What Is Known About the Impact of Impairments on Information Seeking and Searching? [PDF]
Information seeking and access are essential for users in all walks of life, from addressing personal needs such as finding flights to locating information needed to complete work tasks. Over the past decade or so, the general needs of people with impairments have increasingly been recognized as something to be addressed, an issue embedded both in ...
Gerd Berget, Andrew MacFarlane
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Archivística: fundamentación teórica y tradición formativa [PDF]
[ENGLISH] The study of archivistics has become important in contemporary culture, but it is anteceded by a long evolutionary process in which it goes from practice to scientific discipline.
Giraldo Lopera, Marta Lucía
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Information behavior and practices research informing information systems design
Abstract Information behavior and practices (IBP) research has been repeatedly criticized for having little impact on information systems development (ISD). Claiming that there is a complete disconnect would be an exaggeration but it is apparent that it is not always easy to translate findings of IBP research to workable design recommendations.
Isto Huvila +4 more
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Digital humanities in the iSchool
Abstract The interdisciplinary field known as digital humanities (DH) is represented in various forms in the teaching and research practiced in iSchools. Building on the work of an iSchools organization committee charged with exploring digital humanities curricula, we present findings from a series of related studies exploring aspects of DH teaching ...
John A. Walsh +12 more
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The legitimacy of Scandinavian libraries, archives and museums as public spheres: Views from the professionals [PDF]
This article analyses how library, archive and museum professionals legitimize the use of scarce societal resources for maintaining their respective organizations, with a special emphasis on their role as public-sphere infrastructure.
Kann-Rasmussen, Nanna +2 more
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Research in the Archival Multiverse [PDF]
Over the past 15 years, the field of archival studies around the world has experienced unprecedented growth within the academy and within the profession, and archival studies graduate education programs today have among the highest enrolments in any ...
Gilliland, Anne J. +2 more
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Samfunnsoppdrag under press: Erfaringer og vurderinger i norske bibliotek under Covid-19 [PDF]
As the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world and Norway in 2020, libraries were among the institutions that were impacted. The social mission of libraries to stay open and offer services, cultural experiences and reliable information was put under pressure. In
Bøyum, Idunn +4 more
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Examining the effect of task stage and topic knowledge on searcher interaction with a “digital bookstore” [PDF]
This paper reports some results from the experiment of the 2010 INEX interactive track. The experiment was designed to let searchers simulate being at two distinct stages of a work task process.
Nordlie, Ragnar, Pharo, Nils
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Experimental Methods in IIR: The Tension between Rigour and Ethics in Studies Involving Users with Dyslexia [PDF]
Designing user studies in the interactive information retrieval (IIR) paradigm on people with impairments may sometimes require different methodological considerations than for other users.
Berget, G., MacFarlane, A.
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Developing an empirical measure of everyday information mastering
Abstract The aim of the study was to develop an empirical measure for everyday information mastering (EIM). EIM describes the ways that individuals, based on their beliefs, attitudes, and expectations, orient themselves to information as a resource of everyday action.
Jannica Heinström +3 more
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