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{"title":"Who is using ChatGPT and why?: extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model","authors":"Sangwon Lee, Mo Jones-Jang, Myojung Chung, Nuri Kim, Jihyang Choi","doi":"10.47989/ir291647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/ir291647","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. Since its public launch, ChatGPT has gained the world's attention, demonstrating the immense potential of artificial intelligence (AI).\u0000Method. To explore factors influencing the adoption of ChatGPT, we ran structural equation modelling to test the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model while incorporating relative risk (vs. benefit) perception and emotional factors into its original form to gain a better understanding of the process.\u0000Analysis. This study utilized partial least squares–structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) with SmartPLS4.\u0000Results. The findings revealed that in addition to individuals' technology-specific perceptions (i.e., performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions), relative risk perception and emotional factors play significant roles in predicting favourable attitude and behaviour intentions towards ChatGPT.\u0000Conclusions. Our extended model fits the data well, suggesting that it is not merely a matter of convenience but also of people's reservations, expectations, and emotions toward technology, which significantly influence their willingness to adopt ChatGPT.","PeriodicalId":509289,"journal":{"name":"Information Research an international electronic journal","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140229285","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":"Regimes of participation: theorising participatory archives from the outset of archivists' views on archival institutions and user participation in Scandinavia","authors":"Isto Huvila","doi":"10.47989/ir291539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/ir291539","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: In spite of the prominence of the notion of participatory archives, there is no consensus of what participation entails in archival contexts and a lack of theory to explain the mechanisms underpinning the diversity of views.\u0000Method: Norwegian and Swedish archivists were surveyed as a part of the international ALMPUB research project for their views on user participation and how these views relate to their understanding of the role and the raison d’être of archives and archival institutions. The survey findings were used as a basis for theory development.\u0000Analysis: The data were analysed using exploratory factor analysis and descriptive statistics. The results of the factor analysis theorised as subject positions relating to views pertaining to archival participation and the societal role of archival institutions.\u0000Results: The analysis shows that the professionals’ perceptions of the rationale and impact of participation and the societal role of archives and archival institutions forms clusters were interpreted as relating to regimes of participation.\u0000Conclusions: Drawing on the theorising of Boltanski and Thévenot, the alignments of the perceptions to archives’ raisons d’être and archival participation are explained in terms of four regimes of participation: 1) participation as an intrinsically valuable activity; 2) participation as a complement to professional work in the records continuum; 3) professional work as an auxiliary activity to participation of experts; and 4) participation as a means of producing additional value for archival institutions, i.e., arrangements of framing the justification and value of participation in, with and for archival institutions. It is, however, possible to imagine additional regimes that correspond with the social worlds of Boltanski and Thévenot not represented by them, including the inspired (participation as a source of inspiration) and domestic worlds (domiciliary participation), and the world by project (participatory project). The study suggests that inquiring into the justifications and regimes of worth attached to participation helps to refute simplistic assumptions of what participation entails and recognise the variety of participatory engagements and their diverging implications for different types of archival institutions and their diverse stakeholders.","PeriodicalId":509289,"journal":{"name":"Information Research an international electronic journal","volume":"41 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140230203","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":"Practices and pain points in personal records","authors":"Matt Balogh, William Billingsley, David Paul, M. Kennan, Melanie Robertson-Dean","doi":"10.47989/ir291604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/ir291604","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. This paper reports the findings of a survey on personal electronic records management practices focussing on records that people deal with in their everyday lives at home. The aim of this research was to determine which personal electronic records practices were most effective in averting oversights and generating satisfaction in participant’s records management practices. This paper presents one stage of a broader design science research program.\u0000Method. The research for this paper was conducted by means of an online questionnaire using Qualtrics software and participants were recruited through social media.\u0000Analysis. Analysis was conducted using tabular analysis in SPSS, and Principal Component Analysis in R.\u0000Results. The research found that there is a statistical relationship between the practices that respondents adopted with their personal electronic records management and their level of satisfaction with that process. For example, respondents who saved records on a computer or in the cloud reported higher levels of satisfaction with how they managed their personal records and experienced fewer adverse incidents such as losing documents or failing to pay bills on time.\u0000Conclusion. The paper concludes by identifying some specific personal records management practices that are likely to improve satisfaction with that task, such as saving and sorting records that need to be retained outside of email in a structured filing system.","PeriodicalId":509289,"journal":{"name":"Information Research an international electronic journal","volume":"58 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140231271","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":"Assessing the influence of bibliometric factors and organizational characteristics on the centrality degree of inter-university collaborative networks: a neural network approach","authors":"Juan David Reyes-Gómez, Efrén Romero-Riaño","doi":"10.47989/ir291427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/ir291427","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. The centrality degree of a university collaborative network indicates how many other universities the given university has active collaborations with. The study analyses the centrality of university-level collaboration networks and aim to assess the influence of organizational characteristics and bibliometric factors of universities on the centrality degree.\u0000Method. This study used artificial neural networks, particularly a multilayer perceptron. The input variables included number of documents published, citations, size, type, and location of the university. Data was extracted from the census of institutions identified within the inter-university collaborative networks of Santander and Caldas in Colombia. A total of 154 universities comprises the dataset for the territory of Santander and 126 for Caldas.\u0000Results. The results indicated that bibliometric factors had a significant influence on the centrality degree of the networks. Organizational characteristics also had an influence, but to a lesser extent than bibliometric factors.\u0000Conclusion. The study found that the research output and impact are the most important factors in predicting the centrality degree of a university in a collaborative network. This suggests that policies to increase the research output and impact of a university are likely to result in a more central position in the network.","PeriodicalId":509289,"journal":{"name":"Information Research an international electronic journal","volume":"54 51","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140231237","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":"Approaches to information-seeking behaviour in psychology: a comparison of early and contemporary studies","authors":"Thomas D. Wilson","doi":"10.47989/ir291694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/ir291694","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction.  The aim of this paper is to explore the investigation of information-seeking behaviour in the literature of psychology, with special reference to the period before 1981, when the term was introduced into information science, and compare the research of that period, with research reported in 2022-2023.\u0000Method. A search of the literature for the term ‘information-seeking behaviour’ was carried out in Web of Science and Scopus for the period 1900 to 1980 and from January 2022 to May 2023, producing two data sets for analysis.\u0000Analysis.  Descriptive analysis of sources and geographic distribution of the papers is presented. This is followed by an analysis of the research themes and approaches.\u0000Results. In the early set of papers the main context of the research was educational and career counselling and the main research perspective social learning theory, with an emphasis on the concept of locus of control. In the later set, the main theoretical interest was in aspects of cognition, with a particular interest in curiosity.\u0000Conclusion. There is much that the information science research can learn and apply from the literature of psychology.  In particular, social learning theory, cognitive theory, and the associated research instruments could be of value.","PeriodicalId":509289,"journal":{"name":"Information Research an international electronic journal","volume":"56 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140231074","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":"Training in open access for doctoral students: results of a survey of current and recent students and supervisors","authors":"Simon Wakeling, M. Shephard, H. Jamali","doi":"10.47989/ir291679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/ir291679","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. This study aimed to understand the extent to which doctoral students receive training relating to open access publishing, and the form of that training.\u0000Method. An international online survey of 1,569 current and recent doctoral students and supervisors was undertaken. Questions covered the extent and nature of training in open access offered to doctoral students, sources of respondents’ open access knowledge, and their perspectives on open access.\u0000Analysis. Descriptive statistical analysis was conducted with some non-parametric tests. Free-text data were thematically analysed.\u0000Results. The large majority of current and recent doctoral students and supervisors indicated there was no mandatory open access training at their institutions. More than half of respondents thought they had good or excellent understanding of open access, with those who had completed training more likely to highly rate their understanding. Only 27% of respondents felt the level of training offered was sufficient. Respondents suggested that institutions could take further action to support understanding of open access.\u0000Conclusion. There is a need for institutions to develop further training in open access. Researchers who undertake training in report a better level of understanding of open access and place more importance on it as a factor in selecting a journal.","PeriodicalId":509289,"journal":{"name":"Information Research an international electronic journal","volume":"46 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140229288","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":"Reorienting information searching research by applying a situated abilities perspective","authors":"Gerd Berget","doi":"10.47989/ir291651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/ir291651","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. In studies of information searching, people are often characterised with perpetual physical, sensory and cognitive abilities. Situational factors that may affect human abilities are less considered, although they may have an impact on information searching behaviour. For example, a person with dyslexia may struggle with inputting correctly spelled queries. Spelling skills, however, may also be influenced by fatigue, illness, or using a mobile phone while walking. All types of users can therefore at certain times experience challenges related to query input.\u0000Method. This theoretical paper explores the concept of situated abilities in the context of information searching. Eight personas are constructed and used in a discussion of how a change of perspective on human abilities can provide a valuable contribution to research.\u0000Analysis. The personas are based upon empirical findings of user behaviour and are discussed in relation to theoretical frameworks and models.\u0000Results. Human abilities are dynamic and affected by a variety of situational factors. All people experience temporary impairments during their lives. It would therefore be purposeful to reorient information searching research by applying a situated abilities perspective.\u0000Conclusion. A situated abilities perspective may result in more inclusive search systems for all types of users.","PeriodicalId":509289,"journal":{"name":"Information Research an international electronic journal","volume":"9 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140230432","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":"New academic journals: an international overview of indexing and access models","authors":"Rosangela Rodrigues, Cristóbal Urbano, Patrícia Neubert, José Miguel Rodríguez-Gairín, Marta Somoza-Fernández","doi":"10.47989/ir284466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/ir284466","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. An international analysis of academic journals newly created in the period from 2011 to 2020 according to type of publisher, place of publication, their relationship with open access, and their indexing in databases. Studies of the issues of concentration of journal publisher ownership, uses of metrics, and access to titles reveal a changing landscape that is nevertheless still dominated by large commercial oligopolies. One notable trend is the creation of new titles in various configurations.\u0000Method. To assess the global scenario, we analyse titles created from 2011 to 2020, focusing on indexing and access models. The methodology is multidimensional, predominantly bibliometric and quantitative. The data were collected from Crossref and other databases and processed with the resources of the Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals.\u0000Results. The findings confirm the expansion of the periodical publishing market, of which the academic journal market represents a small fraction (7.29%). Of thdatabases may be considered academic based on indexing in some database, most are open access, indicated by their presence in the Directory of Open Access Journals (55.21%). The analysis of publisher type confirmed the predominance of commercial publishers (44.57%), followed by universities (30.08%). The largest proportion of the titles are in the health field, compatible with the existing distribution of fields, followed by journals in the multidisciplinary and education fields.\u0000Conclusion. In the expansion of the publishing market, academic journals represent a small fraction of the total. The main sources of new titles in open access with no processing charges for authors are universities in countries that are not home to large commercial publishers (Indonesia, Brazil, and Spain), all with government subsidies.","PeriodicalId":509289,"journal":{"name":"Information Research an international electronic journal","volume":"6 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139529641","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":"Jovens e os Stories do Instagram: estudo netnográfico durante a pandemia da Covid-19","authors":"A. Angeluci, Brasilina Passarelli, Carolina Gois Falandes, Milena Possar Garcia","doi":"10.47989/ir284645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/ir284645","url":null,"abstract":"Introdução. Este estudo analisou as literacias de mídia e informação de jovens brasileiros em seus perfis principais e Dix no Instagram durante a pandemia da Covid-19. Método. Uma netnografia (uma variação de etnografia online) foi conduzida em três etapas: observação participante, Web scraping e entrevistas por vídeo com jovens de 15 a 18 anos na região metropolitana de São Paulo, seguindo a Análise de Conteúdo bardiniana. Análise. Dos perfis analisados, 89,7% dos principais eram abertos, enquanto todos os Dix eram fechados. O uso de hashtags nos Dix ocorreu em apenas 8,3%, e a maioria dos perfis utilizou o recurso de carrossel, com 72,4% nos principais e 58,3% nos Dix. A utilização de apelidos foi menos comum nos perfis principais (24,1%) em comparação com a maioria dos Dix (83,3%). Resultados. Os jovens postaram conteúdos estratégicos em seus perfis principais, melhorando a qualidade das imagens com recursos e filtros. Já nos Dix, predominaram postagens cotidianas, humor e tópicos delicados, com menos edição de imagens, antecipando o fenômeno photo dump. Conclusão. Gerenciando esses espaços, os jovens podem assumir diferentes identidades, sendo as literacias de mídia e informação recursos importantes para suas práticas em rede e expressão de sentimentos. Introduction. This study examined the media and information literacies of young Brazilians on their main profiles and Dix on Instagram during the Covid-19 pandemic. Method. A netnography (a variation of online ethnography) was conducted in three stages: participant observation, web scraping, and video interviews with young people aged 15 to 18 in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, following Bardin's Content Analysis. Analysis. Of the profiles analysed, 89.7% of the main ones were open, while all the Dix were closed. The use of hashtags in Dix occurred in only 8.3%, and the majority of profiles used the carousel feature, with 72.4% on the main profiles and 58.3% on Dix. The use of nicknames was less common on the main profiles (24.1%) compared to the majority of Dix (83.3%). Results. Young people strategically posted content on their main profiles, improving image quality with features and filters. In Dix, everyday posts, humour, and sensitive topics prevailed, with less image editing, anticipating the photo dump phenomenon. Conclusion. By managing these spaces, young people can assume different identities, with media and information literacies being important resources for their online practices and expression of feelings.","PeriodicalId":509289,"journal":{"name":"Information Research an international electronic journal","volume":"71 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139177610","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":"More than data repositories: perceived information needs for the development of social sciences and humanities research infrastructures","authors":"Anna Sendra, E. Late, Sanna Kumpulainen","doi":"10.47989/ir284598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/ir284598","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. The digitalization of social sciences and humanities research necessitates research infrastructures. However, this transformation is still incipient, highlighting the need to better understand how to successfully support data-intensive research. Method. Starting from a case study of building a national infrastructure for conducting data-intensive research, this study aims to understand the information needs of digital researchers regarding the facility and explore the importance of evaluation in its development. Analysis. Thirteen semi-structured interviews with social sciences and humanities scholars and computer and data scientists processed through a thematic analysis revealed three themes (developing a research infrastructure, needs and expectations of the research infrastructure, and an approach to user feedback and user interactions). Results. Findings reveal that developing an infrastructure for conducting data-intensive research is a complicated task influenced by contrasting information needs between social sciences and humanities scholars and computer and data scientists, such as the demand for increased support of the former. Findings also highlight the limited role of evaluation in its creation. Conclusions. The development of infrastructures for conducting data-intensive research requires further discussion that particularly considers the disciplinary differences between social sciences and humanities scholars and computer and data scientists. Suggestions on how to better design this kind of facilities are also raised.","PeriodicalId":509289,"journal":{"name":"Information Research an international electronic journal","volume":"212 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139178501","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}