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Topic modelling of diverse events in the 21st century public library: A case analysis of New York Public Library 21世纪公共图书馆多元化事件的主题建模——以纽约公共图书馆为例

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-25 DOI: 10.47989/colis2227

Motoko Yamagishi, M. Koizumi, M. Widdersheim, Tomoya Igarashi

{"title":"Topic modelling of diverse events in the 21st century public library: A case analysis of New York Public Library","authors":"Motoko Yamagishi, M. Koizumi, M. Widdersheim, Tomoya Igarashi","doi":"10.47989/colis2227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/colis2227","url":null,"abstract":"Public libraries hold events to meet the needs of citizens. Recently, online events have increased due to COVID-19. The purpose of this study is to describe public library events with an emphasis on those held during COVID-19. Analysis was based on 21,411 data points collected from event descriptions on the New York Public Library (NYPL) website, from November 2020 to November 2021. Using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), a topic modelling method, data were collected and analysed. Analysis. Event topics were extracted from event descriptions using LDA. 24 event topics were identified. Five general topical categories were then derived qualitatively from the 24 topics. The topics and topical categories were visualised using PCoA, a general algorithm used in LDA. 24 topics and 5 general topical categories were created. The events ranged from traditional collection-based events to future-oriented events to help overcome community division. Online participation was a common theme among all events. Online events that developed due to the COVID-19 pandemic offered increased opportunities for participation. In the current uncertain climate, public library events play an important role in supporting everyday life and culture.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88315464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The impact and concept of public libraries in the twenty-first century 21世纪公共图书馆的影响与概念

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-25 DOI: 10.47989/colis2225

Tomoya Igarashi, M. Koizumi, Naomi Wake

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Public libraries in a changing political landscape: results from a survey on political influence and pressure on public libraries in Southern Sweden 政治格局变化中的公共图书馆:瑞典南部公共图书馆的政治影响和压力调查结果

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-25 DOI: 10.47989/colis2216

Fredrik Hanell, Joacim Hansson, Hanna Carlsson

{"title":"Public libraries in a changing political landscape: results from a survey on political influence and pressure on public libraries in Southern Sweden","authors":"Fredrik Hanell, Joacim Hansson, Hanna Carlsson","doi":"10.47989/colis2216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/colis2216","url":null,"abstract":"When the definition of democracy and the meaning of a democratic society is renegotiated and reinterpreted, the mission of the public library is placed in a new context. This paper reports findings from an ongoing research project focused on library managers’ and librarians’ lived experiences of recent political developments in Sweden. Methodologically, the research project applies the perspective of institutional ethnography and combines a longitudinal survey study with interviews, focus-group interviews, and document studies. This paper reports findings from the first stage of a library manager survey. Results indicate that the interplay between libraries and the local political level is experienced as mostly well-functioning, although notable exceptions exist, and that the correspondence between national cultural- and library policies and politics of the participating municipalities is perceived as high. However, the Library Act paragraph, stipulating that particular attention should be devoted to national minorities and persons with a native language other than Swedish, causes notable opposition between local and national political levels. Illegitimate political pressure is uncommon, but when it occurs, it is often connected to issues pursued by radical right-wing parties. The study indicates a need to further investigate the intersection of (national) policies and (local) politics.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79651485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Provision of digital information resources in Nigerian university libraries 尼日利亚大学图书馆数字信息资源的提供

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-15 DOI: 10.47989/irpaper936

Harriet U. Igbo, Ijeoma J. Ibegbulam, B. Asogwa, Nwabuisi T. Imo

{"title":"Provision of digital information resources in Nigerian university libraries","authors":"Harriet U. Igbo, Ijeoma J. Ibegbulam, B. Asogwa, Nwabuisi T. Imo","doi":"10.47989/irpaper936","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/irpaper936","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: This paper examines the provision of digital information resources in academic libraries with focus on university libraries in Nigeria. Method: A descriptive survey design was used. The population of the study was 744 certified academic librarians working in the three tiers of universities (federal, state, and private) as contained in the list maintained by the Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria. A questionnaire was used for data collection. Analysis: The data were analyzed quantitatively through the Statistical Package of the Social Sciences (SPSS), using percentages, mean scores, and standard deviation. Results: Access to digital information resources in libraries is low due to non-implementation of real time provision of information resources to users, emanating from lack of library management software that would drive the process, professionals’ lack of skills in implementing digital information services, and lack of relevant formal institutional digital information provision policies. Conclusion: Embracing real time digital library services is essential to ensure effective provision of access to information for users. The solution lies in subscription to library management software and developing the capacity of the librarians for its effective implementation.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81913922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Privacy protection throughout the research data life cycle 整个研究数据生命周期的隐私保护

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-15 DOI: 10.47989/irpaper938

Live Håndlykken Kvale, P. Darch

{"title":"Privacy protection throughout the research data life cycle","authors":"Live Håndlykken Kvale, P. Darch","doi":"10.47989/irpaper938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/irpaper938","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. The sharing and reuse of research data is gradually becoming best practice in research. However, multiple frictions exist between realising stakeholders’ ambitions for research and research data sharing and addressing legal, social and cultural imperatives for protecting data subjects’ privacy. Through identifying and addressing frictions between personal privacy and research, our paper offers advice to research data management services on how to approach personal privacy in research data, sharing using the research data life cycle as the context. Method. A three-phase Delphi study on a population comprising twenty-four stakeholders involved in research data curation in Norway. Data were collected during three consecutive rounds over fourteen months. Analysis. The data were analysed qualitatively using themes following exploratory sequential design methods. After three rounds of data collection, the entire corpus of data were connected and analysed thematically according to integrated analysis. Results. The findings show multiple tensions between maintaining research subjects’ right to privacy and advancing research through data sharing. This paper identifies and analyses three particular sources of tension: 1) maintaining trust with the research participants, 2) managing divergent views of privacy in international and intercultural research collaborations and 3) interpreting and applying policy. The divergent motivations and perspectives on privacy held by different stakeholders complicate these tensions. Conclusions. Researchers, research data management support staff and data organizations must reconcile these motivations and resolve tensions throughout the data life cycle, from collection to archiving and eventual sharing. Through dialogue and negotiation, all stakeholders involved in data sharing should aim to respect the research subjects’ own understandings of privacy.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87765979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fitness for use of data: scientists' heuristics of discovery and reuse behaviour framed by the FAIR Data Principles 数据使用的适应性:公平数据原则框架下科学家对发现和重用行为的启发

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-15 DOI: 10.47989/irpaper942

B. Bishop, H. Collier

{"title":"Fitness for use of data: scientists' heuristics of discovery and reuse behaviour framed by the FAIR Data Principles","authors":"B. Bishop, H. Collier","doi":"10.47989/irpaper942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/irpaper942","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. Data reuse in the natural sciences is necessary due to several factors—data volume, the often-real-time one-time collection, the associated collection costs, as well as data’s long-term scientific value with many potential reuses across domains beyond its original purpose. Method. This study captures heuristics used by natural scientists to inform their discovery and reuse. Using a critical incident technique, forty-three scientists from biology, geology, and oceanography were asked to describe their most recent data discovery resulting in reuse. Analysis. To frame participants’ behaviour along a sequence of actions from finding to reusing data, the survey used the FAIR Data Principles. Results. Results show a common lack of understanding of controlled vocabulary and a common determination of fitness of use by noting familiar sources rather than searching through extensive metadata. Conclusions. Scientists’ perceptions of their discovery and reuse behaviour provide considerations for research and impact practice to inform the design of tools and services to improve data reuse by both humans and machines.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79969195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Citing methods literature: citations to field manuals as paradata on archaeological fieldwork 引用方法文献:引用野外手册作为考古野外工作的参考文献

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-15 DOI: 10.47989/irpaper941

Isto Huvila, L. Andersson, Olle Sköld

{"title":"Citing methods literature: citations to field manuals as paradata on archaeological fieldwork","authors":"Isto Huvila, L. Andersson, Olle Sköld","doi":"10.47989/irpaper941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/irpaper941","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. This article investigates how researchers cite methods literature, and to what extent and how these citations could function as a form of paradata i.e., descriptive data on research processes. Method. Citations to two prominent field manuals were retrieved using Scopus; full-texts were obtained for analysis. Analysis. Descriptive statistics and qualitative content analysis were used. Results. Field manuals are cited both for compliance and contrast to clarify procedures and actions, understanding of what is considered conventional and extra-ordinary, to elucidate work processes in broader terms, and to explain concepts and what is common disciplinary knowledge. Even if literature use seems indicative of work procedures, a citation to a method cannot necessarily be considered as direct evidence of what was done in reality. Conclusions. Citations to field manuals can function as a complementary form of paradata to other information on how archaeological work has been conducted. However, rather than forming a standalone corpus of evidence, they can be expected to function best if combined with other indicators. A citation to a specific methods text can be indicative of certain patterns of work or presence of a shared scope of relevance with other works citing the same text.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88830991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The use of information behaviour research in human-computer interaction 信息行为研究在人机交互中的应用

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-15 DOI: 10.47989/irpaper937

H. Jamali, M. Nabavi

{"title":"The use of information behaviour research in human-computer interaction","authors":"H. Jamali, M. Nabavi","doi":"10.47989/irpaper937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/irpaper937","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. Information behaviour research is criticised for its lack of applicability in practice. An area that can potentially benefit from information behaviour research is human computer interaction. We investigate the extent to which information behaviour is used (cited) in human computer interaction research. Method. We retrieved 21,720 human computer interaction articles published from 2011 to 2020. Analysis. We searched for information behaviour articles in 880,533 references cited by human computer interaction articles. A random sample of 400 citations was drawn and their citation type was categorised as affirmation, negation, application, perfunctory, and review. Results. Only 0.5 per cent of references in human computer interaction were information behaviour sources. 11.2% (2,432 out of 21,720) of human computer interaction papers cited information behaviour sources. Although the most common citation type was review (45%), a considerable number of citations were of application type (31.3%), and the rest were perfunctory (19%), affirmation (3.9%) and negation (0.7%). Negation and affirmation citations were more likely to occur in the conclusion of articles. Conclusions. The use of information behaviour research in human computer interaction is promising given the amount of application citations. Human computer interaction is an area where information behaviour research can influence practice and convergence and collaboration between the two fields can improve the usability of information behaviour research.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74139814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Drivers and barriers of using online social networking technologies among people living with HIV/AIDS in Iran 伊朗艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染者使用在线社交网络技术的驱动因素和障碍

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-15 DOI: 10.47989/irpaper940

Sirous Panahi, Azam Bazrafshani, H. Sharifi, Effat Merghati-Khoei

{"title":"Drivers and barriers of using online social networking technologies among people living with HIV/AIDS in Iran","authors":"Sirous Panahi, Azam Bazrafshani, H. Sharifi, Effat Merghati-Khoei","doi":"10.47989/irpaper940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/irpaper940","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. Online social network technologies have been widely used to enhance HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment programs; however, little is known about the current use and potential drivers and barriers of these technologies among Iranian people living with HIV. Method. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28people living with HIV/AIDS already using online social network technologies. Analysis. Thematic analysis was used to analyse interviews. Results. Results showed that the average time spent on online social network platforms was 3.5-5.7 hours daily. Peer groups and pre-existing platforms (groups) established by health care providers or community-based organisations were frequently used by people living with HIV/AIDS for communication. Seeking and sharing health information and personal experiences, staying connected with peers and care providers, and social support exchange were major drivers for using online social network platforms. Cross-posting of users or sharing irrelevant or disappointing posts, gender issues, and poor engagement of users were reported as major barriers to online social network use among respondents. Conclusions. Our findings indicated that online social network technologies have empowered Iranian people living with HIV/AIDS, making them more connected, safe, and able to access HIV/AIDS-related information and services. Future studies are needed to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of these interventions among key populations including sex workers and injection drug users","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79223242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Do mobile social media undermine our romantic relationships? The influence of fear-of-missing-out on young people’s romantic relationships 移动社交媒体会破坏我们的恋爱关系吗?害怕错过对年轻人恋爱关系的影响

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2231

Lin Wang, Su Yan, Yuhan Wang, Junping Qiu, Yuchen Zhang

{"title":"Do mobile social media undermine our romantic relationships? The influence of fear-of-missing-out on young people’s romantic relationships","authors":"Lin Wang, Su Yan, Yuhan Wang, Junping Qiu, Yuchen Zhang","doi":"10.47989/irisic2231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/irisic2231","url":null,"abstract":"The widespread use of social media has a transformative effect on people’s work and lives. With the increasing information explosion and more cases of social media addiction, users have been always worried that they have missed some information. FoMO (fear of missing out) of mobile users emerges. FoMO is an important theory that explicates the underlying cognitive, psychological, and social processes of dark or negative sides of online information behaviour (Shen, et al., 2021). This paper explores the impact of FoMO of post-90s generation mobile users on romantic relationship in the context of social media. The questionnaire survey was conducted in December 2017. The sample size was 274 Chinese post-90s (people born in the 1990’s) mobile social media users who were in love for at least one year and unmarried. The statistical methods such as regression analysis were adopted. The impacts of FoMO on romantic relationship were analyzed from the perspectives of three dimensions of FoMO: cognitive, emotional and behavioural manifestations. The quantitative analysis of survey data employed the statistical package SPSS 26.0. The behavioural manifestation of FoMO has a significant negative effect on romantic relationships, while emotional and cognitive manifestations of FoMO have no significant effects on romantic relationships. This indicates that driven by FoMO, the post-90s mobile users often check the information in device frequently and subconsciously, resulting in excessive information behaviour, which does harm to the development of romantic relationship. It also implies that the view of simply treating the anxiety disorder FoMO as a psychological symptom is debatable. FoMO has affected users’ interpersonal relationship and behaviour in the offline environment, especially for post-90s generation users. This paper enriches the research on the effects of psychology and information behaviour of mobile social media users on their interpersonal relationship.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75096368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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