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2018-01-01

Worrall, Adam, Cappello, Alicia, Osolen, Rachel

Many frequent social Q&A sites to share information, with social and emotional support often important in continued use of these sites as resources for both information and socialization, but balancing these is not easy. We explored the socio-emotional motivations of users of Academia Stack...

2017-01-01

Huvila, Isto, Anderson, Theresa Dirndorfer, Jansen, Eva Hourihan, McKenzie, Pam, Worrall, Adam

Boundary objects (BOs) are abstract or physical artifacts that exist in the liminal spaces between adjacent communities of people. The theory of BOs was originally introduced by Star and Griesemer in a study on information practices at the Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology but has since been...

2016-01-01

Wu, Shuheng, Worrall, Adam, Stvilia, Besiki

There is a need to compare and contrast data practices of different disciplines and groups. This study explores data practices in earthquake engineering (EE), an interdisciplinary field with a variety of research activities and dynamic data types and forms. Findings identify the activities of...

2013-01-01

Worrall, Adam

There is continuing need for theoretical and practical research to consider the roles that digital libraries play in collaboration, communities, and other social contexts. My dissertation research looks to help fulfill this need, examining the roles digital libraries play, as boundary objects,...

2017-01-01

Stvilia, Besiki, Hinnant, Charles C., Wu, Shuheng, Worrall, Adam, Lee, Dong Joon, Burnett, Kathleen, Burnett, Gary, Kazmer, Michelle M., Marty, Paul F.

This study examined factors that might affect researchers' willingness to collaborate with a specific researcher and the priorities given to those factors. In addition, it investigated how researchers determined the ownership of collaborative project data and how they determined the order of...