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Geographies of information behaviour: a conceptual exploration
Andrew Cox, Crystal FultonThis article examines the relation between place, space and information behaviour.
Museum open data ecosystems: a comparative study
Peter Booth, Trilce Navarrete, Anne OgundipeThis study aims to investigate how, in forming their policy towards open data (OD), art museums interact with the OD ecosystems they are part of, comprising internal and external…
Hide and seek – the role of personality, sense of coherence and experiential information in hidden information needs
Jannica Heinström, Shahrokh Nikou, Eero SormunenThe aim of this study is to assess the impact of personality traits and sense of coherence (SOC) on concealing information needs out of shame. The study also investigates the link…
“Bouncing ideas” as a complex information practice: information seeking, sharing, creation, and cooperation
Rebekah Willson“Bouncing ideas” is a phrase used colloquially to illustrate a way of advancing ideas in the workplace. While described by some as a key part of their information work, it has…
The social media use of Muslim women in the Arabian Peninsula: insights into self-protective information behaviours
Steven Buchanan, Zamzam HusainThe purpose is to provide insight into the social media related information behaviours of Muslim women within Arab society, and to explore issues of societal constraint and…
Seven information practices for alleviating information vulnerability
Devendra Dilip Potnis, Joseph WinberryThis literature review aims to identify conscious, intentional, repetitive and transferrable information-related decisions and activities (i.e. information practices) for…
Exploring the digital humanities research agenda: a text mining approach
Soohyung Joo, Jennifer Hootman, Marie KatsuraiThis study aims to explore knowledge structure and research trends in the domain of digital humanities (DH) in the recent decade. The study identified prevailing topics and then…
Versioning boundary objects: the citation profile of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM)
Kai Li, Chenyue Jiao, Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Vincent LarivièreResearch objects, such as datasets and classification standards, are difficult to be incorporated into a document-centric framework of citations, which relies on unique citable…
Serious information in hedonic social applications: affordances, self-determination and health information adoption in TikTok
Shijie Song, Yuxiang Chris Zhao, Xinlin Yao, Zhichao Ba, Qinghua ZhuHedonic social applications have been increasingly popular among health information consumers. However, it remains unclear what motivates consumers to adopt health information in…
Green library as a subject of research – a quantitative and qualitative perspective
Małgorzata Fedorowicz-KruszewskaThe objective of the article is to determine the numerical increase in publications on green libraries and the dynamics of its development as well as to determine the thematic…
Lexicon of pandemics: a semantic analysis of the Spanish flu and the Covid-19 timeframe terminology
Claudia Lanza, Antonietta Folino, Erika Pasceri, Anna PerriThe aim of this study is a semantic comparative analysis between the current pandemic and the Spanish flu. It is based on a bilingual terminological perspective oriented to…
Infotainment as a hybrid of information and entertainment: a conceptual analysis
Reijo SavolainenTo elaborate the nature of infotainment as a mediating concept between information and entertainment by analysing how the concept of infotainment is approached in diverse domains…
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