bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A study of informal communication among fishery scientists
Authors: Chen Chia‐Hsiang , Ke Hao‐Ren 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTInformal communication between scientists is generally believed to contribute to the sharing of knowledge and expertise. We conducted a qualitative research study to explore informal communication behaviors of scientists at the Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute (TFRI). The study examines the two main concepts of Luo's research framework: communication zones and information exchange. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with fifteen scientists from different departments at TFRI between February and April, 2016. Each interview took 45 min on average. The interviews were audio‐recorded and analyzed thematically, and two key themes were identified. The results reveal the factors affecting information exchange among fishery scientists and reveal that proximity assists informal communication. Fishery scientists tend to prefer face‐to‐face communication. Availability of support, which is financial, moral, or both, from a supervisor is an important incentive in facilitating communication behaviors. It establishes a basic foundation for scientists' informal communication in the future. Because the sample is small, future research should be expanded to an inter‐organization scale in order to understand the informal communication behavior of different organizations.
A study on the academic and research impact of shared contents in institutional repositories in related to performance indicators of university rankings
Authors: Tsunoda Hiroyuki , Sun Yuan , Nishizawa Masaki , Liu Xiaomin 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study is to investigate (a) the current established institutional repositories of the most excellent universities worldwide, (b) the total amount of contents in the individual institutional repositories, and (c) the correlation between the total amount of contents in institutional repositories and the scores of university ranking performance indicators.
Are self‐assessment of search ability and performance reliable?
Authors: Liu Chang , Zhang Lu , Song Xiaoxuan 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThis study examined users' self‐rated search ability with their objective search performance, their subjective assessed search performance, and the accuracy of subjective assessments. Thirty students were recruited for the lab mode online search competition. Participants were asked to rate their search abilities before searching, and predict search performance after searching. The results showed that users' self‐rated search ability was not related to their objective search performance in this search competition. As for subjective evaluation of their search performance, no significant difference was found on predicted‐as‐right, predicted‐as‐unsureness rate, or the correct and incorrect prediction rates. Besides 70% of correct predictions, all searchers tended to overestimate their search performance, but self‐rated low searchers had more chance to predict their answers to the search tasks as wrong and underestimated their search performance sometimes. This study is an exploratory examination on users' self‐rated search ability, and has implications to understand how searchers evaluate their search abilities and search performance.
Character interaction network analysis of chinese literary work‐ A preliminary study
Authors: CHEN Bikun , WANG Yuefen 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTConsidering the shortages of character interaction network analysis from literary work by literary theorists and computer scientists, this paper combined their methods and conducted qualitative and quantitative approach to extract and analyze character interaction network from literary text. Firstly, it proposed the analysis framework of character interaction network from literary work: one‐mode and two‐mode network analysis. One‐mode network analysis was applied in macro‐level (chapters), meso‐level (social events) and micro‐level (character dialogues). Two‐mode network analysis was applied in meso‐level (social events). Then two literary scholars manually extracted social events and character dialogues from the fiction “Journey to the West Prequel” and manually recognized characters in different levels. Then it constructed the one‐mode and two‐mode matrices based on the proposed standard formula which was based on the idea of co‐occurrence. Different matrices were computed and visualized by SNA software. The results validated by literary scholars showed that the proposed analysis framework was applicable in interpreting and revealing the contents of the fiction. Finally, the discussions and further researches were summarized.
Children's eye‐fixations on google search results
Authors: Bilal Dania , Gwizdka Jacek 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTWe investigate how children in grades 6 and 8 (ages 11 and 13, respectively) read search engine results pages (SERPs) in the context of searching Google. We use eye‐tracking to detect children's reading of SERPs, and the effect of grade level and task type on reading behaviors and interactions. We have created a web search interface that retrieved data in the background from Google search engine. Preliminary findings show a significant difference in the number of reading fixations by grade level. Grade level or age had a more significant effect on reading behaviors, fixations, first result rank, and interactions with SERPs than task type. Findings and future work are discussed.
Developing integrated research data management support in close relation to doctoral students' research practices
Authors: Fransson Jonas , Lagunas Pablo Tapia , Kjellberg Sara , Toit Madeleine du 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThe quest for open research data is the driving force behind the development of the whole area of research data management practices. We, as a university library, offer and develop support to researchers and doctoral students. Based on the result of a web survey submitted to all researchers at Malmö University, and the knowledge that doctoral students are on their way of forming their individual research practices, we have made doctoral students our first target group for specific seminars and workshops promoting conscious research data management practices. We will organise these seminars and workshops, which both take into account the general aspects of research data management and the discipline specific practices, so as to develop integrated research data management support in close relation to doctoral students' research practices.
Digital storytelling and memory institutions: A case study using activity theory
Authors: Detlor Brian , Hupfer Maureen E. , Smith David Harris 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThis paper describes a case study investigation of a city‐wide digital storytelling initiative led by two libraries and one municipal cultural department in Hamilton, Canada. Data collection involved one‐on‐one interviews, document review, and participant observations with governance stakeholders from the two libraries and municipal cultural department involved in the case study. Using activity theory as a conceptual framework, data were analyzed using grounded theory techniques. A variety of factors – motivations, goals, actions, tools, rules, divisions of labour, tensions and contradictions – were found to influence the implementation of the digital storytelling initiative under investigation. Importantly, activity theory provided a robust, holistic framework for understanding and describing the phenomenon of digital storytelling initiatives led by memory institutions.
Do medical professionals tag images differently from non‐medical professionals? An implication of retrieving user‐generated images of everyday medical situations
Authors: Chiu Ming‐Hsin Phoebe , Cheng Wei‐Chung , Chu Kai‐Ying , Lin Chia‐Chi , Yeung Shing 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTMobile photography not only allows people to take and share photos of everyday life, but also demonstrates the capability of emergency and crisis reporting at a critical moment. These images of everyday medical situations help the public understand the first‐hand situation of those dramatic events, and facilitate the medical professionals to allocate medical resources and effectively diagnose. However, as the world is becoming more globalized and the communication between physician and patients is becoming more difficult as the healthcare practice becomes more complex, to be able to more effectively retrieval these user‐generated images scattered throughout the Internet is of great importance. Social tagging is one such approach of managing and discovering photos for specific use. In response to the research gap and practical challenges, this study employs between‐subject quasi‐experiment method to investigate the tagging behavior of users of images of everyday medical situations. It aims to identify the differences of image tagging behaviors between two socially distinct groups, medical professionals and non‐medical professionals. Results of the study may contribute to the increase of awareness and understanding of social media in healthcare, and the development of tag‐based medical image retrieval service that is socio‐cultural sensitive.
E‐inclusion or digital divide: An integrated model of digital inequality
Authors: Yu Biyang , Ndumu Ana , Liu Jiqun , Fan Zhenjia 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTTo address the dearth of integrative theories on the digital divide problem, this study proposes an integrative model including both measurements and causes of the digital divide. In order to test the applicability of this model, the authors applied secondary analysis to a 2014 dataset comprised of survey responses from 398 Chinese migrant workers. The results showed how the integrative model can be applied as a potential analytical framework to understand the digital divide. The model suggests that Chinese migrant worker partially accept ICT. However, due to their lack of motivational, intellectual, and social access they remain minimally e‐included. Enhanced industrial and public resources may be required to address the challenge of the digital divide. Socio‐economic disparity remains the main force that inhibits their e‐inclusion and acceptance of ICT.
Engaging young children in visual literacy instruction
Authors: Lopatovska Irene 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTVisual literacy is a critical skill that enables individuals to navigate the world of visual media. While research shows multiple benefits of introducing visual literacy early in life, there is a scarcity of visual literacy programs for young children. In an effort to advance development of visual literacy programs for children, we explored techniques for engaging young children in visual literacy instruction using artworks. Our paper reports preliminary study findings and recommendations and outlines directions for future work.
Examining user roles in social Q&A: The case of health topics in Zhihu.com
Authors: Wang Zhe , Zhang Pengyi 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTSocial question answering (SQA) sites have become a popular online community platform for information seeking and social interaction. Prior SQA research has focused more on questions and answers, but has not examined user roles and their characteristics and activity patterns. In this poster, we identified four collaborative roles (starter, answerer, technical editor and follower) inZhihu.com, a popular expert SQA site in China, and examined their characteristics and activity patterns. Our data set contained 14,779 users, 2,362 questions, and 8,486 answers from 12 health‐related topics. Results show that, starters and technical editors ask more questions, make more technical edits, answers a few questions, and are not well connected to other users. Answerers contribute more content, attract the most followers and received the most likes and votes. Followers contribute little content, and receive the least likes and votes, but follow more topics and users. Content contributing activities such as answering questions gain more likes and votes, but posting a question and making a technical edit can get more pageviews. Users have overlapping roles and more research is needed to fully understand the interaction and interplay among user roles in SQA collaboration.
Indexing quality and effectiveness: An exploratory analysis of electronic theses and dissertations representation
Authors: Alemneh Daniel , Phillips Mark 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTTheses and dissertations (ETDs) represent a wealth of scholarly and artistic content created by graduate students in masters and doctoral programs in the degree‐seeking process. Considering the multi‐disciplinarity and interdiciplinarity characteristics of ETDs, often several subjects and indexing terms need to be supplied to adequately represent ETDs for efficient access.This study analyzes the quality and effectiveness of indexing terms – both authorized terms from controlled vocabularies and free‐text keywords – used to succinctly describe the content of the electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). Based on the comparisons of the search terms entered by users to discover and access the ETDs, the authors also discuss the subjectivity and objectivity of the process and the need to distinguish functional representation from mere descriptions of a topic.
Information worth spreading: An exploration of information sharing from social q&a to other social media platforms
Authors: Liu Jiqun , Wang Yiwei 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTSocial Q&A (SQA) sites that allow users to exchange knowledge by asking and answering questions in natural language have become increasingly popular due to their ability to leverage the wisdom of crowds and provide personalized answers. Considerable research efforts have been devoted to studying users' information and knowledge sharing within SQA sites. Past research, however, has neglected users' information sharing behavior from SQA to other social media platforms (e.g., microblogs). In this study, we utilized Zhihu, one of the most popular Chinese SQA sites, as a lens to explore users' information sharing from SQA to third parties, as this has become a widespread behavior among Chinese Web users. A survey that gathered 591 valid responses yielded interesting findings. Overall, respondents who had higher educational levels and who spent more daily time on the Internet via mobile devices were more likely to share SQA posts to other virtual spaces. Their experiences with Zhihu, their content preferences, and their friends' sharing behavior also significantly influenced their sharing behavior. Our findings generate quite a few directions for future research.
Investigating perceptions and support for transparency and openness in research: Using card sorting in a pilot study with academic librarians
Authors: Lyon Liz , Mattern Eleanor , Jeng Wei , He Daqing 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThis paper explores the role of academic librarians as advocates for research transparency and open research. We describe the design and piloting of a qualitative card‐sorting research protocol that investigates academic librarians' attitudes, awareness and practices related to research transparency. We report on preliminary results from interviews with librarians, presenting their conceptualizations of research transparency and open research, existing library services that support and advocate for both concepts, and potential services that would augment this support and advocacy. Library activities they feel are most important to the advancement of transparency and openness are identified and perceptions of disciplinary differences are noted.
Library of congress subject heading (LCSH) browsing and natural language searching
Authors: Julien Charles‐Antoine , Asadi Banafsheh , Dinneen Jesse D. , Shu Fei 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTControlled topical vocabularies (CVs) are built into information systems to aid browsing and retrieval of items that may be unfamiliar, but it is unclear how this feature should be integrated with standard keyword searching. Few systems or scholarly prototypes have attempted this, and none have used the most widely used CV, the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), which organizes monograph collections in academic libraries throughout the world. This paper describes a working prototype of a Web application that concurrently allows topic exploration using an outline tree view of the LCSH hierarchy and natural language keyword searching of a real‐world Science and Engineering bibliographic collection. Pilot testing shows the system is functional, and work to fit the complex LCSH structure into a usable hierarchy is ongoing. This study contributes to knowledge of the practical design decisions required when developing linked interactions between topical hierarchy browsing and natural language searching, which promise to facilitate information discovery and exploration.
Mapping the UK information workforce in the library, archives, records, information management, knowledge management and related professions
Authors: Hall Hazel , Raeside Robert 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTA workforce mapping project was carried out in the UK between August 2014 and October 2015. It was commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and the Archives and Records Association (ARA) to enhance understanding of the nation's workforce in Library, Archives, Records, Information Management, Knowledge Management and related professional roles. Based on the statistical analysis of secondary data sources such as the UK Labour Force Survey, as well as responses to an online survey, a long‐needed data baseline was produced by a project team of six from Edinburgh Napier University. Key findings relate to an estimated population of 86,376 workers, their general demographics, qualifications and memberships and the diversity of the population as a whole. Of particular interest are the findings on pay differences and seniority according to gender, and the low ethnic diversity of the population surveyed.
Perceptions of accessibility and usability by blind or visually impaired persons: A pilot study
Authors: Tomlinson Shannon M. 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThis pilot study utilizes qualitative interviews to explore perceptions of accessibility and usability from the perspective of blind or visually impaired (BVI) persons. Using the frameworks of everyday life information seeking (ELIS) and the sense‐making approach, this research addresses a gap in the literature; most studies with this population are either quantitative, outdated, or task‐based observations. Through five in‐depth interviews, this study provides a more nuanced understanding of the perceptions, experiences, and opinions of BVI persons who use screen readers with a voice synthesizer as a primary modality of interaction with web content. Understanding the information needs and information behavior of BVI persons is important for proper web design, since technical accessibility does not ensure usability. In particular, it is the perception of accessibility and usability that affects information behavior. Design must be informed by empirical research in order for it to be effective in assisting a variety of users to accomplish their information goals.
“Push a badly built cart with bumpy wheels along a marshy meadow” or: A short tale on the importance of information science
Authors: Peters Isabella , Mainka Agnes 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThe poster will present a summary of the arguments and topics raised in protest and support letters against the forthcoming closure of the Department for Information Science at the University of Duesseldorf, Germany. Case study‐like this will shed light on how peers and stakeholders perceive the role and relevance of information science in general as well as the contribution of the Duesseldorf Department in particular. The poster aims, however, at providing a historical description on the actions taken and the arguments made. It will rather present indicators than significant evidence about perceptions of information science. The results of the small‐scale topical analyses of the support letters, tweets, and comments to an online petition reveal that typical fields like information retrieval and knowledge management as well as skills like research or assessment of information are seen as assets of information scientists. However, popularizing the benefits of and – along with it – establishing information science as main subject within the (information) society is still due.
Quality over time: A longitudinal quantitative analysis of metadata change in RDA‐based MARC bibliographic records representing video resources
Authors: Zavalina Oksana L. , Zavalin Vyacheslav , Miksa Shawne D. 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTEveryday hundreds of millions of metadata records provide users access to information. To remain functional, metadata schemas changes in response to shifts in information user needs and standards of information representation. This poster presents results of the longitudinal quantitative analysis of change occurring in a select group of library metadata records over time. This study traces the evolution of a sample of OCLC WorldCat metadata records created in MARC format according to new RDA standard of information representation. The same records were obtained at four data collection points at approximately one year intervals. Findings reveal a significant increase in the number of instances of a variety of metadata elements: both those introduced by the RDA standard and traditional pre‐RDA elements. This study, along with related research, contributes to the understanding of metadata change and its relation to improvements in metadata quality and information access.
Reflections on the use of participatory mapping to study everyday health information seeking by LGBTQ youth
Authors: Freund Luanne , Hawkins Blake , Saewyc Elizabeth 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTParticipatory mapping is a promising data collection method for use in information behavior (IB) research. It provides an opportunity for participants to think spatially and critically about their community‐based information practices. This methodology paper provides an example and offers some critical insights into the use and value of participatory mapping. We present our experiences using this method in a study of community‐based health information seeking by LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) youth.
Representation of Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) culture: A case of hula dance
Authors: Hajibayova Lala , Buente Wayne , Quiroga Luz , Valeho‐Novikoff Shanye 
Published: December 2016

ABSTRACTThis paper explores representation of Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) Hula Dance representation in traditional systems of representation and organization. The paper found baises and diasportization of representation of Hawaiian Culture. Study emphasizes the need to recognize the “inherent beauty in how and why Indigenous people express and fulfill their desire to learn, preserve, organize, and share knowledge” (Metoyer & Doyle, , p. 475) and advocates a decolonizing methodology to promote alternative information structures in Indigenous communities.