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Toward evidence-based cataloging ethics: Research, practice, and training in knowledge organization (2023)
Journal Article
Rasmussen Pennington, D., Lee, D., Snow, K., Fox, V., & Shoemaker, E. (2023). Toward evidence-based cataloging ethics: Research, practice, and training in knowledge organization. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60(1)

This panel considers the bridge between research and practice in cataloging ethics. Cataloging ethics – including indexing and classification – is an important part of practice, yet cataloging ethics research and practice are not always clearly conne... Read More about Toward evidence-based cataloging ethics: Research, practice, and training in knowledge organization.

Digital Humanities and Information Science: Making A Difference? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
de Fremery, W., Mostafa, J., Pennington, D. M. R., Terra, A. L., Cha, J., & Oh, S. (2023). Digital Humanities and Information Science: Making A Difference?. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60(1), 762-765. https://doi

In a 2012 ASIS&T panel titled “Humanistic Information Science,” Melanie Feinberg, Jens-Erik Mai, Jonathan Furner, and Joseph Tennis argued that information science as a field “could be richer” if it were to embrace “humanistic approaches to informati... Read More about Digital Humanities and Information Science: Making A Difference?.

The Cataloguing Code of Ethics 2021: Conception, Community and Continuation (2023)
Journal Article
Daniels, J., & Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2023). The Cataloguing Code of Ethics 2021: Conception, Community and Continuation. Art Libraries Journal, 48(2), 33-37. https://doi.org/10.1017/alj.2023.3

Cataloguing has existed for millennia but until January 2021 there was no formal code of ethics for this branch of the information profession. But what is the Code? Who created it and why? How was it produced? Is the Code immutable and what relevance... Read More about The Cataloguing Code of Ethics 2021: Conception, Community and Continuation.

Measuring the concept of PID literacy: user perceptions and understanding of PIDs in support of open scholarly infrastructure (2023)
Journal Article
Macgregor, G., Lancho-Barrantes, B. S., & Pennington, D. R. (2023). Measuring the concept of PID literacy: user perceptions and understanding of PIDs in support of open scholarly infrastructure. Open Information Science, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1515/opis

The increasing centrality of persistent identifiers (PIDs) to scholarly ecosystems and the contribution they can make to the burgeoning 'PID graph' has the potential to transform scholarship. Despite their importance as originators of PID data, littl... Read More about Measuring the concept of PID literacy: user perceptions and understanding of PIDs in support of open scholarly infrastructure.

Automation of university library operations: An analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic experience in the United Kingdom and Nigeria (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adetunla, G., Rasmussen Pennington, D., & Chowdhury, G. (2023). Automation of university library operations: An analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic experience in the United Kingdom and Nigeria. In Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Phy

This study examined how automation systems enhanced the operations of university libraries in Nigeria and the United Kingdom (UK) during the COVID-19 pandemic. It reviewed literature on the extent of automation, effectiveness of the use of automation... Read More about Automation of university library operations: An analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic experience in the United Kingdom and Nigeria.