This editorial contains two topics of importance to the Journal. The first is to celebrate our expert reviewers, some by name. Second, we share the most recent update of the Journal’s requirements to report all uses of artificial intelligence.
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The start of this year’s Open Access Week coincided with No Kings demonstrations that took place around the nation on Oct. 18. I found myself that day, as so many of us did, shoulder to shoulder with friends, family and strangers speaking up for democracy. I was at the Seattle Center, at the foot of the Space Needle in downtown Seattle, in a vast crowd, my attention divided between fired-up speakers, inflatable unicorns, posters with wry comments and a rank of flags for veterans for peace. Amid the crowd was a group of intellectual-looking types, most wearing glasses and lab coats, waving SOS banners: Save Our Science. When I saw the SOS signs, I thought about how difficult it is to protect something we can’t see, how difficult it is to convince people of the value of something that they can’t use.
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As a means of showcasing the unique approaches, values, and topics of special interest held by Canadian information scientists to the global community at large, this special issue – hosted by the Association of Information Science and Technology’s (ASIS&T) Canada Chapter – showcases Canadian perspectives on Information Science research and practice.
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This editorial contains four topics of importance to the Journal. The first topic is to celebrate our expert reviewers, some by name. Second, we discuss the move to Wiley’s Research Exchange for submissions. Third, we discuss the Journal’s expectations of data sharing, balancing both with the emerging norms of more scientific openness and the realities of what is possible given the different funding, ethical, legal and operational arrangements that scholars face. The fourth topic is the Journal’s stance on uses of artificial intelligence.
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This special issue of Information Matters explores the crucial role of information in empowering and transforming communities facing systemic challenges and in redressing systemic inequalities. The eight articles in this special issue discuss different ways in which these objectives can be achieved.
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This editorial note provides guidance to authors on how they can help their manuscript thrive in peer review at JASIST. Every year since 2019, JASIST has received a record number of submissions (as have most premier scholarly publishing venues[i]). This means the Journal’s editorial office is seeing many more manuscripts.
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In this first editorial of 2024, I am focusing attention on JASIST’s appreciation for and efforts to support carefully developed special issues. The Journal has a long history of publishing special issues. We have continued this during my term as Editor-in-Chief. To this point, included below is a listing of both active and recently published special issues. A special thank-you to the many colleagues whose work has helped make these special issues such a significant contribution to scholarship and to this Journal!
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Two topics in this editorial update. First, I introduce and explain the Journal’s newly formed Advisory Board (AB). Second, I highlight some advice for developing a manuscript that will have a higher likelihood of thriving in peer review.
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Brenda Dervin, one of the foremost thinkers of our time, died in Seattle, Washington as the year ended on December 31, 2022. She was 85. Along with her Sense-Making Methodology, cats and birds, and interest in reading, writing, poetry, art, and music, among others, she was passionate about “humans who commit their lives to justice and the improvement of the human condition”. She wrote in her university bio, “On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I consider myself a postmodern modernist. On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, a modern postmodernist. On Saturdays, I rest.” She died on a Saturday.
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Two topics in this editorial update. First, I introduce and explain the Journal’s newly formed Advisory Board (AB). Second, I highlight some advice for developing a manuscript that will have a higher likelihood of thriving in peer review.
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