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The identity of information science
Vivien PetrasThis paper offers a definition of the core of information science, which encompasses most research in the field. The definition provides a unique identity for information science…
An exploration of search-as-learning in digital archives of an online museum
I-Chin Wu, Pertti Vakkari, Bo-Xian HuangRecent studies on search-as-learning (SAL) have recognized the significance of identifying users' learning needs as they evolve for acquiring knowledge during the search process…
Of acquisitions and interference: accounting for systemic threats to the freedom to read
E.E. LawrenceLibrarianship’s dominant conception of the freedom to read is governed by a liberal principle of noninterference, wherein free readers are those who face no intentional…
The spectrum of semantic and syntactic labour
Julian WarnerThe article extends the distinction of semantic from syntactic labour to comprehend all forms of mental labour. It answers a critique from de Fremery and Buckland, which required…
Documentation to Documentality in the works of Michael Buckland
Ronald E. DayMichael Buckland's works have spanned theoretical, historical and practice-oriented foci and genre. This article focuses on some of his theoretical-historical works that span over…
Does a name make a difference? The neo-documentalist movement, where does it stand after 27 years 1996–2023
Niels Windfeld LundThe purpose of the paper is to analyze how the Neo-documentalist movement, initiated in 1996 by Michael Buckland, Boyd Rayward and Niels Lund, has evolved in its 27 years history…
The importance of a complementary approach when working with historical documents
Roswitha SkareThe purpose of this study is to show that the neo-documentary – or complimentary – approach in Library and Information Science by no means is conservative, but highly necessary…
Fake news as systematically distorted communication: an LIS intervention
John BuschmanThe broader analytical framing of systematically distorted communication (SDC) helps extract value out of the enormous amount of scholarship on fake news.
The informative potential of bibliographic classification systems – reflections on a discussion in the French Documentation Movement
Joacim HanssonIn this article, the author discusses works from the French Documentation Movement in the 1940s and 1950s with regard to how it formulates bibliographic classification systems as…
Exploring perceived online information quality: a mixed-method approach
Boryung Ju, J. Brenton StewartThe purpose of this study is to examine the quality of information in articles in the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, as perceived by readers and content contributors. This study…
A systematic review of information source preference research
Huan Zhong, Zhengbiao HanThis systematic literature review aims to elaborate on the research progress and features of information source preferences to help other researchers attain a more comprehensive…
Pilgrim's progress? A field ethnography of multimodal recording, curating and sharing of the Camino de Santiago experience
Perla InnocentiReligious and secular pilgrimages present rich opportunities for investigating information activities in an original and intriguing context. While the Information Science…
Integrated use of KOS and deep learning for data set annotation in tourism domain
Giovanna Aracri, Antonietta Folino, Stefano SilvestriThe purpose of this paper is to propose a methodology for the enrichment and tailoring of a knowledge organization system (KOS), in order to support the information extraction…
A systematic review of methods for aligning, mapping, merging taxonomies in information sciences
Yi-Yun Cheng, Yilin XiaThe purpose of this study is to provide a systematic literature review on taxonomy alignment methods in information science to explore the common research pipeline and…
Parsing through paradigms: uncertainty and decision-making in human information behavior
Juliana MestreThis study demonstrates how individual paradigms implicate the questions asked, methods used and results drawn in association with a common object of study in human information…
Planning, implementing and evaluating research data services in academic libraries: a model approach
Cody Hackett, Jeonghyun KimOne of the most critical changes to academic library services in the last decade has been the development and implementation of research data services (RDS). This paper seeks to…
Tell me how you write and I'll tell you what you read: a study on the writing style of book reviews
Chiara Alzetta, Felice Dell'Orletta, Alessio Miaschi, Elena Prat, Giulia VenturiThe authors’ goal is to investigate variations in the writing style of book reviews published on different social reading platforms and referring to books of different genres…
How do you solve a problem like Michael?
Fidelia IbekweCelebrate Michael Buckland's impressive legacy to LIS by showing his humanity, generosity and versatility.
Unlocking a multimodal archive of Southern Chinese martial arts through embodied cues
Yumeng Hou, Fadel Mamar Seydou, Sarah KenderdineDespite being an authentic carrier of various cultural practices, the human body is often underutilised to access the knowledge of human body. Digital inventions today have…
The influences of communitarian philosophy in public policy: mapping the discourse of Scottish public library strategy
Colin Paton, David McMenemyThis research investigates the presence of communitarian philosophy within contemporary Scottish public library strategy, exploring links between philosophy, politics and practice.
Addressing the information needs of informal carers in Malawi: a healthcare intervention based on co-creation
Efpraxia D. Zamani, Laura Sbaffi, Khumbo KaluaThe aim of this study was to address the unmet information needs of Malawian informal carers. We report on a three-year project which we co-created with informal carers, medical…
Depiction of library use in video games: a content analysis
Emerson Taylor, Chern Li LiewResearchers in information studies have examined fictional depictions of libraries in various mediums because these images can reflect and influence real-life experiences and…
Socially meaningful transparency in data-based systems: reflections and proposals from practice
Jo Bates, Helen Kennedy, Itzelle Medina Perea, Susan Oman, Lulu PinneyThe purpose is to present proposals to foster what we call a socially meaningful transparency practice that aims to enhance public understanding of data-based systems through the…
Capital as the outcome of information practices: a study of devotees and monks of a Theravada Buddhist Temple
Hilary Yerbury, Michael Olsson, Pethigamage PereraThe outcomes of information behaviours have traditionally been conceptualised as use or effects. The adoption of a sociological stance, based on a practices approach, provides the…
Managing Norwegian public libraries as civil public spheres: recent controversies
Håkon LarsenThis paper contains a theoretically inspired discussion of recent Norwegian controversies related to the management of public library space as a civil public sphere.
The health information behaviors of people who inject drugs: a scoping review of the literature
Margaret Sullivan, George ShawThe United States of America is in the midst of an opioid crisis. However, little has been written within the domain of LIS (Library and Information Science) about the health…
Does serendipity matter in knowledge management? Organizational sharing and use of encountered information
Sanda Erdelez, Yuan-Ho Huang, Naresh Kumar AgarwalThis study investigated the moderating effect of organizational knowledge management performance on the sharing and use of information encountered by serendipity within the…
Preserving algorithmic systems: a synthesis of overlapping approaches, materialities and contexts
James A. Hodges, Ciaran B. TraceThis article aims to advance a multifaceted framework for preserving algorithms and algorithmic systems in an archival context.
Upcycling historical data collections. A paradigm for digital history?
Werner ScheltjensUpcycling is conceptualised as a digital historical research practice aimed at increasing the scientific value of historical data collections produced in print or in electronic…
On impersonal justice: libraries' neutrality as an act of change
Antonella FoderaroThis study introduces Simone Weil's impersonal justice concept and its relevance to libraries' identity and role in societies. The article presents the constituents of impersonal…
The intricate web: network and rhizome metaphors in hypertext and the web and the epistemic challenge of fake news
Luke TredinnickThis article analyses the structure of hypertext and the world wide web through the contrasting metaphors of the network and the rhizome and applies that analysis to the epistemic…
Fractured academic space: digital literacy and the COVID-19 pandemic
Annemaree Lloyd, Alison HicksThe study focussed on information literacy practices, specifically on how higher education staff managed the transition from established and routinised in-person teaching…
“How didst thou come beneath the murky darkness?”: sense-making in light of the ancient Greeks and in the spirit of Hegel
Margaret GrossThis piece explores the philosophical origins of sense-making as defined in Brenda Dervin’s methodology.
Computer vision and machine learning approaches for metadata enrichment to improve searchability of historical newspaper collections
Dilawar Ali, Kenzo Milleville, Steven Verstockt, Nico Van de Weghe, Sally Chambers, Julie M. BirkholzHistorical newspaper collections provide a wealth of information about the past. Although the digitization of these collections significantly improves their accessibility, a large…
“I think sometimes the whole process is just a little bit intimidating”: modeling the health insurance decision-making process
Emily VardellThis qualitative study explores how individuals understand health insurance concepts and make health insurance purchase decisions. The study sought to develop a model of the…
Does the perceived quality of interdisciplinary research vary between fields?
Mike Thelwall, Kayvan Kousha, Emma Stuart, Meiko Makita, Mahshid Abdoli, Paul Wilson, Jonathan M. LevittTo assess whether interdisciplinary research evaluation scores vary between fields.
A Chinese academic tradition examined in the context of international academic communication: exploratory research into Shang Que articles
Weinan Zheng, Peng Xiao, Andrew MaddenAcademic contention occurs when research evidence is amenable to more than one interpretation. China has a long tradition of Shang Que (商榷), in which authors argue for their…
Unsilencing colonial archives via automated entity recognition
Mrinalini Luthra, Konstantin Todorov, Charles Jeurgens, Giovanni ColavizzaThis paper aims to expand the scope and mitigate the biases of extant archival indexes.
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