Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI
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“They act like we are going to heaven”: Information crafting, misinformation, and settlement of Bangladeshi immigrants in Canada
No full textThis paper reports on findings from a larger study on the settlement information behaviour of Bangladeshi immigrants to Canada. This study uses a mixed method approach, including semi-structured interviews (n=60) and surveys (n=205) with Bangladeshi immigrants who arrived in Canada between 1971 and 2017. The author discusses the new concept of information crafting by exploring the information immigrants received from immigration consultants in Bangladesh and the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). The study reports negative consequences of selective information in newcomers’ settlement in Canada, primarily positive information about life in Canada, sometimes with exaggeration and falsifications
Summary of development in expert systems application in western Canada: A tutorial & report on regional initiatives
No full textAn overview of expert systems will contain an explanation of system structure with a focus on the representation of knowledge. Implications for information retrieval will be discussed as well as systems currently in use. The role of the Alberta Research Council in developing such systems and local developments will be explored
Automatic text searching for information retrieval
No full textThe capabilities of automatic text search systems are reviewed and evaluation results are cited comparing the performance of automatic text searching systems with the effectiveness of manual controlled-term indexing methods. Some possibilities arethen examined for improving automatic text search systems, including the use of complex content identifiers instead of single words, and the introduction of user-system interaction. A likely scenario is given for the operations of future automatic text search systems
AUTOMATING A RETROSPECTIVE CANADIAN UNION CATALOG: A PROPOSAL / UNE PROPOSITION POUR CREER UN CATALOGUE COLLECTIF CANADIEN DES DOSSIERS-MACHINE RETROSPECTIFS
No full textThe paper describes methods of linking by machine, the machine-readable data base of the HPB project, the cataloging records of the National Union Catalog: pre-1956 Imprints3 and selected bibliographical tools. One result, in the form of a machine-readable register of Canadian locations, can be selectively expanded into a substitute in machine-readable form for the present Canadian Union Catalog (CANUC). The theory and practice underlying the creation of the HPB main file and its highly specialized collocation files are described and possibilities for integrating the project into evolving systems for universal bibliographical control of retrospective materials suggested.
On explique dans ces pages des méthodes pour lier par ordinateur les donnés lisibles dans la machine du projet HPB, les dossiers du catalogue collectif National Union Catalog: pre-1956 Imprints et les renseignements bibliographiques pris dans des bibliographies choisies. Un des resultats, en forme d’un registre de sigles des bibliothèques possédantes, est capable de devenir peu à peu un index établi par ordinateur pour développer un Catalogue collectif automatisé de dossiers retrospectifs qui remplacera les tiroirs de fiches de la Bibliotheque nationale. On explique aussi la théorie et la pratique du projet HPB, c\u27est â dire le fichier principal (main file) et les fichiers d’arrangement spécialisés (collocation files), avec ses possibilités de liaison avec les systèmes de contrôle bibliographique universelle qui sont en train de se développer actuellement
Reading the Silence: Canadian Library Responses to Racial Injustice
No full textThis paper presents the findings of a research study on the statements issued by the Canadian library community in the wake of George Floyd’s death in May 2020. The study employed mixed-methods content analysis to (a) identify formal responses between May to August 2020; (b) analyze themes; and, (c) identify commitments for future accountability and research. Ninety-seven organizations were in the study and represent large public and academic libraries along with provincial, national, and professional associations. The results show that one third of the sampled Canadian library community formally responded with an organizational statement and fewer situated their organizations as contributors to systemic racism in Canadian society
Assessing the loss of Western Canadian digital heritage
No full textIn 2003, UNESCO recognized the volatility of our heritage on the web. In response, many Canadian institutions rose to the challenge to preserve our digital heritage. This study examines web archives created by the University of Alberta Libraries relevant to Western Canadian heritage. We examine these collections in order to (1) assess their degree of link rot (which occurs when a website is no longer online) and (2) to determine how extensively these websites have been preserved
Mapping the Canadian library and information science research landscape
No full textThis work-in-progress paper aims to map the scholarship produced by the eight Canadian Library and Information Science (LIS) schools. After using the citation network to divide publications into several research areas, we analyze how the research output of different LIS schools is distributed across these areas, in an attempt to shed light on the schools’ specificities and commonalities and how each school contributes to the global picture of Canadian LIS research
Multi-method experience sampling in information behaviour research
No full textCapturing information behaviours and attitudes that occur in natural settings is a challenge. Observational methods are often intrusive or retrospective proxies, which may change behaviour or misrepresent attitudes. Technology enables novel approaches to in-situ quantitative data collection but rarely explores qualitative reflections; informing researchers on what happened, but not necessarily why. Recent work uses multi-method approaches that combine quantitative data, tracking experiences, feelings, and behaviours over time, with qualitative data to gain deeper insights into subjective experiences. This paper introduces information and library scientists to a multi-method approach to the data collection of subjective experiences over time
“Northern Relations”: Collaborating “In a Good Way” to Develop the Inuvialuit Digital Library Metadata Framework
No full textDigital libraries are online platforms for organizing, sharing, and providing access to resources. Ideally, they are developed by, with, and for specific user communities. Metadata frameworks, as integral components of digital libraries, should also reflect the needs and serve the interests of those communities. In this paper I report on one aspect of my doctoral research which involved working collaboratively, respectfully, and appropriately with members of the Inuvialuit community in the northwestern part of Canada to explore and articulate a culturally responsive metadata framework for their digital library of cultural resources