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Research information systems (CRIS) evaluate research achievements and should contribute to the continuous improvement of research. Based on an online survey and interviews with experts from the euroCRIS organization, this research paper gives an overview of the ethical aspects in the field of research information management and shows how CRIS represent ethical dimensions of scientific research and how their development, implementation and functioning should comply with common ethical standards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Data are considered to be the "oil of the 21st century". However, the owners of this "commodity" are not multinational companies, but each individual. This paper presents selected results from a representative population survey in the USA and Switzerland. The results show that although financial motives play a role, two other basic motives (information, social influence) are more important. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In diesem Aufsatz stellen wir eine repräsentative Multimethodenstudie (bestehend aus Umfrage, aufgabenbasierter Nutzerstudie und OnlineExperiment) zum Wissen und Verhalten der deutschen Internetnutzer bezüglich der Anzeigen auf Google-Suchergebnisseiten vor. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die überwiegende Mehrzahl der Nutzenden nicht hinreichend in der Lage ist, Werbung von organischen Ergebnissen zu unterscheiden. Die aufgabenbasierte Studie zeigt, dass lediglich 1,3 Prozent der Teilnehmenden alle Anzeigen und organischen Ergebnisse richtig markieren konnten. 9,6 Prozent haben ausschließlich korrekte Markierungen vorgenommen, dabei aber keine Vollständigkeit erreicht. Aus den Ergebnissen der Umfrage geht hervor, dass es viele Unklarheiten gibt über das Geschäftsmodell von Google und die Art und Weise, wie Suchmaschinenwerbung funktioniert. Die Ergebnisse des Online-Experiments zeigen, dass Nutzende, die die Unterscheidung zwischen Anzeigen und organischen Ergebnissen nicht verstehen, etwa doppelt so häufig auf Anzeigen klicken wie diejenigen, die diese Unterscheidung verstehen. Implikationen für die Forschung ergeben sich in den Bereichen Wiederholungsstudien bzw. Monitoring der Anzeigendarstellung, vertiefende Laborstudien, Modelle des Informationsverhaltens, Informationskompetenz und Entwicklung fairer Suchmaschinen. In this paper we present a representative multi-method study (consisting of survey, task-based user study, and online experiment) of the knowledge and behaviour of German Internet users regarding Google ads. The results presented show that the overwhelming majority of users are not well able to distinguish advertisements from organic results on Google's search engine results pages. The task-based study showed that merely 1.3 percent of participants were able to mark all areas correctly. We also found that another 9.6 percent of participants had all their identifications correct but did not mark all results they were required to mark. From the survey, we found that there is a high degree of uncertainty about Google's business model and the way search engine advertising works among users. Results from the online experiment show that users with little knowledge of the distinction between ads and organic results click on advertisements approximately twice as often than users with a correct understanding.Implications for research include incentive for replication studies and monitoring of advertisement presentation, in-depth laboratory studies, models of information behaviour, information literacy and the development of fair search engines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The term information literacy defines techniques and methods of research, evaluation and usage of information and is considered a key competence in the modern information society. The German term 'Informationskompetenz' originally derived from the Anglo-American language has established itself in recent years in German libraries. This paper describes the status quo of teaching information literacy in German libraries on the basis of a survey. The selection of libraries chosen to take part in the study was based on criteria drawn upon through an extensive online search. The study was conducted with a survey whose questions where grouped into the subjects 'General', 'Personal', 'Education' and 'Methodology' with the objective to assess the Impartation of Information Literacy in German Libraries. The survey was conducted in September and October of 2014 through completed questionnaires by the respective librarians. The results of this exemplary study reveal that information literacy is actively imparted in German libraries while the emphasis is not the same. Further notable issues are the lack of a common definition of information literacy as well as absent or inadequate standards for information literacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The use of in-vehicle information systems has increased in the past years. These systems assist the user but can as well cause additional cognitive load. The study presented in this paper was carried out to enable workload estimation in order to adapt information and entertainment systems so that an optimal driver performance and user experience is ensured. For this purpose smartphone sensor data, situational factors and basic user characteristics are taken into account. The study revealed that the driving situation, the gender of the user and the frequency of driving significantly influence the user's workload. Using only this information and smartphone sensor data the current workload of the driver can be estimated with 86% accuracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In our paper, we have a look at the influence of gender of information behavior in E-Commerce. Starting from a short introduction to gender and the problem of describing social gender we discuss the research in this filed. We present a study in which task-based information behavior on Amazon.de has been recorded using a variety of parameters like display time, search result page interaction or query modification steps. Our results show that social gender models can be used for explaining differences in information behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a scientometric analysis of articles from journals indexed in Web of Science (WoS), subject category 'Information Science & Library Science'. The results confirm the Anglo-American dominance in the library and information science literature (included in WoS) which is even stronger if only information science journals are considered. The two major exceptions are the Scandinavian countries and the field of scientometrics. The visibility of Germany and Austria turned out to be relatively low.