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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Narratives of Fact and Fiction: Examining Studies of Information Experience and the Interpretation of Data.
No full textThis paper reports on an ongoing pilot study of creative engagement with fictional worlds in order to explore potential contributions of narrative methods and data to the investigation of information behaviour and experience in LIS. A narrative framework can be used to examine the individual, social, and material aspects of information experiences situated in time and space. Such a framework has the potential to contribute detailed understandings of the nature of the experience of information and fiction, and of information experience more generally, to the body of literature on information experience in LIS.Cet article rend compte d\u27une étude pilote en cours sur l\u27engagement créatif avec des mondes fictifs afin d\u27explorer les contributions potentielles des méthodes narratives et des données à l\u27investigation du comportement et de l\u27expérience informationnelles dans les sciences de l’information et la bibliothéconomie (SIB). Un cadre narratif peut être utilisé pour examiner les aspects individuels, sociaux et matériels des expériences informationnelles situées dans le temps et l\u27espace. Ce cadre peut contribuer à la compréhension détaillée de la nature de l\u27expérience informationnelle et de la fiction, et de l\u27expérience informationnelle en général, ainsi qu’à l\u27ensemble de la littérature sur l\u27expérience de l\u27information dans les SIB
Aklavik from the air
No full textThis image shows Aklavik, taken from an aircraft during landing. The cemetery is in the centre of the photograph
Variations on the Author
Full text link“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
Full text linkWe 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
Aklavik from the air
No full textPhoto taken May 27, 2017, when the Digital Library North team flew to Aklavik to demonstrate the digital library to local residents
File-Naming and Organization Worksheet
Full text linkThe File-Naming and Organization Worksheet is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC-BY 4.0) and has been adapted from “Naming and Organizing your Files and Folders” (CC-BY 4.0) by MIT Libraries Data Management Services and “File Naming Convention Worksheet” (CC-BY 4.0) by Kristin A. Briney.This is a worksheet designed to assist researchers with file-naming and organization of folders as a part of their data documentation practices. It includes recommendations for developing systematic file-naming conventions
File-naming Convention and Folder Organization Readme Template
No full textThis is a template for a plain text readme file. It is intended as a tool for research data management to describe file-naming conventions and folder organization. The readme should be stored in the top level folder of the structure it describes
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