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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract This chapter examines the contours of the religious and spiritual information experiences subfield through a review and content analysis of selected contributions from the past two decades in both information science and related fields. The research question that guides this review is: How have spirituality and religion been conceptualized in ...
Nadia Caidi +4 more
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract This paper reports on findings from 15 semi‐structured interviews with LGBTQIA+ individuals within the United States who have experienced the loss of one or more LGBTQIA+ information spaces. The paper specifically focuses on how such losses occurred and the information transitions experienced by the participants in response to this loss ...
Travis L. Wagner, Vanessa L. Kitzie
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract To unravel the linguistic dynamics of science communication on social media, this study presents a large‐scale, cross‐disciplinary analysis of language use in over 21 million Twitter mentions of 6.7 million scientific publications. While English dominates—accounting for 90.8% of all mentions and serving as a bridging language for the ...
Yanqing Zhang, Zhichao Fang
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract Researchers increasingly share data, both on their own initiative and as a result of requirements by funding agencies and publishers. For data to be accessible and reusable, it must be understandable. While typical metadata covers rudimentary information about data, data re‐users often need more contextual information, including paradata ...
Isto Huvila, Lisa Andersson, Olle Sköld
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract The classification of research according to its aims has been a longstanding focus in the fields of quantitative science studies and R&D statistics. Since 1963, the Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) has employed a classical distinction among basic, applied, and experimental research.
Mengjia Wu +4 more
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Right answers to wrong questions: The dysfunctional nature of information needs
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract People frequently experience difficulties when seeking information to complete tasks. To overcome these difficulties, people require help. Regarding struggles with information needs, past research focuses on unclear information requests, such as ambiguous, under‐specified, and ill‐defined queries, and repairing these by user‐led strategies (e ...
Melanie A. Kilian +2 more
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract The term semantic primitives refers to a set of basic, atomic concepts from which all other (compound) concepts are constructed. It presupposes the principle of compositionality—the idea that complex items or expressions can be formed by combining simpler constituents.
Birger Hjørland
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