Jela Steinerová Comenius University Bratislava Slovakia

Agenda Information interactions Information ecology Digital scholarship and information practices Selected studies of PhD. students and information managers, concept mapping Proposal of a model of information interactions Conclusions

Objectives and contexts Challenges of information science Information- intensive work in science New ways of interaction with digital environment Objectives Analysis of information interactions New models of digital scholarship, social science, humanities

Questions Which information activities are typical for digital scholarship? How to develop new models? Can we integrate information ecology with digital scholarship?

Information interactions Human information interactions: relationships between people and information (interactions of scholars in sociotechnical systems) Holistic approaches – need History in information science: Belkin, Saracevic, Spink, Fidel Our interest: academic information work Scientific information spaces, shared cognitive attributes

Information ecology Davenport, Prusak Making information meaningful Nardi, O´Day Places of information activities, tools, social relations Our approach Values, community, tools

Vision Integration of human information behavior with design Adaptations Ecological approach Satisficing, optimizing, personalization Re-use of information objects Cognitive information processing Information sharing, digital scholarship Simple organisms, social systems Transformation of scientific communication

Digital scholarship New kinds of research – large volumes of data Changing methods, tools Challenges for information practices: Innovations, information sharing, data mining Open science, knowledge discovery Digital repositories Scientific information records Collaboratories

Digital social sciences, humanities Humanistic scholarship: Information objects Interpretation, analyses, research story Social sciences: Understand human behavior Data – surveys : interpretation, cognition, Making knowledge explicit Interdisciplinary interconnections with technologies: Assistance in interpretations and collaboration Integration of cultural objects Data sharing

Selected studies Relevance: PhD. students Relevance 2.0 Information ecology: information managers Model of information ecology Information and research behavior of doctoral students

Doctoral students: example Young intellectual elites of universities Activities: research, teaching, creativity, communication, development of expertise Objectives of qualitative study: Identify information and research practices Model information interactions Semi-structured interviews (16) Information horizons

Initial results: selection of topic Interest Personal relations Environment Previous study Role of supervisor Department Topicality topic Curiosity New information Verification of information Problem solving Narrowing the topic, focus incentives

Information interactions: strategies Browsing: Internet, web Keywords, citation chaining Google Google Scholar Libraries Digital libraries Electronic databases of scientific documents Media, portals, wiki, blogs Consulting, discussions

Social media Passive use Reading Sharing Questionnaires Benefits: Discussion fora Blogs Wiki Personal, Private communication

Influence of academic community Supervisors Foreign experts Concept definitions Relationships Information literacy courses Academic webpages

Barriers Lack of time Lack of sources Disintegration of systems Information overload Lack of personal communication Outdated documents Compatibility of sources Terminology Citing Self-efficacy Sharing of sources collaboration

Proposals - help Writing theses Citations Information literacy Use of electronic sources Collaboration with colleagues Learning Sharing of sources, strategies, tools, methods E-learning Repositories Integration of systems

Implications Need: Cultivation of information environment Building academic communities: Digital environment: Community spaces Information- intensive process: Add value to information in information interactions

Model of information interactions in digital scholarship

Implications for digital scholarship Make implicit knowledge explicit From lower levels of context to the highest levels Discovery of knowledge Visualization Interpretation Ecology: Adding value Re-use

Concept mapping for digital scholarship Visualize knowledge Concept mapping Concepts and relationships Critical reflection Knowledge sharing Creativity collaboration 15 master and PhD theses in LIS Rules for space orientation Relations: definition, associations, hierarchy

Concept map - example

Benefits of concept mapping Discovery of context New interpretations Ontological models Collaboration Knowledge managment Knowledge discovery

Community portal: example Research: curiosity Project mgmt Concept infrastr. Interactions Experts, suprevisors Social networking Methodological tools Orientation in sources Information ethics Case studies Affective information management

Conclusions Community models Social networking, dialogue, reviewing Multiple scholarly interactions Conceptual infrastructures From data cleaning to interpretations Guidance for research work Integration of information behavior with design

Conclusions Value-added ecological information interactions for digital sciences availability convenience collaborations networking visibility creativity

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