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Towards Mind Wandering Adaptive Online Learning and Virtual Work Experiences
NeuroIS researchers have become increasingly interested in the design of new types of information systems that leverage neurophysiological data. In this paper we describe the results of machine learning analysis which ... -
Is Our Ability to Detect Errors an Indicator of Mind Wandering? An Experiment Proposal
Mind wandering could have a variety of impacts on information systems phenomena, not least long monotonous tasks. Unfortunately, mind wandering states are difficult to measure objectively. In this paper, we describe ... -
Beyond Statistical Literacy: Open Data For Teaching, Collaboration, And Profit
Researchers, governments, and businesses grapple with the abundance of relevant data because consultants claim its effective use will lead to untold wealth and prosperity. To access this pot of gold, a modern university ... -
Toward Best Practices for Unstructured Descriptions of Research Data
Achieving the potential of widespread sharing of open research data requires that sharing data is straightforward, supported, and well-understood; and that data is discoverable by researchers. Our literature review and ... -
An investigation of differences in sentiment from tweets related to COVID-19 between Canada and US residents
Goal: This study aims to understand how individuals communicated and acknowledged to COVID-19 pandemic on Twitter. It mainly focused on identifying and demonstrating the differences in the perspective of United States and ... -
Retail apocalypse: The case of Sears Canada Inc.
In an increasingly digital world, retailers have never faced such a competitive environment. Many large chains have been forced to either radically transform their business models or cease operations. Such radical changes ... -
Measuring Mind Wandering during Online Lectures Assessed with EEG
Mind wandering can inhibit learning in multimedia classrooms, such as when watching online lectures. One explanation for this effect is that periods of mind wandering cause learners’ attention to be redirected from the ... -
OPACs, users, and readers’ advisory: Exploring the implication of user-generated content for readers’ advisory in Canadian public librarie
This article examines the contribution of social discovery platforms and user-generated content (UGC) on readers’ advisory (RA) services in Canadian public libraries. Grounded Theory was used to conduct a content analysis ... -
Illusions of a “Bond”: tagging cultural products across online platforms
Most studies pertaining to social tagging focus on one platform or platform type, thus limiting the scope of their findings. The purpose of this paper is to explore social tagging practices across four platforms in relation ... -
Expanding the scope of affect: Taxonomy construction for emotions, tones, and associations
The purpose of this paper is to provide an examination of emotional experiences, particularly how they are situated in the readers’ advisory (RA) literature and the literatures from a variety of outside disciplines in order ... -
Applying a 3-D hedonic concept of intrinsic motivation on the acceptance of social tagging tools: A theoretical model and empirical validation
Participation in and adding content to social tagging tools is important for these tools to achieve their purpose of classifying and organizing information. Users of social tagging tools are driven to participate and add ... -
If you build it, they won’t come: What motivates employees to create and share tagged content: A theoretical model and empirical validation
The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors influencing employees’ knowledge-sharing behavior on social tagging supported systems. Using the strong theoretical background of the well-known technology acceptance model ... -
BUILDING DIGITAL CAPACITY: REPORT ON THE TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS
The Schools of Public Administration (SPA) and Information Management (SIM) in the Faculty of Management (FOM) at Dalhousie University, and the Canadian Digital Service (CDS) team worked together to conduct a broad-based ... -
Proficient Use of Open Data Requires These Core Information Skills: An Open Data Community Perspective
Expanding access to open data, such as government data and research data, requires that we consider how citizens and stakeholders can best access the value these data hold. Should individuals rely on an intermediary to ... -
Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System: Cyberinfrastructure Investigative Evaluation
Numerous countries have employed a coordinated network of government agencies, research institutions, and private companies to establish national integrated Ocean Observing Systems (OOSes). Although Canada boasts a robust ... -
Towards a Unified Vision for Ocean Data Management in Canada: Results of an Expert Forum
The world’s oceans are a critical part of the Earth system. Sound knowledge and understanding of the oceans is essential for mitigating human impacts on the global environment and for promoting sustainable economic use of ... -
Being where the people are: The challenges and benefits of search engine visibility for public libraries
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to examine the challenges and benefits presented by search engine visibility for public libraries. The article outlines the preliminary results of a pilot study investigating search ... -
The structure and form of folksonomy tags: The road to the public library catalog
This article examines the linguistic structure of folksonomy tags collected over a thirty-day period from the daily tag logs of Delicious, Furl, and Technorati. The tags were evaluated against the National Information ...