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
The next step in the publication process for me was peer review arranged by the journal I submitted to. It is a student-run journal, so the responsibility of both arranging and executing peer review falls to students. Students have courses and exams that can take up a lot of their time, so the feedback took … Read more
One of the things I try to keep thinking about is how I can apply what I’m learning not just in the classroom for assignments, but in my future professional work, with my friends and family, in my geographic and online communities. How can I take what I’m learning and make a difference? In my … Read more
I’m wrapping up another term, and reflecting on the things I’ve learned. I took four classes this semester: research methods, research data management, human-information interaction, and bibliometrics. All four were research-focused, which aligns well with what I want out of the course. I got to do my first REB application and human subject research project, … Read more
As part of my masters program, I’m expected to acquire some hands-on experience applying the knowledge and skills I’ve been learning. This is accomplished through a mandatory volunteer placement, and I’m grateful to have one of those set up for the summer. However, this doesn’t take up the entire summer break from classes, and since … 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
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
