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Walking the talk: Realizing ethical considerations in cataloguing work (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chan, M., Snow, K., Shoemaker, E., Daniels, J., Rasmussen Pennington, D., & Furger, S. (2021, August). Walking the talk: Realizing ethical considerations in cataloguing work. Paper presented at ALA Webinar, Online

Tailored to administrators and managers, this webinar provides an overview of the recently released "Cataloguing Code of Ethics" and highlights particular areas of the Code in which library leadership can meaningfully support the Code in equity, dive... Read More about Walking the talk: Realizing ethical considerations in cataloguing work.

Self-harm: Detection and support on Twitter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alhassan, M. A., Inuwa-Dutse, I., Shehu Bello, B., & Pennington, D. (2021, July). Self-harm: Detection and support on Twitter. Paper presented at European Conference on Social Media, Cyprus

Since the advent of online social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, useful health-related studies have been conducted using the information posted by online participants. Personal health-related issues such as mental health, self-harm and... Read More about Self-harm: Detection and support on Twitter.

Stroke recovery: What are people talking about on Twitter? (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gallacher, K., Petrie, D., Rasmussen Pennington, D., & Quinn, T. (2021, June). Stroke recovery: What are people talking about on Twitter?. Paper presented at Society for Primary Care’s 49th Annual Scientific Meeting (SAPC ASM), Online

Problem: Stroke survivors and their carers have benefited from advances in treatments and improved support with recovery because of an expanding evidence base, yet certain areas of stroke care require further attention from researchers and funding bo... Read More about Stroke recovery: What are people talking about on Twitter?.

Investigating non-suicidal self-injury discussions on Twitter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alhassan, M. A., & Pennington, D. (2021, June). Investigating non-suicidal self-injury discussions on Twitter. Paper presented at International Conference on Social Media and Data Mining (ICSMDM 2021), Online

Social networking sites have become a space for people to discuss public health issues such as non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). There are thousands of tweets containing self-harm and self-injury hashtags on Twitter. It is difficult to distinguish bet... Read More about Investigating non-suicidal self-injury discussions on Twitter.

A review of polymorphic malware detection techniques (2020)
Journal Article
Alrzini, J. R. S., & Pennington, D. (2020). A review of polymorphic malware detection techniques. International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology, 11(12), 1238-1247. https://doi.org/10.34218/IJARET.11.12.2020.119

Despite the continuous updating of anti-detection systems for malicious programs (malware), malware has moved to an abnormal threat level; it is being generated and spread faster than before. One of the most serious challenges faced by anti-detection... Read More about A review of polymorphic malware detection techniques.

"Maybe we can work together": Researchers’ outcome expectations for sharing knowledge on social media (2020)
Journal Article
Alshahrani, H., & Pennington, D. (2021). "Maybe we can work together": Researchers’ outcome expectations for sharing knowledge on social media. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 70(4/5), 377-398. https://doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-07-2020-0093

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the outcomes that researchers expect from using social media for knowledge sharing and to explore how these outcomes impact their use. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted 30 semi-structured inter... Read More about "Maybe we can work together": Researchers’ outcome expectations for sharing knowledge on social media.

Twitter as health information source: Exploring the parameters affecting dementia-related tweets (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alhayan, F., & Pennington, D. (2020). Twitter as health information source: Exploring the parameters affecting dementia-related tweets. In SMSociety'20 - International Conference on Social Media and Society (277-290). https://doi.org/10.1145/3400806.3400

Unlike other media, research on the credibility of information present on social media is limited. This limitation is even more pronounced in the case of healthcare, including dementia-related information. The purpose of this study was to identify us... Read More about Twitter as health information source: Exploring the parameters affecting dementia-related tweets.

Detecting critical responses from deliberate self-harm videos on YouTube (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alhassan, M. A., & Pennington, D. (2020). Detecting critical responses from deliberate self-harm videos on YouTube. In CHIIR 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (383-386). https://doi.org/10.1145/33434

YouTube is one of the leading social media platforms and online spaces for people who self-harm to search and view deliberate self-harm videos, share their experience and seek help via comments. These comments may contain information that signals a c... Read More about Detecting critical responses from deliberate self-harm videos on YouTube.

RDA education: The who, what, when, where, why, and how (2019)
Other
Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2019). RDA education: The who, what, when, where, why, and how. [Trade publication]

I have fond memories of teaching cataloguing and classification to postgraduate students a decade ago. We had multiple print copies of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (AACR2), Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), and the Dewe... Read More about RDA education: The who, what, when, where, why, and how.

"How to use it more?" Self-efficacy and its sources in the use of social media for knowledge sharing (2019)
Journal Article
Alshahrani, H., & Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2020). "How to use it more?" Self-efficacy and its sources in the use of social media for knowledge sharing. Journal of Documentation, 76(1), 231-257. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-02-2019-0026

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate sources of self-efficacy for researchers and the sources’ impact on the researchers’ use of social media for knowledge sharing. It is a continuation of a larger study (Alshahrani and Rasmussen Penn... Read More about "How to use it more?" Self-efficacy and its sources in the use of social media for knowledge sharing.

Developing a mixed methods approach to analysing interactions on Facebook (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamilton, J., & Pennington, D. R. (2019, July). Developing a mixed methods approach to analysing interactions on Facebook. Paper presented at SMSociety '19: International Conference on Social Media and Society, Toronto ON Canada

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Information attributes (2019)
Book Chapter
Pennington, D., & Ruthven, I. (2019). Information attributes. In K. Byström, J. Heinström, & I. Ruthven (Eds.), Information at Work: Information management in the workplace. London: Facet Publishing

In this chapter, we focus on the concept of information attributes. Information attributes are the properties of information and information objects that can be used to describe and differentiate information. Being able to differentiate information o... Read More about Information attributes.

Connecting the silos: Implementations and perceptions of linked data across European libraries (2019)
Journal Article
Pennington, D., & Cagnazzo, L. (2019). Connecting the silos: Implementations and perceptions of linked data across European libraries. Journal of Documentation, 75(3), 643-666. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-07-2018-0117

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine how information professionals in Scotland and in European national libraries perceive linked data (LD) as well as if and how they are implementing it. Design/methodology/approach: The authors applied... Read More about Connecting the silos: Implementations and perceptions of linked data across European libraries.

An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Williams, L., & Pennington, D. (2018). An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints. In Twelfth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance, HAISA 2018, Dundee, Scotland, UK, August 29-31, 2018, Proceedings

The ability to allow users to create online communities of interest and to share a variety of personal information, collectively referred to as social media, is gradually being built into an expanding range of applications. Some of these applications... Read More about An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints.

Measuring passive engagement with health information on social media (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alhayan, F., Pennington, D., & Ayouni, S. (2018). Measuring passive engagement with health information on social media. In 2018 21st Saudi Computer Society National Computer Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/NCG.2018.8593032

Little to no consensus exists on the definition of “engagement” on social media platforms. A myriad of management tools are available to measure behavioral interactions with social media. However, the majority of social media users engage with the co... Read More about Measuring passive engagement with health information on social media.

Keys to their own voices: Social tags for a dementia ontology as a human right (2018)
Book Chapter
Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2018). Keys to their own voices: Social tags for a dementia ontology as a human right. In L. Spiteri, & D. Rasmussen Pennington (Eds.), Social Tagging in a Linked Data Environment. London: Facet Publishing

Dementia encompasses a range of incurable brain conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, which affected 47 million people worldwide in 2015, a figure that is expected to triple by 2050. It is therefore a worldwide public health priority (World Health... Read More about Keys to their own voices: Social tags for a dementia ontology as a human right.