Heather L. O'Brien

According to our database, Heather L. O'Brien authored at least 64 papers between 2005 and 2023.

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2023

Questioning the role of information poverty in immigrant employment acquisition: empirical evidence from African immigrants in Canada.

Millicent Mabi, Heather L. O'Brien, Lisa P. Nathan

J. Documentation, 2023

The effect of research video abstract presentation style on viewer comprehension and engagement.

Alice Li, Heather O'Brien, Luanne Sinnamon

Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, 2023

Using Data-Prompted Interviews in Interactive Information Retrieval Research: A Reflection on The Study of Self-Efficacy When Learning Using Search.

Amelia W. Cole, Heather O'Brien

Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, 2023

2022

Rethinking (Dis)engagement in human-computer interaction.

Heather L. O'Brien, Ido Roll, Andrea Kampen, Nilou Davoudi

Comput. Hum. Behav., 2022

The Effects of Domain and Search Expertise on Learning Outcomes in Digital Library Use.

Heather O'Brien, Amelia W. Cole, Andrea Kampen, Kathy Brennan

Proceedings of the CHIIR '22: ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, Regensburg, Germany, March 14, 2022

2021

Rethinking Interest in Studies of Interactive Information Retrieval.

Luanne Sinnamon, Limor Tamim, Samuel Dodson, Heather L. O'Brien

Proceedings of the CHIIR '21: ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, 2021

2020

Visual analysis of information world maps: An exploration of four methods.

Devon L. Greyson, Heather O'Brien, Saguna Shankar

J. Inf. Sci., 2020

An empirical study of interest, task complexity, and search behaviour on user engagement.

Heather L. O'Brien, Jaime Arguello, Robert Capra

Inf. Process. Manag., 2020

"Nothing's available": Young fathers' experiences with unmet information needs and barriers to resolving them.

Caroline Mniszak, Heather L. O'Brien, Devon L. Greyson, Cathy Chabot, Jean Shoveller

Inf. Process. Manag., 2020

The Role of Domain Knowledge in Search as Learning.

Heather L. O'Brien, Andrea Kampen, Amelia W. Cole, Kathleen Brennan

Proceedings of the CHIIR '20: Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, 2020

2018

A Holistic Approach to Measuring User Engagement.

Heather L. O'Brien

Proceedings of the New Directions in Third Wave Human-Computer Interaction: Volume 2, 2018

Rhythms of Everyday Life in Mobile Information Seeking: Reflections on a Photo-Diary Study.

Saguna Shankar, Heather L. O'Brien, Rafa Absar

Libr. Trends, 2018

Young parents' personal and social information contexts for child feeding practices: An ethnographic study in British Columbia, Canada.

Heather O'Brien, Devon L. Greyson, Cathy Chabot, Jean Shoveller

J. Documentation, 2018

A practical approach to measuring user engagement with the refined user engagement scale (UES) and new UES short form.

Heather L. O'Brien, Paul A. Cairns, Mark Hall

Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud., 2018

The Effects of Manipulating Task Determinability on Search Behaviors and Outcomes.

Robert Capra, Jaime Arguello, Heather O'Brien, Yuan Li, Bogeum Choi

Proceedings of the 41st International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research & Development in Information Retrieval, 2018

The role of information resources in young fathers' parenting experiences.

Caroline Mniszak, Heather O'Brien, Cathy Chabot, Jean Shoveller

Proceedings of the Building & Sustaining an Ethical Future with Emerging Technology, 2018

(How) should information world maps be visually analyzed?

Devon L. Greyson, Heather O'Brien, Saguna Shankar

Proceedings of the Building & Sustaining an Ethical Future with Emerging Technology, 2018

User engagement in an open collaboration community after the insertion of a game design element: An online field experiment.

Ana Paula O. Bertholdo, Claudia de O. Melo, Artur Simões Rozestraten, Marco Aurélio Gerosa, Heather O'Brien

Proceedings of the 24th Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2018

2017

Antecedents and learning outcomes of online news engagement.

Heather L. O'Brien

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2017

Integrating Affective Responses and Gamification into Early Reading Acquisition Software Applications.

Amelia W. Cole, Denise T. Quesnel, Serkan Pekçetin, Diane Gromala, Heather O'Brien, Alissa Nicole Antle, Bernhard E. Riecke

Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts Publication of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, 2017

Learning From the News: The Role of Topic, Multimedia and Interest in Knowledge Retention.

Heather O'Brien, Jocelyn McKay, Jacob Vangeest

Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Conference Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, 2017

Asking "Good" Questions: Questionnaire Design and Analysis in Interactive Information Retrieval Research.

Heather L. O'Brien, Lori McCay-Peet

Proceedings of the 2017 Conference on Conference Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, 2017

Seeking balance: Professional development needs of tenured information science faculty.

Irene Lopatovska, Heather O'Brien, Abebe Rorissa, Martina Dragija Ivanovic, Heidi E. Julien

Proceedings of the Diversity of Engagement: Connecting People and Information in the Physical and Virtual Worlds, 2017

Constructing knowledge and ignorance in the social information worlds of young mothers.

Devon L. Greyson, Heather O'Brien, Jean Shoveller

Proceedings of the Diversity of Engagement: Connecting People and Information in the Physical and Virtual Worlds, 2017

2016

The effects of textual environment on reading comprehension: Implications for searching as learning.

Luanne Freund, Richard W. Kopak, Heather O'Brien

J. Inf. Sci., 2016

Measuring Engagement with Online Forms.

Paul Thomas, Heather O'Brien, Tom Rowlands

Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, 2016

Investigating the Role of User Engagement in Digital Reading Environments.

Heather L. O'Brien, Luanne Freund, Richard W. Kopak

Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, 2016

System And User Centered Evaluation Approaches in Interactive Information Retrieval (SAUCE 2016).

Heather L. O'Brien, Nicola Ferro, Hideo Joho, Dirk Lewandowski, Paul Thomas, Keith van Rijsbergen

Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, 2016

The role of information in the settlement experiences of refugee students.

Saguna Shankar, Heather L. O'Brien, Elissa How, Yilei (Wendy) Lu, Millicent Mabi, Cecilia Rose

Proceedings of the Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology, 2016

What makes online news interesting? Personal and situational interest and the effect on behavioral intentions.

Heather L. O'Brien, Jocelyn McKay

Proceedings of the Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology, 2016

Life after tenure: Professional development strategies for mid-career faculty.

Katriina Byström, Lisa M. Given, Irene Lopatovska, Heather O'Brien, Abebe Rorissa

Proceedings of the Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology, 2016

Conclusions.

Heather O'Brien, Paul A. Cairns

Proceedings of the Why Engagement Matters: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives of User Engagement in Digital Media, 2016

Translating Theory into Methodological Practice.

Heather O'Brien

Proceedings of the Why Engagement Matters: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives of User Engagement in Digital Media, 2016

Theoretical Perspectives on User Engagement.

Heather O'Brien

Proceedings of the Why Engagement Matters: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives of User Engagement in Digital Media, 2016

2015

An empirical evaluation of the User Engagement Scale (UES) in online news environments.

Heather O'Brien, Paul A. Cairns

Inf. Process. Manag., 2015

Making an impact through experiential learning.

John M. Budd, Clara M. Chu, Keren Dali, Heather O'Brien

Proceedings of the Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community, 2015

2014

Measuring User Engagement

Mounia Lalmas, Heather O'Brien, Elad Yom-Tov

Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, ISBN: 978-3-031-02289-0, 2014

What motivates the online news browser? News item selection in a social information seeking scenario.

Heather L. O'Brien, Luanne Freund, Stina Westman

Inf. Res., 2014

Exploring social context in mobile information behavior.

Rafa Absar, Heather O'Brien, Eric T. Webster

Proceedings of the Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities, 2014

2013

Mixed-methods approach to measuring user experience in online news interactions.

Heather L. O'Brien, Mahria Lebow

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2013

Examining the generalizability of the User Engagement Scale (UES) in exploratory search.

Heather L. O'Brien, Elaine G. Toms

Inf. Process. Manag., 2013

Simplifying complexity: modeling the process of collaboration between artists and scientists.

Zoe McDougall, Sidney S. Fels, Dominic McIver Lopes, Heather L. O'Brien

Proceedings of the 31st ACM international conference on Design of communication, Greenville, NC, USA, September 30, 2013

Exploring the complexities of information practices through arts-based research.

Lisa M. Given, Heather O'Brien, Rafa Absar, Devon L. Greyson

Proceedings of the Beyond the Cloud: Rethinking Information Boundaries, 2013

2012

Inventing the Medium: Principles of Interaction Design as a Cultural Practice by Janet H. Murray. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2012. 483 pp. $50 (ISBN 978-1-84638-077-8).

Heather O'Brien

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2012

The use of ereading devices in academic environments.

Schuyler Lindberg, Heather O'Brien

Proceedings of the iConference 2012, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 7-10, 2012, 2012

2011

Exploring technology through the design lens: a case study of an interactive museum technology.

Eileen Gillette, Heather L. O'Brien, Julia Bullard

Proceedings of the iConference 2011, 2011

Information design in/as serious leisure: the case of information databases to support online gaming.

Julia Bullard, Heather L. O'Brien

Proceedings of the iConference 2011, 2011

Online synchronous interviewing of the info-savvy.

Julia Bullard, Heather L. O'Brien

Proceedings of the iConference 2011, 2011

Exploring user engagement in online news interactions.

Heather L. O'Brien

Proceedings of the Bridging the Gulf: Communication and Information in Society, Technology, and Work, 2011

Capturing the complexity of information interactions: Measurement and evaluation issues.

Irene Lapatovska, Heather L. O'Brien, Soo Young Rieh, Barbara M. Wildemuth

Proceedings of the Bridging the Gulf: Communication and Information in Society, Technology, and Work, 2011

2010

The development and evaluation of a survey to measure user engagement.

Heather L. O'Brien, Elaine G. Toms

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2010

The influence of hedonic and utilitarian motivations on user engagement: The case of online shopping experiences.

Heather L. O'Brien

Interact. Comput., 2010

Is there a universal instrument for measuring interactive information retrieval?: the case of the user engagement scale.

Heather L. O'Brien, Elaine G. Toms

Proceedings of the Information Interaction in Context Symposium, 2010

Supporting semantic navigation.

Richard W. Kopak, Luanne Freund, Heather L. O'Brien

Proceedings of the Information Interaction in Context Symposium, 2010

2009

D. Nahl, D. Bilal (eds.): Information and emotion: the emergent affective paradigm in information behaviour research and theory.

Heather L. O'Brien

Inf. Retr., 2009

Exploring engagement in the qualitative research process.

Heather L. O'Brien

Proceedings of the Thriving on Diversity: Information Opportunities in a Pluralistic World, 2009

2008

Understanding the information and communication technology needs of the e-humanist.

Elaine G. Toms, Heather L. O'Brien

J. Documentation, 2008

What is user engagement? A conceptual framework for defining user engagement with technology.

Heather L. O'Brien, Elaine G. Toms

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2008

Fishing in query pools for task representations.

Elaine G. Toms, Sandra Toze, Heather O'Brien, Luanne Freund, Chris Jordan

Proceedings of the People Transforming Information - Information Transforming People, 2008

Developing and evaluating a reliable measure of user engagement.

Heather L. O'Brien, Elaine G. Toms, E. Kevin Kelloway, Elizabeth Kelley

Proceedings of the People Transforming Information - Information Transforming People, 2008

2007

Exploring information systems research approaches: Readings and reflections.

Heather L. O'Brien

J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol., 2007

Task Effects on Interactive Search: The Query Factor.

Elaine G. Toms, Heather L. O'Brien, Tayze Mackenzie, Chris Jordan, Luanne Freund, Sandra Toze, Emilie Dawe, Alexandra MacNutt

Proceedings of the Focused Access to XML Documents, 2007

2005

Searching for Relevance in the Relevance of Search.

Elaine G. Toms, Heather L. O'Brien, Richard W. Kopak, Luanne Freund

Proceedings of the Context: Nature, Impact, and Role, 2005

Engagement as process in human-computer interactions.

Heather L. O'Brien, Elaine G. Toms

Proceedings of the Sparking Synergies: Bringing Research and Practice Together, 2005