Research Seminar Series Archive

Steven B. Sawyer, PhD, draws on four years of data from an ongoing, longitudinal, panel-based study focused on how online labor platforms reshape work to theorize on career implications of pursuing non-standard work. The work is both framed and motivated by three ongoing changes to the economy:

This interdisciplinary project investigates the role of local public libraries in enhancing community resilience amidst economic challenges, extreme weather conditions and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Makerspaces in museums and libraries have expanded a great deal in the last 10 years. As these spaces and programs have progressed, some have sought to incorporate assessment to be responsive to learners, program improvement and justify their work, among other reasons.

The Tattoo and Information research project explores the information experience of people with tattoos. The central premise of the project is that people experience complex engagement with information during all stages of the tattoo process. Many people enjoy having tattoos and consider them not just aesthetic expressions of their tastes and interests, but also an expression of their identities.

User studies play a pivotal role in understanding users' information needs, behaviors, preferences and challenges when interacting with bibliographic information systems, such as library catalogs and digital libraries. This presentation will review four user studies conducted over the past 10 years that use different methodological approaches and address different research questions related to bibliographic information systems.

The purpose of this multifaceted project is to examine the quality of information found in Wikipedia, as perceived by readers and content contributors.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has made information professionals’ tasks much broader, due to the interactions with different technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, genetic engineering and quantum computing.