Submitted by Viviane Lima da Cunha (viviane@biblioteca.ufpb.br) on 2016-08-12T14:56:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 6292683 bytes, checksum: dab6884b3e6f1777e73c5f0fae221127 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-12T14:56:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 6292683 bytes, checksum: dab6884b3e6f1777e73c5f0fae221127 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-12 / Considering the user's study as the unique condition to comprehend the informational needs that lead the user to the search of the information to satisfy them, it is aimed to analyze, through the information search behavior mode'. of David Ellis, whether the metacognitive strategies of the information professional in Arquivo Publico do Estado do Maranhão (APEM) are similar or differ of those ones traced by the searchers in the behavior of the information search. It was intended to investigate the behavior characteristics in the information search of the researchers, identify their metacognitive strategies and check the validity of David Ellis' information search behavior for the user and the information professional in the archive. It was used the semi-structured interview to the APEM's professionals and the verbal protocol to the researchers. The choice of these instruments occurred because they permit personal reports and supply qualitative information. The semi-directive interview was applied with two professionals and the verbal protocol with twelve researchers, subdivided in two groups, one instructed and the other one non-instructed, where it was tried to identify the existence of their own or different metacognitive strategies in the categories of David Ellis' information search model. The results show there is a convergence in the information search behavior of these people in the APEM, with just a few differences. It was stid identified, the absence of a user study by the APEM in a systemic and centered way in its users. / Considerando o estudo de usuário como condição impar para compreender as necessidades informacionais que conduzern o usuário ao processo de busca de informação para satisfazer essas necessidades, objetivou-se analisar, à Iuz do modelo de comportamento de busca de informação de David Ellis, se as estratégias metacognitivas do profissional da informação do Arquivo Publico do Estado do Maranhão (APEM), se assernelham ou se diferenciam das traçadas pelos pesquisadores no comportarnento de busca da informação. Buscou-se investigar as características do comportarnento de busca da informação dos pesquisadores; identificar as suas estratégias metacognitivas e verificar a validade de comportarnento de busca da informação de David Ellis para Os usuários e para o profissional da informação de arquivo. Utilizou-se a entrevista semi-estruturada para os profissionais do APEM e o protocolo verbal para os pesquisadores. A escolha por estes instrurnentos ocorreu por permitir relatos individuais e fornecerem informações de cunho qualitativo. A entrevista semi-diretiva foi aplicada a dois profissionais e o protocolo verbal a doze pesquisadores, subdivido em dois grupos, urn de instruído e outro näo-instruído, onde buscou-se identificar a existência de estratégias metacognitivas nas categorias do modelo de busca de informação de David Ellis próprias ou diferentes a esses sujeitos. Os resultados demonstrarn que ha uma convergência no comportamento de busca de informação desses sujeitos no APEM, corn poucas diferenças. ldentificou-se ainda, a ausência de urn estudo de usuário pelo APEM de forma mais sistêrnica e centrada em seus usuários.

Rekryterare inom kommunala verksamheter har tidigare använt sig av fysiska anställningsintervjuer vid rekrytering, men har på grund av covid-19 pandemin ersatt dessa med videointervjuer. Enligt tidigare forskning begränsas den icke-verbala kommunikationen i samband med videointervjuer vilket riskerar att påverka rekryterarens uppfattning och omdöme av kandidaten. Forskning visar även att kandidater som intervjuas via videolänk tenderar att bli rankade lägre än de som intervjuas via ett fysiskt möte. Den teoretiska referensram som används i studien består av Media Richness Theory och Social Presence Theory som båda analyserar hur den icke-verbala kommunikationen går att avläsa i olika kommunikationskanaler. Studiens syfte är att bidra till ökad kunskap och förståelse för hur rekryterare inom den offentliga sektorn, som har växlat om från att arbeta på en fysisk arbetsplats till att arbeta på distans, upplever användandet av videointervjuer. Vidare syftar studien till att undersöka vilken påverkan videointervjuer har på urvalet av kandidater i en offentlig rekryteringsprocess samt hur negativa effekter som uppkommer i samband med videointervjuer kan förebyggas. Studien har genomförts via kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer med HR-medarbetare från mindre kommuner i Sverige som arbetar med rekrytering. Studiens slutsats visar att den begränsade icke-verbala kommunikationen vid videointervjuer underlättar beslutsfattande baserat på den sökande kandidatens kompetens och erfarenhet. Vidare visar studien att användningen av olika kommunikationsmedel under rekrytering ger olika förutsättningar för rekryteraren att inhämta information om den sökande kandidaten, vilket understryker vikten av att sökprocessen utformas på ett liknande sätt för samtliga sökande kandidater. Studien visar även att det finns ett samband mellan hur kandidater hanterar det digitala mötesrummet och hur de blir bedömda i urvalet för tjänsten. Detta på grund av att ickeverbal kommunikation, på ett särpräglat vis, även påverkar samtalen i en videointervju, men på ett annat sätt än i den traditionella fysiska intervjun, såsom genom en kandidats datorvana, ljussättning och bakgrund i rummet. Avslutningsvis konstaterar studien att det finns ett behov av att kombinera fysiska intervjuer med videointervjuer för att optimera framtida rekryteringsprocesser samt främja lika förutsättningar hos de sökande kandidaterna, studien mynnar således ut i ett förslag på en uppdaterad modell av den traditionella sökprocessen för rekrytering. / Recruiters working in different municipal departments have previously used face-to-face job interviews when recruiting new employees, due to the covid-19 pandemic however, these have been replaced with video interviews. Non-verbal communication is reduced in video interviews, affecting the recruiter's perception and assessment of candidates. According to previous studies, candidates interviewed via video link risk being ranked lower than those interviewed in person. The theoretical framework supporting the study consists of Media Richness Theory and Socia lPresence Theory, both of which analyze how non-verbal communication may be perceived through different communication channels. The purpose of the study is to contribute to increasing the knowledge and to further the understanding of public recruiters experiences of recruitment via video link. The study focuses on recruiters who have shifted from working in a physical workplace to working from home. Furthermore, the aim of the thesis is to investigate the impact of video interviews on the selection of candidates in the public recruitment process and how negative effects that arise in connection with video interviews may be prevented. The study was conducted via qualitative semi-structured interviews with ten HR employees, working with recruitment in smaller municipalities in Sweden. The thesis conclude that the limitation of non-verbal communication in video interviews facilitates recruiter’s decision-making in terms of basing the decision made on competence and experience. It also shows that different means of communication provide different conditions for the recruiter to obtain information, which emphasizes the importance that the search process looks the same for all candidates. The study also shows that there is a connection between how candidates handle the digital meeting room and how they are assessed in the selection for different positions. This is because there is a distinctive form of non-verbal communication that affects the conversations in a video interview in a different way than in the traditional face-to-face interview, such as a candidate's computer skills, lighting and background in the room. The results show that in order to optimize future public recruitment processes and to promote equal opportunities for all applicants, there is a need to combine face-to-face interviews with video interviews, the study thereby concludes with presenting an updated model of the traditional search process.

Stress is a common health problem among students, and individuals with a minority identity might also experience minority stress. Minority stress associated with skin color is a relatively unexplored topic in Sweden; thus this study aims to investigate a possible connection between students' skin color and their minority stress from a jobseeker's perspective. To investigate this, a digital survey consisting of 25 items was carried out. Participants (n=177)  were recruited through convenience sampling and categorized into three groups based on skin color (light, medium light/dark, dark). A one-way ANOVA was carried out to test the study's hypothesis that students with darker skin have a higher degree of minority stress prior to the job search process than students with lighter skin. The result showed a significant difference between the groups(F2,174=34.5, p<.001, 2= .275) and a post-hoc test (Tukey) showed significant differences between each group. The result was consistent with the study's hypothesis and previous research. Furthermore, this study concludes that minority stress can give rise to mental illness. Additionally, the study concludes that Meyer's American framework, which aims to measure minority stress in gay and bisexual individuals, can be applied in a Swedish context with racist stress factors. For further research, a more representative sample would be beneficial, as well as a broadened perspective by examining how schools and workplaces work to counter minority stress, which in turn could prevent mental illness.

While there are powerful keyword search systems that index all kinds of resources including emails and web pages, people have trouble recalling semantic facts such as the name, location, edit dates and keywords that uniquely identifies resources in their personal repositories. Reusing information exasperates this problem. A rarely used approach is to leverage episodic memory of file provenance. Provenance is traditionally defined as "the history of ownership of a valued object". In terms of documents, we consider not only the ownership, but also the operations performed on the document, especially those that related it to other people, events, or resources. This thesis investigates the potential advantages of using provenance data in desktop search, and consists of two manuscripts. First, a numerical analysis using field data from a longitudinal study shows that provenance information can effectively be used to identify files and resources in realistic repositories. We introduce the Leyline, the first provenance-based search system that supports dynamic relations between files and resources such as copy/paste, save as, file rename. The Leyline allows users to search by drawing search queries as graphs in a sketchpad. The Leyline overlays provenance information that may help users identify targets or explore information flow. A limited controlled experiment showed that this approach is feasible in terms of time and effort. Second, we explore the design of the Leyline, compare it to previous provenance-based desktop search systems, including their underlying assumptions and focus, search coverage and flexibility, and features and limitations. / Graduation date: 2012

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of an Information Literacy intervention administered to first year Faculty of Business students at Rosebank College Cape Town. The exponential nature of information has led to students having access to abundant information which often comes unfiltered. This requires them to be in possession of life long competencies to find and apply this information to solve problems. Recent shifts in pedagogy and curricula have also precipitated the importance of independent learners who are capable of constructing their own knowledge. Student centred methods of teaching employed in tertiary institutions such as, problem based learning, evidence based learning and inquiry learning have necessitated the importance of Information Literacy training towards the development of independent learners. The study assesses the baseline incoming skills of the Faculty of Business students. Two intervention workshops are conducted for the experimental cohort and a post-test is administered. After the post-test the results of the control and experimental group are compared. The study uses the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Information Literacy Standards for higher education as a theoretical foundation. The standards are applied as benchmarks when assessing the Information Literacy competencies. The study explores the following research questions:  Are the Information Literacy interventions administered to the first year business faculty students effective and do they meet the proposed outcomes?  What are the existing Information Literacy competencies of the incoming students in the Faculty of Business?  How should Information Literacy programmes be delivered?  Are the ACRL standards a reliable tool to assess Information Literacy skills and the effectiveness of the interventions administered? The study found out that offering Information Literacy interventions would result in students accumulating these skills. This is supported by the difference in scores between the control group and the experimental cohort. However it must be noted that Information Literacy training is not an event but rather an on-going process. / Magister Bibliothecologiae - MBibl

This exploratory, mixed-methods study investigated the relationship between information literacy and critical thinking. The research question guiding the first portion of the study was: How do information literacy and critical thinking relate in undergraduate students conducting academic research? Using two standardized assessments, the study assessed the information literacy and critical thinking skills of a small population of college students from a private, university in Texas. The correlational analysis of the scores from the two assessments showed a statistically significant, positive, moderate correlation. The study also explored the likelihood of gender differences in cognitive processing using information literacy and critical think skills assessments. The independent samples t-tests for both assessments demonstrated no statistically significant differences between female and male participants. Finally, a qualitative component comprised of a questionnaire provided context to the assessment scores through items requesting information on participant source selection priorities via the three middle stages of Kuhlthau's information search process model as well as their criteria for selecting sources of information. Though only a small number of the participants completed the questionnaire, the responses highlighted areas of interest for future research.

Dans les pays du Nord, les étudiants disposent d’une multitude de sources numériques et imprimées ainsi que de nombreux outils de recherche pour réaliser leurs travaux universitaires. La réalité est encore toute autre dans les universités africaines, particulièrement au Burkina Faso où l’accès des étudiants à ces ressources est limité. Cette étude, première du genre en Afrique de l’Ouest francophone, veut contribuer à une meilleure compréhension du comportement dans la recherche d’information des étudiants au doctorat en médecine de l’Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo de Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). Les objectifs sont les suivants : 1) identifier les sources et outils de recherche d’information utilisés par ces étudiants dans leur processus de recherche d’information et les critères qui président ces choix ; 2) identifier les personnes (professeurs, collègues étudiants, bibliothécaires, etc.) qui soutiennent ces étudiants dans leur processus de recherche d’information et comprendre quelle(s) forme(s) de soutien elles apportent ; 3) identifier les barrières auxquelles ces étudiants sont confrontés lors de leur processus de recherche d’information et décrire les moyens utilisés pour les surmonter. L’étude s’appuie sur le modèle de processus de recherche d’information (Information Search Process) de Kuhlthau (1991, 2004), enrichi au moyen des variables intervenantes du modèle de comportement informationnel de Wilson (1996). Un devis de recherche mixte est adopté. Il est composé de deux volets : 1) un volet quantitatif qui consiste en un questionnaire administré aux étudiants de l’Unité de formation et de recherche en sciences de la santé et auquel 269 étudiants ont répondu et 2) un volet qualitatif, qui consiste en des entrevues semi-dirigées réalisées auprès de 25 étudiants ayant participé au premier volet. L’analyse des données a révélé que ces étudiants en médecine utilisent plusieurs types d’outils dans leur processus de recherche d’information tout en ayant un penchant pour les moteurs de recherche Web et les bases de données en accès libre. Ces choix sont influencés par des facteurs tels que la facilité d’utilisation et l’accessibilité des outils, de même que les sources d’information auxquelles ils ont accès. Pour ce qui est du support, les sources numériques sont plus utilisées que les imprimées pour des raisons d’accessibilité, de portabilité et de facilité d’utilisation. L’analyse des données montre également que plusieurs personnes apportent leur aide aux étudiants au doctorat en médecine pendant leur processus de recherche d’information. Parmi ces personnes, on iv compte le corps professoral, les collègues étudiants, les membres de la parenté et, dans une moindre mesure, les bibliothécaires. De plus, l’analyse révèle que les « aînés » (c’est-à-dire les médecins et les étudiants des cohortes précédentes) jouent un rôle particulièrement important : ils fournissent aux étudiants des documents, souvent puisés dans leur collection personnelle, et les orientent vers des thèmes de recherche porteurs et des sources d’information pertinentes. Il est également apparu que ces étudiants font face à différents types de barrières au cours de leur processus de recherche d’information. Les freins les plus importants sont les suivants : les coûts directs pour accéder à l’information, c’est-à-dire les frais demandés pour commander des articles scientifiques (barrières économiques) ; les délestages, l’instabilité de la connexion Internet et les ressources limitées des bibliothèques universitaires (barrières environnementales) ; les contraintes de temps (barrières situationnelles) ; la rareté de la documentation scientifique médicale en langue française et rapportant des études réalisées en contexte africain (barrières liées aux caractéristiques des sources). Les résultats suggèrent par ailleurs que plusieurs n’ont pas les compétences informationnelles requises pour mener de la recherche d’information de niveau doctoral. Cependant, malgré toutes ces difficultés, les étudiants trouvent des stratégies alternatives pour surmonter ou contourner les barrières qui entravent leur accès à l’information. / In northern countries, students have access to a wide range of digital and printed sources as well as search tools to support their academic work. The situation is quite different in African universities, particularly in Burkina Faso, where students’ access to library resources remains limited. This study, the first of its kind in French-speaking West Africa, aims to contribute to a better understanding of the information-seeking behaviour of doctoral students in medicine at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). The objectives are the following: 1) to identify the information sources and tools these students use in their information search process and the criteria that govern this selection; 2) to identify the persons (professors, students, librarians, etc.) who assist these students in their information search process and understand what type(s) of assistance they provide; 3) to identify the barriers these students face during their information search process, and the measures they take to overcome them. This study is based on Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process model (1991, 2004), supplemented by the intervening variables included in Wilson’s Information Behaviour model (1996). A mixed-methods design was adopted. It consisted of two phases: 1) a quantitative component consisting in a survey conducted among students of the Training and research unit in health science to which 269 students have responded, and 2) a quantitative component consisting in semi-structured in-depth interviews with 25 students, selected among respondents from phase I. Data analysis showed that these medical students use various search tools in their information search process but expressed a preference for Web search engines and open access databases. These choices are influenced by factors such as the tools’ ease of use and ease of access, as well as the information sources to which they have access. In terms of document formats, digital sources are more heavily used than printed ones, for they are easier to access, more portable and more user friendly. Data analysis also showed that several persons assist doctoral students in medicine in their information search process. Among them are faculty members, student peers, relatives, and, to a lesser extent, librarians. Additionally, the analysis revealed that “elders” (i.e., physicians and students from previous cohorts) play an especially important role: they provide students with documents, often from their own personal collection, and they orient students towards promising research topics and relevant information sources. vi The study also reveals that these students face different types of barriers in their information search process. The main barriers are direct information access costs—i.e., fees charged for ordering scientific papers (economic barriers); load sheddings, unreliable Internet connection, and limited resources of academic libraries (environmental barriers); time constraints (situational barriers); the scarcity of medical scientific information in French and reporting studies conducted in African setting (barriers related to information sources characteristics). Moreover, results suggest that many do not possess the information literacy skills needed to conduct information searching at the doctoral level. However, despite these difficulties, these students find alternative strategies to overcome or circumvent the barriers that impede information access.