Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI
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Realist, Non-Naturalist Ethics and Librarianship
No full textThe fundamental premise of this paper is that the work of information professionals relies upon, and is an extension of, memory. Memory is an essential element in shaping consciousness, so it is likewise essential to information work. The place the past occupies is a complex one, as will be demonstrated in the presentation. The past cannot simply be categorized as history, since “history” depends on agency beyond the individual information professional. Models offered by Bergson and Wilson will bring the complexity to the fore and will illustrate how information professionals rely on memory for the most fundamental aspects of information work
Communicating with Library Patrons and Dementia Patients: Tracing an Ethic of Care Practice in Professional Communication Guidelines
No full textThis presentation reports on the initial results ofa SSHRC-funded research project involving thecomplex interactions between information,communication and dementia. We use an ethic ofcare framework to compare prominent guidelinesfor reference librarians with guidelines forworkers in long-term dementia care settings. In so doing, we explore how both sets of guidelines frame the act of communication as a combination of regulated procedure and empathetic discourse
Information-not-thing: further problems with and alternatives to the belief that information is physical
No full textIn this short paper, we show that a popular view in information science, information-as-thing,fails to account for a common example of information that seems physical. We then demonstrate how thedistinction between types and tokens, recently used to analyse Shannon information, can account for thissame example by viewing information as abstract, and discuss existing definitions of information that areconsistent with this approach. Dans ce court article nous montrons qu\u27une vision populaire en sciences de l\u27information,l\u27information en tant qu’une chose, échoue à rendre compte d\u27un exemple commun d\u27information quisemble physique. Nous démontrons ensuite comment la distinction type/token, utilisée récemment pouranalyser l\u27information de Shannon, peut rendre compte de ce même exemple en considérant l\u27informationcomme abstraite, et nous discutons des définitions existantes de l’information qui sont compatibles aveccette approche
Information sharing in leisure: Connecting through storytelling
No full textThis paper examines the role of information sharing in leisure activities by highlighting the findings of two qualitative studies. Both studies explore whether storytelling in leisure settings can connect members of marginalized communities to others and to their own identities. Implications for public libraries and information behaviour research are discusse
Information Behavior of Medical Doctoral Students in Burkina Faso
No full textThere are few studies on the information behavior of students in Southern countries, particularly those at the graduate level. We present the results of a survey of 279medical doctoral students in Burkina Faso on their behavior in the search for information related to their research activities
Digital decolonization and activist tagging in the Post-Apology Residential School Database
No full textThe Post-apology Residential School Database, or PARSD, is a collection of digital and digitized news media responses to and representations of Indian Residential Schools since the Canadian government’s official apology in Parliament on June 11th, 2008. In this conceptual paper, we discuss PARSD tagging practices, describing how our archival description approach is informed by feminist and anti-colonial theoretical frameworks and outlining how project members and ‘guest taggers’ describe, organize, and display PARSD records to promote decolonization. We conclude by considering both the potential and possible limitations that these practices may play in decolonizing and reconciling research.La Base de données sur les pensionnats après la présentation des excuses est une collection de réactions et de représentations des pensionnats indiens dans les médias numériques et numérisés depuis les excuses officielles du gouvernement canadien au Parlement le 11 juin 2008. Dans cet article conceptuel, nous discutons des pratiques de marquage dans la base de données, en décrivant comment notre approche de description archivistique est influencée par les cadres théoriques féministes et anticoloniaux et comment les membres du projet et les \u27tagueurs invités\u27 décrivent, organisent et affichent les notices de la base de données de façon à promouvoir la décolonisation. Nous concluons en considérant à la fois les limites potentielles et possibles que ces pratiques peuvent imposer dans la décolonisation et la réconciliation de la recherche
A Post Fifty Shades of Grey Examination of Canadian Public Library Collections
No full textThe phenomenon surrounding Fifty Shades of Grey (FSOG) created a new and public conversation about erotica and erotic romance literature. Although the phenomenon surrounding FSOG has faded, the sub-genre of erotica/erotic romance is still of interest. Traditional and nontraditional LIS review sources were examined for erotica/erotic romance titles to determine characteristics of titles reviewed, trends seen in the reviews, and to uncover the uptake of reviewed materials in Canadian libraries. Findings show some distinct characteristics in titles along with an influence of FSOG in the reviews, and a mismatch between the review sources examined and an example of a public library’s collection.Le phénomène entourant Fifty Shades of Grey (FSOG) a créé une nouvelle discussion publique à propos de l’érotisme et de la littérature érotique. Bien que le phénomène entourant le FSOG ait disparu, le sous-genre de l\u27érotisme et de la littérature érotique est toujours d\u27intérêt. Nous avons examiné les sources d\u27examen des sciences de l’information traditionnelles et non traditionnelles dans le but de déterminer les caractéristiques des titres examinés, les tendances observées dans les revues et de découvrir l\u27utilisation des documents examinés dans les bibliothèques canadiennes. Les résultats montrent des caractéristiques distinctes dans les titres ainsi qu\u27une influence du FSOG dans les revues, et une inadéquation entre les sources examinées et un exemple de collection dans une bibliothèque publique
Undergraduate Students’ Academic Information and Help-Seeking Behaviours using an Anonymous Facebook Confessions Page
No full textBest Practitioner Paper / Prix du meilleur article par un professionnelThis research examines undergraduate students’ academic help-seeking behaviours by mining anonymous posts from a university Facebook Confessions page. From a dataset of 2,712 public posts, researchers identified 708 Confessions (26.1%) that supported student-student learning exchanges. Using a mixed methods methodology informed by a social constructivist framework, analysis of these social media interactions demonstrates that students use Confessions posts to legitimately inform their undergraduate learning and support their academic experience. Researchers conclude that Facebook Confessions can enable rich academic help-seeking and other information behaviours, and that these sites should be taken seriously by administrators, faculty, researchers, and students.Cette recherche examine les comportements académiques de recherche d\u27aide des étudiants de premier cycle en procédant à l’extraction de publications anonymes sur une page Facebook de confessions à l’université. À partir d\u27un jeu de données de 2 712 publications publiques, les chercheurs ont identifié 709 confessions (26,1%) qui étaient en faveur des échanges entre étudiants visant l’entraide dans les apprentissages. En utilisant une méthodologie de méthodes mixtes guidée par un cadre socioconstructiviste, l\u27analyse de ces interactions sur les médias sociaux démontre que les étudiants utilisent les confessions pour guider légitimement leur apprentissage de premier cycle et soutenir leur expérience académique. Les chercheurs en tirent la conclusion que les confessions Facebook peuvent permettre une recherche d’aide universitaire approfondie et d\u27autres comportements informationnels, et que ces sites devraient être pris au sérieux par les administrateurs, les professeurs, les chercheurs et les étudiants
A Benjaminian Exploration of Library as Place
No full textThis paper presents the case for using Walter Benjamin’s study of modernity, The Arcades Project, as theoretical lens through which to consider both the public library as a place and library as place research more generally. The public library, at once a “past become space” and a contemporary institution, is a site of multiple dialectics and transformative thresholds.Cet article met de l’avant l\u27utilisation de l\u27étude de Walter Benjamin sur la modernité, dans le projet du Livre des passages, comme angle d’approche théorique permettant de considérer à la fois la bibliothèque publique comme un lieu et une bibliothèque comme recherche de lieu plus généralement. La bibliothèque publique, à la fois « passé devenu espace » et institution contemporaine, est un site de dialectiques multiples et de seuils de transformation
Information Visualizations as a Tool to Study Users’ Social Media Privacy Concerns
No full textThe amount and complexity of data that can be accessed from social media has been increasing exponentially. We examine the value of using information visualizations as a tool to study people’s attitudes and perceptions regarding their social media data being used by third parties. In the context of using social media to screen job applicants, we investigate the role of visualizations in studying users’ social media privacy concerns. Utilizing an online survey of 454 participants, we compare participants’ comfort levels in relation to different types of publicly accessible social media data. The results partially support the supposition that analytical information based on some form of data analysis will receive a stronger reaction when accompanied by representative visualizations