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Information literacy: Bridging the gap between theory and practice
Authors: Beheshti Jamshid , Bilal Dania , Mackey Thomas P. , Limberg Louise , Bartlett Joan C. , Gwizdka Jacek , Jacobson Trudi , Ishimura Yusuke 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThe objective of this panel is to discuss a multi‐faceted conceptual framework to link information literacy theory and practice. The panelists will present findings of their research into adult and young users' knowledge of and competencies in information literacy in varied information environments. The ultimate goal of the panel is to build consensus on a future research agenda that could lead to bridging the gap between information literacy theory and practice.
Bibliometrics and information retrieval: Creating knowledge through research synergies
Authors: Bar‐Ilan Judit , John Marcus , Koopman Rob , Wang Shenghui , Mayr Philipp , Scharnhorst Andrea , Wolfram Dietmar 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThis panel brings together experts in bibliometrics and information retrieval to discuss how each of these two important areas of information science can help to inform the research of the other. There is a growing body of literature that capitalizes on the synergies created by combining methodological approaches of each to solve research problems and practical issues related to how information is created, stored, organized, retrieved and used. The session will begin with an overview of the common threads that exist between IR and metrics, followed by a summary of findings from the BIR workshops and examples of research projects that combine aspects of each area to benefit IR or metrics research areas, including search results ranking, semantic indexing and visualization. The panel will conclude with an engaging discussion with the audience to identify future areas of research and collaboration.
The onion router: Understanding a privacy enhancing technology community
Authors: Huang Hsiao‐Ying , Bashir Masooda 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTInternet technologies have made mass surveillance prevalent and much easier to carry out, while at the same time making personal privacy more difficult to protect. The ubiquity of personal data processing has raised public awareness about the infringement of information privacy. To protect users' information privacy, several initiatives have been developed to provide Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs). One of the most well‐known PETs is the Onion Router (Tor) network, which provides users with online anonymity. The Tor network is supported by a group of volunteers who contribute their resources to sustain the availability and quality of the service. However, Tor Volunteers may find themselves in a tough spot at times because Tor network is often monitored by law enforcement, which makes this PET community different from any other open‐source initiatives. To explore this volunteer community's motivation for providing their services despite the risks, we conducted an online survey. Our study results reveal that one of the main motivations for these volunteers is to advocate and provide privacy for online users. In addition, Tor‐relay operators report on their views about anonymous networks, the challenges they face, and how their belief in providing an opportunity for everyone to access information without interference or censorship is a key component of their volunteer participation.
The power of imaginary users: Designated communities in the OAIS reference model
Authors: Bettivia Rhiannon S. 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThis paper explores the Designated Community term within the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model. Information practitioners, particularly those who work with varied populations and popular materials such as public‐ or state‐sponsored libraries and museums, complain that this term is counter to their professional, ethical, and legal mandates to serve many types of user. Using interview data from digital preservation practitioners and scholars as well as interview data from OAIS authors, the author examines the meaning and history behind this term and what it prescribes for professional digital preservation practice. This work juxtaposes contentions of digital preservation practitioners with explanations provided by the authors of OAIS about the Designated Community term. The findings in this paper support the author's contention that alternative digital preservation models and metrics are necessary within cultural heritage institutions, like libraries and museums, to meet the professional standards of practice in those areas and to ensure the inclusion of broad populations within the user bases of digital repositories.
Music subject classification based on lyrics and user interpretations
Authors: Choi Kahyun , Lee Jin Ha , Hu Xiao , Downie J. Stephen 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThat music seekers consider song subject metadata to be helpful in their searching/browsing experience has been noted in prior published research. In an effort to develop a subject‐based tagging system, we explored the creation of automatically generated song subject classifications. Our classifications were derived from two different sources of song‐related text: 1) lyrics; and 2) user interpretations of lyrics collected fromsongmeanings.com. While both sources contain subject‐related information, we found that user‐generated interpretations always outperformed lyrics in terms of classification accuracy. This suggests that user interpretations are more useful in the subject classification task than lyrics because the semantically ambiguous poetic nature of lyrics tends to confuse classifiers. An examination of top‐ranked terms and confusion matrices supported our contention that users' interpretations work better for detecting the meaning of songs than what is conveyed through lyrics.
How I learned to love classical studies: Information representation design of the digital latin library
Authors: Abbas June , Baker Stacey Renee , Huskey Samuel J. , Weaver Chris 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTApplication of the results of an information behavior study and domain analysis of Classics scholars of Latin, graduate students, and high school teachers are presented. The study was conducted to inform the design of the Digital Latin Library. Interviews and task demonstrations were conducted with 16 participants. An in depth domain analysis was also conducted to help researchers and system developers further understand the discipline of Classics and the unique system needs of this community. This paper outlines the detailed work analysis of one aspect of the Classical scholars' scholarly work, development of a critical edit ion, and shows how we modeled this process within the system design. We also illustrate how the rich findings produced from information behavior studies and domain analysis can be used in information representation design of complex, discipline specific systems. Further, it shows how the two methodological approaches within LIS can be used together.
Exploring the relationships between search intentions and query reformulations
Authors: Rha Eun Youp , Mitsui Matthew , Belkin Nicholas J. , Shah Chirag 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTWe report on a study investigating the relationships among query reformulations and different search intentions during an information seeking session. Twenty‐four participants were each asked to search for information useful for two (of four) different journalism tasks; after completing each search, the search was replayed, and participants were asked to specify what they intended to accomplish in each query segment of the search session, and whether those intentions were satisfied. Logs of the searches were analyzed to extract the queries at the start and finish of each query segment, and query reformulations were classified. Results show that: participants regularly indicated a variety of different search intentions during the course of an information seeking session; there are some differences in reformulation types following different search intentions; there are some differences in reformulation types which follow satisfied and unsatisfied intentions; and, there are differences in the frequency of intentions following reformulations which themselves follow satisfied and unsatisfied intentions. Implications for system design are discussed.
Needs assessment of ASIS&T publications: Bridging information research and practice
Authors: Tang Rong , Mon Lorri , Beheshti Jamshid , Li Yuelin , Pollock Danielle , Ni Chaoqun , Chu Samuel , Xiao Lu , Caffrey Julia , Gentry Steven 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThis study reports the results of a 2016 online survey on perceptions and uses of ASIS&T publications. The 190 survey respondents represented 26 countries and 5 continents, with 77% of participants coming from academia rather than practitioners. Among the emerging themes were calls for a wider scope of research from information science to be reflected in the publications (includingJASIS&Tand theASIS&T Proceedings), and ongoing challenges in the role of theBulletinas a bridge between research and practice. The study provides insights into the scholarly publishing practices of the ASIS&T community and highlights key issues for the future direction of ASIS&T's scholarly communication.
A study of the informational properties of the ISIS's content
Authors: Afzal Waseem 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTUse of information networks by extremist groups to advance their totalitarian objectives is becoming a serious concern for global peace. The use of information networks is just one dimension; the other dimension and potentially more concerning is the production of sophisticated information content to influence public perception. One such group—the Islamic State of Iraq and al‐Sham (ISIS)—utilizing the affordances of information networks coupled with the sophisticated information content has been able to recruit a large number of foreign fighters from Western countries and hence is posing a threat to the national security of various nations. This research study analyses the content produced by the ISIS with an objective to identify (1) informational properties of and (2) information strategies used in their content. Initial findings suggest that ISIS's content is rich in information with affective, theological, political, and historical connotations. Furthermore, their content is designed with an objective to give highly positively and/or negatively skewed information.
Values, ethics and participatory policymaking in online communities
Authors: Centivany Alissa 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTDrawing upon principles and lessons of technology law and policy, value‐centered design, anticipatory design ethics, and information policy literatures this research seeks to contribute to understandings of the ways in which platform design, practice, and policymaking intersect on the social media site Reddit. This research explores how Reddit's users, moderators, and administrators surface values (like free speech, privacy, dignity, and autonomy), hint at ethical principles (what content, speech, behavior ought to be restricted and under what conditions), through a continuous process of (re)negotiating expectations and norms around values, ethics, and power on the site. Central to this research are questions such as: Who or what influences and/or determines social practice on Reddit? Who participates in decision‐making and using what processes and mechanisms? Where do controversies arise and how are they resolved? Generating findings from a particular controversy surrounding the subreddit /r/jailbait, the author illustrates the complexities inherent in these questions and suggests that a participatory policymaking approach might contribute to future research and practice in this area.
DocMatrix: Self‐teaching from multiple sources
Authors: Glassman Elena L. , Russell Daniel M. 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTLearners have a wealth of online resources to help them teach themselves new knowledge. However, not all resources are of equal quality or appropriateness for a learner, given the particular set of prior knowledge they bring to the learning task. Without a teacher, finding appropriate sources that shed light on a topic, collectively or individually, is critical. We present DocMatrix, an interface for viewing multiple documents in parallel, with three key features: a grid of document viewers, a common term sidebar, and enhanced tables of contents. It is designed to let an interested learner view, filter, highlight, and search many documents on a topic simultaneously. We implemented the DocMatrix interface for Google Books, and ran a user study of the prototype. The results of this study indicate DocMatrix allowed users to find, read, and synthesize more information than a traditional single‐book interface.
Toward an understanding of fiction and information behavior
Authors: Broussard Ramona , Doty Philip 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThe study of information science and technology has expanded over the years to include more kinds of people, more kinds of behavior, more methods, and a broader inclusion of fields. There is at least one area, however, where very few information studies scholars have tread: entertainment, particularly fiction. Yet many fields indicate that information studies should consider fiction. In this paper, we discuss how fiction is an informative genre and reasons why information studies scholars have mostly ignored fiction. We also identify potential research directions for studying fiction. We provide a summary of works about fiction and information, discuss motivations for expanding (and not expanding) information studies beyond what it is and has been, and we use an exploratory study of one example of afiction‐interaction– reading Young Adult novels – to illustrate how fiction is important to information behavior.
A gardener's experience of document work at a historic landscape site
Authors: Gorichanaz Tim 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTResearch in document work has tended to take a sociocultural perspective. Recent interest in document experience invites the consideration of document work from the perspective of an individual's lived experience. This paper reports on a holistic, single‐case study of how the head gardener at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, a historic landscape site in Philadelphia, experiences the document work involved in developing a comprehensive garden plan. A hermeneutic analysis of the data reveals how the underlying foundational values of authenticity, education and reducing ambiguity support the process of document work in this case, which involves summoning diverse knowledge, channeling the master and stepping back. This process is punctuated by organizational and historical challenges. These findings suggest that the theoretical framework of foundation‐process‐challenges may be used to study the lived experience of document work in other cases. Further ramifications are discussed for practice in gardening and historical document work.
Managing personal information over the long‐term, or not? Experiences by type 1 diabetes patients
Authors: Sun Si , Belkin Nicholas J. 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThe management of chronic conditions is often accompanied with the long‐term management of health information. By examining how patients manage their health information over time, we can develop guidelines and design technologies to support this patient work, and also contribute the patients' perspective to the existing literature on personal information management. This study explored the long‐term personal information management (LTPIM) behaviors of people living with chronic conditions. We conducted semi‐structured interviews and photo‐documentation with 23 experienced, type 1 diabetes patients. This mixed methods approach helped us identify five LTPIM styles, including designer, achiever, leader, curator and monitor. Those LTPIM styles differ in the information tools people used, the intensity of long‐term information management behaviors, and their motivators. The nuances in those LTPIM styles are unique to the context of chronic conditions, but the categorization of those LTPIM styles can potentially be transferable to LTPIM in non‐health contexts. Our results support previous literature on the major differences between LTPIM and personal information management in general. Further, we point to issues in current technologies used by patients for LTPIM, indicating a space for improvement.
Software citation, reuse and metadata considerations: An exploratory study examining LAMMPS
Authors: Li Kai , Lin Xia , Greenberg Jane 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTScientific software is as important to scientific studies as raw data. Yet, attention to this genre of research data is limited in studies on data reuse, citation, and metadata standards. This paper presents results from an exploratory study that examined how scientific software's reuse information is presented in the current citation practice and natural language descriptions in research papers. We selected LAMMPS, popular simulation software used in material science, for this study. Both descriptive metadata elements and the types of reuse are examined from a sample of 400 research papers. The results indicate that both descriptive metadata elements and reuse types about LAMMPS are presented in incomplete and inconsistent ways, and this interferes with the values of scientific software, as a type of research data. Our findings necessitate future studies on the metadata standards to facilitate the identification of information related with scientific software reuse.
A new model of information behavior based on semantic modeling
Authors: Ohtoshi Paulo Hideo , Gottschalg‐Duque Cláudio 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThis poster proposes a general model of information behavior (GMIB) based on semantic models. It uses ideas extracted from concept maps, ontologies, semantic networks and artificial intelligence. It also explores topics such as hierarchy, heritance, conceptualization and properties. This form of approach, which differs from traditional approaches based on flowcharts and block diagrams, allows the development of a model that can be extended, tailored, shared, reused and may contribute to the creation of taxonomy and a common conceptual and theoretical framework for the field. It focuses on describing “how” and “why” the phenomenon occurs. The model captures the key concepts of information behavior (IB) from both professionals in their work environment and ordinary people in their daily lives. Built upon previous researches, the model reorganizes, redefines, and introduces some concepts. A characterization of some open‐ended aspects of other models is an important issue of this one and may lead to a more precise understanding of human information behavior.
Analysis of chinese‐english mixed language query reformulation strategies and patterns during web searching
Authors: Fu Hengyi 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTWith the increasing number of multilingual webpages on the Internet, cross‐language information retrieval has become an important research issue. In cultures where people speak both Chinese and English, using mixed language in oral speaking and web searching is a common phenomenon. This study employs semi‐structured interviews and query log analysis to examine the query reformulation strategies and patterns regarding Chinese‐English mixed language queries, and to determine why search engine users utilize certain reformulation strategies. The results can inform information scientists and IR system designers to enhance cross‐language controlled vocabularies and develop discovery platforms for multilingual content, and improve search engines to provide users with more relevant results. The findings could also be expanded to other language combinations that would improve search engine designs.
Comparing internal and external interoperability of digital infrastructures
Authors: Sharma Sarika , Sawyer Steve 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThis research study compares the internal and external interoperability of digital infrastructures across two cyberinfrastructure organizations. Internal interoperability refers to the work that goes into developing seamless relations to align people and resources for a CI provision whereas external interoperability refers to the linkages the CI provision makes to the larger institutional ecology of science. The case study is designed to look at the governance of digital infrastructures to understand policy decisions in relation to three institutional aspects of science: funding, publication norms, and training and professionalization. Initial findings suggest that internal interoperability is similar for both digital infrastructures whereas external interoperability differs and is shaped by the domain of science that is stewarding the development of the provision. The study concludes by suggesting that linking digital infrastructure development to the components of science practice may be a starting point to understand how they become embedded (or not) in scientific work.
Computational thinking is critical thinking: Connecting to university discourse, goals, and learning outcomes
Authors: Kules Bill 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTComputational thinking complements critical thinking as a way of reasoning to solve problems, make decisions and interact with our world. It draws concepts and techniques such as abstraction, decomposition, algorithmic design, generalization, evaluation and iteration from computer and information science, but has broad application in the arts, sciences, humanities and social sciences. This paper compares computational and critical modes of thinking, identifying concepts and terminology that support cross‐disciplinary discourse, inform faculty and curriculum development efforts, and interconnect learning outcomes at the course, program and university level, thus helping programs better articulate contributions to institutional goals. A better understanding of each mode can enrich what we teach aspiring information professionals about computational and critical thinking, how we teach it, and how we apply these skills in our professional work.
Does dirty data affect google scholar citations?
Authors: Doğan Güleda , Şencan İpek , Tonta Yaşar 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTGoogle Scholar (GS) is a database that enables researchers to create their scholarly profiles and keeps track of, among others, their citation counts, and h‐ and i10‐index values. GS is now increasingly being used for research evaluation purposes. Although rich in bibliometric data, GS indexes some duplicate publications and citations, and therefore tends to inflate the citation counts to some extent. Based on a small sample of GS profiles of researchers, this paper aims to study the extent by which duplicates change the citation counts and metrics based thereupon. Findings show that duplicates in GS database somewhat inflates the citation metrics. The scale of the problem as well as the effect of dirty data on performance evaluations based on GS citations data need to be studied further using larger samples.