I have published or presented the following articles, papers, posters, and talks:
Journal articles (refereed, under review)
Hinnant, C. C., Stvilia, B., Wu, S., Worrall, A., Burnett, G., Burnet, K., Kazmer, M. M., & Marty, P. F. (under review). Author team diversity and the impact of scientific publications: Evidence from physics research at a national science lab. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Journal articles (refereed, published)
Stvilia, B., Hinnant, C. C., Schindler, K., Worrall, A., Burnett, G., Burnett, K., Kazmer, M. M., & Marty, P. F. (2011). Composition of scientific teams and publication productivity at a national science lab. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62(2), 270-283. doi:10.1002/asi.21464
Presented results from a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded study examining scientific teams at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, identifying several key associations between the diversity and network characteristics of science teams and overall team productivity as measured by peer reviewed journal publications.
Posters (refereed)
Worrall, A., Marty, P. F., Roberts, J., Burnett, K., Burnett, G., Hinnant, C. C., Kazmer, M. M., Stvilia, B., & Wu, S. (2012). Observations of the lifecycles and information worlds of collaborative scientific teams at a national science lab. In J.-E. Mai (Chair), iConference 2012 proceedings (pp. 423-425), Toronto, Canada, February 7-10, 2012. New York, NY: ACM. doi:10.1145/2132176.2132234 [View poster]
Presented findings from NSF-funded observations of teams conducting experiments at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, demonstrating how multiple, overlapping, and nested lifecycles and information worlds play an important role in promoting successful and continuing scientific collaboration.
Hinnant, C. C., Stvilia, B., Wu, S., Worrall, A., Burnett, K., Burnett, G., Kazmer, M. M., & Marty, P. F. (2012). Data curation in scientific teams: An exploratory study of condensed matter physics at a national science lab. In J.-E. Mai (Chair), iConference 2012 proceedings (pp. 498-500), Toronto, Canada, February 7-10, 2012. New York, NY: ACM. doi:10.1145/2132176.2132263 [View poster]
Presented findings from NSF-funded semi-structured interviews with key condensed matter physicists associated with the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Findings indicate the field’s work practices and reward structures may impede the development and implementation of formalized curation policies focused on community data sharing.
Oh, S., Worrall, A., & Yi, Y. J. (2011). Quality evaluation of health answers in Yahoo! Answers: A comparison between experts and users. In A. Grove (Ed.), Proceedings of the 74th ASIS&T Annual Meeting: Communication and information in society, technology and work, New Orleans, LA, October 9-12, 2011. Silver Spring, MD: American Society for Information Science and Technology. doi:10.1002/meet.2011.14504801269 [View poster]
Presented findings from an in-progress study of the perceptions of the quality of online health answers, as judged by health reference librarians and Yahoo! Answers questioners. Forty evaluators from each group reviewed ten answers each on ten evaluation criteria; we found that librarians’ quantitative ratings were significantly lower on most criteria.
Worrall, A. (2010). Supporting community-building in digital libraries: A pilot study of LibraryThing. In A. Grove (Ed.), Proceedings of the 73rd ASIS&T Annual Meeting: Navigating streams in an information ecosystem, Pittsburgh, PA, October 22-27, 2010. Silver Spring, MD: American Society for Information Science and Technology. doi:10.1002/meet.14504701389 [View poster]
Reported ongoing research studying the support for community-building activities in digital libraries. A low level of support was identified via an online survey completed by a small pilot sample of LibraryThing users. Community-building activities did actually occur, but without the support of LibraryThing as a boundary object.
Stvilia, B., Hinnant, C. C., Schindler, K., Worrall, A., Burnett, G., Burnett, K., Kazmer, M. M., & Marty, P. F. (2010). Composition of scientific teams and publication productivity. In A. Grove (Ed.), Proceedings of the 73rd ASIS&T Annual Meeting: Navigating streams in an information ecosystem, Pittsburgh, PA, October 22-27, 2010. Silver Spring, MD: American Society for Information Science and Technology. doi:10.1002/meet.14504701389 [View poster]
Reported findings from an NSF-funded study examining scientific teams at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, determining how the diversity and network characteristics of science teams impacts overall team productivity as measured by peer reviewed journal publications.
Burnett, G., Burnett, K., Kazmer, M. M., Marty, P. F., Stvilia, B., Hinnant, C. C., & Worrall, A. (2010). Virtual scientific teams: Life-cycle formation and long-term scientific collaboration. In J. Unsworth (Chair), iConference 2010 proceedings (pp. 409-411), Champaign, IL, February 3-6, 2010. Champaign, IL: iSchools. [View poster]
Presented work in progress in an NSF-funded 2 year research project of the same name, studying virtual collaboration amongst scientific teams at the National High Field Magnetic Laboratory.
Posters (non-refereed)
Worrall, A. (2012). Digital libraries as boundary objects across social and information worlds: A preliminary theoretical framework. Poster presented at the 2012 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, January 17-20, 2012.
Presented a preliminary theoretical framework for conceiving of digital libraries as boundary objects, examining such integration through the twin lenses of Strauss’s social worlds perspective and Burnett and Jaeger’s theory of information worlds.
Hinnant, C. C., Stvilia, B., Burnett, G., Burnett, K., Kazmer, M. M., Marty, P. F., Schindler, K., & Worrall, A. (2011). Team diversity and the quality of scientific publications. Poster presented at the 2011 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, January 4-7, 2011.
Presented preliminary findings from an NSF-funded study, employing citation analysis of articles published in Physical Review Letters by scientists who used the facilities of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Analysis indicated an increase in team seniority may have a negative effect on publication impact.
Invited talks
Worrall, A., & Yi, Y. J. (2011). Quality evaluation of health answers in Yahoo! Answers: A comparison between experts and users. Research-in-progress presentation, College of Communication and Information, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, November 2, 2011.
Contributed equally to presenting an in-progress study of the quality of online health answers as perceived by health reference librarians and Yahoo! Answers questioners (Sanghee Oh, PI). Forty evaluators from each group reviewed ten answers each on ten evaluation criteria; we found that librarians’ quantitative ratings were significantly lower on most criteria.
Invited panels
Mandel, L. H., Alemanne, N. D., Worrall, A., & Yu, C. (forthcoming, March 2012). Theoretical flamingos. Research panel session, College of Communication and Information, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, March 14, 2012.
Panel of four doctoral students, led by Mandel with others contributing equally, who will present and discuss four theoretical and epistemological paradigms / approaches in information science: physical (Yu), cognitive (Alemanne), social (Worrall), and semiotic (Mandel). A fishbowl discussion of these and other theories, paradigms, and perspectives will follow. This panel is based on the Theoretical Snowmen panels led by Jenna Hartel (University of Toronto iSchool) at recent ASIST conferences.
Alemanne, N. D., Landbeck, C., & Worrall, A. (2011). Jumpstarting your career: Participation in academic & professional organizations. Panel session, College of Communication and Information and Information, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, September 14, 2011.
Panel of three doctoral students who led and contributed equally to a discussion of academic and professional organizations and conferences in LIS, focusing on ASIST, ALISE, and the iSchools / iConference. We promoted service to the profession and field through these organizations and gave advice on what one should and should not do in preparing for and attending conferences.
Na, K., Whetstone, M., & Worrall, A. (2011). Research questions. Research panel session, College of Communication and Information, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, January 19, 2011.
Panel of three doctoral students who led and contributed equally to a discussion of current and future research questions in LIS. Covered key challenges suggested by the NSF; the implications of questions in relation to professional organizations, conferences, funding sources, and publication outlets; and developing personally relevant research questions.
Kazmer, M. M. (speaker), Worrall, A., & Smith, P. (respondents) (2009). At the boundaries of the iField: Virtual organizations and the Mag Lab. Research colloquium, College of Communication and Information, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, October 28, 2009.
Member of panel that responded to presentation of this NSF-funded research project studying virtual collaboration amongst scientific teams at the National High Field Magnetic Laboratory (“Mag Lab”). Also introduced speaker and panelists and facilitated discussion and Q & A with the audience.
