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A conceptual model for tracking the provenance of activities in knowledge organization systems Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-23 Inkyung Choi, Yi-Yun Cheng
Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop a conceptual model, ProvKOS, for tracking the provenance of change activities in a knowledge organization system (KOS). By extending current provenance practices, this model represents dynamic changes in a KOS more effectively. Design/methodology/approach We take a five-step approach to develop the conceptual model, including content analysis of KOS editorial
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Resistance and collaboration within the panoptivarsity: differing views of ORCID in Ireland Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-19 Frank Houghton, Allen Edward Foster
Purpose ORCID is well recognised as a Persistent Identifier (PID) amongst the global academic community. The international literature is generally extremely positive towards this development. A minority of vociferous critics however have continued to dispute its benefits. Particular concerns have been noted around the potential for ORCID to be used as a tool for evaluation and surveillance by University
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Bibliographical foundations of information science: a review essay Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Birger Hjørland
Purpose The narrow purpose of this article is to review de Fremery’s (2024) book about the bibliographic foundations of information science. The broader purpose is to consider the actual as well as the potential relevance of the field(s) of bibliography for information science besides the book under review. Design/methodology/approach This review essay examines the arguments put forward by de Fremery
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Socio-cultural challenges in collections digital infrastructures Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Marco Humbel, Julianne Nyhan, Nina Pearlman, Andreas Vlachidis, JD Hill, Andrew Flinn
Purpose This paper aims to explore the accelerations and constraints libraries, archives, museums and heritage organisations (“collections-holding organisations”) face in their role as collection data providers for digital infrastructures. To date, digital infrastructures operate within the cultural heritage domain typically as data aggregation platforms, such as Europeana or Art UK. Design/methodology/approach
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User-centred collection metadata: from images as information to facilitating socio-affective connections Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Cassandra Kist, Maria Economou
Purpose As museums and other memory institutions continue to invest considerably in mass-digitising collections and participating in large search portals, it is essential to understand existing and potential users, their motivations and search needs to inform collections’ documentation. In this article, we discuss insights from a collaborative project with National Museums Scotland, set up to enhance
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Negotiating neutrality and activism in Norwegian public libraries: the case of environmental sustainability Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Espen Eigil Barratt-Due Solum
Purpose This article explores how Norwegian public libraries negotiate neutrality and activism in response to national policy implementing the United Nations (UN) goals for sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach Informed by the ongoing academic debate on library neutrality and activism, this article presents an analysis of 30 qualitative interviews with librarians and directors in four
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Is libraries' use of social media ethical? A phenomenographic investigation of Twitter (X) use at the Bodleian Libraries Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-29 Ross Jones, Briony Birdi
Purpose Social media (SM) has been heavily criticised in recent years for its damaging effects on societies globally. Tasked with empowering those same societies, libraries’ continued use of SM is considered ethically contentious. This study presents the findings of a University of Sheffield study that investigated the ethical tension between libraries and their use of SM by aiming to establish whether:
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Long-term needs, long-term access? Major crime recordkeeping and the information needs of individuals bereaved by homicide Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Lauren Benton, Anna Sexton
Purpose The article presents research on the long-term information needs of homicide bereaved individuals in the context of record-keeping practice within Major Crime Units (MCU) in England. The research objectives were to: (1) identify the long-term information needs of individuals bereaved by homicide; (2) establish MCU officer perceptions on the provision of information to individuals bereaved by
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Information science in the German Democratic Republic Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-09 Wolfgang G. Stock
Purpose The article aims to give an overview of the history and the achieved status of information science in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) with an emphasis on the organisation of information science and practice in the GDR and on the theoretical foundations of information science. Design/methodology/approach Primarily, this article is based upon critical literature studies, especially German-language
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Information experiences of bonsai growers: a phenomenological study in serious leisure Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-12 Yazdan Mansourian
Purpose The paper reports the findings of a research project exploring the information experiences of bonsai growers in Australia as an example of a serious leisure pursuit. Design/methodology/approach The study used phenomenology as a qualitative approach in an interpretive paradigm. The data collection technique was a semi-structured interview with open-ended questions, and 23 volunteers were recruited
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Constructing risk in trustworthy digital repositories Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-09 Rebecca D. Frank
Purpose This article investigates the construction of risk within trustworthy digital repository audits. It contends that risk is a social construct, and social factors influence how stakeholders in digital preservation processes comprehend and react to risk. Design/methodology/approach This research employs a qualitative research design involving in-depth semi-structured interviews with stakeholders
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Playlists and genre: the role of music genre in Spotify’s playlists Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Callum McDonald, Allen Edward Foster, Pauline Rafferty
Purpose Genre is a valuable access point for popular music collections; however, the blurring of genre boundaries combined with changing listening habits and new forms of classification have brought genre’s importance into question. The playlist is now a common means of classification on music streaming platforms. Recent commentary suggests that context is now a preferred access point. This exploratory
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Provenance and historical warrants: histories of cataloguing at the Museum of Anthropology Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Hannah Turner, Nancy Bruegeman, Peyton Jennifer Moriarty
Purpose This paper considers how knowledge has been organized about museum objects and belongings at the Museum of Anthropology, in what is now known as British Columbia, and proposes the concept of historical or provenance warrant to understand how cataloguing decisions were made and are limited by current museum systems. Design/methodology/approach Through interviews and archival research, we trace
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“The changing same” of whiteness in the US LIS academy: a cathartic testimonial from BIPOC faculty scholars Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Vanessa Irvin, Kafi D. Kumasi, Kehinde Akinola
Purpose There is little to no empirical research on the phenomenon of ways in which the racism of whiteness transpires within the faculties and classrooms of US-based ALA-accredited library and information science (LIS) education programs. We do have scholars publishing meaningful work exploring diversity-equity-inclusion topics and initiatives to evolve the LIS discourse on these issues (Honma, 2005;
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Converting and evolving a subject heading list into a thesaurus Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Maria Teresa Guaglianone, Giovanna Aracri, Maria Taverniti
Purpose The objective of this paper is to describe the evolution of the available subject heading list, i.e. the CC Soggettario (Carabinieri Corps Soggettario), towards a thesaurus, that is CCThes (Carabinieri Corps Thesaurus), to support subject indexing and retrieval of the documentary heritage held by the Historical Office of the General Command of the Carabinieri Corps. This work follows the need
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Professional identity of public librarians, archivists and museum professionals in five European countries Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Mahmood Khosrowjerdi, Jamie Johnston, Kerstin Rydbeck, Andreas Vårheim, Isto Huvila, Máté Tóth, Ágústa Pálsdóttir, Anna Mierzecka
Purpose The purpose is to investigate the professional identity of public library, archive and museum (LAM) professionals in Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Norway and Sweden. Design/methodology/approach The data have been gathered through the administration of three questionnaires. A comprehensive analysis is conducted to explore the variations in the professionals’ perceptions of their professional proximities
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Documentation as part of substance use rehabilitation: how workers account for the significance of documentation during interviews Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Kirsi Günther, Eeva Ekqvist, Katja Kuusisto
Purpose The focus of this article is in documentation in substance abuse inpatient rehabilitation. Our article scrutinizes how workers give accounts of the documentation in the inpatient substance abuse rehabilitation unit and what kind of client information the workers record. Design/methodology/approach The study focuses on institutional interaction and practices. Our data consist of interviews with
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Barriers and facilitators to research data sharing: a lifecycle perspective Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-08 Zilong He, Wei Fang
Purpose This study investigates the multifaceted barriers and facilitators affecting research data sharing across the research data lifecycle. It aims to broaden the understanding of data sharing beyond the publication phase, emphasizing the continuous nature of data sharing from generation to reuse. Design/methodology/approach Employing a mixed-methods approach, the study integrates the Theory of
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Readers' advisory vs reference: a difference of stance Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 E.E. Lawrence, Virginia Sharpe
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine how we ought to distinguish between reference and readers' advisory (RA) service, given the latter’s turn toward a whole collection approach. In other words, the paper answers this question: If both reference and RA librarians aim to meet patrons’ information needs and may theoretically do so using the same materials, then how are we to differentiate
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Information search process model based on costs and benefits: a behavioural economics perspective Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Jinglin Qi, Zhengbiao Han, Preben Hansen
Purpose This study constructed an information search process model based on costs and benefits to reflect different information search processes under different decisions from a behavioural economics perspective. Design/methodology/approach This study used a deductive approach to conceptualise the costs, benefits, and uncertainties of the information search process. Subsequently, we constructed an
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Mitigating the infodemic of the pandemic: hospital librarians’ enactment and development of information resilience in healthcare organisations Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 Sara Ahlryd, Fredrik Hanell
Purpose The challenges to healthcare caused by the COVID-19 pandemic forced hospital librarians to develop their abilities to cope with change and crises, both on a social level and an organisational level. The aim of this study is to contribute to knowledge about how hospital librarians developed library services during the pandemic and how these changes contributed to building information resilience
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Learning to search and learning to slow down or “The quick and the dead” Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Renee Morrison
Purpose This study examines the temporal dynamics shaping our understanding of search in education and the role language plays in legitimising these dynamics. It critiques the way online search is discursively constructed using home-education as a case study, and problematises how particular discourses are privileged, whom this privileging serves, as well as the likely consequences. Design/methodology/approach
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Building bridges and preserving voices: key factors in community oral history stewardship Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Jeonghyun Kim, Ana Roeschley, Mimi Byun
Purpose The study aims to enhance our understanding of shared community oral history stewardship by exploring its practices and challenges from the perspectives of the stakeholders involved. Design/methodology/approach This study employed in-depth semi-structured interviews with community oral history stewards. Each interview focused on their experiences and perspectives regarding community-based oral
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Research on information behavior in communities: a scoping review of community types, featured information behavior and research methods Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Jia Tina Du, Qing Ke, Clara M. Chu, Helen Partridge, Dandan Ma
Purpose This scoping review article examined research on information behavior in communities over the past two decades (2000–2023). The review aims to uncover the characteristics and types of communities studied, the featured information behaviors, and the research methods employed. Design/methodology/approach The PRISMA-ScR guidelines were followed to conduct this review. Five databases were selected
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Democracy: a modern definition for the library field Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-17 John Buschman
Purpose Due to contemporary threats to democracy, the topic is highly prominent in news and social discourse. The Library and Information Science (LIS) field writes about democracy frequently and it is a core concept underwriting many common library practices, but it lacks a working definition of modern democracy. This article supplies a minimal definition of democracy specifically for LIS, and expands
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Information seeking and communication model (ISCM): application and extension Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-07 Emily Baggs, Kaitlyn O'Neal, Andrew Robson, Lyn Robinson
Purpose The paper reports on developments in the Information Seeking and Communication Model (ISCM) since it was first presented in 2013, focussing on how the model, derived by explicitly drawing on previous models, frameworks, and concepts, has been applied, adapted and extended. This paper summarises the reception of the ISCM, and describes two new applications in different contexts. Design/methodology/approach
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“We are openly, proudly Subjective … This history is important to our contemporary survival”: queer embodied knowledge and the curatorial work of ICT-based LGBTQIA+ history content creators Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-05 Travis L. Wagner
Purpose This article reports on findings from interviews with ICT-based content creators whose work focuses on documenting and curating queer history and culture. The research specifically examines how as amateur historians, the participant’s embodied knowledge plays a central role in how they engage with discourse about queer historical figures, methods of queer historiography and community accountability
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“Having just the right answer is almost as worthless as not having an answer’’: conceptualizing the information needs of undergraduate engineers Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Samuel Dodson
Purpose This paper explores the information needs and behaviors of undergraduate engineers. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports on a qualitative study employing semi-structured interviews with 18 students. Findings The study identified the types of information needs undergraduate engineers encounter while working on problem solving tasks and the strategies they use to resolve these needs
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Our Heritage, Our Stories: developing AI tools to link and support community-generated digital cultural heritage Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Ewan D. Hannaford, Viktor Schlegel, Rhiannon Lewis, Stefan Ramsden, Jenny Bunn, John Moore, Marc Alexander, Hannah Barker, Riza Batista-Navarro, Lorna Hughes, Goran Nenadic
Purpose Community-generated digital content (CGDC) is one of the UK’s prime cultural assets. However, CGDC is currently “critically endangered” (Digital Preservation Coalition, 2021) due to technological and organisational barriers and has proven resistant to traditional methods of linking and integration. The challenge of integrating CGDC into larger archives has effectively silenced diverse community
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Evolving legitimacy of the public library in the 21st century Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Motoko Yamagishi, Masanori Koizumi, Håkon Larsen
Purpose The purpose of this research is to comprehensively describe the legitimacy of the public library in the 21st century. Design/methodology/approach The research involved a comprehensive literature review using the Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) database with keywords “Library” and “Legitimacy”, combined with citation searches and additional collections. In total, we analysed
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When words are key: negotiating meaning in information research Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Bonnie J. Tulloch, Michelle Kaczmarek, Saguna Shankar, Lisa P. Nathan
Purpose This project set out to explore information scholars’ perceptions of the influence of their keyword selections and the implications of their linguistic choices on possibilities for and perceptions of the field of Information Science. We trialed a narrative methodological approach to investigate the multiple stories told with specific keywords, how they relate to larger discourses within the
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Traditional, dialogical and complex scholarly communication: towards a renewed trust in science Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Antonella Foderaro, David Gunnarsson Lorentzen
Purpose The credibility crisis of science is a growing topic of investigation. This study approaches the problem from the sustainability of the scholarly communication system by merging argumentation with information science. Design/methodology/approach Coding and content analysis drawing from a well-established textual argumentative tradition; a novel non-textual approach to complex communication
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Social infrastructuring in public libraries: librarians' continuous care in everyday library practice Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Johanna Rivano Eckerdal, Lisa Engström, Alexa Färber, Marion Hamm, Jamea Kofi, Friederike Landau-Donnelly, Rianne van Melik
Purpose As social infrastructures, public libraries are increasingly recognised as providing more than access to books and information; librarians’ work is importantly centred around practices of care. However, the ways in which they provide care is poorly researched, let alone conceptualised. This paper explores how this important part of librarians’ daily work is practiced through the lens of infrastructuring
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Drag story hour at public libraries: the reading child and the construction of fear and othering in Swedish cultural policy debate Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Lisa Engström, Hanna Carlsson, Fredrik Hanell
Purpose The purpose of the paper is to produce new knowledge about the positions that public libraries both take and are given in the conflicts over politics and identity that play out in contemporary cultural and library policy debates. Using conflicts over drag story hour at public libraries as case, the study seeks to contribute to an emerging body of research that delves into the challenges that
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Navigating change: an exploration of socio-epistemic process of extending Wikidata ontology with new properties Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Marcin Roszkowski
Purpose The paper addresses the issue of change in Wikidata ontology by exposing the role of the socio-epistemic processes that take place inside the infrastructure. The subject of the study was the process of extending the Wikidata ontology with a new property as an example of the interplay between the social and technical components of the Wikidata infrastructure. Design/methodology/approach In this
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Does information matter? Online discourse on the Yemenite children’s affair in Israel after release of archival documents Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Roy Peled, Gal Yavetz
Purpose This study evaluates how publicly available archival documents shaped online discussions about allegations that thousands of children were kidnapped during the 1950s in Israel, known as the Yemenite children’s affair. It examines if access to historical records leads to more informed and rational public discourse, especially on social media. Design/methodology/approach Using content analysis
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STEM authorship, user-generated reviews and their impact: legitimate or not? Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Lala Hajibayova, Mallory McCorkhill, Timothy D. Bowman
Purpose In this study, STEM resources reviewed in Goodreads were investigated to determine their authorship, linguistic characteristics and impact. The analysis reveals gender disparity favoring titles with male authors. Design/methodology/approach This paper applies theoretical concepts of knowledge commons to understand how individuals leverage the affordances of the Goodreads platform to share their
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Validating predictions of burial mounds with field data: the promise and reality of machine learning Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Adela Sobotkova, Ross Deans Kristensen-McLachlan, Orla Mallon, Shawn Adrian Ross
Purpose This paper provides practical advice for archaeologists and heritage specialists wishing to use ML approaches to identify archaeological features in high-resolution satellite imagery (or other remotely sensed data sources). We seek to balance the disproportionately optimistic literature related to the application of ML to archaeological prospection through a discussion of limitations, challenges
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Personal cultural heritage management: a conceptual framework for constructing and curating cultural identities through personal collections Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Maja Krtalić, Lilach Alon
Purpose This theoretical paper introduces a conceptual framework for Personal Cultural Heritage Management (PCHM), derived from prior research on migrants' information practices. It elaborates on the literature background and the development of the PCHM framework, highlighting the role of personal information management (PIM) and personal collections in the creation, access and utilization of cultural
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The institutional e-lending setup in Scandinavian libraries: logics in play in the eyes of library and policy actors Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Maciej Liguzinski, Nanna Kann-Rasmussen
Purpose The article investigates the institutional setup of e-lending in public libraries in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Our point of departure is that e-lending has necessitated new library collaborations between local, regional and national levels, and therefore, institutional e-lending setups have emerged. The study seeks to provide better understanding of how the institutional setups are structured
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The implications of handwritten text recognition for accessing the past at scale Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Joseph Nockels, Paul Gooding, Melissa Terras
Purpose This paper focuses on image-to-text manuscript processing through Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR), a Machine Learning (ML) approach enabled by Artificial Intelligence (AI). With HTR now achieving high levels of accuracy, we consider its potential impact on our near-future information environment and knowledge of the past. Design/methodology/approach In undertaking a more constructivist analysis
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APRD: action partnership research design: reimagining the role of the user in library and information science research Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Valerie Nesset, Elisabeth C. Davis, Nicholas Vanderschantz, Owen Stewart-Robertson
Purpose Responding to the continuing separation of participants and researchers in LIS participatory research, a new methodology is proposed: action partnership research design (APRD). It is asserted that APRD can mitigate or remove the hierarchical structures often inherent in the research process, thus allowing for equal contribution from all. Design/methodology/approach Building on the bonded design
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Assessing knowledge organization systems from a gender perspective: Wikipedia taxonomy and Wikidata ontologies Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Miquel Centelles, Núria Ferran-Ferrer
Purpose Develop a comprehensive framework for assessing the knowledge organization systems (KOSs), including the taxonomy of Wikipedia and the ontologies of Wikidata, with a specific focus on enhancing management and retrieval with a gender nonbinary perspective. Design/methodology/approach This study employs heuristic and inspection methods to assess Wikipedia’s KOS, ensuring compliance with international
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Information searching in cultural heritage archives: a user study Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Pia Borlund, Nils Pharo, Ying-Hsang Liu
Purpose The PICCH research project contributes to opening a dialogue between cultural heritage archives and users. Hence, the users are identified and their information needs, the search strategies they apply and the search challenges they experience are uncovered. Design/methodology/approach A combination of questionnaires and interviews is used for collection of data. Questionnaire data were collected
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Reinforming memes: a literature review of the status of memetic information Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Alexander O. Smith, Jeff Hemsley, Zhasmina Y. Tacheva
Purpose Our purpose is to reconnect memetics to information, a persistent and unclear association. Information can contribute across a span of memetic research. Its obscurity restricts conversations about “information flow,” the connections between “form” and “content,” as well as many other topics. As information is involved in cultural activity, its clarification could focus memetic theories and
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Automated Dewey Decimal Classification of Swedish library metadata using Annif software Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Koraljka Golub, Osma Suominen, Ahmed Taiye Mohammed, Harriet Aagaard, Olof Osterman
Purpose In order to estimate the value of semi-automated subject indexing in operative library catalogues, the study aimed to investigate five different automated implementations of an open source software package on a large set of Swedish union catalogue metadata records, with Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) as the target classification system. It also aimed to contribute to the body of research
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Who cites the contributions by information science? Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Kalervo Järvelin, Pertti Vakkari
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out which research topics and methods in information science (IS) articles are used in other disciplines as indicated by citations. Design/methodology/approach The study analyzes citations to articles in IS published in 31 scholarly IS journals in 2015. The study employs content analysis of articles published in 2015 receiving citations from publication
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An examination of existing research on academic libraries and the social web Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Namjoo Choi
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine research on academic libraries and the social web published from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2023. Design/methodology/approach The article search and filtering procedures mirrored those of Choi and Harper (2020) and Carlsson (2015), resulting in a total sample size of 93 articles. These articles underwent examination based on the same eight variables (i
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Contested imaginaries: workfinding information practices of STEM-trained immigrant women in Canada Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Nadia Caidi, Saadia Muzaffar, Elizabeth Kalbfleisch
Purpose This pan-Canadian study examines the information practices of STEM-trained immigrant women to Canada as they navigate workfinding and workplace integration. Our study focuses on a population of highly skilled immigrant women from across Canada and uses an information practice lens to examine their lived experiences of migration and labour market integration. As highly trained STEM professionals
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Fact-checking of political information about the Russo-Ukrainian conflict Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Reijo Savolainen
Purpose To elaborate the nature of fact-checking in the domain of political information by examining how fact-checkers assess the validity of claims concerning the Russo-Ukrainian conflict and how they support their assessments by drawing on evidence acquired from diverse sources of information. Design/methodology/approach Descriptive quantitative and qualitative content analysis of 128 reports written
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Signifying unity: exploring the interplay of semiotics, universalism and pluralism in information science Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Martin Muderspach Thellefsen
Purpose The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to provide a nuanced understanding of the information concept that encapsulates both its universal foundations and context-dependent intricacies, and second, to propose a theoretical framework that integrates these diverse viewpoints, thereby contributing to the theoretical discourse and practical applications in information science/studies (IS)
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Datafication of audiovisual archives: from practice mapping to a thinking model Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Yuchen Yang
Purpose Recent archiving and curatorial practices took advantage of the advancement in digital technologies, creating immersive and interactive experiences to emphasize the plurality of memory materials, encourage personalized sense-making and extract, manage and share the ever-growing surrounding knowledge. Audiovisual (AV) content, with its growing importance and popularity, is less explored on that
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User perspectives through cross-connections. The role of archives as part of the German digital research data infrastructure Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Kai Naumann, Andreas Neuburger
Purpose Starting from the status quo, the paper outlines perspectives and challenges for the connection and interlinking of digitised and digital archival data. The following topics are addressed: Where are fields of action and what are the means of archives? Which functional and technical requirements are to be considered, and what is the role of portal infrastructures linking together various different
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The impact of information needs satisfaction on the creativity of visual art teachers Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Spyros Kolyvas, Petros A. Kostagiolas, Konstantina Martzoukou
Purpose The aim of this study is to investigate how the information needs satisfaction of visual art teachers affects their creativity. Visual art teachers’ information seeking behaviour and specifically the association of information needs satisfaction with creativity has been an understudied area, despite competent information seeking being considered essential for high quality practices of art teachers
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Curiosity and information-seeking behaviour: a review of psychological research and a comparison with the information science literature Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Thomas D. Wilson
Purpose The aim of this paper is to review the psychological literature on curiosity and its relationship to information-seeking behaviour, and compare this with the information science literature on the same subject. Design/methodology/approach The approach adopted is that of a comparative literature review, with an analysis of the papers retrieved in terms of their theoretical approach, context,
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What characterizes LIS as a fragmenting discipline? Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Pertti Vakkari
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to characterize library and information science (LIS) as fragmenting discipline both historically and by applying Whitley’s (1984) theory about the organization of sciences and Fuchs’ (1993) theory about scientific change. Design/methodology/approach The study combines historical source analysis with conceptual and theoretical analysis for characterizing LIS. An
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Relevance and creativity – a linear model Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Wayne de Fremery, Michael Keeble Buckland
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a new and useful formulation of relevance. Design/methodology/approach This paper is formulated as a conceptual argument. It makes the case for the utility of considering relevance to be function of use in creative processes. Findings There are several corollaries to formulating relevance as a function of use. These include the idea that objects by themselves
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Critical open access literacy as a strategy to confront the challenges in scholarly communication Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Dijana Šobota
Purpose The paper seeks to introduce the “critical open access literacy” construct as a holistic approach to confront the challenges in open access (OA) as a dimension of scholarly communication. Design/methodology/approach The paper first introduces the concepts of information literacy (IL) and OA in the context of transformations in the scholarly information environment. Via a theoretical-analytical
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Recent temporal dynamics in economics: empirical analyses of annual publications in economic fields Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Lutz Bornmann, Klaus Wohlrabe
Purpose Differences in annual publication counts may reflect the dynamic of scientific progress. Declining annual numbers of publications may be interpreted as missing progress in field-specific knowledge. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, we present empirical results on dynamics of progress in economic fields (defined by Journal of Economic Literature (JEL), codes) based on a methodological
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Robert Pagès’ concept of the “auto-document” as a forerunner to neo-documentation’s philosophy of documentality Journal of Documentation (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Ronald E. Day
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine Robert Pagès' 1948 conception of “auto-document” as a possible forerunner to the neo-documentalist conception of “documentality” as offered in Bernd Frohmann’s 2012 article “The Documentality of Mme Briet’s Antelope.” Design/methodology/approach This paper is conceptual and historical. Findings Robert Pagès' concept of the “auto-document” in his 1948