Browsing Information Management Faculty Research, Publications and Presentations by Title
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The Respectful Terminologies Platform Project and Envisioning Indigenous Governance
This paper will discuss the Respectful Terminologies Platform Project (RTPP), a project focused on creating a system of Indigenous terminologies, and questions of governance within cataloging and other descriptive practices. ... -
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 ... -
Social discovery systems in public libraries: If we build them, will they come?
If the public library catalogue is to continue to have relevance to its users, it needs to move beyond its current inventory model, where all content is designed and controlled by library staff and client interaction with ... -
Social Discovery Tools: Cataloguing Meets User Convenience.
The paper discusses (a) the ethical dimensions of creating catalogue records to reflect user convenience, (b) the relationship between culture and user convenience, and (c) how social discovery tools can facilitate the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
University life has gone digital: influences of institutional mobile social network use during the COVID-19 emergency
Purpose Many universities implemented institutional social networking apps as an alternative to in-person social experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study aims to explore previously identified factors ... -
Using GIS for Spatial and Temporal Analysis in Print Culture Studies: Some Opportunities and Challenges
Examines the issues involved in employing a viewpoint that geography impacts research. Idea in the history of print culture; Interest in the study of print culture; Use of quantitative data by historians of print culture; ... -
Web APIs: A Step towards Greater Mobility of User-Created Data across Social Networking Websites and Their Implications for Research in Information Behavior
As Internet users are joining more online communities such as Facebook and MySpace, they are also becoming more prolific content creators. But unfortunately, the task of managing and exchanging content between their ... -
Write While You Search: Ambient Searching of a Digital Library in the Context of Writing
We consider ideas for a tighter integration of searching a digital library while writing a paper. A prototype system based on web services is described which allows us to explore the design space of ambient search tools ...