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The in-between: information experience within human-companion animal living environments
Niloofar Solhjoo, Maja Krtalić, Anne GouldingWhile exploring the information experience within multispecies families, the subjective nature of humans and non-human entities, living beings and non-living objects becomes…
In search of a coherent theoretical foundation for LIS ethical principles: an appraisal of Floridi's Information Ethics
Liangzhi Yu, Yao ZhangThis study aims to examine the potential of Information Ethics (IE) to serve as a coherent ethical foundation for the library and information science profession (LIS profession).
Influence of Dervin’s sensemaking methodology determined through citation context analysis, content analysis and bibliometrics
Yu-Wei Chang, I-Jen LiThis study explored the influence of Dervin’s sensemaking methodology (SMM).
Dancing with the devil: the use and perceptions of academic journal ranking lists in the management field
Alexander Serenko, Nick BontisThis study explores the use and perceptions of scholarly journal ranking lists in the management field based on stakeholders’ lived experience.
Data quality assurance in research data repositories: a theory-guided exploration and model
Besiki Stvilia, Dong Joon LeeThis study addresses the need for a theory-guided, rich, descriptive account of research data repositories' (RDRs) understanding of data quality and the structures of their data…
Robert Pagès’ concept of the “auto-document” as a forerunner to neo-documentation’s philosophy of documentality
Ronald E. DayThe purpose of this paper is to examine Robert Pagès' 1948 conception of “auto-document” as a possible forerunner to the neo-documentalist conception of “documentality” as…
Recent temporal dynamics in economics: empirical analyses of annual publications in economic fields
Lutz Bornmann, Klaus WohlrabeDifferences in annual publication counts may reflect the dynamic of scientific progress. Declining annual numbers of publications may be interpreted as missing progress in…
Understanding ways to support teens and parents affected by Russia–Ukraine war
Irene Lopatovska, Celia CoanThe study explored how information institutions can support the resilience of parents of adolescents affected by the Russia–Ukraine war. Ukrainian parents are facing major…
Relevance and creativity – a linear model
Wayne de Fremery, Michael Keeble BucklandThe purpose of this paper is to provide a new and useful formulation of relevance.
The impact of information needs satisfaction on the creativity of visual art teachers
Spyros Kolyvas, Petros A. Kostagiolas, Konstantina MartzoukouThe aim of this study is to investigate how the information needs satisfaction of visual art teachers affects their creativity. Visual art teachers’ information seeking behaviour…
Signifying unity: exploring the interplay of semiotics, universalism and pluralism in information science
Martin Muderspach ThellefsenThe purpose of this study is twofold: first, to provide a nuanced understanding of the information concept that encapsulates both its universal foundations and context-dependent…
Contested imaginaries: workfinding information practices of STEM-trained immigrant women in Canada
Nadia Caidi, Saadia Muzaffar, Elizabeth KalbfleischThis pan-Canadian study examines the information practices of STEM-trained immigrant women to Canada as they navigate workfinding and workplace integration. Our study focuses on a…
An examination of existing research on academic libraries and the social web
Namjoo ChoiThe purpose of this study is to examine research on academic libraries and the social web published from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2023.
Information searching in cultural heritage archives: a user study
Pia Borlund, Nils Pharo, Ying-Hsang LiuThe PICCH research project contributes to opening a dialogue between cultural heritage archives and users. Hence, the users are identified and their information needs, the search…
Reinforming memes: a literature review of the status of memetic information
Alexander O. Smith, Jeff Hemsley, Zhasmina Y. TachevaOur purpose is to reconnect memetics to information, a persistent and unclear association. Information can contribute across a span of memetic research. Its obscurity restricts…
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