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Taiwan’s scientific collaboration under the New Southbound Policy: Trends, effects, mechanisms, and implications
Get PDFMy dissertation explores the evolving trends and patterns in Taiwan’s scientific collaboration under the New Southbound Policy (NSP), with a focus on research co-authorship with NSP target countries across Southeast and South Asia, as well as Australia and New Zealand. Launched in 2016, the NSP represents Taiwan’s strategic effort to reintegrate into the Indo-Pacific region amidst shifting geopolitical realities. This study investigates the underexplored dynamics of scientific collaboration and the seldom-tested policy effects in a non-Western, non-colonial context, exemplifying science diplomacy in action. Specifically, this research addresses three key questions: (1) What are the long-term trends in research collaboration with NSP target countries from the mid-2000s to 2021? (2) How do co-authorship patterns and dynamics manifest in cross-specialization profiles and authorship orders among these countries? (3) What impact has the NSP had on the volume of co-authored research? Methodologically, this study combines bibliometric, network, and modeling approaches. It employs established bibliometric indicators for measuring attractiveness and preferences among partnered countries, multilayer network analysis, and piecewise models of change. The primary data sources are drawn from Clarivate’s Web of Science, accessed in both aggregated forms via the Observatoire des sciences et des technologies and as raw JSON data retrieved through the Web of Science Expanded API. By analyzing the patterns, effects, and mechanisms of Taiwan’s scientific collaboration with NSP target countries, this dissertation contributes to broadening theories and methodologies of international scientific collaboration. It also sheds light on South–South collaboration and offers policy implications for nations navigating similar geopolitical challenges
Evaluating The Value and Impact of Makerspaces on Public Libraries
Get PDFThis study addresses the need to evaluate the value and impact of a public library makerspace broadly at the organizational level. Since they first appeared in U.S. libraries in 2011, once viewed as a trend or an emerging service, nowadays a number of libraries incorporate makerspaces or maker programs as part of their core, regular services. While existing literature on makerspace evaluation primarily focuses on individual learning outcomes (e.g., STEM learning), our study found the value of makerspaces to their libraries. Thirteen focus groups were conducted in three public libraries in Illinois, engaging forty-two participants including users, non-users, teens, staff members, and community stakeholders. Data unveiled that makerspaces support libraries\u27 missions in new and expanded ways, upholding core values of librarianship; change people\u27s perceptions of libraries and increase pride in their libraries; and attract new community members and encourage broader usage of library services.
Artificial Intelligence: The Doers, the Don’t-ers, and the continuum between
Get PDFABSTRACT
Session 1: Make My Syllabus Nicer: Exploring Generative AI for Inclusivity and Accessibility in LIS Instruction
Rebecca J.Morris (University, of Pittsburgh, School of Computing and Information, US)
Though certainly not a magic formula, LIS instructors’ use of generative AI tools can support accessibility and inclusivity in design and adaptation of course materials and communications. LIS faculty may likely know and implement accommodations such as Universal Design for Learning to some extent, but perhaps find it challenging to integrate methods more thoroughly for reasons such as time, number of courses or varied formats of courses, and number of disability accommodations.
This session includes
teaching tasks:
making tone and content of syllabi and assignment instructions more transparent and
student-friendly
generating performance criteria, checklists, and rubrics for differentiated assignments
integrating principles of Universal Design for Learning into course design elements, such as
o creating text outlines of lectures to provide multiple means of representation
o personalizing assessment options to offer multiple means of action and expression
A Community Conversation: The Context, Complexities, Contradictions and Critical Concerns of Artificial Intelligence: Parts I & II
This dual presentation offers perspectives on the complexities, contradictions, and critical issues concerning Artificial Intelligence (AI). The IP SIG combines presentations with interactive audience engagement, providing an opportunity for ALISE members and attendees to forge cross-disciplinary ties around the conference themes of “[t]he ways in which information is created, disseminated, and altered” in the current education landscape
Session 2: Part 1- The Context, Considerations and Complexities
Rhiannon Bettivia (Simmons University School of Library and Information Science, US) Co-Moderator
Warren Crichlow (Emerita, York University, US)
Anthony W. Dunbar, (Dominican University - School of Information Studies, US) Co-Moderator
Theodora Kourkoulou (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US)
Cameron McCarthy (Emerita, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US)
The panel centers innovation as a necessity and change agent in the area of digital and technological literacy. Thus, offering a brief historical discussion of technological developments and their deployment in classrooms, grounding a discussion of AI. Then discusses the dichotomy that AI is either the ultimate positive technological contribution to society or it will move society from a state of techno determinism to techno fatalism. This discussion centers the nuances between the pollyannic and fatalist propositions. Consisting of submissions from LIS educators and practitioners eager to share their experiences using (or not) AI in the classroom, this conversation further shapes approaches to AI and contributes to developing policies and practices at institutional and disciplinary levels.
Session 3: Panel 2 - The Contradictions and Critical Concerns
Rhiannon Bettivia (Simmons University School of Library and Information Science, US) Moderator
Warren Crichlow (Emerita, York University, US) Panelist
Theodora Kourkoulou (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US) Panelist
Cameron McCarthy (Emerita, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US) Panelist
Part 2 dives deeper into the pedagogical Contradictions and related Critical Concerns that LIS scholars, instructors, and practitioners are grappling with as AI interrupts and, in many instances, disrupts LIS learning spaces. This session offers an interdisciplinary sensibility
A framework of data curation competencies
Get PDFOver the last decade, the library and information science (LIS) field has driven data curation education, research, and practice. As the field continues to grow and new techniques and technologies are developed, there is a need to evaluate current data curation practices to understand the important data curation competencies that should be taught to LIS students.
This research expands our understanding of data curation competencies, skills, and technical tools and provides a data curation competencies framework. This data curation competencies framework was developed through 1) a systematic literature review and 2) focus groups with strategic stakeholders.
For the systematic literature review, over 1,400 documents were reviewed, with 43 deemed relevant. Relevant documents described the competencies needed to conduct data curation activities, and from these findings, the initial competencies framework was created. The framework consists of twenty specific competencies organized into data curation activities, technical skills, and soft skills related to data curation.
Secondly, focus groups were held with strategic stakeholders (educators, practitioners, and community organizations) to provide feedback on the overall structure of the competencies framework and input on the competencies necessary to working with community data.
As this framework extends our current understanding of data curation competencies, it can also be utilized in both research and curriculum development. Currently, this framework is being utilized to create and test a pilot community data curation curriculum with LIS students and will be disseminated for LIS educators to incorporate into their curriculum
Development of a Professional Identity Scale for Information Professionals
Get PDFProfessional identity is generally defined as one’s interpretation of self as a professional in connection with the personal and professional experiences, attitudes, and aspirations. The research used the framework developed by Pierson et al. (2019), value statements from major professional associations, library and information science (LIS) literature to revise a professional identity scale for counseling profession developed by Woo and Henfield (2015). The developed instrument will be reviewed by small number of experts (N≈20) for content validation. The instrument will be sent out to LIS professionals via mailing lists for construct validation. LIS professionals who have just transitioned from school to work (graduated from LIS programs in the last 5 years) will be invited to participate in the study. The final instrument will include demographic questions (e.g., age, gender), highest degree achieved, employment status, and LIS job experience. Exploratory factor analysis will be carried out to identify the factor structure of the scale and relevant tests (e.g., Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin, Bartlett\u27s test of sphericity) will be performed to investigate and assess the professional identity constructs that will emerge from the data. Confirmatory factor analysis will be conducted to obtain additional measures of fit and possibly explore additional changes. As the profession goes through a transformation and recalibrates itself to stay relevant and better address the needs and expectations of users, having a validated and reliable instrument to assess the professional identity of the professionals in the field will help address this gap
Gundam and the Japanese Media Mix: Novelizations, Model Kits and Statues
Get PDFMobile Suit Gundam (1979) and related texts – collectively called the Gundam franchise – revolutionized robot animation with its realistic settings, eventually gaining immense popularity through reruns and expansions into various media formats. This paper explores the Gundam series\u27 innovative media mix strategies, including novelizations, model kits, and life-sized statues, which have each been critical to its enduring success in specific ways. For instance Gundam novelizations, particularly those by director Tomino Yoshiyuki, deviated from the TV series, incorporating mature themes and expanding the narrative universe. This approach set a precedent for media mixing in animation. Additionally, Gundam\u27s plastic models, especially the MSV series, created a new form of “narrative consumption” where fans engaged with the broader lore of the series through detailed models. These models maintained the franchise\u27s popularity during periods without new TV broadcasts. Finally, life-sized Gundam statues further exemplify the franchise\u27s media mix innovation. Starting with the 2009 Tokyo installation, these statues have evolved, incorporating dynamic elements and interactive features. These installations offer a unique “pseudo-authenticity,” making the fictional Gundam universe tangible and attracting widespread attention. Overall, Gundam\u27s pioneering media mix strategieshave not only sustained the franchise’s cultural and economic impact, but also expanded it, thus solidifying its status as a cornerstone of Japanese animation culture
Here Comes the Hurricane
Get PDFThis two-section article and interview with Jesús Hilario-Reyes, a queer, non-binary, Afro-Caribbean artist, explores their artwork to connect trans new media histories to contemporary trans Chicanx scholarship via recent notions on “glitch” and “stitch.” The introduction connects Hilario-Reyes’s uprootedness to trans thoughts on “the cut” and trans Chicanx scholar Francisco Galarte’s concept of “Brown transfiguration.” In Section One, Hilario-Reyes discusses their new media practices in relation to land, water, displacement, and diasporic disembodiment. The interview in Section One reveals their experiences with migration, as they reflect on their 3D animated work about Puerto Rico\u27s post-Hurricane Maria flooding, and their role as a DJ creating queer Black space. Section Two delves deeper into their 3D art and music as a healing response to displacement, mourning, and “destierro” (being ripped from one\u27s homeland). Hilario-Reyes’s creativity, expressed through 3D animations, performance, and sound, becomes an embodied and world-building practice infused with resistance and queer Black sovereignty. Their perspectives on "glitch, love, and storms" offer adjacent strategies to resistance optics, addressing the visibility/invisibility dynamics inherent in transphobia and white supremacy. Their understanding of climate change\u27s white supremacist root cause affecting Puerto Rico leads to a transformation of the disembodying effects of systemic violence through trans and Black-informed gestures. Through Hilario-Reyes’s 3D animations and video games, the article connects their work to larger trans scholarship, new media, and trans video game histories. Embodying non-binary and Afro-Caribbean thought, Hilario-Reyes re-engages the body, love, humanness, and their multiple possible selves, turning systemic violence\u27s cataclysmic failures into trans and Afro-Caribbean liberation
Book Review: Manga in Libraries: A Guide for Teen Librarians
Get PDFManga, comics or graphic novels originating from Japan, are popular both inside and outside of Japan. Sales of manga have quadrupled since 2020. In 2023, almost 49% of graphic novels sold were manga. This increased popularity means manga is well represented in library purchases. In 2023, according to a School Library Journal survey, manga comprised 43 percent of high school graphic novel purchases and 64 percent of respondents noted that, in their library, manga was the most popular graphic novel with teenagers. With the popularity of manga, and the rise in the amount of manga libraries purchase, Manga in Libraries’ purpose is to fill a professional development gap in public libraries. It succeeds in its purpose
“Hurry Up and Wait”: Establishing Libraries Programming for Student Veterans
Get PDFThe specific needs of veterans on college campuses necessitates a tailored approach to introducing libraries services and resources. This article describes the development and challenges of “Libraries Mission Brief for UMN Veterans,” a library orientation workshop for student veterans at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. This workshop was influenced by a review of existing orientation models for student veterans and the multimodal needs of the veteran population at the University of Minnesota. Despite positive feedback initially, the first attempts to offer the workshop faced low enrollment, inspiring an evaluation of outreach strategies. Workshop instructors pivoted to change promotion practices and continue building relationships with veterans on campus, including collaborating with the Student Veterans Association of Minnesota. The “Libraries Mission Brief for UMN Veterans” workshop will continue to provide a welcoming space for veterans to network with each other, learn about library services, and collaborate with other veteran-friendly departments to continue growing efforts to support the student veteran population at the University of Minnesota