Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI
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Cross Media Reader Advisory
No full textThis proposal has twofold foci: a survey of current media discovery websites (MDWs) and a literature review of cross-media appeals. The MDW survey analyzes the appeals and frameworks of 118 MDWs catered to multiple media types (books, movies, music, and video games) while the cross-media appeals were researched through contemporary academic literature (such as Lee et al. 2017, Williamson 2011, and Wyatt 2020). By identifying frameworks of appeal that both exist across media types and are uniquely significant to specific forms of media, (e.g., the appeal of interactivity for video games or danceability for music), connections are created across different media that could not only aid in introducing reluctant readers to books based on what they enjoy in other media but broaden the horizons of all media users.
This research lays the groundwork for future discussion for a cross-media advisory tool (CMAT), which would work to aid in full library media advisory and create an accessible tool for laypersons, better enabling them to grow their media literacy skills. Further discussion could include exploring each media type discussed further, proposing future inclusion of other media types (e.g., poetry, audiobooks, graphic novels), and diving deeper into elements that make up individual appeals. For example, when discussing the element of style across media types, how do we consider the differences in language, audio, and visual style, and how do we build connections across them? Future discussions could consider what elements of website design and healthy community building should be included when creating an online media advisory tool
“I’m Bored, and I Want Something New!”: Affective Information Acquisition in Everyday Culinary Practices
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The Respectful Terminologies Platform Project and Envisioning Indigenous Governance
No full textThis paper will discuss the Respectful Terminologies Platform Project (RTPP), a project focused on creating a system of Indigenous terminologies, and questions of governance within cataloging and other descriptive practices. As an emerging Indigenous-lead project created through years of advocacy work, RTPP is engaged in work to vision a means of Indigenous vocabulary development focused on community governance and protocols. At the same time, existing governance systems for terminology and vocabulary systems such as the Library of Congress, and the Canadian Subject Headings, and projects such as the Homosaurus serve as examples of different models of governance. This paper will explore concepts of governance, the role of UNDRIP in systems of terminology, and Principles such as CARE. Woven throughout the paper will be moments to envision a system which human rights as the central guiding consideration for systems of terminology
Community, Context, and Communication: Responses of Canadian Libraries to Difficult Situations Involving Medical Mis- or Disinformation
No full textCanadian libraries have traditionally supported and defended intellectual freedom while also being expected to provide communities with trustworthy information in times of personal and collective crisis. Issues of medical misinformation reveal the tension between these two ideals. Library workers face challenges in preparing for and responding to issues with controversial materials, with little guidance on how to navigate this tension and balance the two ideals. In an interview study with 22 Canadian library worker participants, we asked about experiences with navigating these situations. Our preliminary results reveal a range of strategies and considerations at play, ranging from individual incidents to broader policies and power dynamics
Digital Afterlives: Imagining Effective Policies and Regulations for Digital Remains
No full textThe digital platforms we engage with daily are brimming with the digital traces of the dead. These digital remains – or the photos, videos, and text messages left behind by deceased users (Lingel 2013), have given rise to the digital death industry – an umbrella term for online platforms that offer services such as online memorialisations, virtual funerals, and graves, andinteractions with avatars of the deceased through chatbots and virtual reality (Öhman and Floridi 2017). Mourners turn to these digital infrastructures to express their grief and experience the continued presence of the deceased through their digital remains (Kasket 2020). Yet the presence of digital remains and the digital death industry presents several policy concerns related toprivacy, digital dignity, the question of access and ownership, and the potential for commodifying deceased user data (Kasket, 2019). Without effective policies and regulations that provide guidelines for service providers and internet users, the dead are not afforded privacy rights nor considerations for their digital dignity and protections for their postmortem data. Left exposed and with no legal safeguards in place, digital remains are vulnerable to offences with tremendous emotional implications for the bereaved.Guided by information ethics as a theoretical framework exploring questions related to creating, accessing, and collecting digital data (Bruneault et al., 2023), my lightning talk asks us to imagine constructing potential policies and regulations that serve to protect our posthumous digital footprint
Imagining a Fuller Potential for Plain Language Summaries: A Case study of Canadian Science Publishing
No full textResearchers are increasingly encouraged to produce plain language summaries, but are they doing so, and do these summaries meet the expectations laid out in the guidelines for preparation? To learn more about the use of plain language summaries in scholarly communication in Canada, we conducted a case study of Canadian Science Publishing (CSP), which publishes 23 journals across a range of scientific domains. The case study reveals that while the number of authors who generate plain language summaries of their research has increased steadily since CSP introduced this option in 2016, the percentage is still relatively low. In addition, the plain language summaries that are produced show similar readability scores to the scientific abstracts. We conclude by offering a number of recommendations that CSP could implement to increase the adoption and improve the readability of plain language summaries
“May Be a Picture of a Dog and a Book”: The Inaccessibility of Public Library Social Media Feeds
No full textLibraries use social media to connect with their communities. This paper outlines research examining the accessibility of those social media feeds within public libraries in Ontario. Of particular focus are the accessibility of social media feeds and their use of alt text to describe visual media. Findings are rather bleak. Only two libraries were found to regularly use alt text. This research outlines three key issues including the enormity of the access issue for people with visual disabilities, the limitations of accessibility legislation, and the limitations of AI generated alt text
Matrixes for Data Collection in Information Research: Issues Related to Data Reduction and Display
No full textThe goal of this lightning talk is to foster discussion about the effective analysis and reporting of data collected via interview-based matrixes. Data matrixes are a common qualitative data analysis tool. They are less common at the data collection stage. For this study of the information sharing practices of Brazilian undergraduate students, participants completed a written data matrix in conjunction with semi-structured interviews. The researchers will describe the project and engage audience members in discussing the merits of using matrixes for data collection, ideas for effective data reduction and display, and issues relating to reporting data and findings in translation
Imagining Future Human-centred AI
No full textThe rapid growth in the development of AI-enabled and intelligent systems and services calls for more serious and urgent attention to human-focused and human-centred principles, methods, and approaches. This paper reports on a study of recent human-centred AI research literature to examine the extent to which the three principles of safety, trustworthiness, and reliability have been addressed in recent AI publications
The Clamour for Change: A Thematic Analysis of the #ProtectLibraryWorkers Movement
No full textThis paper examines library workers’ experiences, concerns, and self-described needs throughoutthe COVID-19 pandemic via the #ProtectLibraryWorkers movement to establish what kinds ofsupports library workers require to successfully handle community-wide crises. Utilizingthematic content analysis methodology, 600 randomly selected tweets from the first two years ofthe movement were analyzed, resulting in the emergence of eight primary themes and 30 subthemes.Among these findings is a clear and present need for library researchers to reconsider thetypes of questions they are asking when it comes to investigating how library workers areimpacted by crises