Information limits: definition, typology and types

́Świgoń, Marzena

doi:10.1108/00012531111148958

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“…Data are generated in different forms, and used for different purposes. Isolated data has no meaning, but integrated and correlated data within a context, it becomes information with meaning and useful to decision makers [27]. Knowledge is the result of grouping information together.…”

Section: Data Analysis and Data Visualizationmentioning

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Data Mining Applications in Understanding Electricity Consumers’ Behavior: A Case Study of Tulkarm District, Palestine

AbuBaker

2019

Energies

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This paper presents a comprehensive data analysis and visualization of electricity consumers’ prepaid bills of Tulkarm district. We analyzed 250,000 electricity consumers’ prepaid bills covering the time period from June to December 2018. The application of data mining techniques for understanding electricity consumers’ behavior in electricity consumption and their behavior in charging their electricity meter’s smart cards in terms of quantities charged and charging frequencies in different time periods, areas and tariffs are used. Understanding consumers’ behavior will support planning and decision making at strategic, tactical and operational levels. This analysis is useful for predicting and forecasting future demand with a certain degree of accuracy. Monthly, weekly, daily and hourly time periods are covered in the analysis. Outliers detection using visualization tools such as box plot is applied. K-means unsupervised machine learning clustering algorithm is implemented. The support vector machine classification method is applied. As a result of this study, electricity consumers’ behavior in different areas, tariffs and timing periods is understood and presented by numbers and graphs and new electricity consumer segmentation is proposed.

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Data Mining Applications in Understanding Electricity Consumers’ Behavior: A Case Study of Tulkarm District, Palestine

AbuBaker

2019

Energies

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“…The proposal of universal typology of information barriers consists of four groups (Świgoń, 2006, see also Świgoń, 2011b): Barriers connected with personal characteristics. Unawareness barrier, lack of information skills, terminology barrier, foreign language barrier, lack of time, psychological resistance to computer and internet use, psychological resistance to asking question, barrier of educational level, passive attitude, barriers connected with demographic variables: age, sex and other factors. Interpersonal barriers.…”

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“…Information barriers arise in the same context as information need, and are connected with personal characteristics and micro‐ and macro‐ environmental conditions. Information barriers (limits) have a negative influence on information need (can hinder their identification or awareness) and information behaviour (Świgoń, 2006, 2011b).…”

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“…These are library users and internet users research (Świgoń, 2006, 2007) and library anxiety research (Świgoń, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2011a). One of the author's research aims is an attempt to characterize and organize the extensive field of information barriers (Świgoń, 2006, 2011, in press). On the one hand the term information barriers is not commonly used, thus impeding the search of relevant publications in this field.…”

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Information barriers in libraries: types, typologies and Polish empirical studies

́Świgoń

2011

Library Management

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PurposeThe aim of this paper is to describe the Polish empirical studies of information barriers. The focus is to highlight the hierarchy of barriers, and the relation between demographic variables (sex, age, discipline etc.) and perception of barriers.Design/methodology/approachAfter a deep literature review some empirical studies have been conducted. Respondents were divided into groups in terms of: sex, field of study (social sciences, human sciences, natural sciences and technical sciences), age, science degree and year of study. In analysis of data two statistical methods: analysis of variance (ANOVA) and a chi‐square test (χ2) were used.FindingsThe phenomenon of information barriers is very common, encountered by around 80 per cent of users. The most troublesome barriers were barriers connected with libraries. The study showed that the sex variable had varied the respondents' answers to the greatest extent. The women perceived information barriers as a more serious problem than men (p<0.001). With regard to types of discipline, the faculty group found information barriers more troublesome in such disciplines as humanities and social sciences than in natural or technical sciences (p=0.001).Research limitations/implicationsThe hierarchy of barriers obtained from the study is related to a particular environment, a given group of users, the equipment of home library.Practical implicationsStudies of this subject may prove valuable in identifying people that are likely to experience difficulties in access to information.Originality/valueThe knowledge of the relation between demographic variables and perception of barriers, in earlier literature, was fragmentary. Findings may lead to a better understanding of the information barriers phenomenon by librarians and library users as well.

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“…Information barriers are hindrances or impediments to seeking and/or using information and manifest as a disruption in the information seeking process (Wilson, 1981, 1997, 1999; Świgoń, 2011a, b, c; Savolainen, 2016). Barriers can exist as something that is tangible or incorporeal, such as library anxiety (Świgoń, 2011b) or twentieth century segregation laws (Knott, 2015).…”

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“Hard to find”: information barriers among LGBT college students

Stewart

Kendrick

2019

AJIM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine collegiate information barriers and perceptions of academic library climate among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) college students in the USA. Design/methodology/approach The primary method used for this investigation was an online crowdsourced survey of 105 participants who attended two and four-year colleges in the USA. The questionnaire used free word association where participants shared information barriers encountered on colleges’ campuses. Responses from each questionnaire were interpreted using open coding. Findings Information barriers around sexuality continue to be a challenge for non- heteronormative information seekers on college campuses. One-third of students had distinctive information needs around their sexuality and experienced information barriers from both the institution and social stigma. The study reveals an evolution in sexual minority students’ sense of self, which has moved beyond the binary identity of gay/lesbian explored in previous studies; students identified bisexuality as a salient information need, and described a campus environment that often erased bisexuality. The academic library was described as an information barrier due to inadequate sexual minority-related resources. Practical implications Academic librarians as well as higher education professionals, such as recruitment/admissions officers, student counseling services, student health and student affairs, can leverage the results of this study to help establish a more inclusive and welcoming information environment that empowers students for academic and personal success. Originality/value A limited number of studies in information science have focused on sexual minority college students’ information behaviors and even fewer on information barriers. This study presents new insight and deeper understanding of the collegiate information environment of LGBT identified students in the USA.

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Information limits: definition, typology and types

Cited by 18 publications

References 93 publications

Data Mining Applications in Understanding Electricity Consumers’ Behavior: A Case Study of Tulkarm District, Palestine

Data Mining Applications in Understanding Electricity Consumers’ Behavior: A Case Study of Tulkarm District, Palestine

Information barriers in libraries: types, typologies and Polish empirical studies

“Hard to find”: information barriers among LGBT college students

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