Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI
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Fifty Years of Chasing the Red Thread
No full textDuring the fifty years that I have been around in this field, Ihave seen research andthinking of many types addressing the red thread of information in the socialtexture of people’s lives.In this talk I review some of those approaches, followingthe long arc of work to this date.I closeby celebrating the newestapproaches toinformation seeking/behavior/practice/experience, and discuss the futuresuccesses we have reason to look forward to
Communication: Documents on skin: tattoos and underlying messages
No full textThis project examines the tattoo as a document using 18 in-depth interviews. The preliminary analysis of the results indicates the importance of distinguishing between tattoos that bear meaning and those that are purely aesthetic, and the fact that the two types may coexist. They also emphasize the importance of preserving the original aspect of the tattoo , even when visually ill-loved or associated with bad memories, thus testifying to the documentary function of certain tattoos
Twitter and the Lack of a Participatory Culture in American College Libraries
No full textThis study is a social media analysis on the use of Twitter at Historically Black Colleges and University libraries in the United States. Researchers have begun examining how libraries use social media however; the vast majority of these studies are situated at large flagship research-intensive universities. We leverage the IBM Watson analytic engine, to systemically examine over 23,000 tweets around propagation and sentiment, to assess follower engagement. The analysis found little evidence of follower engagement with library generated content. However, we observed a substantial volume of library tweets coalesced around institutional boosterism, rather thanlibrary related phenomena
A Community-Driven Usability Evaluation: The Case of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region Digital Library
No full textThis paper reports a usability evaluation study of the Digital Library North prototype that wasconducted in May 2016. It proposes a culturally-aware and community-informed approach to theusability of digital libraries for Northern communities in Canada along with the emerging themesand the changes that were implemented as a result of the evaluation
Machine Knowledge: Information Studies and Artificial Intelligence in Dialogue
No full textIn this piece, we examine the parallels and contrasts between knowledge organization and data science with a focus on the subfields of AI and machine learning in particular. Our analysis aims to both highlight and aid making connections between information studies and artificial intelligence through the discussion of shared practical and theoretical considerations and concerns around simplification and transparency.Dans cet article, nous examinons les parallèles et les contrastes entre l\u27organisation des connaissances et la science des données en mettant l\u27accent sur les sous-domaines de l\u27IA et de l\u27apprentissage machine en particulier. Notre analyse vise à mettre en évidence et à aider à établir des liens entre les études sur l\u27information et l\u27intelligence artificielle par la discussion de considérations pratiques et théoriques partagées et de préoccupations concernant la simplification et la transparence
Mapping the evolution of Québec\u27s archival he ritage: the Archives magazine (1994 - 2016) analyzed using text mining
No full textWe will present the results of a research project intended to automatically analyze the contents of the journal archives using an approach based on text miningtechniques. We will presentthe subjects covered in the journal over the last twenty years andreport on changes in researchobjects and the archival profession. Our presentation will also illustrate the techniques of text miningthat allow to automatically map thethematic evolution of a corpus and to identify certain relations between theresearchers and the various aspects of a scientific discipline
Checks and Balances: Taking a Closer Look at Funding Acknowledgements Texts
No full textSince 2008, funding acknowledgements have been indexed by Web of Science, allowing for large-scale analyses of acknowledgements. The objective of this study is to qualitatively analyse the content of acknowledgements texts in order to contextualize quantitatively obtained trends in acknowledgement practices. The preliminary results show that funding-related uses are more prevalent than expected, since even seemingly non-funding-related terms are in fact linked to funding statements
Against the Wind: Challenges and Barriers to Canadian Academic Librarians’ Instructional Practices
No full textHelping students learn how to navigate information—and misinformation—is asimportant as ever. The Canadian information literacy (IL) landscape continues to evolvealong with rhetorical, theoretical, and contextual developments, such as the newFramework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and the critical librarypedagogy movement. However, relatively little is known about actual changes tolibrarians’ IL practices over time, and what causes or prevents librarians to change theirpractices. This paper shares results from a twenty-year study of IL practices in Canadianacademic libraries, with a focus on the barriers and challenges to this work
Illuminating Information Creating: Using the "Four C" Model of Creativity as a Lens for ILS
No full textInformation creating is understudied in the ILS field. This paper introduces the interdisciplinary “Four C”Model of Creativity (Kaufman & Beghetto, 2009) and begins to employ it as a lens for conceptualizingand approaching information-creating research. The “Four C” model distinguishes four main types ormodes of creativity. When translated into ILS, the model serves as a platform for aggregating information-creatingresearch, synthesizing across it, recognizing gaps in it, and growing this research area overall
Metaphors, for dealing with data in the workplace
No full textThis year the CAIS-ACSI cfp asked us to consider how data are involved in people’s information behaviours, practices, and experiences. This paper responds by drawing on analytical themes and data from completed research on a standard classification system in workplace information practices. I take the view that classification systems are cultural artifacts (Beghtol 2010, p.10) and big data are social artifacts (Ibekwe-San Juan & Bowker 2017, p. 193). Metaphors for occupational data have become naturalized in workplace discourse. Metaphors also contribute to our understandings of information and its role in employment and migration. The research offers alternative readings of these metaphors and proposes ways these address information-centric beliefs in workplace practices.Cette année, l’appel à propositions du CAIS-ACSI nous a demandé d’examiner comment les données sont impliquées dans les comportements, les pratiques et les expériences informationnelles des gens. Cet article répond à l’appel en s\u27appuyant sur des thèmes analytiques et des données provenant d’une recherche achevée sur un système de classification standard dans les pratiques informationnelles sur le lieu de travail. Je suis d\u27avis que les systèmes de classification sont des artefacts culturels (Beghtol 2010, p.10) et que les données massives sont des artefacts sociaux (Ibekwe-San Juan & Bowker 2017, p.193). Les métaphores sur les données professionnelles ont été naturalisées dans le discours sur le lieu de travail. Les métaphores contribuent également à notre compréhension de l\u27information et de son rôle dans l\u27emploi et la migration. Cette recherche propose des alternatives de lecture de ces métaphores et propose des façons de les utiliser pour aborder les croyances centrées sur l\u27information dans les pratiques en milieu de travail