Archive of studies of Information (2010-2020)
first isquare study (2011)
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The first 137 iSquares were drawn by students at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto during the summer of 2011. Through this initial study we learned how people draw 'information.' Learn more...
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INF3001: (PhD) foundations, second isquare study (2013)
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During fall 2013, doctoral students in INF3001: Foundations explored the nature of information through its visual dimension. Learn more...
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info behaviour illustrated (2013)
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126 iSquares that included human figures or their body parts (coined 'information behaviour squares' or ibSquares), were analyzed for insights into information behaviour. Learn more...
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reverse side study (2013)
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On the reverse side of the iSquare, participants respond to the prompt, "Information is..." using words. Heather Simmonds conducted a content analysis of these text responses. Learn more...
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INF2332: Information Behaviour, "interdisciplinary isquare study" (2014)
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During winter 2014, students of INF2332: Information Behaviour investigated visual conceptions of information outside the field of information studies.
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international isquare study (2015)
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An international team of information scholars at 12 iSchools are exploring visual conceptions of information worldwide. Learn more...
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inf1300: Foundations of LIS, "information / internet / librarian" (2015)
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During fall 2015, students of INF1300: Foundations of Library and Information Science discovered visual conceptions of information, Internet, and librarian. Learn more...
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interdisciplinary isquare study (2016)
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iSquares were collected from several Faculties across the University of Toronto in order to investigate the impact of academic cultures on visual conceptions of information.
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pictorial metaphor study (2016)
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With Dr. Reijo Savolainen, the pictorial metaphors of information that appear in the iSquare corpus were analyzed. The resulting manuscript appeared in Journal of Documentation.
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records and archives management (RAM) isquare study (2014)
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Dr. Pauline Joseph of Curtin University is spear-heading research into visual conceptions of information among Records and Archives Management students and practitioners in Australia. Learn more...
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JhI summer Fellows (2017)
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During May, 2017, five exceptional undergraduate students from across the University of Toronto joined the iSquare Team, as part of the Jackman Humanities Institute Scholar's-in-Residence Program. Learn more...
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related work (applications of the isquare protocol to other concepts)
Group work study
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Pamela McKinney of the Information School at the University of Sheffield (UK) has used visual approaches to study student conceptions of group work. See Pamela's slide presentation on the research or a poster on the study by Chloe Cook.
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digital library study
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As a part of a dissertation, doctoral candidate Wen Lou from Wuhan University, China has asked undergraduate students to draw a a digital library.
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knowledge squares (k-Squares)
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Marcos Cavalcanti and Larriza Thurler, from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), in Brazil, asked undergraduate and graduate students to draw what is knowledge and compared its findings with I-Square drawings.
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