This poster explores the behaviors and information needs of repeat users of a virtual reference chat service in Ontario academic libraries. Analyzing 1,419 chat transcripts from 360 unique users in 2022-23, the study examines transaction types, …
This poster will present findings from a study of the information behaviours of librarians in the Greater Toronto Area who work with comic and graphic novel collections across academic, school, and special library contexts. This project extends …
This scoping review uses systematic review methodology to survey literature on established and emerging forms of literacy and their measurement, focusing on scholarly and grey literature published since 2014. Findings emphasize the need for …
The intersection of consumer rights and corporate control is exemplified in the battle over automotive repairability, where claims of cybersecurity risks challenge the Right to Repair movement. This study critically examines challenges to …
The information structures, styles and priorities of those in the disabled community are vastly different from those that make up academic culture, creating a disparity between the needs of disabled students and the support of the university …
The persistent underrepresentation of Black women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields is largely attributed to their race and gender. With measures and interventions being continually undertaken to attain race and gender …
It has been suggested that LIS literature discussing neurodivergence uses undesirable models of disability and undesirable language despite growing advocacy for alternatives. We examine the models and language used in 44 works on neurodivergence and …
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used by students in higher education for a wide range of tasks, such as brainstorming, finding information, or drafting papers. While we understand the general use cases for AI in the classroom, …
This work-in-progress identifies gaps in the current Natural Language Processing (NLP) approaches for pro-social communication detection by organizing the state-of-the-art NLP feature detection approaches according to models of Subjective Well-Being …
Cette étude pilote évalue les capacités de deux GML, Mistral Small 3.1 et GPT-4o mini, pour effectuer une extraction de données basée sur une ontologie pour supporter les revues de littérature en bibliothéconomie et sciences de l'information (BSI). …