Purpose We compare human intelligence to artificial intelligence (AI) in the choice of appropriate Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes for research papers in economics. Design/methodology/approach We compare the JEL code choices related to articles published in the recent issues of the...

Purpose In order to estimate the value of semi-automated subject indexing in operative library catalogues, the study aimed to investigate five different automated implementations of an open source software package on a large set of Swedish union catalogue metadata records, with Dewey Decimal...

Purpose This paper explores the information needs and behaviors of undergraduate engineers. Design/methodology/approach The paper reports on a qualitative study employing semi-structured interviews with 18 students. Findings The study identified the types of information needs undergraduate...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out which research topics and methods in information science (IS) articles are used in other disciplines as indicated by citations. Design/methodology/approach The study analyzes citations to articles in IS published in 31 scholarly IS journals in...

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to produce new knowledge about the positions that public libraries both take and are given in the conflicts over politics and identity that play out in contemporary cultural and library policy debates. Using conflicts over drag story hour at public libraries...

Purpose The article aims to give an overview of the history and the achieved status of information science in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) with an emphasis on the organisation of information science and practice in the GDR and on the theoretical foundations of information science....

Purpose This paper provides practical advice for archaeologists and heritage specialists wishing to use ML approaches to identify archaeological features in high-resolution satellite imagery (or other remotely sensed data sources). We seek to balance the disproportionately optimistic literature...

Purpose This study addresses how algorithmic recommendations and their affordances shape everyday information practices among young people. Design/methodology/approach Thematic interviews were conducted with 20 Finnish young people aged 15–16 years. The material was analysed using qualitative...

Purpose This project set out to explore information scholars’ perceptions of the influence of their keyword selections and the implications of their linguistic choices on possibilities for and perceptions of the field of Information Science. We trialed a narrative methodological approach to...

Purpose The paper seeks to introduce the “critical open access literacy” construct as a holistic approach to confront the challenges in open access (OA) as a dimension of scholarly communication. Design/methodology/approach The paper first introduces the concepts of information literacy (IL)...