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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Contested Spaces: A Critical History of Canadian Public Libraries as Neutral Places
Get PDFThis presentation discusses a project that examines the history of controversial (mostly third-party) events at Canadian public libraries. In this work I ask what third-party event bookings at public libraries in Canada have created controversies and prompted protests. What were the issues at stake? What kinds of outcry or protest occurred? Did politicians get involved? Did the events happen, or did they get cancelled, and why? What kinds of impacts or outcomes resulted? I take an historical approach to explore occurrences of public outcry over primarily third-party booked events and examine the material, real-world impacts of neutrality policies in Canadian public library space use. I bring this Canadian historical context into the ongoing conversations that are critiquing the concept of neutrality in libraries, and I look at how critical race, feminist, and queer theories can inform library policies and practices that foster community, inclusivity, care, safety, and social justice. I see this work as part of bigger discussions in critical librarianship about neutrality, social justice, equity, diversity, accessibility, feminist ethic of care, workplace safety, and more.
Through this historical examination I find that concerns about discrimination and hate were at the root of most public protests around controversial events, and that public library commitments to neutrality in protecting intellectual freedom and freedom of expression were determined to outweigh those community concerns in most cases. In this presentation, thus, I will discuss an ongoing conflict between different library values and a de facto hierarchy of those values that most commonly situates intellectual freedom at the top. My analysis also considers relevant librarian perspectives and critical theories to interrogate the myth of library neutrality, and identify positive and productive ways for libraries to engage with and serve their communities that honour library values and work toward social justice
Research Materials
No full textIn 2017/18 I developed a series of workshops to teach Internet skills to clients of a Scarborough organization, The Second Chance Foundation, which was founded with the mission to provide a variety of social supports to formerly incarcerated women. I launched the workshop series in the spring of 2018, covering the following topics:
1. Introduction to the basics of using the internet (how it works, how to find information)
2. How to evaluate online information sources (CRAAP, fake news, understanding Wikipedia)
3. Learning about digital privacy (passwords, location settings, browser settings)
It was important to me to understand the participants’ information needs and to provide meaningful and effective means of information literacy and digital skill building for women in Scarborough who had been previously incarcerated. Therefore I also developed a research project to assess the teaching and learning outcomes of the workshops and adjust for improvements over time, in order to address the needs and maximize the learning experiences of the participants and improve my teaching
Teaching Materials
No full textIn 2017/18 I developed a series of workshops to teach Internet skills to clients of a Scarborough organization, The Second Chance Foundation, which was founded with the mission to provide a variety of social supports to formerly incarcerated women. I launched the workshop series in the spring of 2018, covering the following topics:
1. Introduction to the basics of using the internet (how it works, how to find information)
2. How to evaluate online information sources (CRAAP, fake news, understanding Wikipedia)
3. Learning about digital privacy (passwords, location settings, browser settings)
It was important to me to understand the participants’ information needs and to provide meaningful and effective means of information literacy and digital skill building for women in Scarborough who had been previously incarcerated. Therefore I also developed a research project to assess the teaching and learning outcomes of the workshops and adjust for improvements over time, in order to address the needs and maximize the learning experiences of the participants and improve my teaching
Where It’s At: Social Justice in the Canadian MLIS Landscape
Get PDFDid you learn about social justice in your Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program? With libraries facing issues such as a boom in book challenges, controversial event bookings, decolonization, increasing securitization and policing in libraries, budget cuts, data surveillance, serving as shelters, helping with overdose prevention, and more, questions around social justice issues are unavoidable in libraries these days. Are students learning what they need to know to work in the complex arena of libraries?
In this article, I examine program and course information using content analysis methods to answer questions about whether, where, what, and to what extent students are learning about social justice in the 8 ALA-accredited Canadian MLIS programs. What kinds of social justice topics are taught in MLIS courses? Are there courses explicitly focused on topics of social justice? What other courses look at these kinds of issues? Are these topics being addressed widely across the curricula? Are students required to engage with these topics? My work then considers relevant literature to discuss the importance of social justice in MLIS education, as it is essential to prepare students to think critically about and take action on social justice issues in their future library work
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