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Information repertoires: media use patterns in various gratification contexts
Sei-Ching Joanna Sin, Pertti VakkariThe purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to identify prominent patterns of media use across six media (e.g. television, social media, public libraries) and four gratification…
Structure and patterns of cross-national Big Data research collaborations
Jiming Hu, Yin ZhangThe purpose of this paper is to reveal the structure and patterns of cross-national collaborations in Big Data research through application of various social network analysis and…
Representation of indigenous cultures: considering the Hawaiian hula
Lala Hajibayova, Wayne BuenteThe purpose of this paper is to explore the representation of Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) Hula Dance in traditional systems of representation and organization.
Understanding researchers’ intention to publish in open access journals
Lars Moksness, Svein Ottar OlsenThe purpose of this paper is to understand how attitudes, norms (injunctive and descriptive) and perceived behavioral control (PBC) (capacity and autonomy) influence the intention…
Knowledge creation and play: A phenomenological study within a multi-professional and multi-organizational community
Anna Reetta SuorsaThe purpose of this paper is to present a framework for empirically studying knowledge creation (KC) with phenomenological approach and propose that understanding interaction as…
The creation, preservation and transmission of Shuishu archives in China
Zhiying LianThe purpose of this paper is to report the results of a qualitative study exploring the conditions associated with the creation, preservation and transmission of Shuishu archives…
Social relevance assessments for virtual worlds: Interpersonal source selection in the context of chronic illness
Kaitlin Light CostelloThe purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of social relevance assessments, which are judgments made by individuals when they seek out information within virtual social…
Cultural heritage as digital noise: nineteenth century newspapers in the digital archive
Johan Jarlbrink, Pelle SnickarsThe purpose of this paper is to explore and analyze the digitized newspaper collection at the National Library of Sweden, focusing on cultural heritage as digital noise. In what…
“Google is not fun”: an investigation of how Swedish teenagers frame online searching
Cecilia AnderssonThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of Google in everyday online searching activities of Swedish teenagers in different contexts.
Professional value and ethical self-regulation in the development of modern librarianship: The documentality of library ethics
Joacim HanssonThe purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to make a contribution to the theoretical understanding of documents and documentary agency in society through examples from a defined…
On designing an oral history search system
Iain Walker, Martin HalveyThe purpose of this paper is to conduct a UK-based assessment of oral history technology and to identify the most important features that should be available in any oral history…
Getting-to-know: Inquiries, sources, methods, and the production of knowledge on a videogame wiki
Olle SköldThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the sociocultural underpinnings of wiki-based knowledge production in the videogame domain, and to elucidate how these underpinnings…
Heuristics elements of information-seeking strategies and tactics: a conceptual analysis
Reijo SavolainenThe purpose of this paper is to elaborate the picture of strategies and tactics for information seeking and searching by focusing on the heuristic elements of such strategies and…
The relationship between classification research and information retrieval research, 1952 to 1970
Shawne D. MiksaThe purpose of this paper is to present the initial relationship between the Classification Research Group (CRG) and the Center for Documentation and Communication Research (CDCR…
No value-in-itself in About and on Behalf of Scriptum Est: A response to Steven Laporte’s review
Vesa SuominenThe purpose of this paper is to comment on Steven Laporte’s review of About and on Behalf of Scriptum Est by Suominen with the aim of clarifying conceptual confusions related to…
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