Information Managementhttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/128252024-03-29T09:28:51Z2024-03-29T09:28:51ZThe Respectful Terminologies Platform Project and Envisioning Indigenous GovernanceAllison-Cassin, StacyCallison, Camillehttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/832472023-12-15T08:42:52Z2023-06-08T00:00:00ZThe Respectful Terminologies Platform Project and Envisioning Indigenous Governance
Allison-Cassin, Stacy; Callison, Camille
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. As an emerging Indigenous-lead project created through years of advocacy work, RTPP is engaged in work to vision a means of Indigenous vocabulary development focused on community governance and protocols. At the same time, existing governance systems for terminology and vocabulary systems such as the Library of Congress, and the Canadian Subject Headings, and projects such as the Homosaurus serve as examples of different models of governance. This paper will explore concepts of governance, the role of UNDRIP in systems of terminology, and Principles such as CARE. Woven throughout the paper will be moments to envision a system which human rights as the central guiding consideration for systems of terminology.
Proceedings from the Canadian Association for Information Science 2023 meeting
2023-06-08T00:00:00ZData Management Planning: Informing Research Data Management in Academic Libraries Today and the Skills Needed for Future LibrariansGrynoch, TessSmit, MichaelStevenson, Sarah E.http://hdl.handle.net/10222/826612023-07-05T07:36:35Z2016-01-01T00:00:00ZData Management Planning: Informing Research Data Management in Academic Libraries Today and the Skills Needed for Future Librarians
Grynoch, Tess; Smit, Michael; Stevenson, Sarah E.
Academic libraries in Canada are taking the lead in research data management (RDM) as they strive to assist researchers in addressing Canada's move to join the global trend of adding data dissemination and preservation requirements to public research funding. The transition to include academic research data in collections of local scholarly communications requires a substantial expansion of traditional library services. Academic libraries are addressing the addition of RDM services in three primary ways: building on existing expertise within their systems, participating in national and international collaborations and training opportunities, and looking to library and information science (LIS) programs to supply skilled RDM graduates. While managing data is currently a component of LIS education, this skill has only recently become emphasized within the curriculum, and even recent graduates may not have put this skill to use in library settings where working with information and knowledge is the norm. This paper will detail the experiential learning opportunity of a Master of Library and Information Studies student who applied data management skills learned in the classroom to a real-life setting. The student created a data management plan for a university researcher in the sciences by completing a data inventory, collecting information in interviews, reviewing related literature, and applying class-based learning. The resulting understanding of best practices in RDM and the experience of creating this DMP were used to inform RDM best practices and procedures at the Dalhousie University Libraries and the development of future RDM courses and training opportunities at Dalhousie University’s School of Information Management, and may similarly inform other academic libraries and LIS/information schools.
2016-01-01T00:00:00ZQuality is more important than quantity: Social presence and workplace ergonomics control predict perceived remote work performanceConrad, ColinKlesel, MichaelOschinsky, Frederike M.Mayhew, KydraO’Neil, KieraUsai, Francescohttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/822382023-01-21T08:36:27Z2023-01-06T00:00:00ZQuality is more important than quantity: Social presence and workplace ergonomics control predict perceived remote work performance
Conrad, Colin; Klesel, Michael; Oschinsky, Frederike M.; Mayhew, Kydra; O’Neil, Kiera; Usai, Francesco
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a widespread disruption to the way that we work. One of its lasting consequences will be the ubiquity of remote work. The effective use of collaboration tools is therefore a critical factor for information systems (IS) research
when design the workplaces of the future. We theorize that social presence and workplace ergonomics control are important predictors of perceived performance. Moreover, we investigate how different factors (i.e., collaboration tool efficacy, mode of work, and number of meetings) influence social presence. Using survey data (N = 389), we provide evidence that workplace ergonomics control and social presence are indeed important for perceived performance. Surprisingly, we observe that only collaborative platform efficacy has a significant impact on social presence, and that neither the number of meetings nor the modality were significant factors. Based upon
these results, we derive implications for theory and practice.
2023-01-06T00:00:00ZMeasuring Mind Wandering During Online Lectures Assessed With EEGConrad, ColinNewman, Aaronhttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/819852022-09-22T07:32:28Z2021-08-09T00:00:00ZMeasuring Mind Wandering During Online Lectures Assessed With EEG
Conrad, Colin; Newman, Aaron
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 learning material toward task-unrelated thoughts. The present study explored the relationship between mind wandering and online education using electroencephalography (EEG). Participants were asked to attend to a 75 minute educational video lecture, while task-irrelevant auditory tones played at random intervals. The tones were of two distinct pitches, with one occurring frequently (80%) and the other infrequently (20%). Participants were prompted at pseudo-random intervals during the lecture to report their degree of experienced mind wandering. EEG spectral power and event-related potentials (ERP) were compared between states of high and low degrees of self-reported mind wandering. Participants also performed pre/post quizzes based on the lecture material. Results revealed significantly higher delta, theta and alpha band activity during mind wandering, as well as a decreased P2 ERP amplitude. Further, learning scores (improvement on quizzes pre to post) were lower among participants who reported higher degrees of mind wandering throughout the video. The results are consistent with a view that mind wandering during e-learning is characterized by a shift in attention away from the external world and toward internal thoughts, which may be a cause of reduced learning.
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