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Session Chair: Aylin Imeri, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Location:Imperial Ballroom 2, Third Floor
Presentations
4:00pm - 4:15pm ID: 232 / PS-16: 1 Short Papers Confirmation 1: I/we acknowledge that all session authors/presenters have read and agreed to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting Policies Topics: Research into Practice (action research; participatory research; practice-based research; research impact) Keywords: Health information outreach, medical library, livestreaming, health literacy
Harnessing the Power of Scientists and Livestreaming: Health Information Outreach in a Medical Library
Shijie Song1,2, Jun Ying3, Yuxiang {Chris} Zhao4, Jinhao Li4
1Hohai University, People's Republic of China; 2Wuhan University, People's Republic of China; 3Fudan University, People's Republic of China; 4Nanjing University, People's Republic of China
Over the last two decades, medical libraries have shifted from being careful suppliers of health information for consumers and patients to taking on prominent roles in outreach initiatives. The emerging livestreaming technology provides opportunities for medical libraries to disseminate health information and facilitate dialogues between health professionals and the public. This article presents a case study of Fudan University Medical Library's innovative approach to health information outreach through livestreaming. By leveraging the expertise of health professionals and embracing the livestreaming technologies, the library successfully engaged a broad audience, surpassing the limitations of traditional outreach methods. Based on the case, the article discusses the transformative potential of livestreaming in reshaping health information outreach and promoting health.
4:15pm - 4:30pm ID: 240 / PS-16: 2 Short Papers Confirmation 1: I/we acknowledge that all session authors/presenters have read and agreed to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting Policies Topics: Information Behavior (information behavior; information-seeking behavior; information needs and use; information practices) Keywords: Social-Ecological Framework, Interview, Qualitative, Marginalized Population, Resource Use
Exploring Young Adults' Mental Health Help-Seeking Journey: Preliminary Findings on Resource Navigation Behavior
Jiaying Liu, Yan Zhang
The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Young adults are one of the most vulnerable populations susceptible to mental health concerns, yet they face various barriers in accessing resources and obtaining necessary support and treatment. While prior research has predominantly concentrated on technology utilization in mental health help-seeking, a more comprehensive understanding of how individuals navigate the broader landscape of available resources is crucially needed. To address this gap, we conducted in-depth interviews with 18 young adults to explore their lived experiences and resource navigation during the mental health help-seeking process. Guided by the Social-Ecological Framework, our study categorized the resources utilized by young adults into four categories: technological, interpersonal, community-based, and societal resources. Through thematic analysis, we report preliminary findings that identify specific characteristics of resources that young adults value and prioritize throughout their help-seeking journey. These findings provide implications for designing multi-level mental health resources and interventions to facilitate young adults’ help-seeking. We also discussed methodological considerations to encourage in-depth conversation with marginalized groups on sensitive topics like mental health.
4:30pm - 5:00pm ID: 250 / PS-16: 3 Long Papers Confirmation 1: I/we acknowledge that all session authors/presenters have read and agreed to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting Policies Topics: Technology; Culture; and Society (biases in information systems or society or data; social aspects of computerization; digital culture; information & society; information & communication technology for development; information for sustainable dev) Keywords: Information and communication technologies; LGBTQIA+ communities; Queer history; Qualitative research; Affordances and constraints
“Social Media Has Been Helpful in Learning About Myself and Finding My Community”: The Affordances and Constraints of ICT-Based Queer History Content Creation
Travis Wagner
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
This paper reports on findings from 31 semi-structured interviews with North American Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)-based content creators who focus on LGBTQIA+ history. While the research broadly explored the information practices and digital preservation strategies of these content creators, this paper highlights how the participants navigated their respective ICT choices (ranging from personal blogs to Instagram accounts) and what affordances and constraints emerged from these choices. The paper highlights how such potentialities and pitfalls across varied social media and web-based platforms informed the sociotechnical practices of queer historical knowledge production and how the participants leveraged the features of various ICTs to expand the visibility of queer-affirming content and resources. The paper concludes by exploring these practices and their theoretical and practical implications for practitioners at the intersection of digital curation and archiving marginalized histories with an explicit emphasis on collaborative rather than extractive opportunities for collaboration between such content creators and cultural heritage institutions
5:00pm - 5:30pm ID: 187 / PS-16: 4 Long Papers Confirmation 1: I/we acknowledge that all session authors/presenters have read and agreed to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting Policies Topics: Information and Knowledge Management (data and information management; personal information management; knowledge management) Keywords: Social sensemaking, long duration crises, expert advisory groups, emerging disease outbreak response
Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak Response: Exploring the Sensemaking Process of an Expert Advisory Group
Iva Seto, David Johnstone, Jennifer Campbell-Meier
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of crisis research, particularly in the response phase. This research explores long duration crisis sensemaking of an Expert Advisory Group (EAG) during an emerging disease outbreak which has implications for the conduct of COVID-19 public inquiries. The members of the Ontario SARS Scientific Advisory Committee (OSSAC) for the 2003 SARS outbreak in Canada, provide the context for this study. Among their duties, these experts were tasked to write directives (mandated protocols) that govern all aspects of hospital life, such as the protocol for transferring SARS patients. Data were collected in multiple forms, including: public inquiry reports, meeting minutes, newspaper articles, and interviews. Following a constructivist grounded theory strategy, several iterations of data collection and analysis were completed. The findings include a conceptual framework that depicts the sensemaking process and illuminates the relationship between retrospective (after an event has occurred) and prospective (future-oriented) sensemaking.