information practices - Information Matters

When AI tools collapse complex search processes into seamless responses, they can obscure uncertainty, mask gaps in understanding, and smooth over meaningful distinctions of meaning, relevance, and confidence. Users may feel informed without ever confronting the limits of their knowledge or the assumptions guiding how information is interpreted. The challenge for libraries is not just teaching people how to use AI tools, but how to think with them without surrendering judgement.

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January 7, 2025 Björn Ekström

Can the Exposition of Paradata Lead to Participant Diversity in Biodiversity Citizen Science?

Newcomers to voluntary environmental monitoring tend to struggle with continued engagement as current research indicates that young participants’ pace of reporting species slows down over time. Arguably, disclosing paradata—simply put, descriptions of data, information and knowledge processes—in information systems for reporting sightings can foster continued learning and mitigate a possible lack of motivation among participants.