Journal of Documentation: Volume 80 Issue 2

Of acquisitions and interference: accounting for systemic threats to the freedom to read

E.E. Lawrence

Librarianship’s dominant conception of the freedom to read is governed by a liberal principle of noninterference, wherein free readers are those who face no intentional…

An exploration of search-as-learning in digital archives of an online museum

I-Chin Wu, Pertti Vakkari, Bo-Xian Huang

Recent studies on search-as-learning (SAL) have recognized the significance of identifying users' learning needs as they evolve for acquiring knowledge during the search process…

Grappling with polarization on Wikipedia: the case of the biography of Ferdinand E. Marcos

Brendan Luyt, Karryl Sagun-Trajano

In this study, the authors look at the case of Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines between 1965 and 1986. Documenting the life and career of Marcos on Wikipedia…

Marks of usage: discerning information literacy practices from medieval European manuscripts

Andrew Whitworth

This study aims to discern medieval information literacy (IL) practices through scrutiny of medieval manuscripts: both the content and the “marks of usage” evident therein.

Identification of social scientifically relevant topics in an interview repository: a natural language processing experiment

Judit Gárdos, Julia Egyed-Gergely, Anna Horváth, Balázs Pataki, Roza Vajda, András Micsik

The present study is about generating metadata to enhance thematic transparency and facilitate research on interview collections at the Research Documentation Centre, Centre for…

The digital transformation processes for supporting digital humanities researchers in text analysis

Ernesto William De Luca, Francesca Fallucchi, Bouchra Ghattas, Riem Spielhaus

This article aims to explore how the mapping strategies between user requirements expressed by the humanities researchers lead to a better customization of user-driven digital…

Interdisciplinarity of information science: an evolutionary perspective of theory application

Chao Zhang, Fang Wang, Yi Huang, Le Chang

This paper aims to reveal the interdisciplinarity of information science (IS) from the perspective of the evolution of theory application.

Gatekeeping structures and trust development in public sector organizations

Svetlana Norkin, Katriina Byström

This paper aims to examine the interaction between gatekeeping and trust in a public sector organization, where employees at lower hierarchical levels are expected to autonomously…

Advocating for a more active role for the user in LIS participatory research: a scoping literature review

Valerie Nesset, Nicholas Vanderschantz, Owen Stewart-Robertson, Elisabeth C. Davis

Through a review of the literature, this article seeks to outline and understand the evolution and extent of user–participant involvement in the existing library and information…

Toward an extended metadata standard for digital art

Sofia Martynovich

The interpretation of any emerging form or period in art history was never a trivial task. However, in the case of digital art, technology, becoming an integral part, multiplied…

Just the way my brain works: capabilities for working with data in non-clinical practice

Suzana Sukovic

Effective use of data is critically important for the provision of health services. A large proportion of employees in health organisations work in non-clinical roles and play a…

“Telling the story of telling the story”: capturing intangible heritage storytelling on the origins of malt whisky in the Cabrach

Peter H. Reid, Elliot Pirie, Rachael Ironside

This research explored the storytelling (collection, curation and use) in the Cabrach, a remote Scottish glen. This study aims to capture the methodological process of…

“What is a wave but 1000 drops working together?”: The role of public libraries in addressing LGBTQIA+ health information disparities

Vanessa Kitzie, A. Nick Vera, Valerie Lookingbill, Travis L. Wagner

This paper presents results from a participatory action research study with 46 LGBTQIA+ community leaders and 60 library workers who participated in four community forums at…

From amused to : enriching mood metadata by mapping textual descriptors to emojis for fiction reading

Wan-Chen Lee, Li-Min Cassandra Huang, Juliana Hirt

This study aims to explore the application of emojis to mood descriptions of fiction. The three goals are investigating whether Cho et al.'s model (2023) is a sound conceptual…