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Human Information Behavior In Hospice Care Volunteerism In The Southeastern Appalachian Region, Sheri Edwards

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

No abstract provided.

What Does It Take Them Just To Get The Job? An Analysis Of Employability Skills Of Today’S Lis Graduates: Implications For Lis Curricula, Stan Trembach, Liya Deng, Andy Thomas

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

The information world is changing every day and so are the skills and competencies that an information professional needs. The school curricula, however, cannot be changed so fast. Therefore, a good curriculum has not only to be able to cover today’s needs but also to be adaptive enough to accommodate tomorrow’s needs. In order to have a better understanding of the information skills and competencies, the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina conducted a survey in 2010. Although there was limited response to the survey (17 in total), the results revealed that knowledge of …

Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership (Chil), Md Hassan Zamir

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

This research work examines the prospects and challenges of LIS education worldwide and introduces the doctoral fellowship program, Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership (CHIL), launched by the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) of University of South Carolina. It describes the major features and outcomes of CHIL. The Fall 2011 CHIL fellows are interviewed in this regard; later on a structured interview is also conducted with CHIL fellows. Initial findings of the interview indicate that the learning objectives and professional backgrounds of the selected fellows harmonize with the outcomes and targets of the CHIL program. The paper also specifies that …

Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership (Chil), Md Hassan Zamir

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

This research work examines the prospects and challenges of LIS education worldwide and introduces the doctoral fellowship program, Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership (CHIL), launched by the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) of University of South Carolina. It describes the major features and outcomes of CHIL. The Fall 2011 CHIL fellows are interviewed in this regard; later on a structured interview is also conducted with CHIL fellows. Initial findings of the interview indicate that the learning objectives and professional backgrounds of the selected fellows harmonize with the outcomes and targets of the CHIL program. The paper also specifies that …

Citizen Participation In The Biological Sciences: A Literature Review Of Citizen Science, Todd Suomela, Erica Johns

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

The growth of citizen science over the past decade is shown by the increasing number of references to the topic tracked by bibliographic databases such as the Web of Science. The current survey examines the literature on citizen science in the biological and environmental sciences. A number of projects have studied insects and pollinators, avian migration, invasive species, horticulture, marine species, phenology, wildlife behavior, and ecosystems. The projects share a number of themes: including field study of distributed populations, questions about data accuracy, and benefits for the public such as improving public participation in science, expanding the number of people …

Challenges To Sharing Data Among Environmental Scientists And Data Managers In The Southeastern United States, Mary Beth Ross West, Miriam L.E. Steiner Davis

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

Poster Submission

The Increasing Biological Information Sources: Technical Assistance and Support for Delivery and Technology Transfer (IBIS) project was funded by the United States Geological Survey’s National Biological Infrastructure (NBII) to identify relevant data sets in areas of research that served NBII’s stakeholders: environmental decision makers, researchers and scientists including citizen scientists, and teachers and students. The IBIS project also developed biodiversity information tools and services to address the accessibility of USGS provided biodiversity information.

For this report, forty data sets were identified and analyzed by the IBIS researchers; the results of the data set interviews are presented in this …

Biodiversity Information For Natural Resource Management: Information Needs And Practices In Southern Appalachia, Miriam Davis, Carol Tenopir

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

Introduction

Natural resource managers rely on high quality, current and complete environmental information to make decisions about how resources and landscapes are managed for biodiversity conservation and human use. As such, they represent a unique combination of research scientist, decision maker and practicing professional. In addition, given the applied nature of their work, relating to conservation, resource use and policy, they are frequently required to make timely decisions with real world consequences. However, wading through the vast amounts of currently available scientific and technical knowledge to find needed information can be a challenge. To be useful, this information must be …

The Information Behavior Of Hospice Volunteer Coordinators, Sheri Edwards

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

This study explores the information behavior of hospice volunteer coordinators employed in hospice care in Southern Appalachia. The study is conceptualized according to Taylor's Information Use Environment (IUE) and uses a qualitative approach by employing the critical incident technique (CIT) in order to elicit emic descriptions of participants' memorable episodes of information behavior and enablers of and constraints on that behavior. Fifteen of twenty volunteer coordinators have participated. Data analysis incorporates a dual method of grounded theory and structuration theory. Preliminary analysis of the data reveals that company manuals and colleagues are the most widely-used sources of information, and that …

Data Curation Education In Research Centers Poster, Chris Eaker

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

The volume of scientific data is growing exponentially across all scientific disciplines. Competent information professionals are needed to sort, catalog, store, and retrieve this data for future research and education requirements. In response to this need, the goal of the Data Curation Education in Research Centers (DCERC) project is to develop curriculum to educate information science students in the critical field of scientific data curation. Three masters degree students at University of Tennessee (UT) and three doctoral students at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign are completing year one of the program. Each brings to the field of data curation skills …

Knowledge Infrastructure: The Research Library’S Role In Information Transfer, Nicholas M. Weber

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

No abstract provided.

Science, Government, And Information: Finding And Communicating The Results Of Research, Bonnie Carroll

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

No abstract provided.

Knowledge And Attitudes Towards Scientific Data Practices & Preservation Among Turkish Environmental Scientists And Information Scientists, Suzie Allard, Arsev Aydinoglu

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

Climate change is a grand challenge of science whose environmental impact touches societies across the globe (UN, 1987). Challenges such as climate change and related studies such as biodiversity require new approaches to science (Kelling et al., 2009). Scientific research is increasingly becoming more complex (Lynch, 2008), including data-intensive science, which gains new insights through data-driven approaches (Newman, Ellisman & Orcutt, 2003). Grand challenges such as global climate change are studying complex systems (Rind, 1999) that require collaborative and interdisciplinary scientific approaches (Allard & Allard, 2009). We must understand more than simply technical issues; we must also have an understanding …

Biodiversity Information Needs In The Southern Appalachians:, Miriam L.E. Steiner Davis, Suzie Allard, Carol Tenopir, Christopher E. Caldwell, Jana Redmond

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

No abstract provided.

Collaboration - It's A Good Thing!: A Multi-Faceted Role Analysis In Graduate Student Education As "Faculty-In-Training"., Priyanki Sinha, Jim Malone, Todd E. Suomela, Elizabeth Noakes, Lisa Metzer, David L. Sims

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

“Collaboration appears to play a unique role in science and science education today,” and serves as a rite of passage for new graduate students that indicates acceptance and achievement in research (Hara et. al. 2003). Collaboration is a crucial skill for faculty and students, helping advance knowledge and exploit the results of research effectively. In this project a group of six new Ph.D. students worked together with one faculty member and one post-doctoral researcher to develop a new course in Environmental Information Science. This poster is a report on the successes and barriers to collaboration encountered during the course of …

Journal-Ranking Lists, Ideology, And The Academic Librarian: A Critical Analysis, Stephen Bales, Laura Sare, Catherine Coke, Wyoma Vanduinkerken

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

Poster submission

Perceptions And Uses Of Google Scholar Among Undergraduate Students, Monica Colon-Aguirre, Karen Freberg, Suzie Allard

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

No abstract provided.

A Method To The Madness: A Survey Of Research Methods Employed In Studying Science Communication, Tiffany C. Chao

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

No abstract provided.

The Science Of Team Science: An Emerging Context For, Patricia F. Katopol

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

Poster submission

The Information Behavior Of Hospice Volunteer Coordinators, Sheri Edwards

Annual Research Symposium of the College of Communication and Information

No abstract provided.