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Survey of Automatic Query Expansion for Arabic Text Retrieval 阿拉伯语文本检索的自动查询扩展研究

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.4.6

Yasir Hadi Farhan, M. Mohd, S. Noah

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引用次数: 9

Evaluating the Information Access Skills of Students of a College of Education in Ghana 加纳一所教育学院学生信息获取技能评估

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.2.4

F. A. Yebowaah, C. Owusu-Ansah

{"title":"Evaluating the Information Access Skills of Students of a College of Education in Ghana","authors":"F. A. Yebowaah, C. Owusu-Ansah","doi":"10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.2.4","url":null,"abstract":"Access to relevant information determines the quality of life of an individual in society and the academe. Academic institutions have established information literacy programmes to enhance students’ access to information. With the elevation of colleges of education to tertiary status in Ghana, pre-service teachers are now required to conduct research to improve their reflective thinking in order to be certified. However, the information access skills of students in colleges of education in Ghana are uncertain. This study draws empirical evidence from students in the Nusrat Jahan Ahmadiyya College of Education, Wa, Ghana on their information access skills. Primary data were collected from 303 respondents from the college using a stratified sampling procedure. The data were collected using a questionnaire and analysed using descriptive statistics. The results indicate that information is available to students through different sources such as the Internet, libraries, and contact with friends and authorities. However, students were limited in respect to access to relevant online resources for their academic activities due to inadequate information access skills. Potential solutions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37582,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice","volume":"62 1","pages":"45-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76852087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 4

Hermeneutic Phenomenology in Supporting Research and Information Services: Contributions to Information Science 支持研究和信息服务的解释学现象学:对信息科学的贡献

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.4.3

H. Keshavarz

引用次数: 2

Clustering Social Media Services and Messengers by Functionality 按功能分类社交媒体服务和信使

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.4.1

J. Fischer, Dan S. Knapp, B. C. Nguyen, Daniel Richter, Aliaksandra Shutsko, Melanie Stoppe, Kelly Williams, Aylin Ilhan, Wolfgang G. Stock

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引用次数: 0

Machine-actionable Data Management Plans Model Analysis and Improvement Direction 机器可操作的数据管理计划、模型分析和改进方向

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.4.2

Suntae Kim

引用次数: 0

Collaborative Information Seeking in Digital Libraries, Learning Styles, Users’ Experience, and Task Complexity 数字图书馆中的协同信息搜索、学习方式、用户体验和任务复杂性

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.4.5

Mahmood Sangari, M. Zerehsaz

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引用次数: 1

Analysis of Library Website Users’ Behavior to Optimize Virtual Information and Library Services 图书馆网站用户优化虚拟信息与图书馆服务行为分析

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.1.4

L. Shevchenko

{"title":"Analysis of Library Website Users’ Behavior to Optimize Virtual Information and Library Services","authors":"L. Shevchenko","doi":"10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this work was to study library website users’ actions by tracking their behavior, determining popular content, and identifying browsing patterns and subsequent improvement of access to popular content. The study of behavior models and the use of web analytics has led to the emergence of solutions that improve the usability and functionality of the State Public Scientific-Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS) website. These are: identifying user tasks as they are developed, conducting user testing to better understand the event. tracking data and collecting additional data to verify the effectiveness of the changes made. Examining data on the duration of the session and the number of visits will help determine the goals of user visits and develop new recommendations. Usability analysis and testing will make it possible to compare the data obtained using web analytics and the perception of the library site by the users themselves. Recommendations are offered to libraries on the use of data on the real behavior of the target audience of the library website to improve access to library resources and services, increase their relevance and improve information services.","PeriodicalId":37582,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice","volume":"33 1","pages":"45-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85181955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

Research Trends of ‘One Belt One Road’ in Korean Academic Circles 韩国学界对“一带一路”的研究动向

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.4.4

Bo Tu, N. You, Jin Shi, Huazhong Tu

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引用次数: 0

Information Professionals Going Beyond the Needful User in Digital Humanities Project Collaboration 数字人文项目协作中的信息专业人员超越必要用户

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.1.1

Volkmar P. Engerer

{"title":"Information Professionals Going Beyond the Needful User in Digital Humanities Project Collaboration","authors":"Volkmar P. Engerer","doi":"10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"When information professionals deal with other disciplines in the course of digital humanities projects, they often assume that they are dealing with ‘needful users’ who have an ‘information gap’ to fill. This paper argues that the traditional view that information/knowledge is transferred from an information specialist donor to a domain specialist receiver is no longer appropriate in the digital humanities context, where the gap-and-search (or gap-and-filler) approach to information has given way to more direct, explorative engagement with information. The paper asks whether information science and the practising profession are ready for this paradigm shift and examines information science conservatism in two common collaboration scenarios, library support and digital development. It is shown that information science theory still assumes a traditional donor role in both scenarios. How information scientists deal with conservatism in practice is discussed in the example of the Prior project, in which the information science team exerted an ambiguous, hybrid approach with both conservative and non-conservative elements. Finally, two rather hypothetical answers are offered to the question of how information professionals should approach scholarly collaboration in the digital humanities context, where users have ceased to be supplicants. From a purely pragmatic perspective, information scientists need to shift their focus from information needs to research practices and the implications of these practices for digital information systems. More fundamentally, the emergence of digital humanities challenges information professionals to transform information systems designed for searching into digital objects that can be explored more freely by the digital humanities community.","PeriodicalId":37582,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice","volume":"14 1","pages":"6-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86885139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

N-ary Information Markets: Money, Attention, and Personal Data as Means of Payment 任何信息市场:金钱、注意力和作为支付手段的个人数据

Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI: 10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.3.1

Wolfgang G. Stock

{"title":"N-ary Information Markets: Money, Attention, and Personal Data as Means of Payment","authors":"Wolfgang G. Stock","doi":"10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1633/JISTAP.2020.8.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"On information markets, we can identify different relations between sellers and their customers, with some users paying with money, some paying with attention, and others paying with their personal data. For the description of these different market relations, this article introduces the notion of arity into the scientific discussion. On unary information markets, customers pay with their money; examples include commercial information suppliers. Binary information markets are characterized by one market side paying with attention (e.g., on the search engine Google) or with personal data (e.g., on most social media services) and the other market side (mainly advertisers) paying with money. Our example of a ternary market is a social media market with the additional market side of influencers. If customers buy on unary markets, they know what to pay (in terms of money). If they pay with attention or with their personal data, they do not know what they have to pay exactly in the end. On n-ary markets (n greater than 1), laws should regulate company’s abuse of money and ― which is new ― abuse of data streams with the aid of competition (or anti-trust) laws, and by modified data protection laws, which are guided by fair use of end users’ attention and data.","PeriodicalId":37582,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice","volume":"40 1","pages":"6-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91010222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2