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How do consumers acquire health information? a pattern analysis on online health consultation
Authors: Wu Dan , Xu Hao , Fan Shu 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTNowadays, consumers can conveniently access and use health information from online health consultation platforms. It is important to identify the patterns of consumers' multi‐source health information acquisition in the circumstance of online health consultation. However, little research has been done in this area. Focusing on such a target, data from an online health consultation platform was taken as an example. 869 cases from the platform were crawled, and a grounded theory research methodology was adopted. According to the coding results, the author found eight patterns of consumers' health information acquisition. This study broadens our understanding of the behavioral pattern of attaining multi‐source health information, enriching the field of health information search behavior.
Designing effective knowledge presentation techniques for large digital collections
Authors: Wu Yejun , Yang Seungwon 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTWe are developing a prototype knowledge presentation system for enhancing the access to, and use of, large digital document collections. We have started a preliminary user interface design for our prototype system which will employ the state‐of‐the‐art knowledge visualization techniques. The techniques, which will be based on knowledge extraction and interactive visualization, will also be tested on open digital text document collections.
Stages of change in smoking cessation and health information behavior
Authors: Yi Yong Jeong , Nam Seo Jin 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTThe study aimed at investigating the health information behavior of consumers who attempt to quit smoking and analyzing the effects of the information obtained on health behavior changes. The researchers interviewed 35 college students who were in different stages of smoking cessation for seven months. The study participants in precontemplation or contemplation stages tended to demonstrate passive information‐seeking modes, whereas the participants in more advanced stages tended to perform active and direct information‐seeking. The participants in these stages tended to search more for professional information or firsthand experiences related to pros and cons as well as strategies for smoking cessation. The findings identified the different cognitive or affective effects of the information on individuals at the discrete stages. In particular, the study bridges the gaps of the research that focuses on information behavior related to changes of addictive health behavior by applying the transtheoretical model (TTM) to the concepts of health information behavior.
An analysis of physical characteristics of Joseon Dynasty books using statistical approaches
Authors: Yun Jaehyuk , Zhu Yongjun 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTThe study analyzes physical characteristics of Joseon Dynasty books using statistical analysis of cataloging metadata. ANOVA and Scheffe tests are used to understand the differences among books published in three different periods of Joseon Dynasty. The study reports statistical evidences on physical differences of Joseon Dynasty books and contributes to our understanding of the history of Joseon Dynasty books.
Influence of course type and assignment features on students' information seeking behaviors
Authors: Zhang Yao , Liu Chang 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTExploring students' information seeking behavior and its influencing factors during assignment completion process can help promote teaching and learning performance. In this study, we collect college students' assignment information and their information seeking behaviors during assignment completion process through questionnaires. In total we have data of 162 courses ranging from a variety of majors. We analyzed the relationship among course type, assignment features and information behaviors during assignment completion process. We found students' information sources election is closely related to course type and assignment cognitive complexity, and their preferred information type is also related to assignment type. Results also indicate that assignments from professional compulsory courses emphasize more on basic cognitive learning, while other courses more on advanced cognitive learning. These findings are useful for course instructors to improve students' information literacy through assignments.
How did people feel during the Zika virus breakout? A sentiment analysis of Zika virus related posts on Yahoo! Answers
Authors: Zhao Yuehua , Chen Ye , Zhang Jin , Dong Qingxing , Cao Gaohui , Zhang Zhaoyang 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTA sudden outbreak of the Zika virus led to public panic and discussion on social Q&A forums. Most research studies concentrated on what the public discussed about the Zika virus. However, how they felt during the Zika virus outbreak reflects the emotional stability of the public, which has a positive significance in public health monitoring, intervention and service. For this paper, we conducted a sentiment analysis of Zika‐related posts on Yahoo! Answers during the outbreak of the Zika virus to investigate how emotions of the public changed overtime and if users' emotions could be influenced by others. It was found that significantly more negative emotions appeared when an outbreak started in Brazil, yet people's reactions became milder afterwards. Besides, a small positive correlation between the sentiment characteristics of the questions and the received answers implies the exchanges of emotions between questioners and answerers.
Improving explicit term matching with implicit topic matching for short text conversation
Authors: Wang Jianqiang , Sun Ying 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTShort Text Conversation (STC) is the task of retrieving comments made to a post and reuse them as appropriate comments to a later post. Large vocabulary variations and very limited length of posts and comments pose great challenges to traditional retrieval techniques of matching terms. To address these problems, we propose a new technique of re‐ranking comments initially retrieved through explicit term matching by using evidence of implicit topic matching gained from topic models of large collections of posts and comments. The key of our technique lies in (1) combining each post with the comments responding to it into a longer pseudo‐document for topic modeling purposes, and (2) carrying out implicit topic matching by comparing the most probable topics contained in the topic composition of a comment and that of the query post. Experiments using the NTCIR‐13 STC Chinese WeiBo collection showed that with properly tuned parameters, our technique can lead to improved retrieval effectiveness. The paper analyzes and discusses the results and outlines future work.
Combine or connect: Practical experiences querying library linked data
Authors: Weigl David M. , Kudeki Deren E. , Cole Timothy W. , Downie J. Stephen , Jett Jacob , Page Kevin R. 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTLinked Data provides a conceptual foundation for creating unified views across Digital Libraries, but implementation challenges must be overcome to realize the vision of computationally assisted cross‐corpus research. We report practical experiences comparing two alternative workset building approaches across combined datasets: the HathiTrust Digital Library and the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. In one experiment we combine both datasets within one triplestore using a single ontology and apply consolidated querying; in the other we build two distributed triplestores, each dataset conforming to its own ontology, and connected through federated querying. Each solution presents tradeoffs in complexity, system efficiency and responsiveness, and in the workload of configuring new methods providing access to Digital Libraries. We demonstrate that choosing a consolidated or federated approach fundamentally alters the dataset configuration process for cross‐corpora workset building, so should be considered early in deployment specification and design. As both approaches provide equivalent functionality to the end‐user, the practice and experience documented here inform design and development of distributed Linked Data Digital Libraries offering combined collection querying.
“You don't feel that you're so far away”: Information sharing, technology use, and settlement of international student immigrants
Authors: Worrall Adam , Ballantyne Erin , Kendall Jen 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTWhile immigrants and international students' information behavior and practices are known, less is understood of their online information sharing, associated use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), and the roles of these technologies in their settlement. We conducted semi‐structured interviews with 20 international students to help fill this gap. We find international students' ICT use and information sharing shares similarities and differences with other students and immigrants; a set of settlement barriers and helps associated with ICTs; and clear roles for ICTs in supporting the informational, social, and emotional needs of international students. Transferable findings fill existing gaps in our knowledge of international student immigrants' use of ICTs and online information sharing; can inform LIS research and practice in facilitating their successful settlement through informational, sociotechnical, and emotional lenses; and encourage further work to confirm and expand on our findings.
Understanding the peer review endeavor
Authors: Xu Shenmeng , Zhang Guangyao , Sun Yao , Wang Xianwen 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTPeer review plays an essential role in the scholarly publishing life cycle. Using the verified peer review records of researchers on Publons, this study investigated how this scientific endeavor was distributed throughout the world. In addition, we took an initial step toward understanding the length of reviews as a potential indicator of time and effort put into this “scientific gatekeeping” process. The proficiency of English, the scientific Lingua Franca, was found to have a significant effect on the length of reviews. In addition, there was a significant effect of a country's economic development level on review length. Furthermore, we explored a subgroup of reviewers – reviewers in Singapore – in more depth, and found that reviewers in different genders, disciplines, economic and cultural backgrounds wrote reviews of significantly different lengths.
Automated chat transcript analysis using topic modeling for library reference services
Authors: Chen Xiaoju , Wang Huajin 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTChat reference service has been used in academic libraries to more efficiently serve patrons in the digital age. Identifying question topics on chat can help librarians understand patrons' needs and improve reference services. Researchers have used qualitative methods to understand question types in chat records; however, these methods are inefficient to analyze large chat datasets. Here, we conducted a novel research using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic modeling to automatically extract topics from chat transcripts generated in 5 years from a large university library. With little human intervention, the model identified major topics based on statistical distributions of terms‐document relationships in chat transcripts. We also applied VOSviewer to analyze the same dataset and found consistent results. From these results, we found that the most prominent chat topics were about accessing various library resources. This finding can help libraries allocate resources, design educational materials, and provide trainings for future librarians.
Quality of medical advice for chronic pain on social platforms
Authors: Costello Kaitlin Light 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTChronic pain is a stigmatized condition, and many patients report that it is difficult to get information from healthcare providers. As a result, some patients go online to exchange health information on social platforms, but the type and quality of this information is unknown. In this mixed‐methods study, comments on a chronic pain platform were inductively analyzed and a typology of medical advice was developed. Subsequently, the alignment of this advice with evidence in the medical literature was assessed by systematically searching for relevant systematic reviews or meta‐analyses. Five types of advice were present: over‐the‐counter remedies, prescription drugs, illicit substances, seeing a different healthcare provider, and lifestyle changes. No evidence was available for 33.9% of the advice, but 33% had at least low support in the literature. 7.8% was harmful. Contributions from this study include a general typology of medical advice online, a methodological approach for assessing the quality of such advice, and several recommendations for future research.
Scientists' data discovery and reuse behavior: (Meta)data fitness for use and the FAIR data principles
Authors: Bishop Bradley Wade , Hank Carolyn , Webster Joel , Howard Rebecca 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTEnvironmental science researchers frequently must work at regional and global scales that require them to search for, evaluate, and reuse data collected by others. This study assesses science data reusers' information‐seeking behavior to determinefitness for use, a concept from consumer behavior research that explains how consumers define and assess product quality and compatibility to satisfy their specific needs. Using a critical incident technique, 22 researchers in earth science described their most recent data discovery resulting in reuse. An interview schedule derived from the FAIR Data Principles framed participants' information‐seeking behavior along a sequence of actions, which included finding, accessing, making interoperable, and reusing data. Researchers' perspectives on how they discovered and evaluated data for reuse gives new insights intofitness for useof data by human consumers, and contributes to considerations for furthering work into machine‐actionable data and learning.
Everyday life information‐seeking behaviors of nomadic pastoralists in their oral culture
Authors: Jamali Hamid R. , Foroutan Fariborz 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTNomadic pastoralists, due to their lifestyle and the dominance of oral culture, have not received much attention from information service providers and little is known about their information behavior. This qualitative ethnographic study entailed twenty semi‐structured interviews with Iranian Bakhtiari nomadic pastoralists using everyday life information seeking (ELIS) framework. Nomadic pastoralists' ELIS is dominated by reliance on human information sources including elders, chiefs (Khans) and family members. Most of their information needs relate to practical issues of daily life (e.g., animal husbandry, handicraft, and parenting) and therefore they prefer information sources that tap into their local and indigenous knowledge (e.g., elders) and value experience and skill over formal education when obtaining information from people. However, they purify their local knowledge through exposure to modern education. Relevance to daily life matters or practicality, previous successful utilization of information, and accessibility are among the factors they consider when choosing information sources.
Relational privacy: Where the East and the West could meet
Authors: Ma Yuanye 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTThis paper argues thatrelational privacycan be used as a starting point for conceptualizing privacy in Eastern cultures for it aligns with an Eastern philosophical conception of person. This paper starts with one of the main conceptions of privacy as one having control over personal information, and leverages the criticisms toward control‐based privacy and its foundation in individual autonomy, to introduce the concept of relational autonomy from the perspectives of feminist theory and Confucianism. It concludes by discussing the implications for conceptualizing privacy from these two foundations. The paper contributes to privacy research in that it provides an initial suggestion of how the conception of privacy might be characterized by the Western and Eastern philosophical traditions; it explicitly relates the conception of privacy to the conception of the person, and it deliberately phrases the discussion within an intercultural environment.
Exploring card sort methods: Interaction and implementation for research, education, and practice
Authors: Conrad Lettie Y. , Demasson Andrew , Gorichanaz Tim , VanScoy Amy 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTExploring research methods can help scholars and professionals accurately answer questions and solve problems. Card sorting, which encompasses a variety of methods aimed at understanding participants' subjectivities, is not commonly used in information science research. This panel will familiarize attendees with the purpose and procedures of card sort methods and to allow for hands‐on interaction with the artifacts and software using examples from different techniques. The opportunity to interact with the tools of card sorting methods will help to familiarize the method and allow them to better evaluate it for their research needs. Using a simple PowerPoint application, participants will have a chance to see how card sorting works as a reflective activity without significant expense or effort. Panelists, who have used these methods in industry and research, can discuss specific research questions with attendees and offer advice.
Beyond the data management plan: Expanding roles for librarians in data science and open science
Authors: Federer Lisa M. , Qin Jian 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTSupport for research data management (RDM) has become a popular focus for library services, and many training opportunities in RDM exist for librarians. However, fewer opportunities exist for librarians to develop the more advanced skills and expertise necessary to support data science and open science. To better understand how to develop a library workforce prepared to develop services in the emerging areas of data science and open science, the National Library of Medicine convened a workshop of 15 librarians and information professionals with a range of expertise in data and open science. This session will present the workshop's recommendations and use participatory facilitation methods to engage attendees in conversation about how to prepare information professionals to meet the evolving challenges of data science and open science.
A social informatics perspective on misinformation, disinformation, deception and conflict
Authors: Hara Noriko , Fichman Pnina , Meyer Eric T. , Chen Yimin , Rieh Soo Young 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTThis panel will present and discuss the issues surrounding deception, misinformation, and disinformation using a social informatics perspective. The panel is sponsored by ASIST SIG‐SI.
Teaching technology in library and information science: Preparing students with diverse needs for the challenges of an interconnected world
Authors: Pollock Danielle , Williams Rachel , Dumas Catherine , Agarwal Naresh Kumar , Erdelez Sanda 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTIn an increasingly interconnected world, information professionals are expected to be at the forefront of implementing and instructing others in using information technologies. Yet, it is a challenge for educators to leverage library and information science students' varying interests and experiences to develop technology curricula that addresses diverse student needs and prepares them to engage actively with current and emerging technologies throughout the course of their careers. In this interactive event, technology instructors at Simmons University come together to share their experience in designing and teaching technology courses through interactive demos and case studies. This is followed by an interactive Q&A and small‐group brainstorming to address issues related to technology education. The event will promote discussion around developing curricula and pedagogy to promote students' abilities to use and implement technology in professional practice.
Technical and policy underpinnings of FAIR data principles
Authors: Qin Jian , Coll Imma Subirats , Zeng Marcia Lei , Dobreski Brian 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTAt the trajectory of exponential data growth and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re‐usable) requirements, organizations face the data management and publishing challenges in support of effective data discovery and publishing activities. This panel brings researchers and practitioners who have researched and practiced in managing datasets and providing discovery services to share their experience and expertise in addressing the challenges and proactively responding to trends in research data management, curation, sharing, and reuse.
Paradigm shift in information research
Authors: Tang Rong , Mehra Bharat , Du Jia Tina , Zhao Yuxiang (Chris) 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTIn this panel, speakers will discuss a range of issues related to the evolution of theoretical frameworks employed in information research. It is in the view of this panel that there is a need for a paradigm shift, one that shakes the foundation of traditional information research. The new paradigm takes into account emergent information reality featuring ubiquitous access, contextual embeddedness, misinformation and its politicization, social justice and community outcomes, among others. Panelists will examine the history of information paradigms, explore the social responsibility of researchers, articulate actualities and potentialities of impact‐driven shifts, outline community‐based participatory research strategies, and discuss methodological innovations that advance information research. This panel calls for attention to a forthcoming special issue for JASIS&T which aims to open a forum for reconceptualization of the information field. It is hoped that this session will engage the audience and spark interest of potential contributors to this special issue.
Academic social networking: From individual acts to institutional, disciplinary, national, and social phenomena
Authors: Zhang Yin , Yan Weiwei , Oh Sanghee , Lee Jongwook , Kurata Keiko , Matsubayashi Mamiko 
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACTAcademic social networking sites (ASNSs) are widely being adopted by individual academics. There has been an increasing research interest in this new phenomenon. This panel brings a group of researchers to share and discuss their recent research to address the research gaps in the following areas: (1) the institutional and disciplinary user structures and their behavior characteristics in ASNSs; and (2) how academics from non‐English speaking countries use ASNSs and how the use may differ from their counterparts in U.S. Collectively, various studies presented in the panel will help achieve a better understanding of scholarly use of ASNSs in a broader scale.