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This session introduces a new approach to the concept of information, utilizing an arts‐informed, visual approach. 137 graduate students from a North American iSchool were asked “What is information?” and responded by drawing upon a 4” by 4” piece of paper, coined an “iSquare.” The drawings of information (Figure 1) were analyzed using compositional and thematic analysis techniques adapted from precedent...
In January 2012, Kent State University Libraries implemented a 6‐month pilot project for a Patron Driven Acquisitions (PDA) e‐book purchasing model that uses a combination of the acquisition services provided by the primary book jobber (YBP) and the access services provided by a well‐known e‐book distributer (ebrary). Using the book jobber mediated PDA model provided the library with selected discovery...
Image searching behaviors are complex interactions among many factors. This study sheds light on the effects of two key factors (domain knowledge and search tasks) on search tactics in order to provide implementation guides for designing medical image information systems. 41 participants were recruited to perform on three types of image search tasks. The preliminary results demonstrated that domain...
In recent years, there has been an increased use of Social Q&A (SQA). At the same time, there has been a reported decline of library virtual reference (VR). Most current research touches on the phenomenon from the perspective of libraries or library users. In this study, a survey of SQA users was conducted to understand SQA uses and experiences, and user comparisons of SQA and VR. The results...
The study investigated how college students, including both undergraduate and graduate students, use different social media platforms for the purpose of information seeking in the academic context. A Web survey was used to collect data. A total of 1,286 students participated in the study. It was found that most of the social media platforms were used for the purpose of information seeking, although...
The goal of this paper is to describe the design of a collaborative 3D immersive virtual information management environment. This environment was developed in order to study collaborative information retrieval behavior by users. In the first phase of research we designed and developed this environment in the Virtual Collaboration Arena (VirCA) collaborative space.
Data curation is an emergent field requiring a workforce with new skills to meet digital data needs across a wide variety of domains. This study surveyed masters‐level graduates with a Specialization in Data Curation from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign. The survey assesses the value of the program to graduates, career...
Local history is a topic of proven interest to library users. Digital cultural heritage collections and aggregations offer an ever‐growing wealth of digitized, primary source materials to support local history research. Yet methods for strategic development and evaluation of local history collections and aggregations remain sparse. In this paper we present a multimodal pilot study to explore methods...
In this research, we analyze the relationship among (1) the performance metrics of key phrases used in a sponsored search campaign, (2) the gender orientation of those key phrases, and (3) the occurrence of branded terms in those search queries. The aim of this research is increased personalization of search engine results in order to improve the consumer's online searching experience and potential...
This paper briefly outlines the framework of an ongoing exploratory study on knowledge transfer (KT) between student cohorts working on an inquiry‐based project using knowledge artefacts (KA) mediated by a website. Three successive cohorts of grade 8 students completed a history project which led them to build knowledge about an historical topic of interest. While working on their inquiry‐based project,...
In a way of understanding how people communicate with others through images on Twitter, 174 Boston Bombing related tweet messages with images were analyzed to identify the characteristics of tweet message, senders, and influential tweet messages. According to the coding schemes on tweet messages, image uses, and senders, several features were demonstrated. People tweet primarily to express their opinions,...
This paper reports the results of a user study comparing the use of a traditional hierarchical tree interface with an associative graphical interface to select controlled vocabulary terms for document classification. The results suggest that users prefer to have both the hierarchical and associative map rather than the hierarchical tree alone and tend to ascribe more categories when using the experimental...
Mobile devices are becoming an increasingly important access channel for news resources and services. Even though providing a mobile site for mobile device users may greatly enhance their news reading experience, many news organizations cannot afford such an additional option due to limited funding and staffing resources. Therefore, an alternative approach is to design a full website with careful...
We examined the correlations between an article's citation count (as an indicator of the article's quality) and different impact measures regarding the article's references (as indicators of the quality of the authors' information seeking while producing the article). Two research questions of interest were studied. First, do authors' information seeking and use affect the quality of their research...
This paper describes an exploratory study investigating the ethical implications of searching for a kidney donor online. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with eight individuals – four people who found a kidney donor online and four people who were still searching – about the process of looking for an altruistic kidney donor on the Internet. To explore ethical issues discussed by participants,...
This study explores the use of game design and its impact on content learning, understanding and retention of knowledge, in information literacy classes. Information literacy (IL) concept is considered critical in a growing number of social and academic contexts. Despite the importance of IL many learners still have little idea how to evaluate information for relevance, accuracy or authority and are...
Adults managing life with Type 2 diabetes may receive material about diabetes and management, or they may seek health information. They may also keep information items in the home for subsequent use. Currently, health technology is striving to push topically relevant information items, but successful technology would deliver unique, but relevant information. Thus, a holistic view of kept information...
This poster describes a methodology to numerically represent the happiness of a city by mining user generated terms in Flickr.com. As a pilot analysis, we collected 15,000 text records consisting of titles, tags, descriptions, and comments for the thirty most populous cities in the United States. Parsed text was utilized to calculate happiness scores (H‐Score) by matching text extracted from Flickr...
Patient engagement systems are an emerging area in health information systems. These systems aim to involve patients in health care communication allowing them to access their electronic health records, order food, watch educational videos and play games. Little research has been performed on the information needs of children when using patient engagement systems. This poster presents the preliminary...
This in‐progress research study investigates students' use of a wiki‐based e‐learning platform as a coordinating representation in the context of their guided discovery‐based game design work. This study sets out to preliminarily investigate young students' engagement in project‐based game design teamwork in a blended learning context. Here we report that exploratory and descriptive results on the...
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