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Mapping significance properties in OAIS: A case study with video games extended poster abstract
Authors: Bettivia Rhiannon S 
Published: February 2016

EXTENDED ABSTRACTThe term “Significant Properties” is commonly used in the fields of digital preservation and curation. It is variously defined, which puts it in tension with more precisely delineated standards for preservation, such as the broadly used Open Archival Information System reference model (CCSDS, 2012).This poster proposes mapping properties identified by both creators of video games as significant into the OAIS reference model. This research uses the framework provided by Giaretta et al. (2009), outlined as a clarification about the relationship between OAIS and significant properties, as a starting point. Utilizing data from the Preserving Virtual Worlds II grant and data from interviews with digital preservationists working in libraries and the cultural heritage sectors as case studies, this project aims to provide a real world example of how well user‐defined significance maps onto commonly employed preservation models. Data from PVWII suggest that social, surface, and affective attributes of games are considered significant by designers and players. These properties encompass the totality of what really makes a game beyond the code and computing environment, even while they do not appear to fit within the precisely defined categories existent in OAIS. This poster argues that OAIS can be made to accommodate such properties because of its requirement to update archival packages as the base knowledge of the designated community changes over time.
Cultural diversity in LIS research: National and international communities as context for the study of ethics, policy, and education
Authors: Agosto Denise , Zhang Bella Jing , Unsworth Kristene , Bossaller Jenny , Turner Deborah 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTThis panel will showcase current information ethics, information policy, and library and information science (LIS) education projects from around the world to compare and contrast the current state of LIS research in the global information community. The juxtaposition of selected international projects will highlight the roles that national and international cultural contexts can play in LIS research, policy, and practice.
A systematic review of the literature on consumers' use of patient portals: Preliminary results
Authors: Zhang Yan , Fleischmann Kenneth R. , Gao Jin , Xie Bo 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTTo assess our collective understanding of how consumers use patient portals, we conducted a systematic literature review focusing on understanding patients and caregivers' perceptions, needs, requirements, and use of patient portals with the goal of informing the design of effective patient portals. Through multiple rounds of screening, we identified 56 relevant publications for analysis. The preliminary analysis suggested that patient portals are implemented in a wide range of health care settings, ranging from large medical centers to small primary care facilities. Patient portals primarily target patients with chronic conditions. Many aspects of the use of patient portals were covered in the literature, including users' use of specific portal functions (such as managing medications and accessing imaging results), their attitudes toward patient portals, and barriers to patient portal use. Our findings call for more attention from information science researchers to contribute to this important area.
Different geospatial information behaviors of new domestic and international graduate students
Authors: Oh Chi Young , Butler Brian S. 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTThis paper presents the findings from an online survey investigating how new students seek geospatial information in an unfamiliar environment. By surveying 149 new graduate students at University of Maryland, College Park, this study identifies the geospatial information needs and information sources used during their adjustment in new environments, and examines the factors that may affect different geospatial information behaviors (GIBs) of new students, such as populousness of students’ countries of origin on campus, gender, age, and program level (Master's, PhD). Findings include (1) international students’ greater emphases on survival‐related geospatial information; (2) gender differences in the importance of navigational and transportation information and frequency of using navigational information sources during adjustment; (3) significant differences among socio‐national and demographic groups for geospatial information needs and for the use of information sources. The findings are discussed in ways to further our understanding of new students’ GIB in unfamiliar environments and inform further research in human information behavior.
Explore eye movement patterns in search result evaluation and individual document evaluation
Authors: Wang Yanyan , Xie Iris , Lee Sukwon 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTThis study aims to explore users’ eye movement patterns in their evaluation of search results and the corresponding individual webpages. Eye‐tracking logs, questionnaires, and interviews were applied to collect data. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and social network analysis were utilized in data analysis. Two transition networks for search result evaluation and individual document evaluation were obtained by social network analysis tool. The findings show that in search result evaluations, participants examined abstract, title and URL the most among all the elements, while in individual document evaluation, full text was examined the most. The transition networks further indicates the most frequent transition action is shifting from title to abstract. For individual document evaluation. The findings will help the enhancement of interface design of search result pages and individual document pages in order to promote search effectiveness and efficiency.
Managing personal health information in the home: Strategies of diabetes patients in the US and China
Authors: Sun Si , Belkin Nicholas J. 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTPeople around the world have developed many strategies to thrive with diabetes by harnessing health information about themselves and the health condition in general. This study examines the information management strategies (i.e., what people do with the information they gathered) employed by diabetes patients and how these strategies help them reach their health outcome goals. We conducted semi‐structured one‐on‐one interviews and photo‐documentation with 52 people living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in the US and in China. These participants introduced us to a wide variety of information management strategies that take advantage of space, people and technology. Many of these strategies involve intricate data mining, information visualization, space and technology connectivity management, artwork, and other skills and techniques that are not well supported by existing tools, services and the social contexts. Our findings suggest that the personal information management activities observed in previous studies are not independent of one another. Strategies, or a personalized collection of information management activities and information items, can be just as important as their individual parts. Also, US participants reported performing different strategies at different frequencies compared to their Chinese counterparts, supporting that social contexts can influence how people manage their information. These findings can point to important directions of future developments in technology and health care services, as well as their application in various social contexts.
Knowledge management in LIS education: Bridging research and practice
Authors: Dalkir Kimiz , Bedford Denise A. , Miller Karen 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTThis panel provides a state of the art review of knowledge management (KM) education approaches in the LIS field. The panelists will share thoughts and experiences pertaining to the current treatment of knowledge management concepts in Library and Information Science education. The panel is comprised of professionals who have experience in both the knowledge management and LIS disciplines, in both academic and in practical roles. Furthermore, panelists represent perspectives from several contributing disciplines.Sponsors: SIGKM and SIGED.
Breaking traditional barriers: Collaboration, impact, and information technology in the humanities
Authors: McLaughlin Jeremy L. , Mandernach Meris , Oliszewski Alex , James Christian , Higgins Melissa , Konkiel Stacy 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTThe relationship between technology and scholars is changing, along with the definition of technology (information technology, ICT, instructional technology) and its applications in academia and in research (Zhang, ). While technology advances at a rapid pace, the sources of barriers and boundaries to extensive adoption in the humanities have remained the same. This panel brings together student, faculty, and professional speakers to examine key topics related to the role of information and technology in the development of research practices for, and about, the arts and humanities. Two core themes will be examined: 1) the importance of collaborative, cross‐disciplinary programs, and, 2) the visibility afforded by technology and technology‐based engagement allowing greater “impact” in arts and humanities disciplines. Within this context, panelists will discuss a collaborative interactive exhibit of library data, image classification of library collections using Flickr, engagement with digital methods, and an examination of altmetrics and current trends in research assessment. The current and potential impact of information and technology within the context of the arts and humanities is profound. Given the focus on cultural impediments and the need to foster a core set of e‐based traditions in many disciplines, additional examination of the themes of collaboration and impact will help to define the continued importance of this topic within ASIS&T. Additionally, this panel responds to the need of information professionals and humanists for practical, implementable techniques to disrupt tradition and integrate information technology in new ways.
Impact‐Driven work: Tearing down the firewalls between research and practice
Authors: Agosto Denise E. , Bedford Denise , Khoo Michael , Neuman Delia 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTThis panel will showcase information research that aims to have strong impact on community at the local or national level and offer ideas for increasing the impact of information research on communities. It will also engage audience members in an interactive discussion of ideas for increasing the real‐life impact of information research.
Library assessment and data analytics in the big data era: Practice and policies
Authors: Chen Hsin‐liang , Doty Philip , Mollman Carol , Niu Xi , Yu Jen‐chien , Zhang Tao 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTEmerging technologies have offered libraries and librarians new ways and methods to collect and analyze data in the era of accountability to justify their value and contributions. For example, Gallagher, Bauer and Dollar () analyzed the paper and online journal usage from all possible data sources and discovered that users at the Yale Medical Library preferred the electronic format of articles to the print version. After this discovery, they were able to take necessary steps to adjust their journal subscriptions. Many library professionals advocate such data‐driven library management to strengthen and specify library budget proposals.
CharaParser+EQ: Performance evaluation without gold standard
Authors: Cui Hong , Dahdul Wasila , Dececchi Alexander T. , Ibrahim Nizar , Mabee Paula , Balhoff James P. , Gopalakrishnan Hariharan 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTTo make phenotypic characters of organisms widely useful for computerized biology research, biocurators manually convert character descriptions to a structured format, for example the Entity‐Quality (EQ) format. The manual approach is time consuming and affected by inter‐curator variations. In this paper we report a software application, CharaParser+EQ, to our knowledge the first software that produces EQ statements from textual character descriptions. We report a recent experiment that evaluates the performance of the software against three experienced biocurators. While the software is still far from being able to compete with biocurators on this highly intellectual task, the results show (1) CharaParser+EQ's performance (precision and recall) is greatly improved compared to a previous version, (2) the completeness of the ontologies used in the process has significant impact both on the software's EQ generation performance and on the agreement among curators, and (3) unlimited access to external knowledge (published papers, books) by curators has no significant impact on inter‐curator agreements. A detailed error analysis that compares machine and curator generated EQs is included.
Examining the role of information in the civic engagement of youth
Authors: Blandford Alieda , Taylor Dominique , Smit Mike 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTDespite the decline in youth participation in traditional politics over time, engagement in alternative forms of civic engagement is increasing. Existing research focuses on disenfranchised youth; in this paper, we describe an initial exploration of the role of information in initial and ongoing civic engagement. In this pilot study, we conducted a focus group with six teenagers (15–17 years old) recognized by their teachers and peers for being highly engaged in their schools and/or communities, in order to understand the self‐described motivations, influences, and information behaviors of an important demographic which has not been widely studied in existing literature: youth who are highly engaged, but not yet eligible to vote in democratic elections. The participants were from six different provinces in Canada, and included a mix of rural, suburban, and urban youth. Participant responses suggested that their information environment, including the availability of information about civic affairs and opportunities to become directly involved, played a role in their socialization as engaged citizens. Moreover, they indicated that the effect of their information environment on their own civic engagement was cumulative over time: the more an issue appeared, the more likely they were to engage with it. Based on this focus group discussion, we suggest a set of interpretations that describe the role of information environments, the cumulative impact of civic information, and the levels of information consumption used by youth. While these theories will require additional data to confirm or reject, we expect that our observations will help inform efforts to engage youth in civic society.
Mentoring as information practice: Unpacking the black box
Authors: Follman Rebecca Parks 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTFormal mentoring is an increasingly popular tool for professional development and socialization, particularly in higher education, where expertise is contextual and dynamic. As it is currently enacted, however, mentoring suffers from a lack of clarity, as each participant – protégé or mentor – seems to have a different understanding of what mentoring is or should be. If mentor and protégé don't have the same understanding, necessary mentoring may not take place. The challenge for researchers is that the action of mentoring usually takes place in dyadic privacy. Studies of mentoring therefore focus on outcomes and participant satisfaction, without being able to separate the links between mentoring functions and those outcomes. In this paper I propose a model of the mentoring relationship that describes the information practices of mentoring. This model is derived from a study of faculty mentors at a large mid‐Atlantic university. The model will extend our understanding of mentoring by applying the concept of information practices to the mentoring process.
Astronauts and sugar beets: Young girls’ information seeking in family interactions
Authors: Barriage Sarah C. , Searles Darcey K. 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTThis paper presents preliminary results from a study examining young girls’ information seeking in family interactions. Video recordings of everyday interactions of families with girls between the ages of 3 and 6 years were coded for instances of information seeking, which were then analyzed using the methodology of conversation analysis. Results indicate that young girls’ information seeking typically occurs in response to ongoing talk and action, with few instances of information seeking unrelated to the locally immediate context of the family interactions.
Random walk on co‐word network: Ranking terms using structural features
Authors: Chiu Wanying , Lu Kun 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTThis study proposes a weighted random walk method on co‐word networks to identify important themes of a field using structural features of the networks. The goal is to test whether the weighted random walk method can be used to produce meaningful results on co‐word networks. In addition, we examined the relationships among the results from the random walk method and other two common metrics for identifying important themes in a field: frequency and point centrality. Using a dataset of 17K bibliographic records for the articles in the LIS field from the Web of Science, our results indicate that all three measures are significantly correlated. A detailed comparison of the top terms ranked by the three metrics from the years of 2002–2006 and 2007–2012 is provided. The results show that the three measures are generally similar in revealing hotspots and development of the field. However, some noticeable differences are also found. The random walk method boosted the rankings of some lower ranked terms in the other two metrics (e.g. “universe”, “servic” and “develop”) due to their cooccurrences with top ranked terms (e.g. “information”). The findings of this study help to understand the use of random walk method on co‐word networks.
Investigating an author's influence using citation analyses: Christopher alexander (1964–2014)
Authors: Wania Christine E. 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTCitation analyses are used to investigate the influence of architect Christopher Alexander over the period of 1964–2014. Alexander's work has been so influential that he has been cited by nearly 2000 source items in the Web of Science Core Collection, by Thomson Reuters. Alexander's work has had a profound interdisciplinary reach. Citation analyses reveal that scholars in computing disciplines have cited Alexander's work more than scholars in any other discipline including architecture. Alexander's most cited work, A Pattern Language, is one of two volumes that Alexander refers to as an indivisible whole. These analyses reveal very different citation patterns for the two volumes of this indivisible whole. Although the difference is measurable, in terms of number of citations, we cannot say why this is so. However, the results of these analyses raise several questions including why we, as a community, have for the most part cited only a piece of this indivisible whole. The citation patterns support that this series has been largely reduced to one of its parts, when possibly the whole is greater than the sum of its parts or one of its parts. In this paper I propose that we might begin to see the potential benefits of pattern languages in computing disciplines when we take holistic approach, considering and applying the theory as described in all of the volumes in the series.
Information seeking and sharing in virtual communities: A case study of chinese IT professionals
Authors: Li Yuelin , He Xiaofeng , Hu Die 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTThe study aims to examine information seeking and sharing behavior of IT professionals in a virtual community (VC). In total, 200 threads with 1623 postings were extracted from ChinaUnix.net, an IT VC. A content analysis was performed and descriptive statistical analysis was conducted. The study identified four types of information seeking and sharing activities: resource sharing, experience sharing, asking questions, and asking for resources. The results indicate that asking questions is the dominant activity in this virtual community (VC), while experience sharing threads are browsed most in comparison to other threads. Browsing information in the VC is much more preferred by the users than contributing information to the VC. The important information behavior chain in this VC consists of asking, responding, interacting, uploading, linking, posting, and browsing. Interacting is an important vehicle for effective information exchange. The study helps people understand how the users of a VC seek and share information. The study reveals typical information seeking and sharing activities as well as behavior characteristics that support users’ engagement in a VC; it also identifies an information seeking and sharing chain in that context. It also adds new knowledge to users’ information seeking and sharing behavior in the information science area. The study could help designers develop and improve the design of VCs as well as help administrators improve and maintain an active and effective VC.
Impacts of the HackHealth after‐school program: Motivating youth through personal relevance
Authors: Jean Beth St. , Taylor Natalie Greene , Kodama Christie , Subramaniam Mega , Casciotti Dana 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTAfter‐school programs are uniquely situated to attract and engage youth in a variety of interest‐driven activities that ensure that each individual youth's personal interests are nurtured. In collaboration with school librarians at five middle schools in the greater Washington D.C. metro area, we developed and implemented an after‐school program, HackHealth, which aims to increase disadvantaged middle school students’ interest in science and health, their health and digital literacy skills, and their health‐related self‐efficacy. Based on data collected from the 63 youth who have participated in HackHealth over the past two years (as well as their parents) through surveys, participant observation, pre‐ and post‐interviews, and focus groups, we investigate why these youth joined HackHealth, the health‐related topic each one selected to research during the program and the reasons for their choice, and the perceptions of participants and their parents regarding the short‐term outcomes of participating in the program. The importance of building on youths’ personal interests and ensuring the personal relevance of both content and skills in attracting and sustaining youth participation and engagement in after‐school programs is discussed.