Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI
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Show, Tell, Bridge : Pop - up Storytelling in the community
No full textThis proposed poster reports on "pop-up" object-narrative sessions within two community-focused farmers\u27 markets in Toronto, Canada, and the data gathered for current research on the affordance of objects in negotiating individual and group identity. How do we impart information about ourselves in reference to common everyday objects, and through stories about a favourite vegetable? Findings from the study will inform the design of programmatic guidelines for objects and storytelling within a community setting
I dentifying Core Competencies for Records Management and Information Governance Professionals: A Job Advertisement A nalysis
No full textRecords and information management (RIM) has been well needed in both public and private sectors for decades. The recent progression toward enterprise wide information governance (IG) provides a good example of RIM\u27s fast-pacedevolution. However, what should those being hired for a RIM/IG position know? What other qualities should they bring to the job in order to survive and thrive? Unfortunately, there is a dearth of empirical research that addresses these concerns. This proposed poster will report an on-going project that aims to identify core competencies for this group of informationprofessionals by using a job advertisement content analysis approach
FRBR and Models of Semantic Cognition
No full textThis paper will use research in cognitive science, particularly the mechanical modeling of semantic cognition, to suggest ways in which the model of the Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records (FRBR) can be mobilized in a fashion that is consistent with linked data, knowledge discovery and artificial intelligence. The shift from hierarchical models to those based on parallel distributed processing suggest new and innovative ways in which FRBR can enhance library catalogues in the future.Cet article utilise la recherche en sciences cognitives, en particulier la modélisation mécanique de la cognition sémantique, pour suggérer des façons de mobiliser le modèle des spécifications fonctionnelles des notices bibliographiques (FRBR) d\u27une manière compatible avec les données liées, la découverte des connaissances et intelligence artificielle. Le passage des modèles hiérarchiques à ceux basés sur le traitement distribué parallèle suggère des façons nouvelles et innovantes d\u27améliorer les catalogues de bibliothèques dans le futur
Life is Suffering: Thrownness, Duhkha, Gaps, and the Origin of Existential-Spiritual Needs for Information
No full textLIS scholars have spent considerable time investigating the incipient stages of information seeking: the so-called “information need” as well as a host of other motivators. A study of twenty New Kadampa Buddhists, whose experiences were collected through semi-structured interviews, sought to explore their spiritual information practices and their motivations for engaging in such behaviour. An analysis of these interviews suggests that Martin Heidegger’s concept of thrownness can be paralleled with Buddhism’s First Noble Truth and Dervin’s gap metaphor, all which identify existential-level faults as inherent to the human condition. This paper offers that it is these closely-related problematic elements of human existence that are the origin of spiritual and existential motivations for engaging in spiritual information practices.Les chercheurs en bibliothéconomie et sciences de l’information ont passé beaucoup de temps à étudier les premières étapes de la recherche d\u27information : le soi-disant «besoin d\u27information» ainsi qu\u27une foule d\u27autres facteurs de motivation. L’étude de vingt nouveaux bouddhistes kadampa, dont les expériences ont été recueillies à travers des entretiens semistructurés, a cherché à explorer leurs pratiques d\u27information spirituelle et les motivations de leur comportement. Une analyse de ces entrevues suggère que le concept de l’être-jeté de Martin Heidegger peut être mis en parallèle avec la Première Noble Vérité du Bouddhisme et la métaphore de la lacune de Dervin, qui identifient les failles au niveau existentiel comme inhérentes à la condition humaine. Cet article propose que ce sont ces éléments problématiques étroitement liés de l\u27existence humaine qui sont à l\u27origine des motivations spirituelles et existentielles pour s\u27engager dans des pratiques d\u27information spirituelle
How librarians make decisions: The interplay of subjective and quantitative factors in the cancellation of the “Big Deal”
No full textThis study examines the attempt of Western University librarians to cancel the Wiley big deal in 2016 through interviews with 13 librarians involved in the cancellation project. The motivation for the study is to understand the difficulties the librarians faced in cancelling the Wiley package and to design a model that would take into consideration both the quantitative and qualitative factors involved in their decision-making. Using the Evidence-based Library and Information Practice model, the study found that subjective factors played a large part in their decisions, making it difficult to cancel journals even when quantitative factors provided strong evidence for cancellation.Cette étude examine la tentative des bibliothécaires de l\u27Université Western d\u27annuler le « Big Deal » de Wiley en 2016 par des entrevues avec 13 bibliothécaires impliqués dans le projet d\u27annulation. La motivation de cette étude est de comprendre les difficultés rencontrées par les bibliothécaires pour annuler l’achat en bloc de Wiley et de concevoir un modèle qui prenne en compte les facteurs quantitatifs et qualitatifs impliqués dans leur prise de décision. À l\u27aide du modèle des pratiques informationnelles et de bibliothéconomie fondées sur des données probantes, l\u27étude a révélé que les facteurs subjectifs jouent un rôle important dans les décisions, ce qui rend difficile l\u27annulation des abonnements même lorsque des facteurs quantitatifs fournissent des preuves solides en faveur de l\u27annulation.
Researching the Researchers: Gathering Data on Academics’ Use of Technology
No full textBonded design, a participatory design methodology developed by information science researchers, is used as the framework for a university-wide initiative, the faculty IT liaison program, where faculty members and IT professionals work together as peers in design teams to examine and assess technologies. Bonded design met the program criteria: a limited and finite number of design sessions, opportunities to analyse data in situ to inform an iterative design process, and a framework to help two disparate groups (users and designers) to interact and collaborate with one another to generate innovative ideas for designing more userfriendly technologies.Bonded Design (BD), une méthodologie de conception participative développée par des chercheurs en sciences de l\u27information, est utilisée pour une initiative à l\u27échelle universitaire, le programme de liaison en technologies de l’information où les membres du corps professoral et les professionnels de l\u27informatique travaillent ensemble en tant que pairs dans des équipes de conception pour examiner et évaluer les technologies. BD répond très bien aux exigences du programme : un contexte où le temps est un facteur critique, les données collectées sont analysées in situ pour guider un processus itératif, et où deux groupes disparates de personnes ayant des domaines d\u27expertise différents doivent interagir pour construire un livrable qu’ils n\u27auraient pas pu développer seuls
Ethics: To Do or Not To Do?
No full textThis paper compares the 2012 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions’ Code of Ethics for Librarians and Other Information Workers and the 2013 Data Science Association’s Data Science Code of Professional Conduct and discusses the disjuncture and related considerations that might strengthen practical understandings of the implications of ethics in library and information professional practice. This paper cautions against conflating a data scientist’s ethical framework with those of the traditional librarian and supports the development of a more robust framework for library and information ethics and a more comprehensive and inclusive framework for thinking about and conceptualizing data ethics.Ce document compare le Code de déontologie des bibliothécaires et des autres professionnels de l\u27information de 2012 de la Fédération internationale des associations de bibliothécaires et d\u27autres institutions, et le Code de déontologie des données scientifiques 2013 de la Data Science Association, et discute de la disjonction et des considérations connexes, l\u27éthique dans la pratique professionnelle des bibliothèques et de l\u27information. Cet article déconseille de confondre le cadre éthique d\u27un data scientist avec celui d’un bibliothécaire traditionnel et soutient le développement d\u27un cadre plus solide pour l\u27éthique des bibliothèques et de l\u27information et un cadre plus complet et inclusif pour penser et conceptualiser l\u27éthique des données
The invisibility of ruling texts: An institutional ethnographic scoping review of family caregivers’ information work
No full textTo make visible how different facets of family caregivers’ eldercare work are highlighted or obscured in academic writing and research, this institutional ethnography-based scoping review examined the conceptualizations and portrayals of family caregivers’ information work in scholarship and the degree to which this type of work is recognized. In doing so, this study deepens our understanding of the complex relationship between information and care by exploring how texts come to regulate our understanding about and research surrounding information-related care work
Scientific progress or organizational innovation? A comparison of two turns in Library and Information Science
No full textThis paper discusses the transformation of library and information science (LIS) from adiscipline narrowly concerned with classification and preservation in libraries and archives toone that includes a wide range of fields and professional training programs. Two alternative butnot mutually exclusive explanations may account for these developments. These changes couldreflect normal scientific progress as the discipline matures. The changes could also be the resultof isomorphic organizational changes in response to shifts in the environment and a need torealign the institutional logics of educational and professional organizations with those of theacademy. These explanations are explored through a comparison of two periods during whichLIS experienced rapid disciplinary and organizational changes: the decades during and afterWorld War II and the final decade of the 20th century. These abbreviated case studies suggestthat both explanations of disciplinary change provide some analytical leverage for explainingdifferent aspects of the development of LIS
Beyond Information Access: Assessing the Migration Information Practices of Diverse Newcomer Communities to Canada to Customize S ettl ement Information Provision
No full textDrawing from research with Afghan refugee youth in Toronto, Ontario, and Filipino permanent residents in Winnipeg, Manitoba, this paper examines newcomer information practices during migration and settlement, suggesting that how newcomer communities engage with settlement information has direct implications for the methods that information professionals might use to reach them