Challenges of Information Infrastructures for Open Science and Academic Libraries

• Authors: Steinerová Jela

Title variants

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Wyzwania dla infrastruktur informacyjnych otwartej nauki i bibliotek akademickich

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

PURPOSE/THESIS: The paper reviews the main concepts of information infrastructure, information environment, and information behavior of researchers in the context of digital revolution. The concept of open science and new models of scholarly communication are considered. APPROACH/METHODS: Related studies of information infrastructure and information behavior of researchers are analyzed. We report on the results of a series of qualitative studies of information behavior and of information ecology of the academic environment in Slovakia based on interviews with doctoral students, expert researchers and information managers. We apply a previously deve­loped original methodology of concept mapping. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The results allow us to re-consider relevance assessment in the digital environment and to present a model of the information ecology in the information environment. We present the analyzed data represented by the concept maps which show the attitudes of rese­archers to open science, economic models of science and values of researchers. The final model of academic information ecologies is explained, and a new interactive model of the academic library is presented. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: We suggest the implications for the development of information science and for the education of information professionals. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: Original models emphasize values of academic research, values of information, value-added services of academic libraries, and value-sensitive design of digital libraries.

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CEL/TEZA: W artykule dokonano przeglądu głównych pojęć dotyczących infrastruktury informacyjnej, środowiska informacyjnego i zachowania informacyjnego badaczy w kontekście rewolucji cyfrowej. Rozważana jest koncepcja otwartej nauki i nowe modele komunikacji naukowej. KONCEPCJA/METODY BADAŃ: Analizie poddano powiązane ze sobą badania infrastruktury informa­cyjnej i zachowań informacyjnych naukowców. Przedstawiono wyniki serii badań jakościowych dotyczących zachowań informacyjnych i ekologii informacji w środowisku akademickim na Słowacji. Badania te oparte były na wywiadach z doktorantami, badaczami i menedżerami informacji. Wyko­rzystano opracowaną wcześniej autorską metodologię mapowania pojęć. WYNIKI I WNIOSKI: Uzyskane wyniki pozwalają ponownie rozważyć ocenę relewancji w środowisku cyfrowym i przedstawić model ekologii informacji w środowisku informacyjnym. Analizowane dane przedstawiono za pomocą map pojęć, które pokazują postawy badaczy wobec otwartej nauki, ekono­micznych modeli nauki i wartości badaczy. Objaśniono utworzony na podstawie badań autorski model akademickiej ekologii informacji i przedstawiono nowy interaktywny model biblioteki akademickiej. ZASTOSOWANIA PRAKTYCZNE: Sugerujemy zastosowania dla rozwoju nauki o informacji oraz edukacji specjalistów informacji. ORYGINALNOŚĆ/WARTOŚĆ POZNAWCZA: Przedstawione autorskie modele podkreślają wartości badań akademickich, wartości informacji, usługi o wartości dodanej w bibliotekach akademickich oraz projektowanie bibliotek cyfrowych uwzględniające wartości.

Keywords

EN

Academic libraries; Information behavior of researchers; Information environment; Information infrastructure; Open science

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Biblioteki akademickie; Infrastruktura informacyjna; Otwarta nauka; Środowisko informacyjne; Zachowania informacyjne badaczy

• Publisher: Stowarzyszenie Bibliotekarzy Polskich i Wydział Dziennikarstwa, Informacji i Bibliologii. Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Journal: Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 1A(113A)
• Pages: 12-27

Dates

received

2019-05-31

revised

2019-07-13

accepted

2019-07-18

Contributors

author

Steinerová Jela

• Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.36702/zin.11