Browse ALISE 2021 Works-in-Progress Showcase by Series/Report "Information use"

  • Care as a motive for families’ information work 
    Ortiz-Myers, Maria (2021-09-20)
    Qualitative interviews with a small number of parents of transgender and non-binary youth reveal that for some, their child’s gender identity disclosure is unexpected and difficult to understand. Families respond to their ...

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  • Designing quantitative data representations to support people’s understanding of the risk of Covid-19 
    Byerley, Cameron; Park, Min Sook; Yoon, Hyunkyoung; Joshua, Surani; Moore, Kevin; You, Sukjin; Drimalla, James; Valaas, Laura; Tasova, Halil; Gong, Mina (2021-09-20)
    Since the COVID-19 outbreak, various forms of data representations (e.g., graphs, tables, and charts) have served to illustrate the diverse risks from the virus. These risks include daily cases, hospitalizations, and deaths ...

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  • Rethinking participatory design research in virtual environments: A case study 
    Nesset, Valerie; Stewart-Robertson, Owen (2021-09-20)
    After the COVID-19-related closure of most institutions, including public libraries, in March 2020, there arose a need for significant modifications to research methods for an ongoing three-year IMLS-sponsored project ...

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