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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Theory- and experience-grounded contemplations about the impact of the COVID-19 global health crisis were reflected in the recent study of disabled and neurodiverse Ph.D. students in information science programs in Canada and the U.S. that we conducted. Ph.D. students present a unique demographic in academia, blending the characteristics of students, researchers, and often teachers as well. Responses from 42 participants revealed a wide range of experiences in their doctoral programs that were both pandemic-specific and transcending the pandemic period.
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Social Informatics (SI), in its broadest sense, is an approach for understanding interactions between various societal systems and information-communication technologies.
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The MBTI personality and psychology theory-informed test has become a well-used source in professional development to provide ways for employees, employers, or hopeful candidates to determine how a person will behave, react, act, and conduct business.
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Despite the global authoritativeness of Web of Science and Scopus, there are concerns that both platforms are not truly “global” because they are systematically and structurally biased against research produced in non-Western countries, non-English language journals, and research from the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
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Aylin Imeri discusses with Yvonne Appiah Dadson and JonLuc Christensen the value of soft skills such as communication and argumentation when interviewing for Information Science job positions.
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Highlights from the ASIS&T Annual Meeting panel, titled “Professional Development in Crisis,” that discussed empowering students and professionals in their early career stages and making them more resilient in a hyper-competitive society and uncertain world.
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In the thesis by publication (TBP) model, academic research gets published through a commercial publisher, mostly as a journal article or a book chapter which the university considers as the fulfillment of the academic program.
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In the field of Scientometrics (or Science of Science), whether novel ideas experience more difficulties in dissemination and adoption is of particular interest. Evidence has been found that highly novel papers and grant proposals often suffer from stricter scrutiny and are more likely to be negatively evaluated.
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Attention doctoral students of Information Science: There’s a new video series at INFIDEOS, and it is just for you.
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