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{"title":"Be mindful of the future: information and knowledge management in Star Wars tie-in fiction","authors":"Diana J. Castillo","doi":"10.5931/DJIM.V13I1.6925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5931/DJIM.V13I1.6925","url":null,"abstract":"In the last fifty years, media franchises have been using tie-in fiction to expand their universes and tell stories outside main events. This paper examines how information is used specifically in Star Wars tie-in fiction and its recent transition to using knowledge management. To start, this paper looks at the history of tie-in fiction from its roots in the 1960s to the modern day, before transitioning to the role of brand managers and editors as information managers. Then, this paper documents the history of Star Wars tie-in fiction and how information strategies were implemented through 2014 and how it impacted the franchise’s canon. Finally, this paper examines the recent move towards a unified canon and how this shift towards knowledge management has impacted storytelling. This paper concludes that while it is too early to evaluate its results, Star Wars was uniquely situated among franchises to move towards knowledge management through its prior information management efforts.","PeriodicalId":430243,"journal":{"name":"Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123768799","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}

{"title":"Genetic Discrimination: Information Privacy in Public and Private Sectors","authors":"C. Faulkner","doi":"10.5931/DJIM.V13I1.6927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5931/DJIM.V13I1.6927","url":null,"abstract":"Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), is the information of life. The scientific understanding of genetics and biotechnology has resulted in the increased availability and affordability of genetic testing. Such testing can provide valuable information to help individuals make informed decisions regarding their lifestyle and health care. In today’s era of big data and the internet, if such information finds itself in the wrong hands there can be consequences. Genetic discrimination, the unfair treatment of people due to their genetic makeup, often takes place in the insurance industry and by employers. While there are acts and bills to protect Canadian’s personal information in both the public and private sector, Canada remains the only G-7 country without specific protections against genetic discrimination. With the recent passing of Bill S-201: An Act to Prohibit and Prevent Genetic Discrimination in the Senate, Canada is on the cusp of passing legislation to prohibit the requirement for genetic testing, and/or disclosure of test results, in areas such as the provision of insurance and employment.","PeriodicalId":430243,"journal":{"name":"Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129078686","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}

{"title":"The Rise of Populist Conservatism and Public Service Management","authors":"Nicole Saulnier","doi":"10.5931/DJIM.V13I1.6935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5931/DJIM.V13I1.6935","url":null,"abstract":"The rise of conservative populism in the United States is evident with the election of Donald Trump whose campaign focused on a fear of otherness, a resentment of elites (including bureaucrats), and an emphasis on self-interest. This paper will focus on populist policies and actions introduced during Stephen Harper’s tenure in government. Many of these policies were directed specifically towards the public service including the reduction of public servants, unilateral changes to labour laws, and the politicization of the public service through a proposed niqab ban. While the influence of populist conservative policies has caused noticeable resentments between public servants and the Conservative Party, public servants should reconsider their position within democracy as not focused on their compatibility with the government of the day, but rather with their adherence to the values of inclusion, fairness, and neutrality. While the public service must constantly adapt to the will of the political branch of government including more populist governments, these core values should be celebrated through active implementation and leadership to aid in the development of a positive relationship with both the political arm of government and the public more broadly. These values provide a means for individual public servants to invest their motivation into values that they can treat as fundamental to their role in democracy.","PeriodicalId":430243,"journal":{"name":"Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management","volume":"137 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133929190","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}

{"title":"Alternate routes for the transfer of emergency health information","authors":"Noramay McGruer","doi":"10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6456","url":null,"abstract":"Social media have created new ways for non-professionals to access, share, and even create health related information. While these new resources have been noted to destabilize the authority held by medical professionals, they also highlight the potential utility in the medical field of non-professinoal peer collaboration and support. In light of this evolution, the roles of health information professionals have expanded to assisting users in evaluating information from an ever-increasing variety of sources, as well as providing information themselves. The conclusion calls for further research into the opportunities afforded by peer-generated and -communicated contributions to health information.","PeriodicalId":430243,"journal":{"name":"Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126044565","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}

{"title":"Do We need Data Literacy? Public Perceptions Regarding Canada’s Open Data Initiative","authors":"Michelle Boychuk, M. Cousins, A. Lloyd, Charlotte MacKeigan","doi":"10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6449","url":null,"abstract":"Open Data is a new concept that the Canadian Government is using to encourage civic engagement, to promote economic growth, and as a means of supporting transparency and accountability within the government.  Our research addresses the extent to which the Canadian Open Government initiative, specifically the publishing of open data, has impacted the general public. While emerging research on open data suggests that there is a problem with data literacy levels among citizens, it does not acknowledge the public’s opinion about the relevance of data literacy and open government to their own lives. In order to address this gap, we gathered 42 responses from an anonymous electronic survey that employed both qualitative and quantitative methods to assess the opinions of a portion of the Canadian public. We discovered that there are several factors that enable or impede the initiative’s ability to achieve its stated goals of transparency, accountability, and collaboration for the general public—the public’s data literacy levels, clarity of the data, and awareness of the initiative are a few of the most prominent. The results of the study provide further insight into the public’s opinion on open data, their perceived data literacy skills, and the impact the open data initiative has on their lives. First Place DJIM Best Article Award.","PeriodicalId":430243,"journal":{"name":"Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management","volume":"400 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117094757","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}

{"title":"Is Introversion an Obstacle in Tacit Knowledge Sharing through Socialization? A Study on how Personality Traits Influence Knowledge Sharing Behavior","authors":"Anne Karete Nowers Hvidsten","doi":"10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6442","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6442","url":null,"abstract":"In today’s knowledge-based economy, efficient management of an organization’s intellectual capital is becoming increasingly important. Tacit knowledge, as opposed to explicit knowledge, is an organization’s most vital knowledge, and this knowledge should be shared among co-workers in an efficient way. It is therefore crucial for managers to be aware of which factors that have an either positive or negative impact on the sharing of tacit knowledge. Personality is a factor that influence tacit knowledge sharing. Tacit knowledge is best shared through practices that require social interaction. This paper investigates the relation between tacit knowledge sharing and introversion in particular. Introverts are perceived to be withdrawn, quiet, and to have poorer social skills than extraverts, and therefore might have an inhibiting effect on knowledge sharing. However, by examining existing literature, this paper shows that typical introverted personality traits serve as both motivators and obstacles in tacit knowledge sharing.","PeriodicalId":430243,"journal":{"name":"Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133947002","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}

{"title":"Implementing Research Data Management Services in a Canadian Context","authors":"Tess Grynoch","doi":"10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6458","url":null,"abstract":"Research data management (RDM) has become an increasingly pressing issue for academic libraries as they strive to assist researchers in addressing new public funding requirements surrounding data dissemination and preservation. ADDIN CSL_CITATION { \u0000\"citationItems\" : [ { \"id\" : \"ITEM-1\", \u0000\"itemData\" : { \"ISSN\" : \"21623309\", \u0000\"abstract\" : \"INTRODUCTION Many research institutions have \u0000developed research data services in their libraries, often in anticipation of \u0000or in response to funder policy. However, policies at the institution level are \u0000either not well known or nonexistent. METHODS This study reviewed library data \u0000services efforts and institutional data policies of 206 American universities, \u0000drawn from the July 2014 Carnegie list of universities with \"Very \u0000High\" or \"High\" research activity designation. Twenty-four \u0000different characteristics relating to university type, library data services, \u0000policy type, and policy contents were examined. RESULTS The study has uncovered \u0000findings surrounding library data services, institutional data policies, and \u0000content within the policies. DISCUSSION Overall, there is a general trend \u0000toward the development and implementation of data services within the \u0000university libraries. Interestingly, just under half of the universities \u0000examined had a policy of some sort that either specified or mentioned research \u0000data. Many of these were standalone data policies, while others were \u0000intellectual property policies that included research data. When data policies \u0000were discoverable, not behind a log in, they focused on the definition of \u0000research data, data ownership, data retention, and terms surrounding the \u0000separation of a researcher from the institution. CONCLUSION By becoming well \u0000versed on research data policies, librarians can provide support for \u0000researchers by navigating the policies at their institutions, facilitating the \u0000activities needed to comply with the requirements of research funders and \u0000publishers. This puts academic libraries in a unique position to provide \u0000insight and guidance in the development and revisions of institutional data \u0000policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]\", \"author\" : [ { \u0000\"dropping-particle\" : \"\", \"family\" : \u0000\"Briney\", \"given\" : \"Kristin\", \u0000\"non-dropping-particle\" : \"\", \"parse-names\" : \u0000false, \"suffix\" : \"\" }, { \"dropping-particle\" : \u0000\"\", \"family\" : \"Goben\", \"given\" : \u0000\"Abigail\", \"non-dropping-particle\" : \"\", \u0000\"parse-names\" : false, \"suffix\" : \"\" }, { \u0000\"dropping-particle\" : \"\", \"family\" : \u0000\"Zilinski\", \"given\" : \"Lisa\", \u0000\"non-dropping-particle\" : \"\", \"parse-names\" : \u0000false, \"suffix\" : \"\" } ], \"container-title\" : \u0000\"Journal of Librarianship & Scholarly Communication\", \u0000\"id\" : \"ITEM-1\", \"issue\" : \"2\", \u0000\"issued\" : { \"date-parts\" : [ [ \"2015\", \u0000\"4\" ] ] }, \"note\" : \"Accession Number: 110370205; \u0000Briney, Kristin 1; Email Address: briney@uwm.edu Goben, Abigail 2 Zilinski, \u0000Lisa 3; Affiliation: 1: Data Services Librarian, University of \u0000Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2: Information Services and Liaiso","PeriodicalId":430243,"journal":{"name":"Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134048281","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}

{"title":"Librarians and Computer Programming: Understanding the role of programming within the profession of librarianship","authors":"Domenic Rosati","doi":"10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6450","url":null,"abstract":"Computer programming is increasingly being discussed as a practice within librarianship. However, contemporary discussions about the role of code within librarianship often suggest that librarians should or should not learn code while failing to qualify how and why librarians are employing code in a professional capacity rather than IT professionals. By investigating case studies that describe librarians writing code, this paper qualifies popular discussions of code and librarianship with how and why programming is being used in practice by librarians. While these case studies reveal that programming solutions were developed in the context of lack of IT staff, librarians are not taking over roles or projects traditionally afforded to software and web developers, instead librarians are writing code for data processing and web services as extensions of their normal responsibilities. Further discussion explores software engineering as the primary concern of librarians who code professionally.","PeriodicalId":430243,"journal":{"name":"Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116281820","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}

{"title":"Weaponised Information : The role of information and metaphor in Buffy the Vampire Slayer","authors":"Jacob A Ericson","doi":"10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6453","url":null,"abstract":"Joss Whedon’s hit television show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer , presents a world of everyday teenage angst masked by a veil of horror.  This paper explores how information and librarianship function in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer .  To do this, this paper breaks down the prevailing metaphors present in the show’s setting, such as how High school is portrayed as hell and monsters are teenage anxieties given life.  Then this paper explores the role of the librarian in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  Finally, witchcraft is analyzed as an information management system and a force of weaponized information.  The end conclusion is that, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, information is a crucial weapon to not only defeating evil but also contending with the day to day struggles of everyday life.","PeriodicalId":430243,"journal":{"name":"Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125057347","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}

{"title":"Copyright issues in Archives","authors":"Andrea Kampen","doi":"10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5931/DJIM.V12I1.6170","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to examine the policy process, the stakeholders, the individual policies, the public debate, and the impact that copyright, specifically fair dealing, has on access to and interaction (i.e. use) with audiovisual digital archival content in an academic archive in Canada. The paper takes a preliminary look at Canadian copyright act and the copyright modernization act as well as differences between fair use and fair dealing. It then outlines two of possible applications of the copyright act in archives by looking at digital watermarks and take-down policies.","PeriodicalId":430243,"journal":{"name":"Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management","volume":"25 7-8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127182515","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}