Collaboration - Information Matters

Most search interfaces currently used in public digital libraries have been influenced by design patterns based on web search, even though the complexity of the information seeking process when searching within a public library can be far greater than web search. Web search interfaces work extremely well for lookup search tasks, but they struggle to support complex search, especially those related to exploratory search.

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June 11, 2024 Rebekah Willson

Fail Club: Reflections on What Happens When Research Does Not Go To Plan

Failure in research remains a taboo topic for many academics and students. The pressure to be the perfect researcher can make discussing failure with peers and mentors extremely difficult, if not impossible. Academic publishing – not unreasonably – tends to favor the publication of “successful” research. The resulting culture of silence around failure often extends beyond complete failures, leading to the avoidance of discussing what did not go well or what could have gone better in any meaningful way. What opportunities are being missed by not having conversations about failure?

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April 21, 2023 Yazdan Mansourian

Five functions of information sharing in serious leisure: Releasing the power of information among passionate people

Why do we feel compelled to share information with others? With serious leisure—the pursuit of hobbies, voluntary activities or amateurism that requires effort, dedication, commitment, specific skills or knowledge—the motivations behind information sharing are complex. This article explores five themes to help us gain a deeper understanding of the role of information sharing in the context of serious leisure.

Professional Development

January 23, 2023 Aylin Imeri

Professional Development—Ways To Go

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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October 25, 2022 Pengyi Zhang

Collaborative Sensemaking: The Starting Point of Intelligent Information Use by Teams and Groups

Sensemaking, the process of forming meaningful representations of a task or problem’s information space, is the starting point of intelligent information use.

INFideos Multimedia

September 19, 2022 Jenna Hartel

Hear! Here!: A New Video Series for Doctoral Students

Attention doctoral students of Information Science: There’s a new video series at INFIDEOS, and it is just for you.

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January 19, 2022 Yi Bu

The Effects of COVID-19 on Scientific Novelty and Collaboration

Newton developed the basis for his groundbreaking work during the Great Plague. Will scientists be more novel during the pandemic like Newton?

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November 7, 2021 Chaocheng He

Recommending the Researcher Leadership in Research Collaborations

The tremendous growth in volume and variety of big scholarly data leads to information overload, which poses unprecedented challenges to seeking suitable research collaborators.