analysis of human values expressed or reflected in that corpus and preliminary results for automation of the content analysis. Understanding the human values that motivate sentiment towards an idea can help to characterize the basis for that sentiment, and this work is a first step toward applying that approach to positions on controversial events reported in the news.
Are we having fun yet? Exploring definitions of fun for STEAM learning
Authors: Kim Castle U. , Mardis Marcia A.
Published: October 2017

In this visual presentation, I present a video that illustrates preliminary findings of a study of definitions of the word fun in the context of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) learning. I begin by illustrating fun's importance, lack of clear definitions, warrant for common understanding is important for among researchers and educators who develop and assess STEAM learning activities. I demonstrate preliminary results of the study of fun definitions and conclude with implications for further research.
The ethics of contemporary readers' advisory
Authors: Lawrence Emily
Published: October 2017

Readers' advisory (RA) is a library service dedicated to suggesting leisure reading materials to patrons. Through a critical examination of popular RA textbooks, this poster (1) identifies core moral principles underpinning RA and (2) demonstrates that contemporary RA follows (what I am calling) apure preference satisfaction modelwherein readers' advisors aim to satisfy patrons' preferences without judging or altering them. On the common view, RA functions as a kind of nonjudgmental “matchmaking service,” pairing leisure readers with books they are likely to enjoy. While such an approach to RA is politically commendable in some respects, this poster will show that it places overly rigid restrictions on efforts to undermine social inequality through the promotion of diverse books.
Practices of metadata use in research information management systems
Authors: Lee Dong Joon , Stvilia Besiki , Wu Shuheng
Published: October 2017

This poster reports on a study that examines the practices of metadata use in a research information management (RIM) system ResearchGate. Understanding these practices can help institutional repositories to better align their RIM metadata models with researchers' needs and priorities. The study identified three categories of RIM system users. The study's preliminary findings suggest that community members are more willing to share their personal information and provide full‐texts of their works on ResearchGate compared to readers and personal record managers.
The informatics lifecourse: Studying the experiences of older adults learning technology in senior centers
Authors: Lenstra Noah
Published: October 2017

The Pew Research Center (2017) estimates that nearly 75% of Americans aged 65 and older self‐identify as needing help from another person to learn to use new digital technology. Past research suggests that technology training programs in senior centers and other community‐based institutions can provide crucial supplements to the technology help older adults find within their networks of family and friends (e.g., Gardner, Kambill & Netherland, 2012; Hardill, 2014; McKee & Blair, 2006; Xie & Jaeger, ). Nonetheless, few studies have examined how or why technology support services in these institutions facilitate the process of learning technology among older adults. This poster presents the findings from an ethnographic, year‐long study of the experiences of older adults endeavoring to learn technology in three senior centers in a medium‐sized Midwestern American urban area. The overall finding from this investigation is that digital learning proceeds through what this study calls the informatics lifecourse: how a person learns technology throughout the stages of his or her life.
Textual analysis and the history of scholarly communication
Authors: Martin Shawn
Published: October 2017

This paper uses topic modeling and statistical analysis of keywords within early American scientific journals in order to better understand the professionalization of American science in the late 19th century. The Journal of the American Chemical Society was one of the first professional scientific journals developed in the United States and analyzing its content may help to understand the professional concerns of 19th century American scientists. How did these early scientists view their profession? What did chemists see as the most important scientific issues of their time? By using computational and statistical analysis of the first 40 years (1879–1922) of the journal, it becomes clear that the professionalization of chemistry took roughly 20 years and had much to do with external factors affecting science in the United States.
Too much information: Video conferencing for professional communication
Authors: Nelson Sarah Beth , Jarrahi Mohammad Hossein
Published: October 2017

This study examines how video conferencing is living up to its potential as a substitute for face‐to‐face communication among remote professionals. We interviewed mobile knowledge workers to better understand how video conferencing is used in professional settings. The laws of media provided our theoretical framework. We found that video conferencing enhances the face; retrieves gesture and setting; obsolesces telephone and face‐to‐face communication, although imperfectly; and reverses into facelessness when sights and sounds from the background become distracting. The telephone may become more obsolete when problems like low bandwidth are resolved. Professionals would benefit from conferencing on devices on which their faces appear larger, and distracting background is less visible. Novel, in this work, are the consequences of video conferencing working too well.
Designing a leadership‐based inquiry into community digital literacy initiatives
Authors: Phelps Kirstin C.
Published: October 2017

Digital literacy is an increasing area of focus for communities, due to its potential positive impact toward social and economic development goals. Given the unique information needs and potentially burdensome financial, human and infrastructure requirements, the implementation of such initiatives often involves a variety of community stakeholders. However, such collaborations are often fraught with difficulty and seldom result in long‐term sustainability or success. This poster presents a mixed‐ methods research design exploring the implementation of digital literacy initiatives within a specific community context. The main conceptual foundations will be highlighted, including the use of a leadership framework to evaluate the presence or absence of essential social roles within the group. It will be argued that a leadership framework contributes important understanding to the organization and organizing processes present in multi‐stakeholder community collaborations. Furthermore, research designs which expand focus beyond single individuals, single entities or formal partnerships are needed to support positive engagement with technology within communities.
Information networks for bridging information divide in isolated communities of farmers in rural India
Authors: Potnis Devendra , Chengalur‐Smith InduShobha , Mishra Gaurav
Published: October 2017

This study analyzes the process adopted by information poor communities of farmers from five remote villages in Gujarat, India, which use IBM's Spoken Web for building an information network (INet). Spoken Web enables information poor communities to create and access VoiceSites over their mobile phones. After analyzing in‐depth phone interviews with 31 farmers using grounded theory principles, we propose a four‐stage model of seeding, building, growing and scaling an INet among information poor communities of farmers in rural India. We conclude that (a) gatekeepers of farmer communities, (b) communities of practice, (c) collaborative information behavior (CIB) among the farmers and (d) benefits of using INet play a key role in seeding, building, growing and scaling stage respectively. Thus, the INet reduces information divide among isolated farmer communities by allowing them to seek, produce and share information in their native language at any time of the day without requiring them to invest in any new technology or travel.
A large‐scale data‐driven analysis of censorship of hebrew manuscripts in Italy
Authors: Prebor Gila , Zhitomirsky‐Geffet Maayan , Miller Yitzchak
Published: October 2017

In this study, we present the first large‐scale quantitative analysis of the full corpus of censored historical Hebrew manuscripts that survived through the centuries. A new multi‐dimensional data‐driven approach was applied to explore the influence of censorship on the creation of new manuscripts by Hebrew writers in Italy during the 16th‐ 18th centuries. Our findings demonstrate that there was a substantial decrease in creation of new manuscripts in the periods of high censorship activity.
Investigating the efficacy of sentence filtering in predicting analysts' ratings following a 10‐K filing
Authors: Pulliza Jonathan
Published: October 2017

This project proposes utilizing the textual features of only the new sentences of financial filings to predict the analyst rating following that filing. Instead of treating each document as independent, this examines the efficacy of limiting models to be trained only on sentences that do not appear in the previous filing. This approach greatly reduces the amount of text processed by a model, in the hope of counteracting overfitting, as well as controlling for boilerplate language from one document to the next, which is not expected to be informative for analysts' decision making. At the same time, this approach does not assume that information is only contained in certain sections or that the document adheres to a strict structure, as all text including any tables and footnotes are analyzed. The average amount of new sentences as a percentage of total sentences of the sample industry during the 2011–2015 period is approximately 50%, while the best performing model performs similarly well when trained on the full versus filtered documents of three years when predicting the analyst rating of the two subsequent years.
How recordkeeping ensures trust in digital archives
Authors: Sandusky Robert J.
Published: October 2017

Imagine a researcher in 2067 examining objects in a digital archive that were deposited in the early 21st century. How can the researcher be assured that those digital materials – whether born‐digital or digital surrogates of analog materials – have not been accidentally or maliciously altered sometime during the intervening decades? Ten archival workers – archivists, metadata specialists, digitization managers and preservation technologists – were interviewed about how contemporary recordkeeping practices ensure the authenticity of born‐digital files and digital surrogates for future users of the archive. This poster presents preliminary results about how archives are adapting to emergent needs for processing digital materials at scale, ensuring that workflows capture entities, activities and agents (provenance information), and ensuring that current systems support migration of provenance information to successor systems.
Assessment of intellectual capital of library and information professionals
Authors: Sappington Jayne , Bedford Denise A.D.
Published: October 2017

Information professionals have traditionally connected people and information resources; however, that role is changing as we move into the knowledge economy. Visioning exercises and thought papers on the future of the profession continue to focus on the resources we manage – moving from paper to digital resources and from physical to digital distribution channels. These visions, though, are short sighted and do not take into account the shift from an industrial and a financial economy to a knowledge economy. In a knowledge economy, individuals with information science skills will play expanded roles beyond the library walls. While intellectual capital and knowledge assets are well understood in the economics and knowledge sciences fields, they are not widely recognized in other domains. This visual presentation reports on the results of Phase 1 of a broader research project to gauge information professionals' awareness of and investment in their own intellectual capital assets. Phase 1 focused on one area of practice – information professionals in academic research libraries – and leveraged a national survey. The survey focused on eight recognized areas of intellectual capital and existing sources of learning and investment. Phase 2 shifts the research focus to narrative descriptions of the use of intellectual capital in the working environment. In Phase 2 individual librarians focus on one of the eight types of intellectual capital and record their experiences using those assets in an electronic journal. Phase 3 will focus on the view of intellectual capital assets from the organizational perspective, i.e., an organization's stock of intellectual capital and the way in which it spends and invests in that capital.
What makes a research article newsworthy?
Authors: Siravuri Harish Varma , Alhoori Hamed
Published: October 2017

There has been tremendous growth in the amount of scientific literature being published every year. Yet, very little of it receives press coverage. Mentions by news outlets often establish the relevance the research has to society in general. In the present study, we focus on better understanding the factors that contribute to a research article's newsworthiness. We have built three classifiers to predict the likelihood of a research article receiving online press coverage, based on features that quantify the attention it has received on various online platforms. The random forest classifier performed best with an accuracy rate of 0.92.
College students' personal information management: From a perspective of information horizon theory
Authors: Syn Sue Yeon , Sinn Donghee , Kim Sujin
Published: October 2017

This exploratory study examined college students' personal information management behaviors in three contexts from a perspective of information horizon theory. Findings suggest that students show different density and activeness in information behaviors in different context. Academic context was most active for all activities while health was the least.
The state‐of‐the‐art of open peer review: Early adopters
Authors: Wang Peiling , Tahamtan Iman
Published: October 2017

This study examined 155 open peer review (OPR) journals. Open peer review is an emerging phenomenon that can be characterized by two factors: transparency and openness. Transparency requires that the referee and the author are known to each other during the process; openness requires that referees' review reports are publicly accessible in the same way as the articles. The current practices of OPR by the open access (OA) journals vary in levels of transparency and openness. The purpose of the study is to understand the state‐of‐the‐art of OPR in publishing scientific research. The preliminary results show that the majority of the OPR journals are in the field of medicine and related. Identity of authors and reviewers may be revealed at different stages of the peer review process. As early as the time when a manuscript is submitted, the author can choose to have the manuscript under blind review or open review. For open review submissions, the reviewer must sign the report but can decline to review it. The review history, including comments, all versions of the manuscript, plus author's rebuttals, may be published alongside of the paper. The peer review process may be totally transparent and open without an editor in charge.
Teen nerdfighters: An exploration of engagement in a complex fan community
Authors: Waugh Amanda
Published: October 2017

This poster will examine teen Nerdfighters across a variety of social media platforms. Using both survey and interview data, this poster will draw maps of engagement to reflect on teen Nerdfighters' selection practices and flows between social media platforms.
AnnotationOne: A global annotation system
Authors: Xu Shenmeng , Hemminger Bradley M.
Published: October 2017

Our study presents a web‐based annotation tool, AnnotationOne, developed to facilitate the easier creation and global sharing of annotations. Our aim is to create conversations around scholarly content benefitting everyone and forging new connections between scholars. Using this tool, users can read and make globally accessible annotations shared with a large scale of users. User studies were conducted to investigate the utility of this universal annotations system. Subjects completed tasks including making annotations, initial reading with annotations and re‐reading with annotations on our prototype system. Both observations and interviews were conducted to explore whether and how this annotation tool would be beneficial for scholarly communication. Moreover, we also collected subjects' suggestions to improve this tool's usability.
Novel Nitrogen‐Rich Tetrazine‐Based High Energy Density Molecules: Molecular Design and Computational Studies
Authors: Sarkar Rudraditya , Baishya Daradi , Mahendhiran Divya , Rit Raja K.
Published: October 2017

The molecular structure, thermal stability, detonation properties and impact sensitivity of nitrogen‐rich tetrazine‐based designed high energy density molecules are examined. The effective stability of the designed molecules in terms of electronic structure, thermal excitation, photo‐excitation and in presence of water are predicted. The topography of the excited and ground state (S1 and S0) of those molecules along the C−NO2 bond dissociation coordinate are studied. The existence of the double minima at the S1 state and the S1‐S0 intersection produces a probabilistic path for molecules B1, B2 and A1, to revert back to their respective S0 state from the S1 state via both radiative and non‐radiative deactivation mechanism. The energy content (in terms of heats of formation), detonation velocities and detonation pressure of tetrazine‐based molecules are measured. Interestingly, the thermal stability of these designed molecules is higher than the two well‐known high energy density molecules: RDX and HMX. The detonation velocities and the detonation pressure of these molecules are higher than RDX, however, are lower than HMX. In addition, the safety, reliability and stability of these high energy density molecules have been measured by formulating semi‐empirical equations of impact sensitivity based on linear and multiple linear regression method and the present study is ended with the discussion of most probable synthetic routes to the designed molecules.
Nitrate Salt Based Melt Cast Materials
Authors: Leonard Philip W. , Chavez David E. , Bowden Patrick R. , Francois Elizabeth G.
Published: October 2017

Three new low melting compositions have been developed based on the ingredients amino‐1,2,4‐triazolium nitrate, 3,5‐diamino‐1,2,4‐triazolium nitrate and ammonium nitrate, to create the formulation AAD, in addition to mixtures comprising guanidinium 5‐amino‐tetrazolate and ammonium nitrate in either a 1 : 3 or 1 : 6 mole ratio (GAN13 and GAN16 respectively). The materials melt in the range of 95–100 °C and do not begin to decompose until >195 °C. The formulations are insensitive to impact, spark and friction and were calculated to show promising explosive performance properties (VD=8.78–9.0 km/s, PCJ=28.4–30.6 GPa). HMX mixtures of AAD, GAN13 and GAN16 were also prepared and these materials were characterized with respect to their safety and performance as well.
Research on thermal runaway process of styrene bulk polymerization
Authors: Jiang Weibo , Pan Xuhai , Hua Min , Ni Lei , Jiang Juncheng
Published: October 2017

In a strongly exothermic reaction process, any cooling system failure can lead to a serious accident. The present paper investigates the developments in a polymerization reaction system when thermal runaway occurs. Temperature of polymerization is the key parameter of interest. In this work, a kinetic model of styrene polymerization was used to predict reactor temperature using Aspen Plus software. An adiabatic process of styrene polymerization was simulated, and the results indicate that the reactor temperature is able to reach 260°C. When thermal runaway occurs, the degree of styrene polymerization is lower. Different conditions were employed to explore the influence of operating parameters. The results demonstrate that the higher the initial reaction temperature, the faster thermal runaway occurs, and that the greater the proportion of diluent is, the later the reactor reaches its TMAX. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog 37: 276–282, 2018
Effect of Eu Doping on the Physical, Photoluminescence, and Photocatalytic Characteristics of ZnO Thin Films Grown by Sol–Gel Method
Authors: Sanchez Rayes R. M. , Kumar Y. , Cortes‐Jácome M. A , Toledo Antonio J. A. , Mathew X. , Mathews N. R
Published: October 2017

Eu doping concentration driven effect on the morphological, electrical, and optical properties of ZnO films prepared by sol gel method have been studied systematically. The properties of the films were studied using various experimental tools such as XRD, AFM, XPS, photoconductivity, UV–vis spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL), and photocatalytic activity. Eu incorporation into the ZnO lattice was confirmed by XPS analysis. A decrease in crystallite size with increasing Eu concentration was observed. PL spectra showed that Eu‐ related light emission intensity reached a maximum at 6 wt.%. Photoconductivity measurements showed maximum photosensitivity for 4 wt.% Eu doped film. The photocatalytic activity of Eu‐ doped films was evaluated for methylene blue degradation and is found to be maximum for 6 wt.% Eu doped film.