All Outputs (6)

The impact of test elements on students' performance in EFL (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alrzini, J., Rasmussen Pennington, D., & Dunlop, M. D. (2022). The impact of test elements on students' performance in EFL. In 16th International Conference on Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction (IHCI 2022)

Students applying to study at a university in a country that does not use their native language typically have to sit a formal language assessment exam; This exam is now most commonly done electronically. This can be challenging for students if they... Read More about The impact of test elements on students' performance in EFL.

Twitter users' sentiments toward mask wearing (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chang, M., & Pennington, D. (2022, July). Twitter users' sentiments toward mask wearing. Paper presented at 2022 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety), Online

The World Health Organization advises people to wear a face mask in public to protect themselves from COVID-19. It provides materials and cites supporting studies demonstrating that a medical face mask is an effective way to protect people from COVID... Read More about Twitter users' sentiments toward mask wearing.

Essential e-book metadata for everyone (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lagace, N., Booth, E., La Spada, C., & Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2022, May). Essential e-book metadata for everyone. Paper presented at UKSG 2022, Telford

High quality and accurate bibliographic metadata is an essential part of the supply chain for books and e-books as it enables titles to be easily and reliably identified, selected, and accessed. Yet libraries and content providers have worked for yea... Read More about Essential e-book metadata for everyone.

YouTube as a helpful and dangerous information source for deliberate self-harming behaviours (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alhassan, M. A., & Pennington, D. (2022, February). YouTube as a helpful and dangerous information source for deliberate self-harming behaviours. Presented at iConference 2022, Online

Online social media platforms remain an excellent source of data for information scientists. Existing studies have found that people who self-harm find it easier to disclose information regarding their behaviour on social media as compared to in-pers... Read More about YouTube as a helpful and dangerous information source for deliberate self-harming behaviours.

“She Seems More Human”: Understanding Twitter Users’ Credibility Assessments of Dementia-Related Information (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alhayan, F., Pennington, D. R., & Ruthven, I. (2022, February). “She Seems More Human”: Understanding Twitter Users’ Credibility Assessments of Dementia-Related Information. Presented at iConference 2022, Online

The presence of incorrect, medically uncorroborated information on social media may be harmful if people believe it. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify how Twitter users evaluate the credibility of dementia-related information sour... Read More about “She Seems More Human”: Understanding Twitter Users’ Credibility Assessments of Dementia-Related Information.

The 'nested triangle' of metadata supply for OA books (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Leary, B., Snijder, R., Booth, E., & Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2022, February). The 'nested triangle' of metadata supply for OA books. Paper presented at NISO Plus Forum 2022: Global Conversations, Global Connections, Online

Academic librarians want to make research outputs, including Open Access books, fully discoverable to their users and communities in order to develop open and responsible research environments. The key to enabling this is high quality metadata that c... Read More about The 'nested triangle' of metadata supply for OA books.