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Automated citation sentiment analysis is a newly emerged research topic inspired by traditional citation context analysis in scientometrics and applied linguistics. The main goals of current citation sentiment analysis are to develop new tools to model scientific literature and provide authoring support for researchers in tasks like literature review. In terms of developing authoring support tools,...
Social tagging is evaluated as an information behavior in a small world, using Chatman, Burnett, and Besant's Theory of Normative Behavior. A survey was distributed to people who assign tags to transgender‐themed books in LibraryThing, an social network site that allows members to catalog and tag their personal book collections. This study first establishes that there is an identifiable community...
With the growing importance of social media, cloud computing and mobile device interactions, the digital work environment is being perpetually transformed while forcing users to adapt to the emerging technologies. In this volatile environment, research leading to innovative approaches to better support the information practices of knowledge workers is acquiring a critical importance. Aiming to improve...
This poster introduces the novel idea of using Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools on unpublished articles, thereby alerting writers and editors to the potential problems that these articles may pose to NLP tools, postpublication, and offering them the option to nip such problems in the bud. To demonstrate the feasibility of this approach, the poster takes on the NLP tool Wikify! and uses it in...
Game theory, the study of strategies and decision making, is represented in the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) vocabulary by two terms—GAME THEORY and its immediately narrower term, GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL. Both are terms in MATHEMATICS—a branch of the NATURAL SCIENCES (MeSH Tree H01). Contextual co‐descriptor analysis was used to explore and visualize the game theory topics relevant to medical researchers...
Now that digital information can be accessed anywhere, there has been a resurgence of interest in information encountering (IE) and the opportunistic discovery of information (ODI). However, no studies have attempted to distinguish between the task‐oriented contexts associated with IE and the more diffuse and varied situations in which ODI occurs. The authors conducted a survey (n=48) of undergraduate...
Based on interviews with people who had diabetes, high blood pressure, and kidney disease in Flint, Michigan, we found people actively doing information work to manage their health in the face of poverty, potentially violent conditions, high stress, and a distrust of institutionalized medicine. More specifically, we observed people translating information into the context of their everyday lives....
This paper reports some of the findings of a bigger study that examined the role of technological, individual, cultural, and informational traits in shaping the intention to buy and sell online. The focus of this paper is on information privacy‐security and its role in online buying and selling. The research problem in this study was examined using the statistical method of Structural Equation Modeling...
Query is a key component of the information retrieval process. It is a complex, multi‐faceted and vague term that has been subject to a broad range of definitions. Both user‐centred and system‐centred models of information retrieval stress the importance and role of query in successful information retrieval experience. However, there is a lack of a rich, consistent and well‐defined terminology for...
Results retrieved by Google on fifteen search queries formulated by middle school children were examined for readability based on Google Reading Level filter (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced). Three hundred retrieved results (links, snippets, and corresponding Web page texts) were analyzed for readability. Google's assigned reading levels were aggregated at the query level and across the queries and...
The objective of this research is to investigate the institutional and individual factors which influence scientists' data sharing behaviors across different scientific disciplines. Two theoretical perspectives, institutional theory and theory of planned behavior, are employed in developing a research model, which shows the complementary nature of the institutional and individual factors influencing...
Collaboration in the information seeking and retrieval environment is common, particularly when the search task is complex and exploratory. Multiple factors such as contextual features and task type can affect users' query behavior. This paper presents a study investigating the effects of collaboration and task types on users' query behavior. The study involves two conditions: collaborative search...
This paper describes the results of a research study analyzing the challenges of the adoption of open source integrated library systems (OSS ILSs) among U.S. libraries. The research team surveyed 73 libraries of all types currently using proprietary ILSs about their satisfaction with their ILS, whether they have considered migrating to an OSS ILS, and some of the changes that would need to occur inside...
This paper presents results from a face‐to‐face survey that elicited users' perceptions of space and place in an academic library. The survey required respondents to annotate maps of an academic library, and to answer open‐ended survey questions. The survey identified two overlapping sets of places and student practices in the library. These places and practices reflect two contrasting paradigms of...
Drawing on data from 31 semi‐structured, in‐depth interviews, participant observation, and online archives analysis, this paper examines the health information interactions that participants in an online breast cancer community experienced as they progressed through breast cancer and survivorship. The findings reveal … This research highlights patients' perceptions of information gaps, how patients...
Although interaction techniques have been extensively studied under controlled laboratory conditions, little is known about their capabilities during unconstrained free tasks. Understanding real world use is particularly important for older adults, as some may find computer input more challenging due to age‐related declines in motor skill. As a step towards addressing this gap, we studied the feasibility...
This paper reports on the use of the bonded design methodology with an intergenerational research team in the development of an educational tool to assist students engaged in an inquiry‐based project. Bonded design was used to achieve two objectives: (1) Identify the process each student used to complete the inquiry‐based project and (2) design an educational tool to help future students engaged in...
Despite the growth of alternative means of electronic messaging, email continues to be a crucial business communication tool. In many organizations, it is common to find a large proportion of business‐critical data in email form. However, as the volume of business‐critical email continues to grow, conventional approaches for managing paper‐based records of business value are increasingly unsuited...
This poster session paper reports on research exploring (1) how individuals with early‐stage Alzheimer's disease (AD) use memory cues in the form of representations (tokens) to recall memories of life stories, and (2) ways in which representations (tokens) influence the nature and content of the individual's recall narrative. Further, it examines whether memory recall differs in response to personal,...
At the same time that Information Scientists have been asked to visually analyze larger and larger datasets, the options for three‐dimensional expression of those datasets has grown tremendously. This demonstration will share a new customization of open source software that links data and 3‐D modeled space. Once the data is expressed in 3‐D to the analyst's liking, methods will be detailed to take...
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