I am immunocompromised. Even if I wasn’t, the research on the long-term effects of COVID and the first hand experiences of those with long COVID would be enough to convince me to continue masking indoors and taking other precautions. Yet libraries and other public spaces have abandoned their masking requirements and their plans to improve … Read more
Research studies involving humans now have many layers of ethics. Researchers are required to take courses, continuing education, and certifications in ethics before being allowed to conduct their research. Research projects involving human participants are required to receive the blessing of a Review of Ethics Board, who evaluate everything from the recruitment materials to the … Read more
Researchers are human, and humans have an inherent set of experiences, perceptions, and biases that they bring to any work they undertake including research. While the scientific endeavour is generally considered to be and aims to be an objective exploration of the conditions of the real world, research conducted by humans can never be truly … Read more
You may have heard the term “succession planning” in regards to royalty, the peaceful transition of power in a democracy, or if you’re transitioning out of a role and are being asked to train your replacement. The goal in each case is the same: a continuity of knowledge, access, and responsibility between people filling the … Read more
So you did some research. Now what? (Please think about this before you do some research) Knowledge mobilization is the process of getting your research outputs into the hands of people who need it. Usually when we’re talking about research, the assumed output is a journal article, and the mobilization is to have that article … Read more
Libraries exist within communities. For public libraries, the community they serve is the general public of the surrounding geographical area. Academic libraries serve students, faculty, researchers etc at their university. School libraries serve their student bodies. Health libraries, law libraries, and corporate libraries all have specific patronage that they serve. Each library has its own … Read more
Following up on last week’s post, here is a broader look at a researcher who inspires me. Introduction Dr. Rua M. Williams is an assistant professor at the school of applied and creative computing at Purdue University, and the principle investigator at the CoLiberation Lab. They specialize in the intersection of technology policy and research … Read more
A bibliometrics school assignment to explore how network analysis can provide insights into scholarly communication and the institution of research. What is your network representing? Dr. Rua Williams (a.k.a. Anna Williams) is an assistant professor at the school of applied and creative computing at Purdue University, and the principle investigator at the CoLiberation Lab. They … Read more
I wrote about playing with the full OpenAlex dataset via SQL in a recent post. One of the outcomes of that experiment was this quick look at the relationship between researcher impact and who researchers publish with. Introduction Bibliometrics researchers try to answer a variety of questions about the participants, tools, processes, and reach of … Read more
A review of: Sakai, S., Korenaga, R., & Sakai, T. S. (2015, March 15). Learning to become a better poet: Situated information practices in, of, and at a Japanese tanka gathering. https://informationr.net/ir/20-1/isic2/isic30.html Abstract Objective – Describe mundane information behaviours among Japanese poets within a group poetry gathering. Design – Direct observation (with recording) of participants … Read more
