Organizing personal digital information: an analysis of faculty member activities

Jacques, Jerry; Mas, Sabine; Maurel, Dominique; Dorey, Jonathan

doi:10.1108/jd-03-2020-0034

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“…Research paints an incomplete picture of how information literacies, information technology affordances and practices, and the workflows of scholars intersect. There are a few studies of ICT tools used by faculty within the research workflow process (Antonijevic andCahoy, 2014, 2018;Antonijevi c, 2015;Zoellner et al, 2015;Sack, 2017;Falciani-White, 2017;Gessner et al, 2017;Nicholas et al, 2017;Cooper and Reiger, 2018;Jacques et al, 2021). These studies indicate the tasks (or steps) involved in the research process, but do not link to scholars' information literacies and practices.…”

Section: Scholarly Workflowsmentioning

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A qualitative study of social sciences faculty research workflows

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Hoadley

Kirschner

2022

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PurposeThis paper is a qualitative study of how social sciences faculty construct their research workflows with the help of technological tools. The purpose of this study is to examine faculty scholarly workflows and how both tools and practices support the research process. This paper could inform academic libraries on how to support scholars throughout the research process.Design/methodology/approachThis is a qualitative study case study of ten faculty members from six research universities from the United States and Canada. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and recorded. Atlas.ti was used to code and analyze the transcripts; each participant was a separate case. Descriptive coding was used to identify digital tools used for collaboration; process and descriptive coding was utilized to examine practices in scholarly workflows.FindingsThrough case study analysis the results of this study include the role of technology in faculty research workflows. Each workflow was grouped into four categories: information literacy, information management, knowledge management, and scholarly communication. The findings included scholars creating simple workflows for efficiency and collaboration and utilizing workarounds.Research limitations/implicationsThe study did not observe faculty in the process of doing research and, thus, only reports on what the researchers say that they do.Originality/valueThe research is unique in that there is almost no research on how social scientists conduct their research workflows and the affordances/impasses of this process.

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Section: Scholarly Workflowsmentioning

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A qualitative study of social sciences faculty research workflows

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Hoadley

Kirschner

2022

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“…Their resultant model consists of six stages: “…initiation, identification, temporary categorization, examination/comparison, selection/modification/creation and categorization” (p. 18). In a recent study, Jacques et al (2020) highlighted four activities that were involved in the organization of personal information by faculty namely inclusion, exclusion, apprehension and implementation. They showed that there were differences in the ability of faculty to analyze their information practices.…”

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Personal factors and the role of memory in faculty refinding of stored information

Nwagwu

Donkor

2022

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PurposeThe study examined the personal information management (PIM) challenges encountered by faculty in six universities in Ghana, their information refinding experiences and the perceived role of memory. The study tested the hypothesis that faculty PIM performance will significantly differ when the differences in the influence of personal factors (age, gender and rank) on their memory are considered.Design/methodology/approachThe study was guided by a sample survey design. A questionnaire designed based on themes extracted from earlier interviews was used to collect quantitative data from 235 faculty members from six universities in Ghana. Data analysis was undertaken with a discrete multivariate Generalized Linear Model to investigate how memory intermediates in the relationship between age, gender and rank, and, refinding of stored information.FindingsThe paper identified two subfunctions of refinding (Refinding 1 and Refinding 2) associated with self-confidence in information re-finding, and, memory (Memory 1 and Memory 2), associated with the use of complimentary frames to locate previously found and stored information. There were no significant multivariate effects for gender as a stand-alone variable. Males who were aged less than 39 could refind stored information irrespective of the memory class. Older faculty aged 40–49 who possess Memory 1 and senior lecturers who possess Memory 2 performed well in refinding information. There was a statistically significant effect of age and memory; and rank and memory.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was limited to faculty in Ghana, whereas the study itself has implications for demographic differences in PIM.Practical implicationsIdentifying how memory mediates the role of personal factors in faculty refinding of stored information will be necessary for the efforts to understand and design systems and technologies for enhancing faculty capacity to find/refind stored information.Social implicationsUnderstanding how human memory can be augmented by technology is a great PIM strategy, but understanding how human memory and personal factors interplay to affect PIM is more important.Originality/valuePIM of faculty has been extensively examined in the literature, and limitations of memory has always been identified as a constraint. Human memory has been augmented with technology, although the outcome has been very minimal. This study shows that in addition to technology augmentation, personal factors interplay with human memory to affect PIM. Discrete multivariate Generalized Linear Model applied in this study is an innovative way of addressing the challenges of assimilating statistical methodologies in psychosocial disciplines.

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A comprehensive investigation of researchers’ shared file management practices in cloud storage

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Human–Computer Interaction

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Organizing personal digital information: an analysis of faculty member activities

Cited by 3 publications

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A qualitative study of social sciences faculty research workflows

A qualitative study of social sciences faculty research workflows

Personal factors and the role of memory in faculty refinding of stored information

A comprehensive investigation of researchers’ shared file management practices in cloud storage

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