bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Information behavior in requirements engineering: An initial review of the research
Authors: Alexander Mike 
Published: June 2009

AbstractThis paper provides an overview of the existing research on information behavior (IB) in the practice of software requirements engineering (RE) and the research which, although it does not refer to IB or to RE by name, addresses the concepts and theories of one within the framework of the other. The paper begins with operational definitions of the terms “requirements,” “requirements engineering,” “information behavior,” and “information behavior in requirements engineering” to set the framework for this analysis. A number of authors have written extensively on theories of IB. Similarly, although perhaps less well known to those in the Library and Information Science (LIS) community, many terms exist for the field and practices of software requirements elicitation, documentation and maintenance, herein referred to as RE. Although RE is still a relatively young field, having emerged from computer science and software engineering in only the past 20‐30 years, research in the field is diverse and growing. However, little research has taken place specifically on IB in RE. In some cases, research on IB and RE progresses on parallel paths, even utilizing the same terminology, without a recognition of the other community's work. The paper follows the operational definitions with a review of the collective set of literature covering IB in RE and that which reflects IB in RE but does not label it as such. The next section includes a discussion of what the reviewed literature reveals about the state of research and practice in this area, and the paper concludes with suggestions for future research.
The use of information sources by internet users in answering questions
Authors: Oh Sanghee , Oh Jung Sun , Shah Chirag 
Published: June 2009

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate what kinds of sources people prefer to use when they answer questions online, especially, in the context of social Q&A. Social Q&A is a Web‐based service, that allows people to ask questions and receive answers from their fellow users. In social Q&A, people often cite sources of information when they answer questions. It could be a name, a short description, or hyperlinks to the original sources. Yahoo! Answers was chosen for this study due to its popularity as a top ranked social Q&A service as well as its capability for separately indicating sources for the answers in its format. We collected data with a crawler that used Yahoo! Answers APIs. A total number of 5,391 sources were identified and analyzed with the following three approaches: (1) source distribution by online accessibility, (2) source distribution by genre, and (3) source distribution by subjects. At the early stage of this study, it was expected that the results of source preferences heavily relied on sources online, since people ask and answer questions on the Web‐based service. Nevertheless, it was found that human (56.4%) was the most frequently cited type of source, and it was followed by online (40%) and offline sources (4%). According to the source distribution by genre, human (56.4%) was followed by the Internet (38.1%), books (3.6%), and mass media (1.6%), and the sub‐categories of these sources were analyzed. Additionally, the patterns of source distribution were shown differently across subjects. The categories of Health, Home & Electronics, and Society & Culture relied heavily on human sources, while Computers & the Internet included most of the Internet‐based sources of information.
A new design structure for a classification system in Korean Traditional Performing Arts
Authors: nam Park Ok , Oh Sam Gyun 
Published: June 2009

AbstractDiscussions of classification system design are limited to providing technical ‘recipes,’ lacking detailed “how‐to's.” In addition, previous literature has addressed collaboration in classification system design; however, there has been a lack of discussion on how collaborative system design could be formed, or on the benefits and challenges that exist in system design. This study aims to introduce a generic design model of a collaborative classification system with technical ‘recipes’. A collaborative model for classification system design involves diverse stakeholders and describes how collaboration works throughout the design process. The limitations of the current discussion of classification system design and the value of collaborative design are investigated. The results of a case study in the field of Korean Traditional Performing Arts and a design structure adopted within that field are presented. It is also noted that a collaborative model adopts process analysis techniques from social process models. The paper discusses the benefits of collaborative design in relation to specifying roles and tasks of stakeholders as well as the challenges of collaborative design in classification system.
A repository for learning objects: Supporting the reuse and repurposing of redesigned courses and their content
Authors: Barnes Svetlana , Li Fei , Polyakov Serhiy , Xu Hong , Moen William 
Published: June 2009

AbstractThis paper describes the design and development of a learning object repository for a new statewide higher education initiative. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is funding the redesign of large undergraduate courses; the redesigned courses are intended to improve student learning, retention and outcomes. The learning object repository stores and provides access to content from these courses. Content has been decomposed into discrete learning object varying in levels of granularity. The paper provides details on the proof‐of‐concept implementation developed in Phase I of a two‐phase project. Special attention is given to key aspects such as the levels of granularity, metadata, technology, and user testing. Issues that emerged in Phase I are informing all facets of the next iteration of the repository.
Toward successful institutional repositories: Listening to IR staff's experiences
Authors: St. Jean Beth , Rieh Soo Young , Markey Karen , Yakel Elizabeth , Kim Jihyun 
Published: June 2009

AbstractThis poster presents a study of what is required to plan, implement, maintain, and sustain successful institutional repositories (IRs). This study is part of the MIRACLE (Making Institutional Repositories a Collaborative Learning Environment) Project, which aims to identify the factors contributing to the success of IRs and effective ways of accessing and using repositories. The data for this study were collected through telephone interviews with IR managers and staff members. Interviews focused on participants' motivations, experiences, and viewpoints in regard to IRs, among other IR deployment issues. The transcriptions of interviews were analyzed using content analysis. The findings indicate that IRs are more than the sum of their component parts (i.e., collections, systems, policies, staff, contributors, and end‐users); rather, they are a knowledge sharing and content management tool that works together with other types of open access infrastructure in colleges and universities.
Web searching model: Integrating multitasking, cognitive coordination and cognitive shifts
Authors: Du Jia T. , Spink Amanda 
Published: June 2009

AbstractWeb search models are a significant and important area of Web research. This paper outlines dissertation research to develop a Web search model that integrates processes involving multitasking, cognitive coordination and cognitive shifts. Based on previous studies, we present a preliminary conceptual model of Web search interaction incorporating multitasking, cognitive coordination and cognitive shifts. Research questions and research design are also discussed.
Web ecology: Information needs of different user groups in the context of a community college website
Authors: Yadamsuren Borchuluun , Paul Anindita , Wang Jiazhen , Wang Xin , Erdelez Sanda 
Published: June 2009

AbstractCollege websites play an increasingly important role in the lives of students, faculty, and parents providing them with necessary information and communication opportunities. A number of researchers have studied the effectiveness of college websites, however, most of these studies focused on the needs of students. There is a research gap in understanding the information needs of multiple audiences of college websites.This paper presents the preliminary findings of the study on information needs of multiple user groups of a community college website: traditional students, non‐traditional students, employees, parents, and prospective students. The preliminary analysis of data shows that in general, community college website users need course‐related information, information about the college, financial information, contact information, admission and career‐related information pertaining to the college. On the other hand, each group of users has distinct information needs that should be taken into account in the architecture, design, and content of community college websites to make them more effective.
User satisfaction versus retrieval effectiveness in interactive retrieval
Authors: Ma Hongyan 
Published: June 2009

AbstractThe current study investigates how retrieval effectiveness measured by recall and precision is related to user satisfaction in interactive retrieval. User satisfaction, the multi‐dimensional measure, is decomposed into 11 semantic differentials that are related to tasks, results, and search processes respectively. A user‐centered experiment was conducted with 24 participants and six simulated search tasks. Results demonstrated that instance precision is significantly correlated to relevant and useful search results and restful search processes. Instance recall is significantly correlated to clear, simple, and familiar tasks, relevant and useful search results, and relaxing, easy, and restful search processes. Through principal component factor analysis, two major factors underling the 11 semantic differentials are identified to correlate closely to retrieval effectiveness.
I give up! Five factors that contribute to the abandonment of information management strategies
Authors: Jones Elisabeth , Bruce Harry , Klasnja Predrag , Jones William 
Published: June 2009

AbstractIn this paper, we present initial findings from a six‐month study involving qualitative interviews on the topic of project‐related personal information management. Specifically, we report on the emergent theme of information management strategy abandonment ‐ that is, what factors in particular might cause people to give up on their systems for managing documents, calendars, email, and other sorts of project information. In exploring the recurrence of this theme throughout the interview data, five factors emerged as particularly compelling and frequently‐cited reasons for system abandonment: (1) visibility, (2) integration, (3) co‐adoption, (4) scalability, and (5) return on investment. We describe each of these factors in turn, using examples from the interviews for illustration. These findings, though preliminary in nature, provide a starting point for understanding why systems fail and how future systems might be designed to improve their success rate.
Making Faceted Classification more acceptable on the Web: A comparison of Faceted Classification and ontologies
Authors: Choi Yunseon 
Published: June 2009

AbstractBoth Faceted Classification and ontologies offer a consistent structure to organize web resources effectively. This paper compares Faceted Classification and ontologies to introduce the concept of making Faceted Classification work more efficiently on the Web. It concludes that if complemented by ontologies, Faceted Classification could be more usefully accepted on the Web with increased conceptual expressiveness among facets.
Undergraduates' source selection behavior: A correspondence analysis
Authors: Yoo Eun‐Young , Kim Kyung‐Sun 
Published: June 2009

AbstractWith advances in information technologies, a wide variety of sources and channels have been made available to provide access to information. As different sources offer information with varying qualities, evaluating and selecting quality information sources is crucial and has become a key element in bibliographic instruction and information literacy training. Despite efforts in helping them to select optimal sources, individuals choose to use sources that are not necessarily accurate or reliable. Users often turn to information sources that are not suitable to their tasks. This study aims at understanding the relationship between the perception and selection of information sources.Surveying undergraduate students, this study examines three aspects related to their source selection behavior: (1) perceived characteristics of different sources; (2) source characteristics considered to be important for the source selection; and (3) frequently selected/used sources. The study will help understand how users view sources differently and how such perception is related to the source selection behavior. Based on the study findings, suggestions will be made to improve information literacy programs that can support the selection of the best sources.
The intersection of information behavior and coping among women undergoing breast lump diagnosis
Authors: Rubenstein Ellen 
Published: June 2009

AbstractFew studies have examined the intersection of information behavior and coping of women during the time period between the discovery of a breast lump and receiving a diagnosis. Those that do look at particular segments of this time without taking the full period into consideration, leaving a gap as to the range of behaviors that may occur throughout the waiting period. This study sought to understand how information behavior interacts with the coping strategies of women who undergo the potentially stressful experience of waiting for a breast lump diagnosis.
Children's questions about science fair: Preliminary results of an analysis of digital library reference questions
Authors: Mardis Marcia A. 
Published: June 2009

AbstractIn this study, the researcher used a data set that contained science‐related questions from the Internet Public Library's Kidspace Ask A Question email reference form. The data showed that the majority of the questions were asked by middle school students in the United States who were preparing for science fair. A closer inspection of the question text showed that students are concerned about the process of assembling a project as well as the project's content. This finding suggests that digital libraries can support young science learners by developing a metadata vocabulary for process.
Visiting human errors in interacting with IR systems from decision making perspective
Authors: Zhang Yan 
Published: June 2009

AbstractPeople's interaction and negotiation with an information retrieval (IR) system is a constant decision making process, where people make errors as they do in their daily lives. Knowledge of biases and heuristics inherent in human reasoning as suggested by decision‐making theories provides us a useful tool to explore the underlying cognitive processes of human errors in using IR systems. In this pilot study, we explore the potential of decision‐making theories for explaining human IR errors and propose a tentative knowledge structure of human errors in IR systems.
Remote users in our midst: Insights from the archival metrics project
Authors: Krause Magia G. 
Published: June 2009

AbstractAre there any differences between in‐person and remote users of archives? This paper addresses this question through the development and testing of two survey instruments intended to help archivists conduct user evaluations of their online resources. The surveys are part of a larger toolkit developed by the Archival Metrics project consisting of five assessment instruments to help archivists evaluate the services and resources they provide to researchers. This paper focuses on the two sampling methods developed by the Archival Metrics team to elicit responses to the online surveys and the resulting differences between on‐site researchers and online users.
Mediated information retrieval in Web searching
Authors: Lee Hyuk‐Jin 
Published: June 2009

AbstractThis study investigated whether the existence of either the mediated condition through a collection in a specific domain or the combined display of a clustered structure and a linear ranked list of search results would affect the three main measures of the user's Web searching behaviors: effectiveness, efficiency, and usability. That is, mediated access through a structured collection helps the user explore a small well‐structured document collection covering a specific subject domain in order to clarify her/his information needs before search on the World Wide Web. The results of the study demonstrated that all the measures had interesting results via the adaptive process on the system and the search task. The findings of this research contribute to a better understanding of how the mediation system or the combined display supports a Web information user.
Factors that influence users to leave, acquire, and retain information items: A case study of college students' Personal Information Management
Authors: Finneran Christina M. 
Published: June 2009

AbstractPersonal Information Management (PIM) research has primarily focused on how users manage information items that are in their local collection, under their control. This investigation will broadly study PIM, additionally looking at items that users decide not to acquire, and seeks to identify factors that influence the leaving, acquiring, and retaining behavior. A theoretical framework developed for the study introduces the hoarding literature into the Personal Information Management (PIM) domain. The study uses a multiple‐embedded case study design to naturalistically study students' PIM within the context of a college course.
The Archival Metrics Toolkit: Development and implementation
Authors: Yakel Elizabeth , McKay Aprille , Duff Wendy , Cherry Joan , Tibbo Helen 
Published: June 2009

AbstractUser based evaluation in archives and manuscript repositories lags behind that of libraries and museums. This paper discusses the development and testing of the Archival Metrics Toolkit which is designed to support archivists in conducting user‐based evaluations. The current Toolkit includes 5 different questionnaires focused on assessing various archival services in Colleges and Universities as well as instructions for administration and data analysis. The questionnaires aim to gather feedback from (1) onsite users of the reading room, (2) students who have attended an orientation session and (3) instructors who use the archives for teaching, as well as (4) online users of the website and (5) online users of finding aids.
Searcher adaptation: A response to topic difficulty
Authors: Smith Catherine L. 
Published: June 2009

AbstractSome search topics pose little challenge to a search system (“easy”), and some are more difficult (“hard”). We investigated the relationship between one measure of searcher behavior (queries entered per minute), and one measure of system response (the average length of the lists returned) for topics at two levels of difficulty. Specifically, each of 36 participants searched for information about 12 topics: 2 that were “easy” and 10 that were “hard”. We find that when working on easy topics, searchers entered queries less frequently over the course of the search. We also find that lists of retrieved items, as returned by the system, were longer on average for easy topics. We propose that these findings may be useful in designing interactive search systems capable of “awareness” of search difficulty.
Identifying reusable resources in digital reference answers
Authors: Pomerantz Jeffrey , Haas Stephanie W. , Hecht Eliah 
Published: June 2009

AbstractWhat can we learn from resources provided in answers to digital reference questions? Using the Internet Public Library's archive of over 60,000 records of answered reference questions, this project aims to determine (1) characteristics of resources provided in answers to digital reference questions, (2) the extent to which these resources are reusable in future answers, and (3) the useful lifespan of a resource that has been provided. As part of our research, we have developed an XML schema for digital reference questions and answers.
A categorical comparison between user‐supplied tags and web search queries for images
Authors: Chung EunKyung , Yoon JungWon 
Published: June 2009

AbstractAlthough social tagging has received attention in the LIS field as a promising information organization mechanism, there is little research comparing user‐supplied tags and search queries. For using user‐supplied tags as an alternative or supplementary tool for existing image representation schemes, there should be evidence which demonstrate to what extent there are similarities and/or differences between user‐supplied tags and search terms. Based on these considerations, this study investigates categorical differences between user supplied tags and Web search queries. Using Shatford's categories, the study identifies categorical characteristics of tags and queries. Using the 1st level of categories, a rough comparison was made. User‐supplied tags contain Generic terms for the majority, but Web search queries include Specific terms, rather than Generic terms. For a more detailed comparison between tags and queries, the 2nd level of categories from Shatford's was adopted. In most of subcategories, the categorical comparisons between tags and queries demonstrate considerable differences. Although this result is based on a small size of data sets, the result of this study can impact the way of social tagging systems and indexing/ranking systems of Web search engines for images.
Application of Hadamard spectroscopy to automated structure verification in high‐throughput NMR
Authors: Ruan Ke , Yang Shengtian , Van Sant Karey A. , Likos John J. 
Published: June 2009

AbstractCombined verification using 1‐D proton and HSQC has been proved to be quite successful; the acquisition time of HSQC spectra, however, can be limiting in its high‐throughput applications. The replacement with Hadamard HSQC can significantly enhance the throughput. We hereby propose a protocol to optimize the grouping of the predicted carbon chemical shifts from the proposed structure and the associated Hadamard frequencies and bandwidths. The resulting Hadamard HSQC spectra compare favorably with their Fourier‐transformed counterparts, and have demonstrated to perform equivalently in terms of combined verification, but with several fold enhancement in throughput, as illustrated for 21 commercial available molecules and 16 prototypical drug compounds. Further improvement of the verification accuracy can be achieved by the cross validation from Hadamard TOCSY, which can be acquired without much sacrifice in throughput. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Relationships among bleeding severity, health‐related quality of life, and platelet count in children with immune thrombocytopenic purpura
Authors: Neunert Cindy E. , Buchanan George R. , Blanchette Victor , Barnard Dorothy , Young Nancy L. , Curtis Christine , Klaassen Robert J. 
Published: June 2009

AbstractImportant outcomes for children with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) include health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) and bleeding severity. A HRQOL instrument for children with ITP, the Kids' ITP Tools (KIT), was recently validated. Secondary analysis of the KIT database was performed to determine relationships among platelet count, bleeding severity and HRQOL. Bleeding severity grade correlated with platelet count in chronic ITP but not in acute ITP. Platelet count and bleeding severity failed to have any statistically significant correlations with the KIT scores. These findings suggest that relationships among outcome measures in children with ITP, using currently available instruments, remain poorly defined. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2009;53:652–654. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.