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Positioning Library and Information Science Graduate Programs for 21st Century Practice
IMLS convened a meeting in November 2017 to discuss strengthening the formal education component of the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. The report summarizes issues and themes from that meeting.
Date:
June 2018
Creator:
Sands, Ashley E.; Toro, Sandra; DeVoe, Teri; Wolff-Eisenberg, Christine & Fuller, Sarah
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Text Analysis of Data Science Career Opportunities and U.S. iSchool Curriculum
Data science employment opportunities of varied complexity and environment are in growing demand across the globe. Data science as a discipline potentially offers a wealth of jobs to prospective employees, while traditional information science-based roles continue to decrease as budgets get cut across the U.S. Since data is related closely to information historically, this research will explore the education of U.S. iSchool professionals and compare it to traditional data science roles being advertised within the job market. Through a combination of latent semantic analysis of over 1600 job postings and iSchool course documentation, it is our aim to explore the intersection of library and information science and data science. Hopefully these research findings will guide future directions for library and information science professionals into data science driven roles, while also examining and highlighting the data science techniques currently driven by the education of iSchool professionals. In addition, it is our aim to understand how data science could benefit from a mutually symbiotic relationship with the field of information science as statistically data scientists spend far too much time working on data preparation and not nearly enough time conducting scientific inquiry. The results of this examination will potentially guide future directions …
Date:
December 2018
Creator:
Durr, Angel Krystina
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Information Seeking in a Balkan Country: A Case Study of College Students Seeking and Use of Information
Using a case study approach this study investigated how college students in Vlore, Albania seek and use information resources for academic and personal needs and whether they follow a pattern similar to Brenda Dervin's sense-making, or Marcia Bates' berry-picking information seeking models. Influencing factors studied were economic factors, information communication technologies and information culture/policy. A literature review showed that no previous published research has studied information seeking behavior of college age students and faculty in Albania. Thirty-four college students and two full time faculty completed a survey and a smaller group were interviewed. The results of the study indicate that Google is the main source for seeking information for both academic and personal purposes. College students are not introduced or taught on how to evaluate information sources. The information communication technology needs improvement to support information needs. The library as a major information resource was not apparent to most students. College students utilize berry-picking as the information seeking model and faculty use sense-making, as a model of information seeking. This study adds to the knowledge of the information seeking behavior of college students in a developing country, the need for information literacy courses at the university level, and the identification …
Date:
December 2018
Creator:
Kabashi, Artemida
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Grounded Theory of Information Quality in Web Archives
Web archiving is the practice of preserving websites as a historical record. It is a technologically-challenging endeavor that has as its goal the creation of a high-quality archived website that looks and behaves exactly like the original website. Despite the importance of the notion of quality, comprehensive definitions of Information Quality (IQ) in a web archive have yet to be developed. Currently, the field has no single, comprehensive theory that describes what is a high-quality or low-quality archived website. Furthermore, most of the research that has been conducted on web archives has been system-centered and not user-centered, leading to a dearth of information on how humans perceive web archives. This dissertation seeks to remedy this problem by presenting a user-centered grounded theory of IQ for web archives. It answers two research questions: 1) What is the definition of information quality (IQ) for web archives? and 2) How can IQ in a web archive be measured? The theory presented is grounded on data obtained from users of the Internet Archive's Archive-It system, the largest web-archiving subscription service in the United States. Also presented are mathematical definitions for each dimension of IQ, which can then be applied to measure the quality of …
Date:
August 2018
Creator:
Reyes, Brenda
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Physicians' Serendipitous Knowledge Discovery: An Evaluation of Spark and the IF-SKD Model in a Clinical Setting
This research study is conducted to test Workman, Fiszman, Rindflesch and Nahl's information flow-serendipitous knowledge discovery (IF-SKD) model of information behavior, in a clinical care context. To date, there have been few attempts to model the serendipitous knowledge discovery of physicians. Due to the growth and complexity of the biomedical literature, as well as the increasingly specialized nature of medicine, there is a need for advanced systems that can quickly present information and assist physicians to discover new knowledge. The National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Lister Hill Center for Biocommunication's Semantic MEDLINE project is focused on identifying and visualizing semantic relationships in the biomedical literature to support knowledge discovery. This project led to the development of a new information discovery system, Spark. The aim of Spark is to promote serendipitous knowledge discovery by assisting users in maximizing the use of their conceptual short-term memory to iteratively search for, engage, clarify and evaluate information presented from the biomedical literature. Using Spark, this study analyzes the IF- SKD model by capturing and analyzing physician feedback. The McCay-Peet, Toms and Kelloway's Perception of Serendipity and Serendipitous Digital Environment (SDE) questionnaires are used. Results are evaluated to determine whether Spark contributes to physicians' serendipitous …
Date:
May 2018
Creator:
Hopkins, Mark E
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Correlation between Information Literacy and Critical Thinking of College Students: An Exploratory Study
This exploratory, mixed-methods study investigated the relationship between information literacy and critical thinking. The research question guiding the first portion of the study was: How do information literacy and critical thinking relate in undergraduate students conducting academic research? Using two standardized assessments, the study assessed the information literacy and critical thinking skills of a small population of college students from a private, university in Texas. The correlational analysis of the scores from the two assessments showed a statistically significant, positive, moderate correlation. The study also explored the likelihood of gender differences in cognitive processing using information literacy and critical think skills assessments. The independent samples t-tests for both assessments demonstrated no statistically significant differences between female and male participants. Finally, a qualitative component comprised of a questionnaire provided context to the assessment scores through items requesting information on participant source selection priorities via the three middle stages of Kuhlthau's information search process model as well as their criteria for selecting sources of information. Though only a small number of the participants completed the questionnaire, the responses highlighted areas of interest for future research.
Date:
May 2018
Creator:
McMullin, Shelly Lynne
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
What is a Data Librarian?: A Content Analysis of Job Advertisements for Data Librarians in the United States Academic Libraries
This paper attempts to understand what is required to be a data librarian by applying a content analysis approach to job advertisements by hiring professionals in academic libraries in the United States.
Date:
July 31, 2018
Creator:
Khan, Hammad & Du, Yunfei
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Scientific Memory of the Brazilian National Institute of Technology (Int/Brazil) Public Library Under the Perspectives of Control Devices and Information Policy Regime
This paper discusses the scientific memory of the public library in the Brazilian National Institute of Technology (INT/Brazil) from the perspective of control devices and information policy regime.
Date:
November 10, 2018
Creator:
Lee, Patricia Pui Ye & Pimenta, Ricardo Medeiros
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Knowledge Management Practices and Innovation: A Critical Literature Review
This paper aims to establish the state-of-the-art of causal link between knowledge management practices and organizational innovation.
Date:
November 10, 2018
Creator:
Baptista Nunes, José Miguel; Kanwal, Saima & Arif, Muhammad
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Modeling Information Seeking Under Perceived Risk
Information seeking and information avoidance are the mechanisms humans natural used for coping with uncertainties and adapting to environmental stressors. Uncertainties are rooted in knowledge gaps. In social sciences, the relationship between knowledge gaps and perceived risk have received little attention. A review of the information science literature suggests that few studies have been devoted to the investigation of the role of this relationship in motivating information-seeking behavior. As an effort to address the lack of theory building in the field of information science, this study attempts to construct a model of information seeking under risk (MISR) by examining the relationships among perceived risk, knowledge gap, fear arousal, risk propensity, personal relevance, and deprivation and interest curiosity as antecedents to motivation to seek information. An experimental approach and a scenario-based survey method are employed to design the study. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis was conducted to test the relationships in the proposed model. Perceived risk was found to be a highly significant predictor of information seeking in moderately high-risk situations. Similarly, personal relevant has a significant negative effect on perceived risk and its interaction with knowledge gap motivates information seeking.
Date:
December 2018
Creator:
Shakeri, Shadi
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rearranging an Infinite Universe: Literary Misprision and Manipulations of Space and Time, 1750-1850
This project explores the intersection of literature and science from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century in the context of this shift in conceptions of space and time. Confronted with the rapid and immense expansion of space and time, eighteenth and nineteenth-century philosophers and authors sought to locate humans' relative position in the vast void. Furthermore, their attempts to spatially and temporally map the universe led to changes in perceptions of the relationship between the exterior world and the interior self. In this dissertation I focus on a few important textual monuments that serve as landmarks on this journey. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the intersection of literary and scientific texts transformed perceptions of space and time. These transformations then led to further advancements in the way scientific knowledge was articulated. Imagination became central to scientific writing at the same time it came to dominate literary writing. My project explores these intersecting influences among literature, astronomy, cosmology, and geology, on the perceptions of expanding space and time.
Date:
December 2018
Creator:
Tatum, Brian Shane
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Exploration of Information Sharing Structures within Makerspaces: A Mixed Methods Case Study of Dallas Makerspace and Its Users
Makerspaces are a popular, new concept being implemented in public, academic, and school libraries, and as stand-alone spaces. The literature reflects the newness of the topic with a limited number of articles and studies and even less about the users of makerspaces themselves. This study explored information sharing behaviors in the Dallas Makerspace as an informal learning environment and described their preferred method of information transfer from one member to another. It employed a mixed methods methodology using surveys, interviews and observations. The study identified how the rules and policies in place at the makerspace influence the information seeking process and how the Dallas Makerspace exchanges information effectively. Dallas Makerspace is one of the largest non-profit work groups in its size, and this research study answers how information is exchanged in an informal environment.
Date:
May 2018
Creator:
Hadidi, Rachel
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Influence of Social Media on Decision Making of the Kuwait National Assembly Members: Case Study
In Kuwait, an increase in the use of social media by the Kuwait National Assembly (KNA) has allowed it members to reach out to the public and so advance their political agenda. This study examines social media influences on the decision making process; addresses the lack of academic research in relation to KNA members; and seeks to understand the extent to which public political engagement using social media might affect the outcome of their decision making. The proposed social media influence model (SMIM) was used to explore the relationships and relative importance of variables influencing legislator decision making in a social media environment. The second decade of the twenty-first century saw a number of major issues emerging in Kuwait. A core mixed method design known as explanatory sequential was applied to multiple sets of data generated during KNA members' 14th (2013-2016) and 15th (2016-2018) terms. These data included Twitter messages (tweets), the KNA Information Center Parliamentary Information System legislation documents, and the news media articles. The sample was drawn from KNA membership, some of which used Twitter to comment on major events with specific hashtags and the Kuwaiti news media articles related to the same. Study results confirm and support …
Date:
December 2018
Creator:
Alfarhoud, Yousef T.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Information Bulletin, Volume 70, Number 1, Spring 2018
Periodic supplement for "the regular journals of the American Chemical Society," containing annotated bibliographies of chemical documentation literature as well as information about meetings, conferences, awards, scholarships, and other news from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Chemical Literature.
Date:
Spring 2018
Creator:
American Chemical Society. Division of Chemical Information.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Information Bulletin, Volume 70, Number 3, Fall 2018
Periodic supplement for "the regular journals of the American Chemical Society," containing annotated bibliographies of chemical documentation literature as well as information about meetings, conferences, awards, scholarships, and other news from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Chemical Literature.
Date:
Autumn 2018
Creator:
American Chemical Society. Division of Chemical Information.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Information Bulletin, Volume 70, Number 2, Summer 2018
Periodic supplement for "the regular journals of the American Chemical Society," containing annotated bibliographies of chemical documentation literature as well as information about meetings, conferences, awards, scholarships, and other news from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Chemical Literature.
Date:
Summer 2018
Creator:
American Chemical Society. Division of Chemical Information.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Information Bulletin, Volume 70, Number 4, Winter 2018
Periodic supplement for "the regular journals of the American Chemical Society," containing annotated bibliographies of chemical documentation literature as well as information about meetings, conferences, awards, scholarships, and other news from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Chemical Literature.
Date:
Winter 2018
Creator:
American Chemical Society. Division of Chemical Information.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Use-Oriented Information and Knowledge Management: Information Production and Use Practices as an Element in the Quality and Impact of Information
This paper discusses premises for directing the evaluation of the impact of information towards the assessment of knowledge process with an empirical focus on the management and evaluation of archaeological information.
Date:
November 10, 2018
Creator:
Huvila, Isto
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Descriptive Metadata for Web Archiving: Literature Review of User Needs.
The OCLC Research Library Partnership Web Archiving Metadata Working Group was formed to recommend descriptive metadata best practices for archived web content that would meet end-user needs, enhance discovery and improve metadata consistency. This report is a literature review of user needs related to descriptive metadata for web archiving.
Date:
February 2018
Creator:
Venlet, Jessica; Farrell, Karen Stoll; Kim, Tammy; Jai O’Dell, Allison & Dooley, Jackie
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Development of an Electronic Resource Management Model for Science & Technology Institutions in India
This paper highlights the complexities associated with the management of electronic resources in an institution.
Date:
November 10, 2018
Creator:
Verma, Vijay Kumar
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Application of QR Codes in Library Services: Beyond Q
This paper explores the possibilities of using QR codes in providing different library services.
Date:
November 9, 2018
Creator:
Verma, Vijay Kumar & Ranjan, Manish
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of a Semantic Relations Taxonomy in Biomedical Science
This paper characterizes the Ontobee relations ontology in the biomedical science domain with comparisons to the Conflict and Mediation Event Observation (CAMEO) relations taxonomy and the UMLS semantic network relations.
Date:
November 9, 2018
Creator:
Wu, Yejun & Yang, Li
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Towards an Understanding of Data Ethics in LIS
This paper aims to delineate data ethics in the library and information science fields based on the diverse body of literature on the topic.
Date:
November 9, 2018
Creator:
Roeschley, Ana & Khader, Malak
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Where are the Women in the Ebola Crisis? An Analysis of Gendered Reporting and the Information Behavior Patterns of Journalists Covering a Health Outbreak
Health officials estimate that the 2014 Ebola crisis disproportionately victimized women, who made up 75% of the disease's victims. This interdisciplinary study has two main goals. The first is to evaluate the news media's performance in relation to their representation of women caught up in the Ebola crisis because the media play an important role in influencing public responses to health. This study sought to understand the information behavior patterns of journalists who covered the Ebola crisis by analyzing how job tasks influence a journalist's information behavior. This study employed qualitative methods to study the perceptions of journalists who covered the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Liberian and American journalists who covered the outbreak to understand the choices that guided their reporting of the Ebola crisis. A content analysis of The New York Times, The Times, and The Inquirer was also conducted to examine the new media's representation of women in an outbreak which mostly victimized women. The findings suggest that covering a dangerous assignment like Ebola affected the information behavior patterns of journalists. Audience needs, the timing of coverage, fear, and the accessibility of sources, were some of the factors that influenced the news gathering decisions …
Date:
December 2018
Creator:
Mumah, Jenny N
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library