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A. Miller

Interactive Design and Interaction Cost: Communicating and Designing with Digital Media and User Experience Principles

Communication technologies help people communicate with each other, whether through email, computer-mediated technologies such as message boards and Internet forums, and through voice, video, or conferencing systems, and the long list of new media (virtual reality, augmented reality, AI communication, podcasts, video sharing platforms, etc.). These communication technologies influence social and cultural transformations by evolving how people communicate, impacting the patterns of communication they use, and resulting in social interactions designed and carried out through a web-based environment.

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Sheng-Hsiang Lance Peng

Rationalists, Zizians, and the Search for Truth: How Does Information Shape Belief?

Zizians, an emerging and loosely defined intellectual network, hold anarchist beliefs, emphasise animal rights and veganism, and promote a non-dualistic understanding of consciousness, including the idea that the hemispheres of the brain can have different genders and conflicting interests. This perspective challenges conventional Western assumptions about individual identity, rationality, and the pursuit of knowledge. By looking into how these two communities approach information, one can better understand their impact on contemporary discussions, from scientific discourse to digital subcultures.

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Andrew M. Cox

Academic Libraries in Northern England Support Mental Health and Wellbeing

Academic Libraries North is sharing resources about how libraries can support mental health and wellbeing, including case studies based on experience. ALN is a consortium of 33 higher education libraries in the north of England in the United Kingdom. Through collaborative activities and mutual support, they provide opportunities for their members in the exchange of knowledge and experience.

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Lynne Bowker

Breaking the Silence on Linguistic and Gender Bias in Scholarly Publishing: What Can Librarians Do?

Creating an environment that fosters Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB) is a shared responsibility, meaning that librarians have a role to play too. The first step in addressing bias is recognizing that it exists and raising awareness among others. But once the bias has been recognized, it can be challenging to know how to go about addressing it.

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Opeyemi Oboh

How Libraries Can Use Books to Support Mental Well-being

Today, the average person relies heavily on digital technologies, with daily survival intricately tied to these tools. While digital devices offer connectivity, they also raise concerns about mental well-being and emotional stability. Many therapeutic platforms like Calm and Woebot are also digital, deepening this reliance. However, libraries can provide stability by blending traditional methods with technological innovations. As they adapt to the digital age, libraries have transformed from quiet reading spaces into vital resources for mental health.

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Azeez Adeoye

Librarians Do Not Take a Break from Research

Librarians are the polymaths of this century. They are voracious readers, consuming information from all fields. As information gatekeepers, their engagement in knowledge classification, cataloging, and organization grants them a birthright to know more than others. Librarians help create all professions, but no other profession creates librarians. This is a unique quality that makes librarians stand out and excel among other fields. The secret lies in the fact that librarians never take a break from research.

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Sheng-Hsiang Lance Peng

Who Belongs in the Library? Reconsidering Academic Skills Tutors and Institutional Expectations

In this reflective piece, I share my experience as a post-PhD early-career researcher navigating the challenges of the academic job market, particularly in applying for academic skills tutor roles within university library teams. Despite an academic background and a range of experiences, I encountered repeated rejections, which led me to ask: Who belongs in the library?

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A. Miller

Healthcare UX: A Case for Inclusive Designs that Impacts Aging and Anxiety

Applying inclusive design for holistic wellness, aging, and mental health reduces elements that may aggravate symptoms of a challenge, disability, or some stress-inducing factors. This Healthcare UX design approach is a process of creating a digital experience that addresses the needs of healthcare users, including healthcare patients and their providers, plus the families and caregivers of the healthcare-services users. The bottom line is that whatever the ailment or healthcare goal is, digital healthcare products should be intuitive, effective, and useful so people get the care they need. This article looks at how healthcare can apply UX design to overcome or prevent potential challenges and frustrations from using technologies for health-related reasons.

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