bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Toward an information management system for handling parenting information users' comments
Authors: Sherif Reem El , Roy Pascale , Tang David Li , Pluye Pierre , Bush Paula , Doray Geneviève , Lagarde François 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTLittle is known about how their qualitative feedback can be used by information providers. In this study, researchers worked with information providers, ‘Naitre et grandir’ (N&G), to implement the Information Assessment Method (IAM) for assessing and improving parenting information. Qualitative feedback was collected from participants who visited the N&G website during the study period and who completed an IAM questionnaire. Using an Organizational Participatory Research approach, a coding manual for the identification of participants’ comments was created, and developed by the researchers in partnership with information providers. This manual was used by two coders for classifying participants’ comments. A 4‐step process was followed. For each step, a sample of comments were codes, coding was compared, and codes were further refined. At step‐4, the inter‐coder reliability was tested. This led to a reliable coding manual that will be used in the creation of an online system to facilitate the coding of comments, and provide selected comments to N&G editors on a weekly basis. This system can be adapted by other website editors.
“Nothing as practical as a good theory” Does Lewin's Maxim still have salience in the applied social sciences?
Authors: McCain Katherine W. 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTIn the spirit of the theme of ASIST 2015, the influence of Kurt Lewin's Maxim—“there is nothing as practical as a good theory”—in the applied social sciences (including Information Science) is examined through the lens of Obliteration by Incorporation text analysis. Six hundred ninety three English language scholarly journal articles published between 1945–2013, retrieved through a search of broad and specialized full‐text bibliographic databases as well as back issues of JASIS/JASIST using known variants of Lewin's Maxim, were categorized based on the text associated with the Maxim. Psychology, Management, and Education articles dominated the retrieval (∼70%) while Information Science was essentially invisible. In successive 5‐year periods between 1989 and 2013, the proportion of Explicit Citations to Lewin's writings increased in all three subject areas, while the proportions of invocations of Lewin (attribution without citation) and Implicit Citations (use of the Maxim without attribution) varied from one period to the next; Lewin's influence appears to be increasing rather than being obliterated. The influence of Lewin's ideas in Information Science was not visible here but merits further exploration.
How does knowledge management affect service innovation in academic libraries?: A survey study
Authors: Islam Md. Anwarul , Agarwal Naresh Kumar , Ikeda Mitsuru 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTEffective management of all knowledge produced within an organization is frequently identified as a key criteria for innovation of new products and services within the organization. Academic libraries are beginning to realize the importance of knowledge management (KM) in this regard. However, there aren't any quantitative studies studying KM and service innovation in the context of libraries. Islam, Agarwal and Ikeda came up with a framework for knowledge management for service innovation in academic libraries (KMSIL). Through a survey of 107 librarians from 39 countries, this study seeks to investigate the effect of KM (and each phase of the KM cycle) on service innovation. Preliminary findings support the KMSIL framework. They should help academic libraries in the process of service innovation by utilizing phases of the KM cycle.
Interdisciplinarity and information literacy: Librarians' competencies in emerging settings of higher education
Authors: Gullbekk Eystein , B⊘yum Idunn , Byström Katriina 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTOur aim with this conceptual analysis is to demonstrate possible expectations put on librarians who are engaged in interdisciplinary courses in higher education programs. We do so by relating views on interdisciplinarity with views on information literacy. We distinguish views on interdisciplinarity by the degree of integration between disciplinary components and views on information literacy by the degree of participation in addressing research problems. The analysis brings forth four cases. The cases entail different professional competencies that range from source‐oriented technical skills applicable in multidisciplinary settings to collaborative negotiations of research problems and information needed to address them in inter‐disciplinary fields. This conceptual account has a twofold potential: First, it has a capacity of informing academic libraries about alternative paths in developing or revising activities for interdisciplinary education. Second, it also provides a framework for developing future research problems that address current challenges related to information literacy in interdisciplinary settings.
Emerging trends in the use and adoption of E‐participation around the world
Authors: Hagen Loni , Kropczynski Jess , Dumas Catherine , Lee Jisue , Vasquez Fatima Espinoza , Rorissa Abebe 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTThis panel showcases analyses of emerging trends of e‐participation—use of information communication technologies (ICTs) and social media for political participation. E‐participation has gained popularity in many countries, and some cases have shown that e‐participation has actually brought significant changes in societies.In this panel, we address two issues: (1) the impacts of e‐participation on society, and (2) the role of information science in understanding this phenomenon. We will focus on introducing emerging trends in e‐participation and their impact on individuals and societies in South Korea, the United States, and Honduras. Further, we introduce methods for efficiently analyzing e‐participation data, and discuss challenges involved in implementing these methodologies. Because this is intended to be an interactive panel, the audience will be encouraged to engage in discussions and contributing their own experiences and ideas related to current trends in e‐participation in various countries.SPONSORSHIP: SIG III, SIG IEP
What's your epistemology?: Quiz design as a pedagogical tool in library & information science doctoral education
Authors: Strickland Beth , Lawrence Emily 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTWe propose that collaboratively developing a quiz that identifies individuals’ epistemologies is an effective way to meet critical pedagogical ends in Library & Information Science (LIS) doctoral education. As a case study, we recount the process of creating and sharing one such quiz in a recent research design course at our home institution. Posted to various social media outlets in March 2015, this quiz has since been taken over 25,000 times and has a 69% completion rate. The pedagogical impact of this tool has thus extended far beyond a single classroom.We evaluate the current LIS PhD research methods and design course requirements of programs in North America to contextualize our arguments regarding the value of quiz design as a pedagogical tool. Using an activity theory framework, we suggest a plan for productively employing quiz design in relevant doctoral courses. Ultimately, we contend that the process of designing and implementing an epistemology quiz can help LIS faculty teach a complicated subject matter to beginning researchers. Further, the quiz can help LIS doctoral students to (1) make sense of methodological differences, (2) engage in epistemological perspective‐taking, and (3) fruitfully negotiate epistemological and methodological disputes with colleagues.
Finding the privileged few: Supporting privilege review for e‐discovery
Authors: Vinjumur Jyothi K. , Oard Douglas W. 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTAs typically conceived, the goal of information retrieval is to help people find what they seek. However, when sensitive content is intermixed with what is sought, it can be equally important to help protect what should not be seen. This paper focuses on one such case, the protection of content that is subject to a claim of attorney‐client privilege when sharing evidence incident to civil litigation, a process called e‐discovery. Although lawyers have been quick to embrace text classification techniques for finding relevant evidence, the stakes involved in inadvertent disclosure of privileged content create reluctance to trust any fully automated technique to accurately recognize content that can properly be withheld. Rather than starting with privilege classification as a goal, this paper proposes a modest first step for building tools that can help lawyers to make faster and more accurate privilege judgments by scoring the importance of specific email addresses to determine their propensity to engage in privileged communication. Both recursive and heuristic techniques are used to estimate that propensity score, ultimately resulting a coverage of 94% of the email addresses.
Examining user‐driven factors for intentions to use video digital libraries
Authors: Ju Boryung , Albertson Dan 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTThe purpose of the present study is to examine potential influences of certain user‐driven factors on the intentions to use or target video digital libraries. The overarching objective of the study is to present a validated research model which depicts such phenomenon between users and video digital libraries. A total of 229 respondents participated in an online survey, which included questions for seven distinct variables: retrieval functionality, user interface characteristics, user support, collection quality, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and intention to use. Multiple regression and correlation coefficient were used to analyze the collected survey data and test the hypotheses for validating the proposed research model. The preliminary results show that both perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness are determinant factors of users’ intention to use video digital library resources. In addition, retrieval functionality, user support, and collection quality significantly affected users’ perceived ease of use of digital library resources. Further study of additional variables is currently in progress in order to assess influential factors that affect use of digital video libraries and ultimate adoption of such tools.
An author co‐citation analysis: Examining the intellectual structure of e‐learning from 1981 to 2014
Authors: McCoy Chase , Yu Amy , Ramazanova Sabina 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTDespite the emergence of e‐learning trends, the author co‐citation analysis (ACA) method has not yet been used to analyze e‐learning extensively. This study applies ACA to analyze the collected literature on e‐learning from 1981–2015, with the goal of identifying the top intellectual areas in three time periods – 1981–1991, 1992–2002, and 2003–2014 ‐ to provide a reference framework for future researchers. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to construct an intellectual framework in the field of e‐learning.
Culture and information architecture: A study of American and Arab academic websites
Authors: mimouni Houda El , MacDonald Craig M. 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTThis paper investigates the information architecture (IA) of American and Arab academic websites in light of Hofestede's theory of culture and Marcus's elements of design reflecting culture. Using 60 academic websites from American and Arab cultures, the results show that IA is influenced by the cultural dimension of Power Distance and suggest that web designers and developers should strongly consider cultural factors when making design decisions, particularly those related to IA.
Assessing the popularity of the top‐tier journals in the LIS field on Twitter
Authors: Zhao Yuehua , Wolfram Dietmar 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTTwitter popularity, which measures the total frequency of mentions on Twitter, is proposed as an altmetrics indicator to assess the social impact of a given journal. Based on the 2013 Journal Citation Report, 30 journals with high impact factors in the library and information science (LIS) field were identified as top‐tier journals. Through the investigation, the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), College & Research Libraries (CRL), and Scientometrics are the most prevalent LIS journals with 2668, 1730, and 625 mentions, separately, on Twitter. To explore the association between the proposed altmetrics indicator and citation‐based measures, Spearman's rho nonparametric correlation analysis was conducted to test the correlations between Twitter mentions and 8 citation‐based measures (total cites, impact factor, 5‐year impact factor, immediacy index, articles, cited half‐life, Eigenfactor score, and article influence score). There is a significant and moderate correlation observed between the Twitter mentions and Eigenfactor score for the investigated journals. In conclusion, although the proposed altmetrics indicator, journal Twitter popularity, may not measure the scientific impact as the citation‐based measurements do, this study puts forward the possibility of using journal Twitter popularity as a complementary indicator of journal impact.
A scientometric comparative study of single‐walled and multi‐walled carbon nanotubes research
Authors: Lahoti Geet , Kim Meen Chul , Youtie Jan , Porter Alan L. , Zhang Chuck , Wang Ben , Hicks Diana 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTIn the present study, we aim to quantitatively investigate and compare the intellectual landscapes of single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) research between 2000 and 2014. The overall intellectual structure of these fields is illustrated by emerging trends of bursting keywords and thematic concentrations of co‐cited references. This study is based on two sets of bibliographic records retrieved from the Web of Science database. The SWCNTs dataset contains 18,700 original research and review articles. The MWCNTs dataset, consisting of 23,584 records, is also collected from the database. We find that both domains have scrutinized chemical concepts which underlie the properties of the materials. Recent thematic trends show that MWCNTs research focuses on the improvement of the material while SWCNTs research lays more emphasis on their applications. In conclusion, it is argued that SWCNTs and MWCNTs have co‐evolved. At the same time, both fields are distinctively diverging with their own scientific concerns.
Making dataset ingest decisions: A data archive's appraisal and selection system implementation
Authors: Hou Chung‐Yi , Mayernik Matthew , Dattore Robert , Worley Steve 
Published: February 2016

ABSTRACTWithin data repositories and archives, evaluation guidelines and criteria used to appraise and select an object for ingest can have crucial impact on the subsequent curation workflow. The decisions made during the appraisal and selection process can greatly affect the compatibility, effectiveness, and cohesiveness of the data and resources that are made available by repositories and archives. This poster presents the motivations and objectives for creating the Research Data Archive Dataset Appraisal and Selection System at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. An overview of the analysis process that was used to determine the system implementation requirements will also be provided. Additionally, features and capabilities of the current system will be presented along with the summary of the functions that are under consideration for the next phase of implementation. The poster concludes with the discussion on the benefits of such a system to any repository or archive that aims to provide data stewardship for longevity.
Heliumdichtheit von Werkstoffen
Authors: Brockmann Robert 
Published: February 2016

AbstractDie im Rahmen von Heliumdichtheitsprüfungen an den Aufbauten des Wendelstein X‐7 Experiments vorgenommenen Lecksuchen mittels Ultra‐Schnüffel‐Testgas‐(UST‐)Verfahren lassen den Schluss auf ein neues Kriterium für Heliumdichtheit von Werkstoffen zu. Mehr als ein geringer Abstand der Atome im Festkörper scheint dessen Fähigkeit, freien Wasserstoff zu gettern, dafür verantwortlich zu sein, dass Helium nicht durch das Material strömen kann.
Gepulste Hochleistungs‐Magnetron‐Plasmen (HPPMS)
Authors: von Keudell Achim , Hecimovic Ante , Maszl Christian 
Published: February 2016

AbstractGepulste Hochleistungsplasmen (High Power Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering — HPPMS) eignen sich hervorragend zur Synthese von hochwertigen keramischen Schichten, da der Fluss der schichtbildenden Teilchen sehr energiereich ist. Diese besondere Form der Energieverteilung hat ihre Ursache in der Bildung von lokalisierten Ionisationszonen, wie man sie mit schnellen Kameramessungen beobachten kann. In der Praxis sind allerdings nur kostengünstigere Methoden wie Strom‐Spannungsmessungen am Target verfügbar. Durch Interpretation der Strom‐Spannungskennlinien ist es trotzdem möglich, den richtigen Betriebsmodus eines HPPMS‐Plasmas zu finden. Diese Strom‐Spannungskennlinien sind je nach Targetmaterial sehr unterschiedlich, zeigen aber eindeutig die Bildung von lokalisierten Ionisationszonen an und damit den optimalen Betriebsmodus eines HPPMS‐Plasmas.
Optische Konstanten von Substraten im NIR/MIR‐Spektralbereich
Authors: Franke Christian , Stenzel Olaf , Wilbrandt Steffen , Schürmann Mark , Wolf Josephine , Todorova Vera , Doherty Brenda , Kaiser Norbert 
Published: February 2016

AbstractFür die Bestimmung der optischen Konstanten von Substraten und auch Einzelschichten im nahen‐ und mittleren Infrarot wurde eine Vorgehensweise entwickelt, die auch bei verschwindendem Transmissionssignal noch eine konsistente Spektrenauswertung zulässt. Dabei kam eine kombinierte Verwendung des Algorithmus nach Nichlelatti und eines Multi‐Oszillatormodells zum Einsatz, um die optischen Konstanten der Substrate zu bestimmen. Die Basis für die Auswertungen stellten Transmissions‐ und Reflexionsspektren von typischen Substratmaterialien (CaF2, Q1 und Saphir) dar, welche mit einem Fourier‐Transform‐Infrarotspektrometer bestimmt wurden. Ein Vergleich der ermittelten optischen Konstanten mit Literaturangaben bestätigte die Validität der verwendeten Vorgehensweise. Auf der Basis bekannter optischer Konstanten der untersuchten Substrate erfolgte im Weiteren die Charakterisierung einer Tantalpentoxid Einzelschicht auf einem Q1‐Substrat mithilfe des Multioszillatormodells. Die Ergebnisse stimmen gut mit einschlägigen Literaturdaten überein.
Integrating biodiversity conservation and water development: in search of long‐term solutions
Authors: Gorenflo L. J. , Warner Dennis B. 
Published: February 2016

Fresh water, a resource necessary for most life on Earth, currently experiences impacts that reduce both water quality and quantity. These impacts compromise human wellbeing and threaten the existence of many nonhuman species, the latter including freshwater biodiversity as well as other species requiring water to survive. In response, development and conservation professionals strive to ensure that adequate fresh water is available for people and other organisms. Here we examine the need to coordinate efforts in these two areas of intervention to ensure long‐term success for both. We begin by discussing how places needing water development and biodiversity conservation tend to be located in the same parts of the world, suggesting that projects in each subject area may well co‐occur. We then summarize briefly the current challenges facing water development and freshwater‐related biodiversity conservation, as well as the main approaches to address those challenges. The study examines potential strategies to provide improved access to water for both people and nature through integrated water resources management and less formal approaches to avoiding unintended impacts of one activity on the other. Example projects reveal several benefits of linking development and biodiversity conservation efforts to maintain water resources. The study closes by arguing for the need to coordinate water development and biodiversity conservation activities in a manner that seeks practical synchronized solutions for particular project settings. WIREs Water 2016, 3:301–311. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1142This article is categorized under:

Water and Life > Conservation, Management, and Awareness
Engineering Water > Planning Water
Nonlinear optical properties in open‐shell molecular systems
Authors: Nakano Masayoshi , Champagne Benoît 
Published: February 2016

For more than 30 years, nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of molecular systems have been actively studied both theoretically and experimentally due to their potential applications in photonics and optoelectronics. Most of the NLO molecular systems are closed‐shell species, while recently open‐shell molecular species have been theoretically proposed as a new class of NLO systems, which exhibit larger NLO properties than the traditional closed‐shell NLO systems. In particular, the third‐order NLO property, the second hyperpolarizability γ, was found to be strongly correlated to the diradical character y, which is a quantum‐chemically defined index of effective bond weakness or of electron correlation: the γ values are enhanced in the intermediate y region as compared to the closed‐shell (y = 0) and pure open‐shell (y = 1) domains. This principle has been exemplified by accurate quantum‐chemical calculations for polycyclic hydrocarbons including graphene nanoflakes, multinuclear transition‐metal complexes, main group compounds, and so on. Subsequently, some of these predictions have been substantiated by experiments, including two‐photon absorption. The fundamental mechanism of the y–γ correlation has been explained by using a simple two‐site model and the valence configuration interaction method. On the basis of this y–γ principle, several molecular design guidelines for controlling γ have been proposed. They consist in tuning the diradical characters through chemical modifications of realistic open‐shell singlet molecules. These results open a new path toward understanding the structure—NLO property relationships and toward realizing a new class of highly efficient NLO materials. WIREs Comput Mol Sci 2016, 6:198–210. doi: 10.1002/wcms.1242This article is categorized under:

Structure and Mechanism > Molecular Structures
Structure and Mechanism > Computational Materials Science
Electronic Structure Theory > Ab Initio Electronic Structure Methods