Information Studies: Recent submissions
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Tangible Web Layout Design For Blind And Visually Impaired People
(2020)Although past research has enabled blind and visually impaired (BVI) developers to access information better and code more efficiently, they still lack accessible ways to create visual layouts. This research highlights the ... -
Making Invisible Entities Visible: Negotiating Disclosure of Invisible Chronic Conditions in the Workplace
(2020)Invisible chronic conditions affect the work life of people in ways that are not obvious to others due to the lack of prominent symptoms. This thesis examines the negotiation of disclosure at work for people with invisible ... -
Design for Just-In-Time: Resource Design for Self-Teaching Computer Science and Online Learning
(2020)The goal of this study is to investigate how just-in-time resources may support self-teaching for adult computer science learners who are new to coding. For people learning computer science on their own, just-in-time ... -
An Autoethnographic Account of Innovation at the US Department of Veterans Affairs
(2020)The history of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health information technology (HIT) has been characterized by both enormous successes and catastrophic failures. While the VA was once hailed as the way to the ... -
“I run the world’s largest historical outreach project and it’s on a cesspool of a website.” Moderating a public scholarship site on Reddit: A case study of r/AskHistorians
(2020)Online communities provide important functions in their participants’ lives, from providing spaces to discuss topics of interest to supporting the development of close, personal relationships. Volunteer moderators play key ...