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A knowledge organization framework for influencing tourism-centered place-making
Shiv Shakti Ghosh, Sunil Kumar ChatterjeeThis study demonstrates the synthesis of a knowledge organization framework from tourist reviews and an ontological model with its implementation in graph database, which is based…
Mapping knowledge domains on Wikipedia: an author bibliographic coupling analysis of traditional Chinese medicine
Dangzhi Zhao, Andreas StrotmannWikipedia has the lofty goal of compiling all human knowledge. The purpose of the present study is to map the structure of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) knowledge domain…
A proposed reading event analysis model (REAM) for determining likely reading format preferences
A.M. Salaz, Diane MizrachiThis conceptual paper relates disparate evidence on the factors influencing reading format choice and preference, whether print or digital, in order to inform educational practice…
A systematic literature review on image information needs and behaviors
Hyerim Cho, Minh T.N. Pham, Katherine N. Leonard, Alex C. UrbanWith ready access to search engines and social media platforms, the way people find image information has evolved and diversified in the past two decades. The purpose of this…
Genre as digital social action: the case of archiving, tagging and searching in digital media culture
Jack AndersenThe purpose of this article is to develop a contemporary understanding of genre as digital social action. Particular emphasis will be on archiving, tagging, and searching as…
COVID-19 and the social organization of knowledge in Wikipedia: a study of social representations
Marcin Roszkowski, Bartłomiej WłodarczykThe paper aims to present the development of conceptualization of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on associations with other articles on English edition of Wikipedia…
In quest of goldilocks ranges in searching for information on the web
Anna Matysek, Jacek TomaszczykThe quest to discover optimal conditions or amounts has been carried out in many scientific disciplines and practical fields. In astrophysics, biology, medicine, psychology and…
The pragmatics of weeding
Betsy Van der Veer MartensThe purpose of this research is to investigate the language of “weeding” (library deselection) within public library collection development policies in order to examine whether…
The information trust formation process for informal caregivers of people with dementia: a qualitative study
Laura Sbaffi, Sarah HargreavesThis paper provides new insights on trust formation during information-seeking processes of informal caregivers of people with dementia and identifies the sources of information…
Transcoding authenticity: preserving unreleased gaming software outside of memory institutions
James A. HodgesThis paper aims to introduce new criteria for evaluating authenticity in digital preservation, particularly in cases related to unreleased software projects and preservation work…
“So many things were new to us”: identifying the settlement information practices of newcomers to Canada across the settlement process
Danielle AllardThe purpose of this paper is to identify and map the shifting relationship between the settlement process and the information practices of newcomers from the Philippines as they…
Characteristics of the health information seeking behavior of LGBTQ+ individuals: a systematic review on information types, information sources and influencing factors
Romy Menghao Jia, Jia Tina Du, Yuxiang Chris ZhaoLesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) individuals' health information seeking is an important topic across multiple disciplines and areas. The aim of…
Digital storytelling and participatory local heritage through the creation of an online moving image archive: a case-study of Fraserburgh on Film
Andrew Davidson, Peter H. ReidThe aim of the research was to create a site which could host an archive of moving image associated with the town of Fraserburgh in Scotland, but could also include other digital…
Sharing experiential information in online discussion: the case of coping with the COVID-19 epidemic
Reijo SavolainenTo specify the nature of experiential information by examining how such information is articulated and shared in online discussion.
Serendipity in human information behavior: a systematic review
Yaxi Liu, Chunxiu Qin, Xubu Ma, Huigang LiangSerendipitous information discovery has become a unique and important approach to discovering and obtaining information, which has aroused a growing interest for serendipity in…
COVID-19 immunity (or vaccine) passports: a documentary overview and analysis of regimes of health verification within the coronavirus pandemic
Marc Richard Hugh KosciejewIntroducing immunity or vaccine passports is one non-pharmaceutical intervention that governments are considering to exempt immune, vaccinated or otherwise risk-free individuals…
Sender vs. recipient-orientated information systems revisited
Andrew MacFarlane, Sondess Missaoui, Stephann Makri, Marisela Gutierrez LopezBelkin and Robertson (1976a) reflected on the ethical implications of theoretical research in information science and warned that there was potential for abuse of knowledge gained…
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