Introduction I elected to analyze “Does society show differential attention to researchers based on gender and field?” by González-Betancor & Dorta-González (2023). Study Goals Previous research has shown evidence of gender and field bias in some altmetric areas, but not in others. This study was an attempt to dig deeper into these two areas of … Read more
The Global Indigenous Data Alliance defines four principles for Indigenous data governance: Collective benefit, authority to control, responsibility, and ethics (Carroll et al., 2020). In this paper, I briefly examine two datasets, one about forests and ecosystems in Nova Scotia (Matsumoto, 2025), and one about Indigenous historical periodicals (Ruddock et al., 2024). Both were retrieved … Read more
In this essay, I will analyze the overlaps and discontinuities between my research data management practices for a study undertaken in my Human Information Interaction and what I have learned so far about the variously-described research data life cycle. We’ve explored several variations of the research data management life cycle (RDMLC) this semester, each with … Read more
As part of my reference services class, we got to practice providing reference service by email. After each of the two questions, I do my best to understand the question, questioner, and context of the request. I describe the approach I would take to find relevant resources to address the information need, and using the … Read more
This class assignment asked me to examine a news article through the lens of an information organization specialist, relating it to the skills and principles we’re learning about in class. While most of our coursework is focused on the conceptual understanding and practical skills of information organization, it’s also important to think carefully about ethical … Read more
As Gerald Holton said, “we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand.” Knowledge management is an emerging field of study with widespread interest both inside and outside the academe. In order to get a sense of the direction the field is taking as it evolves, … Read more
Setting the scene So, you were trying to put a skeleton Santa Claus on your roof to knock out decorations for the rest of the year, but you fell off the ladder and broke your leg. The paramedics show up, scoop you up onto the stretcher, and load you into the back of the ambulance. … Read more
Introduction There is a significant body of literature examining the experience of Autistic children in educational settings, including in libraries. The LIS journals are replete with analyses of programming and service provision to Autistic children and their caregivers, discussing strategies to work around their disorders and deficits. Despite the certainty that Autistic children grow into … Read more
I’m a queer autistic *international* student now. What does it feel to be restarting this journey with that additional adjective? A lot of things in my life have changed over the last year. The largest is arguably that I have left my original MLIS program to pursue the same degree at another university… in another … Read more
Introduction Bibliographic information organization is the process of taking metadata about pieces of information such as books and journal articles, standardizing the metadata into a common format to act as a stand-in for the original information, and organizing the metadata to support information seeking needs. Enough metadata must be retained for the information seeker to … Read more
